BeetleGav
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Pretty impressed you're sticking with it! Will be worth it once finished, no fun in binning and buying another shell!
On urbexing, have you looked around huncoat power station? I love the place!
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gidged500
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Glad you agree with me gav it's rare people agree with me when I say Im keeping it and reparing it  yeah done huncoat power station pretty wrecked now but still a cool place to go, Blackburn royal infirmary is worth doing bit trashed but not too bad. Best place round is is rossendale hospital that's well worth a look. I can tell you how to get in aswell  whittinghams trashed but there's a few gems like the ball room
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BeetleGav
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ive not done Blackburn infirmary, heard its pretty hard to get near.
is Rossendale hospital the one that the roads blocked off too from pretty far away?
ive not been the powerstation since about February, before that I went quite a few times and each time people had trashed it more, doors ripped off, stairs smashed etc. proper knobs!
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gidged500
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Blackburn isn't that hard (I don't think :lol the some is well worth a look ! Yeah that's rossendale now that is hard got security patrolling all the time and vans driving about also there's dogs !
Hapton is too easy to get into so that's why yobs trash it :/
Few pics of rossendale I got the other day
Got loads more
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Joey 1.6 sport
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That corridor looks like something out of a horror film looks good there though
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gidged500
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The whole thing is like a horror film ! Ha ha
Did a but more painting tonight
Rocker gasket is being replaced and the rocker cover is being re sprayed so I wasn't bothered about some overspray
Stripped the rear and cleaned it
Sprayed the block
Sprayed the head on the front (round the inlet)
Sprayed the head on the rear not just the block
Also my new inlet gasket came just need my exhaust gasket to arrive now
Off to the Bodyshop tomorrow to drop some parts off and see the progress thanks for looking
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BeetleGav
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I so need to go! Right for being chased tho haha
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gidged500
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Ha ha if your quiet you won't get chased I've never been seen or chased I'll be your guided your if you want
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daine
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Engine's starting to look real well George, how many horse's are you wanting 
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gidged500
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Thanks daine  I'm looking around the 300bhp mark. Hoping it will do it with the
Chipped Ecu
Eds enlarged top hat
Reconditioned turbo
Xe inlet cam and vernier
Forge intercooler
Bailey dump valve
And my alunox 3" turbo back system
Time will tell though ! Ordered a few new parts today and this arrived earlier
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gidged500
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Got some more parts in the post today from tx autosport
A stainless steel water pipe to replace my plastic one and a waterbar to waterpump 3 way silicone hose
Also got this air freshner
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gidged500
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Went down to the Bodyshop tonight to drop some more parts off ...
Also got my steering rack bung
A Capri Michael (the sprayer) has just done
All my bits
And an Anglia van mannys converting into a pick up
[Edited on 06-11-2013 by gidged500]
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SimonTW
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Can't wait to see this back in its home and with the engine in the bay!
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3CorsaMeal
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Was the engine already so clean, i was chiseling lumps of rust off mine, never got it as smooth looking as one above
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Christopher
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Look forward to seeing this all done mate!!!
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gidged500
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Thanks si you'll be helping me ha ha
3 corsa meal it was cleanish when I got it, had been painted a while ago though
Thanks Chris
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gidged500
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***Update Friday 8th November***
So got down to the garage last night again and continued working
First off I fitted my new water pipe and hose ...
Strangley the new water pipe brackets for the bolt to go through are level unlike the old one so the pipe doesn't sit flush and the pipe is lobsided
As you can see in the old water pipe the brackets are different to each other (height wise)
Any one else had this problem ? I'm sure it shouldn't be like that :/
Anyway I sprayed my inlet the other day (needs doing again)
So I began stripping the top of the engine
Rocker off
Camshafts
Timing belt looks worn
Crank pulley will be getting replaced
Inlet gasket offered up
Exhaust gasket offered up
Turbo on
Back of the engine built up
Floor looks tidier
Don't worry about the rocker was just a spare whilst the other one does away to be sprayed.
Built everything up ish just to see what I need and to tidy the garage up a bit thought the corsa would be back by now but it hasn't been started. More time for me to prepare the engine
Found these the other day bought them when I was 17 brand new with no cracks so they will be getting sprayed
That's all for now thanks for looking 
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Sean
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Nice gsi bumper really starting to come together now look forward to seeing it next show season!
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gidged500
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Thanks Sean got the bumper off a really great guy hopefully it will be at show season next year I just want to drive it badly lol
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ArdenblueDan
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Looking good buddy
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gidged500
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Thanks dan it's a way off yet lol
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gidged500
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***19/11/13 Update***
Been to the Bodyshop today to give the sprayer a kick up the ass as he's had my car a month now !
So anyway he's done a bit of work I'll let the pics do the talking
One door repaired and de bumped stripped
He's started on the bonnet getting rid of the surface rust and dings / dents
We both decided it would be easier repairing the boot than fitting a new one so the smoothing has begun
Also I decided against the aerial
Both the boot and aerial hole have been welded and then fillered.
That's all for now I still need to decide on the black it's being sprayed in. I believe the original colour is midnight black 2 but Michael seems to think its 20c
If anyone knows that would be a great help.
Thanks for looking George
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BeetleGav
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There's plenty of black paints to pick from, or you staying vauxhall paint?
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gidged500
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Don't know tbh I'm lost ha ha
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Kieran
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quote:
Originally posted by gidged500
Blackburn isn't that hard (I don't think :lol the some is well worth a look ! Yeah that's rossendale now that is hard got security patrolling all the time and vans driving about also there's dogs !
Hapton is too easy to get into so that's why yobs trash it :/
Few pics of rossendale I got the other day
Got loads more
Went to a abandoned hotel like that in the nurburg ring to have a gas BB gun war with 10 of us! Was a good day that. Walking round a place like that on your own tho ant nice lol. Freaky as fuck!
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