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VegasPhil
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Well fuck me


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saves on conversion kit anyway lol

i take it the idea is then to use the astra wings and lamps etc??

wot type of bench is that in the pics?? bracket bench?? looks complicated compared to caroliner..

still using the corsa front end pieces just gonna fabricate a bit. The jig is "Car Bench" its got loads of brackets and jig points coz the cars are aluminium so can distort easily under welding, takes ages to set up but quite impressive


definately does look impressive as does the work area around it. my work theres clamps, rubbish parts tools all around every bloody job, nitemare
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we just moved to a massive unit which has just been built for us which is pretty good


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Can you use the bench to join your project ?
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lol dont think theres brackets for an astra chassi leg in the front of a corsa b...
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got the front on last week
just need to finish the fire wall and its all solid
very pleased with it as it has gone on perfectly straight due to measuring measuring lineing up measuring some more, welding then more measuring, looks good though, got astra power steering on it aswell now, had to make steering collumn from astra and corsa parts but works like factory.






[Edited on 02-02-2008 by Tomnova16]


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looked good today mate.. wont be able to bring the rex down today
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come down tomorrow morning


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may do mate
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was that warrior your btw tom??
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fuck me u r mad twats lol looking good thow


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yep it was mine but its a hilux matt


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looked cool either way



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Damn this is one HARDCORE project! Mate, you are a certified nutcase

Wanna see this when finished
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Probably should go take a look at this seeing as it's parked in my barn
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i think i can honestly say ive never seen this done before
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It's pretty amazing stuff. Good work Tom (& Lee)
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tbh i just cant see the logic behind putting the different front end on,

yes you can mount your engine using the original mounts, more room in bay etc.

dont know why the suspension setup is so much better in the astra than the corsa?

surely the conversion is gonna be more awkward where gear linkages are concerned etc??

as for fitting the wings and lights etc, would have been alot handier with a corsa front??
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Who said it's going to have a Corsa front end though?
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Tom.
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saves on conversion kit anyway lol

i take it the idea is then to use the astra wings and lamps etc??

wot type of bench is that in the pics?? bracket bench?? looks complicated compared to caroliner..

still using the corsa front end pieces just gonna fabricate a bit. The jig is "Car Bench" its got loads of brackets and jig points coz the cars are aluminium so can distort easily under welding, takes ages to set up but quite impressive
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Has nobody worked out its going 4wd yet?
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but theres been loads of 4x4 corsa, tom said it hadnt been done before what hes doing
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Yeah just read that lol, just read the whole thread in reverse lol. I still expect it to be 4wd. What about a v6 4wd? V6 should be easier with the front end been astra?
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engine is a 2.0 8v that came in the astra unless thAT beens changed

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