Sandsy
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Registered: 29th Oct 04
Location: Tilney All Saints Drives: V6 Corsa
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Well i spose ive got abit of a soft spot for vauxhalls and corsa's especially,
after selling my mk4 astra to move into my own place i decided i need to get another run around when this popped up on autotrader, 2 previous owners,76k,air con,electric windows etc etc
so i bought it, and decided from then on it would be kept completly standard
then somehow one way or another blythy managed to talk me into buying his coilovers, i then ordered a bonnet bra off the net to cover a scab of rust and bought some cesaros off my friend which i eventually got round to painting white and a cream leather interior off fenny this left the car looking like this
overall i was quite happy and didnt think of doing much else, until i decided to get some bits chequered,bought a show cage,stamped steel plates and fitted my centre caps
content with that or so i thought it was left tall for about three days where i ended up doing a 370 mile round trip to get a steinmetz splitter and some irmscher side skirts  worth the 40 quid petrol id say
all fitted up and i was happy although the car just wasnt quick enough,
so.......on went a vxperformance powerbox and a pipercross induction kit
not forgetting my ghetto oil catch tank 
home made rear strut brace with spoof company sticker lol
along with some vectra gsi prefacelift recaros.......
and my homemade side exit exhaust....all stainless i may add including decat
with santa pod lurking i wanted to make a cold air feed but thought just removing your headligh looks gash so "The Pod Light" was created
went to pod burnt some rubber and ran crap times lol
then on the way home it was decided to do a engine transplant and give the corsa some power
engine block all painted up, later on i cleaned the faces
me and fenny started removing bits of my corsa in my garage and eventually got the engine out and my girfriend cracked on and painted some bits for me 
passenger side inner arch cleaned and painted
cross member cleaned and painted
engine on its way out
engine out.......
coilovers cleaned and painted
header tank soacked in bleach, damn sight cleaner than it was
thats as far as we have got so far hopefully il be able to update it again on friday with more components painted and more of the engine built up
[Edited on 31-10-2009 by Sandsy]
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Jordan C
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Registered: 3rd Dec 07
Location: Dundee City Drives: Valver Corsa
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That"The Pod Light" is a cracker mate im away to make one for crail on sunday hha!
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Sandsy
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Registered: 29th Oct 04
Location: Tilney All Saints Drives: V6 Corsa
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Well today has had its ups and downs, i went to fennys with all intentions of stripping another head off of a omega to find out thehead on the rear bank was more f***ed than mine, which made the last hour of stripping it off in the rain a complete f***ing waste,
but low and behold fennys friend said he would get it welded and machined for me along with my 5 stud hubs, so although today started on a low it looks like its finished on a plus point, i have two pics but they dont really show much although here are some pictures of my front cross memeber painted, and a few other bits ive collected
my exhaust system doodles lol
warlbro fuel pump,underdrive bottom pulley and oil cooler blanking plate so i can use a remote oil filter
front cross member all painted
and thats about that lol
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Sandsy
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Registered: 29th Oct 04
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Well fuck me it saw daylight today first time in 5 months
and i forgot to take pics but heres some general pics of other jobs of been doing to it,
il let the pics do the talking but now its on 4 wheels and ready to go to fenny towers for its engine
bit of weight saving plus its easiest way to remove the window lol
bit of sealant for the last window
MESS!
So proud of this as i painted it myself, really chuffed
mine and the mrs names
garage all packed away and corsa nearlly ready to plod off to fenny towers, once my front brakes turn up
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Sandsy
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Registered: 29th Oct 04
Location: Tilney All Saints Drives: V6 Corsa
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no one interested?
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Dale
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Registered: 7th Oct 07
Location: Swindon
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looks good, are you not doing conversion then?
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Sandsy
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me and my friend are, he's done a few xe conversions, i've never done anything like this before all abit new lol
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corsagsigav
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Registered: 28th Jan 08
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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like the look of this and the splitter looks
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Sandsy
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cheers fella, splitter is a steinmetz one
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Dale
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quote:
Originally posted by Sandsy
me and my friend are, he's done a few xe conversions, i've never done anything like this before all abit new lol
good luck, i find its better to do it yourself
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Sandsy
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yer definatly have to admit i have enjoyed the whole stripping and rebuilding buisness definatly glad ive done it myself and not goine into a garage with a open cheque book lol
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MarkSport
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Registered: 22nd May 09
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wow 
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Sandsy
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Sly boogie :D
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Registered: 6th Nov 08
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nice one mate mad respect.
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Sandsy
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cheers
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
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light is a belter, should do one for the other side though
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Sandsy
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quote:
Originally posted by am4nf
light is a belter, should do one for the other side though
i sold it on now im afraid, but my inner lamps on the morretes will be removed
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
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