Jamie-C
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Registered: 3rd Jun 08
Location: Ballycastle
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It drives though, so yeah, race tomorrow? Ohh wait, you haven't got the SV yet.
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
Location: Essex
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I can soon pick it up.
Yours wont hit the road without falling apart, Its a XE conversion that has taken about 10 years.
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Jamie-C
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Registered: 3rd Jun 08
Location: Ballycastle
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10 years  , thats like me saying your turbo conversion has took 6 months so far 
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
Location: Essex
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Hayyy, hold your horses you.
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
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So I had a day off work, got to work on this once I had dug it out of snow.
Dirty, covered in snow car, fired up easy though.
'Bay
Got a lot of it stripped, No pics mind. Got distracted by playing with a alfa.
I did however, Have a laugh.
Can you say Turbo?
Lots of stuff to happen before I bolt that on properly, Not going to be finished this year with all the stuff I plan to do and having the SV.
To show how much I haven't loved this car over the past few months, Dirty wheels, I would have never let this happen before but I lost interest, So these will probably need re-coating after I've cleaned them
More tomorrow when I pull the engine out.
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
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Later than planned due to more important stuff.
This was how I got it the other day
Hooked up
And out.
Its been a good engine really, I didn't touch it when I got it off Chris, I've never changed the oil on it after fitting.
Going to put it on the stand tomorrow, Get it stripped bare. Hopefully have the bare block rebuilt in a week or two, Got loads of stuff to do in the engine bay aswell.
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Jamie-C
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Registered: 3rd Jun 08
Location: Ballycastle
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Fair fucking play. Looks too cold there for me to even consider working on a car
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
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4 degrees! Its positively warm. I was only out for 20mins though. Was raining though.
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fazza
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
Location: Plymouth
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
Fair fucking play. Looks too cold there for me to even consider working on a car
+1
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
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Pussys
I'm about to go out on my bike in this cold.
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Darryl H
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Registered: 19th Nov 09
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Good work Alex! I love how you work so fast 
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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quote:
Originally posted by Jed D
deffo dont pull it to bits, love this car, quite like the reg aswell 
being honest though im not a fan of the side skirts alex, not a fan of any side skirts though
plans, as in let??
Jed your bloody boring you are.
You don't like mudflaps  you don't like wind deflectors you don't like side skirts
What the hell do you like??????
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Jed D
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Registered: 15th Mar 11
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plain and simple. didnt say i dont like wind deflectors tho
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
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Lost motivation again.
I've got the bay to this state.
Now I just need to get welding, wirewheeling, paint stripping, bit of filler and then paint it again.
I am going to remove the wiring (all that is left since that pic).
Once the bay is painted, suspension is being painted (Some already been sent off for blasting and is back and in primer, Just haven't been bothered to paint) and then I can get it rolling again. Then engine rebuild time.
Laid under it removing the fuel lines and brake lines and realised I really want to do the underside. Plan is to do that once the engine is back in so I can get it up on my mates two poster, And I can do it while changing the rear brake setup to remove the weight sensing bias valve.
Lots of chat, Not much happening 
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
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This is why the corsa is no longer being finished....
For a entry-level sports/touring 650cc, it does 0-60 in 3.8 secs and will do 100 not long after and contiune onto 135mph ish, its a lot faster (accleration-wise) than a corsa, and it has my full attention.
Plus other stuff, like work.
Corsa has been fun, and I'll miss it, but I CBA.
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Jon_C
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^^^^ All good fun til it starts pissing with rain. Looks proper cool though
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
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Pah, I rode all through the winter.
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
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Well, I got bored of wasters, so this is still in a very similar state (Minus Speedlines)....
I still have the bike (Although very different now).
Im very, very slowly getting on with the corsa, I'd like to use it next year, but I also want to buy a new bike, and buy a new daily car, so we shall see what wins.
Plan with the corsa now is to just get it back on the road, Not perfect, but enough so I can use it before it rots away.
I plan to get the engine bay finished within the next month or two, then slowly get it back together. I need to wash it at some point too.....
Proof it still excists.
Need somebody to kick me up the ass with it TBH!
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Chris F
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Registered: 26th Dec 05
Location: Newmarket Drives: Escort Van 1.8
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New works van i see! Wash the fucking thing will you
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
Location: Essex
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Whole new fleet mate. You wash it for me.
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Jed D
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Registered: 15th Mar 11
Location: Durham
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 your still alive
i thought you died or something, whats the plan with the corsa matey?
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Sean
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Registered: 14th Sep 10
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Thought this was long gone lol, look forward to any progress 
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Chris F
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Registered: 26th Dec 05
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are they my old skirts alex i forgot lol
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
Location: Essex
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I kinda forgot I had it lol!
They are indeed the skirts you had. Won't be long before I rip into your old 1.6 either.
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Piér
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Registered: 4th Jan 10
Location: Gloucestershire
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Nice to see this actually still exists Alex
Have missed reading the project thread on this!
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