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Rick Draper
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16th Feb 09 at 16:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well the old smokey shell has gone to its new owner and a fresh corsa shell and a new weld in cage and seat rails:


Big engine!:

One slight issue, it has a sunroof:

Had a sunroof:

Needs a new roof of some form now!
Then it fell to bits:






Metalwork out:

Its got EPAS:

Bulkhead cut for cage fitment:


Got 2 of these seats:

Chopped shit out of the loom:


Polycarb windows:

Proper big flange harry hockly hubs:

New FMIC:

Bits from the nova that are going into it:



And off it goes:

For a harry hockly weld in cage the same as this (nicked off bendys thread):




[Edited on 06-09-2009 by Rick Draper]
Graham88
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16th Feb 09 at 16:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Will be a beast
FruitBooTeR
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Looking good Rick how come you swapped shells was it becuase of the fire damage?

Also when chopping up the loom how do you know which bits to get rid of etc? Past experience im guessing haha

Looking good anyway
DannyB
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This looks promising
Rick Draper
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quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
Looking good Rick how come you swapped shells was it becuase of the fire damage?

Also when chopping up the loom how do you know which bits to get rid of etc? Past experience im guessing haha

Looking good anyway


Loom is quite easy, removed all the airbag stuff, standard clock stuff, 1.2 16v wiring plug from the engine bay, fuel pump relays etc. Its like second nature now!
Rick Draper
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16th Feb 09 at 16:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
O and anyone want to weld me a new roof on, ideally at my house!
Nic Barnes
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16th Feb 09 at 21:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
house roof's are usually tiled or slated rick, or is the caravan leaking again?
Dale
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how much were the hubs?
Rick Draper
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Hubs were £300 iirc, brand new and never been built but off someone giving up a build.

Now i might be getting the new roof bonded on like a CSL, will save loads of welding and grinding.
corsa_godfather
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awesome mate,going to be a good build
rickiek123
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16th Feb 09 at 22:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looks good, cant wait to see the updates!
evans_corsab
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16th Feb 09 at 23:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
looking good mate , you decided to keep the arden blue shell with the cage in now ?
Rick Draper
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quote:
Originally posted by evans_corsab
looking good mate , you decided to keep the arden blue shell with the cage in now ?


Nar thats been sold.
Wrighty
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17th Feb 09 at 00:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Awe-some
Adam C
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17th Feb 09 at 01:35   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Awesome Project, just what I like to see

Will be keeping an eye on this one

My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
Whittie
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Awesome project there Rick
Rick Draper
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17th Feb 09 at 14:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thanks everyone.

If anyone is going for a weld in roll cage then i think you could do a lot lot worse than a Harry Hockly one. You get all this fitting info with it:




Totally spot on and far better info than the custom cages one.
Nick-S
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Serious aceness
Nic Barnes
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its bloody marvelous that cage rick. im still going to be cheap and get a tomturbo approved omp one though.
Rick Draper
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Nic Barnes
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loving the moon roof.
evans_corsab
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carbon roof ?
Jambo
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what is a bonded roof mean??
Rick Draper
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I would fit a carbon roof if i could get 1 or 2 more members on here interested in them but at the moment it looks like a standard one is going back on it.
Rick Draper
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I might yet fit a 2CV style cloth roof.

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