Jamie-C
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Plenty of rust there lol, my corsa rusted in the same place on the filler neck. Do you pay your mate for welding or do you keep all the profits to yourself lol
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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My shell was pretty damn mint compared to that!
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taylorboosh
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Originally posted by Jason x
2 projects in one thread  , the gsi is cool but rust looks quite bad do you plan keeping it once you've done the black one ?
Also do you know the name of those floor matts that came in the Gsi?
Might come to PVS this year , my car will look better than last year by then
[Edited on 14-01-2015 by Jason x]
I will probably sell the gsi once the black ones done and i think they are just boggo car mats?
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taylorboosh
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Originally posted by Jamie-C
Plenty of rust there lol, my corsa rusted in the same place on the filler neck. Do you pay your mate for welding or do you keep all the profits to yourself lol
Lol they are mates, welding on the black one has cost me a box of bud so far, this welding will be done by another mate who isnt quite as good (not his trade) but hes still decent - for free all it will cost me is the gas and wire
I will also strip the underseal where i can get to it, then rust protect, prime and re underseal, think i will probaby remive the tank and exhaust to do it, doubt ill remove the back axle though
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taylorboosh
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
My shell was pretty damn mint compared to that!
Yea it needs quite a bit - bear in mind though i couldve left most of this and got through an mot
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taylorboosh
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I did mean to ask - why arent my gsi arches and bumpers smooth
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Ian W
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Well them pics make me feel quite good about mine  I don't have cloths
Your arches have gone in the same places as mine too.
GSi arches and bumpers aren't smooth. They have a weird texture to them.
How long do you reckon all the welding will take?
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taylorboosh
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Well i think ill have mine smoothed - and im going friday afternoon to try and and clean them all up to bare metal - then saturday hopefully ill get all of the plates made and the rot cut out (may spill onto Sunday) but after that it will be a case of drop the tank and exhaust to make sure ive missed nothing/dont melt the lines
Then start welding - im aiming to have it welded by 1st feb which isnt ling then once welded ill decide how far i really need to go with under seal
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3CorsaMeal
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Needs stripping to a bare shell and acid dipped, full resto work on all the rust and reassembling.
maybe £3k to do just the bodywork properly.
Or just polish the rust up with a wire brush and paint some hammerite over it.
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Baskey
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Registered: 31st May 06
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Yea I agree, shove some more rags in it, thick coat of underseal and just thrash it about.
Save the effort for the other one
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taylorboosh
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Originally posted by Baskey
Yea I agree, shove some more rags in it, thick coat of underseal and just thrash it about.
Save the effort for the other one
It will be made solid (plan to take my child in it) but at low expense - get it on the road then get on with the LET conversion for the other
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Nic Barnes
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still better condition than thegsi's minter
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taylorboosh
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Its not beyond saving, if i bought proper repair panels then nobody would even know it had been done
Will be areet
How bad was his? Pics to prove it?
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carl roper
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Registered: 17th May 09
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What are the front chassis legs like? Mine had gone there and the rear drivers arch had a hole behind the shock
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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Saveable, Lot of work though along side the black one.
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
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And please actually finish something this time.
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taylorboosh
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This will be done soon - chassis legs look good as do thr arches
Doing more tonight - a nice few hours
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Nic Barnes
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updates?
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taylorboosh
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Need to install one - yes
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Nic Barnes
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Clever stuff
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--ToM--
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Registered: 23rd Nov 07
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http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/111574164990?_mwBanner=1&rmvSB=true
Should replace it with that
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taylorboosh
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I seen tgat before - nice
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--ToM--
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Registered: 23rd Nov 07
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Looks a nice motor like
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
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Sorry to come off topic John....Just read some of the comments To be fair, in my ownership, the GSi wasn't actually that bad. It was mainly panel rust that should've been treated when it was painted, but it wasn't. Inexperience got the better of me in that respect. Apparently, the guy who bought it off me said it was too bad to carry on with so broke it and scrapped it? I genuinely didn't think it was that bad, considering age and mileage. My 200sx is worse than the GSI but again, it's an old Japanese box with 110,000 up it and has been driven daily in a Scottish seaside town for the last 4 years. It's bound to show signs of age and I don't care. It is what it is at the end of the day and I've never tried to make out it's concourse or mint. Common joke between my mates and I about it's condition, it's all fun and jokes.
Lighten up lads seriously 
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taylorboosh
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Well i think this shell can be easily saved tbh so no doubt yours couldve
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