Ry_B
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A little history trip, from the start to now with my Corsa!
Had it now since November. It had one old lady owner for the first 7 years of it's life (it's an R reg) and had only done 27,000 when I got it!
Learnt in it and went out every few days with my Dad. Passed my test March 27th so just over 2 months ago now.
Here's a pic (crap one from my phone) of it when I first got it, look how white the arches were 

Believe it or not, that was after it had been cleaned. The black stuff at the bottom of the car is all tar 
Anyway since I've had it, I've done 2000 miles in her, added an Alpine headunit and got rid of the hubcaps! (Running on steelies now! )
My plans are to get some 14" VX wheels, add some rubstrips and get some smoked side repeaters then sell it in a year or so for something a bit faster!
Here's how she looks right now, minter than ever! I've spent a lot (probably too much) time on 'restoring' her, unwhitening the arches, getting rid of the tar and fixing all the little things it had wrong with it.











Hope you enjoyed! 
[Edited on 30-05-2006 by Rcb]
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Kathryn W
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Registered: 12th Oct 03
Location: Widnes, Cheshire
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Looking much better, arches look a lot better than they were, think you need to hoover your passenger side mat 
Defo need some wheelies now though!
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Rileysport
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Location: West Yorkshire
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holy crap thats clean
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SXi_Tim
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Registered: 11th Mar 03
Location: South Yorkshire Drives: RS3, LET B
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That car is mint, be a nice base for a LET/XE conversion, the white/black theme
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K5-KYL
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Registered: 5th Aug 05
Location: Cowdenbeath, Fife
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quote: Originally posted by SXi_Tim
That car is mint, be a nice base for a LET/XE conversion, the white/black theme
basically, do a 'JR'
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
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thats so clean. i have a set of the std centre caps if u want them!
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Ry_B
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Cheers everyone.
James = cheers mate it's appreciated but nah I'm after some 14" VX wheels, you can't make steelies look good!
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mav
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looks mint......very clean....
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Liam
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Location: Stafford
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Nice 
Wouldn't mind one similar myself, but every car i find is a sh1tter or has to many miles, mileage is pretty damn good
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Gregor
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Registered: 28th Nov 03
Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire
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Got mine with 27k at 10 years old , makes me regret modifying it sometimes.
Yours is mint , keep up the good work
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abdus
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Registered: 23rd Feb 06
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yeah, very nice and clean mate..
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Jake
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quote: Originally posted by escortgti.com
Got mine with 27k at 10 years old , makes me regret modifying it sometimes.
Yours is mint , keep up the good work
you've only really done mods that can easily be reversed.
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Gregor
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Registered: 28th Nov 03
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Not when the 1.6 goes in
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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oh well. the 1.2 8v isnt an engine worth keeping, regardless of milage.
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gianluigi
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Registered: 9th Mar 05
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
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put the trims back on, or spray the steelies black.
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Ry_B
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Nah I'm on the lookout for some VX alloys so no point in spraying the steelies and not a fan of the wheel trims!
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Liam
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Get some SXi rims
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Ry_B
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Yea that's what I'm looking for, although any VX rim in 14" will do
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Are you the guy on Club Calibra who has a Calibra?
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mwg
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Get a glovebox put in. Piece of piss to do and is much better than that shelf thing.
I remember when I had one of those 1.2 8v's. Seats were crap
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Ry_B
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quote: Originally posted by ed
Are you the guy on Club Calibra who has a Calibra?
A Calibra at 17?
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