Rick Draper
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Registered: 10th Feb 01
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I brought robins's old corsa sport shell last year and i thought i would put a proiject post up so everyone can see it coming together.
Here it is when i got it home:
Started work on it today, removed the front wings and both the wiring looms and started to remove pieces i dont need:
I was thinking about fitting a C16XE from my corsa gsi but i decided to fit something with a bit more go:
I got a fitting kit off Chris Astley and fitted the engine the other day, it is a late spec xe with a coil pack which is just what i wanted as i dont want a dizzy.
Brought a corsa sport interior off Steve b on here so i have spent today refitting the rear seat brackets and undersealing the front arches:
I also brought some new lights off Rob Hayes on here:
Tomorrow i am aiming to finish putting the wiring loom back inside the car and get the dash in. Just using a grey gsi dash for now untill i can get a flocked one.
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Ste L
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Registered: 3rd Jul 06
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looking good rick,
going to have to remove the smallbockxe.com sticker off the back not its going big block 
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Wonderboy
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Registered: 30th Dec 06
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Wow looks amazing.
I would love to be able to do something like the my self. I think it would be so great to say "I buit this car" are you a mechanic or something ?
Looking really good. Keep us updated on this!
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Rick Draper
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Nope not a mechanic, work in a job where i keep my hands nice and clean. This car is a minor rebuild in comparison to my nova!
Ste Small blocks are for mincers!
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Wonderboy
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Registered: 30th Dec 06
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Is there a thread about your nova  ?
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Ste L
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quote:
Originally posted by Rick Draper
Nope not a mechanic, work in a job where i keep my hands nice and clean. This car is a minor rebuild in comparison to my nova!
Ste Small blocks are for mincers!
tell me about, hence putting xe in my corsa 
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Rick Draper
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Somewhere on here.
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Robin
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Will be good to see it back in one piece Rick. I regret selling it, but at least it's gone to someone who's actually doing something with it.
First time I've seen behind the wings
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Planty02
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looks like the start of a nice project 
All that strippage and now its getting an interior - will it be having carpet in the end?
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Rick Draper
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Carpet is here, only problem is fir the time been like the dash it is grey and not black. Hopefully at some point i will get a black setup to fit in it. Untill the point grey will do.
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LAMM13
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Registered: 15th Dec 05
Location: Towcester, uk
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thats going to look ausome when finished what grill is that?
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Planty02
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The colour loks amazing in that light
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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your fitting an interior to it :O
looks good!
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Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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good progress
i thought robin ground off the mounts for the rear seats...so as they could never be fitted again 
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Rick Draper
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quote:
Originally posted by Wrighty
good progress
i thought robin ground off the mounts for the rear seats...so as they could never be fitted again
He did, i am removed some from another sport and am fitting them again.
Grill is a FK one. I brought it off someone on here.
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Rick Draper
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Just taken the bumper and the arches down to the bodyshop. They are going to paint them and sort out a few scratches that were on the front corner of the bumper.
Trying to sort out some Roose sport hose's but no one seems to know which plastic pipe setup they are designed for.
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
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Glad to see its not gone to the great big scrap yard in the sky!!
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Dione J
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Registered: 22nd Sep 04
Location: West Midlands Drives: Leon Cupra Turbo
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 Love brocade yellow, its lush..
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Stoneyginger
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Registered: 25th Jan 01
Location: Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
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can i just advise you while you are at this stage in the rebuilding to buy the chassis plates from teddytopend and fit them before you put everything in there would be a cheap and adviseable thing to do from experience with my XE mate 
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Stoneyginger
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Registered: 25th Jan 01
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=303908
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Rick Draper
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I found a set of those in the back of my corsa when i was cleaning it out the other day. Think Robin must have forgot about them!
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Stoneyginger
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Registered: 25th Jan 01
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well fit them mate saves a LOT of hassle later on
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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I left them in there as I had no other use for them
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Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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Another valver brocade yellow corsa looking good pal, keep it up !
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gianluigi
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Registered: 9th Mar 05
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
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superb
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