Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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The car cost 500 quid with 30k miles on the clock.
The bits to upgrade it to factory top of the range spec were fairly easy to get hold of from scrappies and very cheap at that.
A complete interior cost him 70 quid from a guy he met at a show. He went and visited the guy a week later and collected an electric sunroof conversion, coloured wing mirrors, dashboard mat, twin horn, central locking, calipers and vented discs for a further 20 quid.
His turbo doner car for a new engine cost him 300 quid, some of which he made back by selling other bits of the car. He stripped the car himself and fitted the engine himself.
A dicky clutch meant that he couldn't get a proper figure but the rolling road operater reckoned on 170bhp at the fly if one had been available.
This, my friends, is what it's all about. Read the full story here:
http://www.maestroweb.co.uk/pages/own05.html
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Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
Location: Cambridgeshire
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I got to this line and stopped reading..
"My plan at the time was to own one of the best looking Maestros around"
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Fester
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Registered: 9th Oct 01
Location: Lancaster
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Rate it.
Loads of work gone in and it genuinely looks good 
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Look at the pics of how it was, he's done fabulously and at bargain prices.
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DanielJ
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Registered: 21st Nov 01
Location: gwent, south wales
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shweet
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Dav
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Registered: 23rd Jul 02
Location: Falkirk, Scotland
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Agree'd he has done well for minimal expense, and it does look good.
But like Joff I got to this line and remembered it was still a Maestro: "My Nan had originally bought the car..."
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starkmotorsport
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Registered: 27th Apr 02
Location: Scotland
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You can mock him all you want, but the guys nobodies fool.
170 BHP for around a grand is hardly anything to laugh at. Maybe it isnt the most desirable car, but then a lot of people say the same things about Corsas. One mans waste is another mans treasure (or something to that effect!)
Any car can be good, its just having the imagination and the bollocks to give it a go.
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mestonian
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Registered: 23rd Feb 03
Location: Leeds - Drives: New Punto Sporting
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I like it, dont get me wrong i wouldnt buy the car, but credit where credits due, this guy has some bollox to give it a go and its come out nice, think it looks nice, and the power in that motor must be immense.
well done son!
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Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Don't get me wrong - I think the Corsa is a shit car too.
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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 top man , well done to him. Credit where due.
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Dan B
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Registered: 25th Feb 01
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A little bit more work, and it'll be comparable to Andy Nicholls' Maestro, that he used to drag-race:
http://www.an-racing.co.uk/MaestroPP.htm
TOTB2 Result:
Andy Nicholls, MG Maestro
Time: 12.48 @ 127mph
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Skinner
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Registered: 14th Jul 03
Location: aberdeen drives:mk4 irmscher astra on 18's
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what a transformation on a budget
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vibrio
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Registered: 28th Feb 01
Location: POAH
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so what have we learned from this site. the man can polish up a turd on the cheap. well done. taxi
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Gavin
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: West Midlands
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 ^^^^^^^
that was the moral of the story
pew pew pew pewwwww
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