RCoughtrie
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After a lot of thinking I sold my S1 Escort RS Turbo in march to a fella in the isle of lewis, had been thinking about it for a few months was using her less and less each year and the car was more and more becoming something that just sat doing nothing, which really wasn't working and became pointless even owning it, and off she went in the pissing rain i had kept it out of all the years i owned it  .
Last year i had spoken to a few people at shows, meets and a few sleep overs  about how i would really like to get a clapped out GSI due for the scrap heap and basically rescue it. Today with Mike and ians help i manged to bag myself a Corsa Gsi that was for sale here for £350 with a 1.6 8v on bike carbs.
Needs some heavy work to get it in the pristine condition i really want it to end up in, can see this taking me years to perfect from every bolt up, but really keen to get stuck into it me and Mike have had a good laugh at it today, but really want this to be the best project i have and will ever do in my life 
Will get a project build up and update it here when i have enough things to make the posts intresting, but update my facebook page as i go, logging its every flaw and progression hopefully having it all to look back on when its finished.... Its rough as hell as you can see by the vid and pics but its exactly what i was after.
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[Edited on 12-05-2012 by RCoughtrie]
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taylorboosh
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this could be very cool.... but should be in p and b
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Chris x
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Wicked!
Going to fit a c16xe or stick with the 8v?
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JaffaTB
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my passenger door looks like that
EDIT: stick with the 8v! 8v FTW 
[Edited on 12-05-2012 by JaffaTB]
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RCoughtrie
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yeah should be quite fun... going with the engine that is suppose to be in it which from what we can figure out was a x16xe
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JWest
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Looks a good base bud, are you going to get the original interior ?
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IvIarkgraham
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why would anyone take out an x16 for an 8v????
mantzel'd x16xe? you know you want to
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DansCorsaSXi
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Looking forward to the progress on this,sure it'll be a minter.
Star silver C20XE SXi Project thread
Smoke Grey Corsa GSi Project thread
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corsagsigav
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nice to see you have a b again pal
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Archie
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K reg C16 would have been cool as well!
Look forward to progress, only down the road if you need a hand 
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Mark.W
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Yeahh if its anything like you black B this will be a mint project mate good luck,can't wait for it to begin.
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andys sxi
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Can't wait to see what you do with this I'm sure it's going to be spotless like the rest of the other cars
Looks like you have got a big job on your hands
April 08 feature car
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corsadonk
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That old 8v is breathing a bit heavy. 
Should be pretty good when it's done. I'm pretty tempted by a small block project, myself.
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Daniel_Corsa
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Look forward to following this Ryan!
All original, concours condition?
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big eck
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That needs soooooooooooooo much work to make it look like an original GSI. Would have kept the RST tho.
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Daveskater
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I mean this in the best possible way, but that is a complete shed It's what you were after though, and an ideal hardcore restoration project, so bang on
Numberwang!
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I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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RCoughtrie
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Yeah it is going to take a lot to get it immaculate already decided to replace both rear quarters and inner arches and expect more when I strip it down totally, I plan to build it over years but with good progress annually so everything is 100%.
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IvIarkgraham
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i wish my place could do blastig on cars
would have got it cheap for you! but they are shit and dont cater for cars
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shaunmods
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I was wondering who bought this  Glad to see its gone to a good home and the plans sounds amazing! Cant wait to see some progress
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Jamie-C
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Epic! I can see this turning into one of the best projects on here! Can't wait to see it mate
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am4nf
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Whats the plans ryan?
Looking forward to the progress thread
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big eck
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I just don't see the point in spending years restoring an old corsa which will cost you a small fortune, sorry for the lack of enthusiasm mate
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RCoughtrie
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Point is simple, I want to 
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Darryl H
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Hope it turns out how you plan to make it looking forward to your progress
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big eck
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Your off your head but best of luck to you anyways lol
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