corsaandy
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Registered: 29th Jan 03
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Well seeing as i havent posted any pics of my project chevette in here i thought i would to show you guys the progress of my car since i bought her at christmas.
Here are a few pics of what she was like when i picked her up at christmas.
Then after sitting around for a few months (about 7) doing nothing i started work on her took all of 2 hours to have to hole fornt end of the car stripped down. Pics are with 2 new front wings.
Then i set about rebuilding it all firstly i got the new engine in and resting on the cross member and an axle stand where it has been sat for a few months until yesturday when i finally got all the parts i needed to properly mounted and she is sitting nicely in the bay with just a gearbox mount to fabricate. (sorry dont have any pics of this yet but will get some this week)
I then set about rebuilding the whole front suspension with polybushes spax front shocks -100mm springs (not sure how thats gonna work but will find out soon) Astra gte front calipers and discs.
Then the wheels went back on i got my 13in alloys to fit over the brakes was very chuffed with that 
Pic of her on the ground with - 100mm springs and no engine in
Got the engine and gearbox mounted and put the front on the ground for the first time and its nice and low
5 inchs clearance on the crossmember
the new engine looking rather nice in the engine bay
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
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 Excellent stuff, cant wait til its running, gonna be alot of fun I bet.
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corsaandy
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Registered: 29th Jan 03
Location: Northamptonshire
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hell yeh 180 bhp through the rear wheels with an LSD its gonna be crazy fun 
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psycho sport
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Registered: 27th Mar 03
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Are these rear wheel drive?
Looks like a fun project!! would love to do something similar but with the Manta and drop an LET into it.
Good work!!
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
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cool project.
is it an easy conversion?
i nearly took a brown 4door off a mate to try and XE it.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Two thumbs up
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Gez G
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Registered: 12th May 04
Location: Glasgow
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Manta Xes are awesome - guy from up here used to have one, sideways always.
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FlamingCorsa
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Registered: 22nd Apr 03
Location: Shropshire
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looks ace mate well done keep us updated
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corsaandy
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easy ish main things are you need new rear axle as standard wont take the power space out the engine mounts make up your own gearbox mount get a custom prop and thats the main things
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Nath
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 Nice work! Keep the progress pics coming!
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L33 LEG
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Registered: 6th Jan 03
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good stuff
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
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looks like you are doing it in a car park
good work tho, keep us posted with updates
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Corsa E-Tec
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Registered: 4th Feb 04
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looking good, good progess, look forward to the finished article.
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MR2Mike
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Registered: 20th Jan 05
Location: Old Trafford. Drives: MR2 N/A
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 your fuckin insane !!! 
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corsaandy
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Registered: 29th Jan 03
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yes they are RWD
yes i am doing it in a car park the car park at my uni to be exact being chairman of the motor club has its perks!
yes i am insane
its all about RWD front wheel drive is just wrong a boring too safe for my liking
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
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cool.
please paint a big gold eagle on the bonnet in a smokey and the bandit stylee.
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corsaandy
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hehe nah i want to keep it as subtle and ugly as possible so i annoy people even more by drifting past them 
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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love it
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Cybermonkey
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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old skool kool
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willay
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lush
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Sam
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Teddy
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Registered: 19th Jul 04
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Yep i have always wanted to do one of these.
I will one day.
Top stuff.
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Stu
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Registered: 3rd May 00
Location: Madchester UK Drives: 2014 BMW M135i
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Sweet!
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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very, very cool.
the car looks awsome aswell
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corsaandy
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yeh teddy you shud do one the more we keep on the road the better and they are better than mk1/2 escorts in my eyes and well cheap i picked this one up for £300 and ive seen them go for less
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