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taylorboosh
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Heres my new imp that i bought for £750 at the previous owners
So got the imp home today and am so in awe at its retroness 
first i tried it in the garage...( the garage is still full of shit that needs shifting and my box ect in)
heres a few pics after pushing it outside
few vids for you lot
cool radio
got it running (im not very good at the choke lol)
and a quick walk around
overall very chuffed with it...
needs so far:
sills
brakes
posible clutch
respray
not sure whether it will be modified or restored 
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Sean
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will definately be watching this one!  love these cars!
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taylorboosh
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haynes manual also arrived today... will be updated tomorow showing the garage ready for graft too 
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Jon_C
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Cool looking project
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Ben J
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Looks pretty clean that!
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taylorboosh
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lol it does need a respray and some welding but will be uber cool once done
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Ben G
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very cool john. saw one of these in b&q car park yesterday in orange with white wheels. looked really unique.
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taylorboosh
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although not an imp strictly, this is the one that made me want one
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SEAN_P_
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niceeee
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Jamie-C
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 , thats pretty cool tbh!
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corsadonk
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Nice one looks like fun.
Some bloke used to take one to Castle Combe which had a k series engine, it was pretty dam quick.
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sand-eel
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It will defo need a clutch, they eat them.
Make sure the cooling system is good as these engines don't like overheating one bit....also they like to overheat A front mount radiator is a good upgrade.
Those californias are
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taylorboosh
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First on the agenda is a srip down then possibley acid dipped
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by SEAN_P_
niceeee
Was at mcgucks the other day when you picked him up... Car looks and sounds lovely bud
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wilsonn
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my granda has just got one of these to restore lot worse than that though but he didnt pay half the price lol
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taylorboosh
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from ebay? i seen some right dogs whilst looking
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Daniel_Corsa
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My mate has about 3 of these sat in his bodyshop his R5 Turbo fetish moved to Imps.
Sure he has quite a rare coupe, different rear end!
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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taylorboosh
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singer shamois?
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sand-eel
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Na, no walnut dash or extra gauges.
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jungle
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my mate jak's dad has one of these fully restored and by god his is rapid used to skin the arse out of polo gti at the time :O
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taylorboosh
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cost mega bucks tuning the 875
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taylorboosh
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bit of an update, not the car though...
garage was a tip and stopping me starting so i gave it a lick of paint... a very quick lick i might add
then me and a mate made a bench and i brought most of my tools from the shed... need to sort more tomorrow, finding it hard to get in the garage at the moment with the gf nagging me to do diy ect... will hopefully get the car started at weekend or during next week...
few pics for you lot
getting there now, two flourescent tube lights to fit at somepoint and some more gear to sort and some more shelves to fit
also found this - cold air feed of some sort me thinks
sorry if the post bored you, just letting people know where the car stands at the minute and why theres been no progress
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antnee
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Get some more shelves up on the walls, so you don't have anything on the floor, will be much better for working on the car then. Looking good though, wish I had a garage I could work in, some day...
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taylorboosh
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Im lucky to have a gf whos dad lers us rent his house. Im also on the shelves case already
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