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Page 1 - Intro and strippage
Page 2 - engine bay strip
Page 3 - engine bay gets the grinder treatment, interior stripped
Page 6 - Gearbox fun and primer pics!
Page 8 - SRI and facelift bits
Page 9 - Piston fairy visits and car gets painted.
Page 11 - Quaife has landed.
Page 13 - Rods
Page 15 - Bottom end getting built up
Page 16 - Dash out, coilovers on, camcover smoothed and mounts almost down
Page 18 - Headwork and camcover progress
Page 19 - Corsa back home and goodies purchased
Page 20 - Powdercoated goodies are back
And now, a story 
Basically this was my very first car, it was purchased for me by my parents back in the day from new and I used it to get to college, see friends and go to shows. Started its life as a Corsa C LIFE model which basically is a 1ltr 12v engine with toys such as electrics, colourful seats, air conditioning and a CD player.
While I was driving it I did a couple of tasteful modifications, tinted windows, tinted side reps, dark/sxi rear lights, and a few alpine bits to bring joy to my ears inside 
When the Red 2ltr sleeper was finally born in a barn like baby Jesus I decided to give away my black car to my sister, who put in pink Hello Kittay seat covers and generally abuse the fuck out of it. She ended up getting t bar'd by a Ford Fiesta on a trip to Lakeside of all places, the other drive drove off so she was left to deal with it.
Which brings us up to now, my sister managed to get a new VW Polo and this car was left in the yard to be sold, I couldn't resist but offer my parents a cheeky amount for it and take it off their hands.
Enjoy the thread.
How I got her:
Removing inside panels ready to go to bodyshop:
'The Dent'
Plans:
Get bodywork to a good standard
Put private plate on
Engine removal and replacement with a C20LET
Engine bay modification
Revamp the interior with OEM parts
Rag it
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willay
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Oh had an oil filter and oil pressure sensor change on Sunday
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MikeE
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new run about?
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willay
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yeah 
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jr
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is this "the" car
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willay
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the one I had the heffers in? yes.
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willay
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WOO shes gone to the bodyshop, not coming back to the farm for ages 
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dna23
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Black
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VegasPhil
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Is this that exact car you had before?!
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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willay
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yes  remember?
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VegasPhil
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Yeh haha!
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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P1CK4D
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Even on the number plate it ends in Pink - PNK so it will always remind you of your old one Good luck 
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lil_g
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Will be a good project to follow 
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Fro
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Airbox is bigger than the engine
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deanmcreynolds26
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any plans of a LET conversion on this?
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willay
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RS6
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can i have the glove box please
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willay
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it has half a neon inside.
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RS6
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mines grey i need a black one
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willay
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Sorry  - Also the Leather has turned up today, pics to follow when I get back into the country.
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Tommy L
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wheres the pink seat covers 
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willay
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they are now in my sisters polo
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Sexy will
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JM_16v
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see what happens when you let your sister drive it for a year
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willay
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SXi+ half leather seats I think, also got the backs. Just need to find some suitable doorcards
Think they look quite nice for factory seats, comfy too
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