Rybo
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Registered: 6th Mar 08
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basically i dented my rear quarter on danger corsa (a nickname given by my sister after she borrowed it and the power scared the shit out of her-women ha)
although the damage wasnt bad at all there were a few dinks and marks and i had to make a decision,at the same time the rings had gone in the engine so although ive got a new engine for it i was going to have to replace the engine either way (be it this car or another) i was sadly falling out with the car as a whole...
i then heard about an arden blue sport on a v-plate with a blown engine...lad just wanted rid and i weighed up costs for a day or too,
i'd seen it about and remember it being rather clean and it had an irmy splitter on it too
it wasnt as clean as i rememberd....
but aside from the bonnet being the wrong colour (ill be fitting mine) and the bumper wanting replacing (irmy splitter is fine)
oh and four odd wheels lol-the rest of the bodywork is in great condition and its done 65k 2 owners from new,
i bagged it for £200 quid on the principle i could break it if i changed my mind, got it back to my garage and work commenced...
got bonnet off (binned),aircon rad,rad,lights etc bumper is ready to sort and got the coolant pipes etc out and engine loom pulled back through bulkhead...not bad as id only owned it 3 hours lol...
basically intentions are as follows...
bumpers and arches (along with steinmetz skirts-cheers fazza ) sprayed gloss black,along with the morrettes off mine
the bonnet off mine painted arden blue
take the shafts,spax,mounts and anything else (momo wheel,buckets,harnesses etc) off mine and fit the other engine i have into the newer car,progress will be as and when (work,girlfreind-you know the score)
although im not doing anything different im doing what i want to,i thought id document it on here this time,look foreward to the flaming or love for yet another arden blue c20xe project
[Edited on 06-07-2010 by Rybo]
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RCoughtrie
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nice one man, by the sounds of it your onto something better
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Rybo
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i hope so... the deciding factor was having no sunroof means 6-point cage
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RCoughtrie
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Yeah in and done fucking having to cut mine to fit
Old corsa a converted 1.4 16v, just a straight swap then ?
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Rybo
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the old one was a 1.4 sport before i converted it...so is the new one...im hoping to sell a few bits to make back some money and clear space,id like to put a link in my sig for this but dont know how
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SRI-LEE
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looking good was good day in garage today plent more to come! be good when its finished!
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Rybo
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thanks for the hand lee,feel free to help yaself to my parts pile (unwanted ones only haha)
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davieslim
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how good a nick is the arden blue engine cover? its exactly what ive been looking for
david
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Rybo
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its okay i guess...could do with a good clean,u2u me if you want it bud
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SRI-LEE
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any progress today rybo?
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scaron5188
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is the head all good on the ecotec buddy? needin one desperatly for my x16xe.
looking forward to seein mort results pal
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andyc1234
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no saab engine yet?
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Rybo
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andy sadly dont want to venture into saab engine till im more confident
arron you have a u2u regarding the head...buy it!! lol got the engine out today...had no hoist so did it the naughty way with a mate..a jack... some rope and lots of bricks!!!
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Rybo
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Rybo
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going to borrow a hoist off a pal to put the redtop back in within next two weeks...providing he comes good if not could slow things down...thanks again for looking guys
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SRI-LEE
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looking good! done out else today you gay?
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ly51ohh
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lookin good m8..keep up the good work
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Rybo
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nout today as my twin brother was rushed to hospital...so i went and did his job as he has a mortgage to pay so thought id help him out...tomorrow im gonna start on tidying the bay up
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SRI-LEE
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oh shit hope hes ok mate, tidy good stuff cant wait till its done
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ly51ohh
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soz 2 hear that m8
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Rybo
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it was his own fault...sadly having 3 brothers means you have to bail em out sometimes...ive done some more work but dont have time to get pics up...will do asap
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Rybo
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quote: Originally posted by LEE...
oh shit hope hes ok mate, tidy good stuff cant wait till its done
well get up and muck in you bugar!!
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evans_corsab
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wana sell them morettes ? and that half cage ??
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Rybo
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looks like you have dibs on the cage evans... im afraid IF(which im not lol) i did sell the morettes fazza would get dibs...he harrasses me once a month for them haha
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SRI-LEE
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woooooooooooooooooo i might have that cage rybo!
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