racingsnake2
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bit of a long story but ive got chance of this car which has been dry stored for seven years
from nearly day one of its life it was converted to c20xe and put on carbs its only got 58,000 miles on it not one spec of rust and is totally mint
im hoping to find some history on it before i buy see if conversion was done right it was sold to a car dealer in york 7 years ago and not been used since but has been run and moved so it all goes etc had it running today and sounds sweet
[Edited on 19-08-2007 by racingsnake2]
[Edited on 19-08-2007 by racingsnake2]
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Willox
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looks very nice.what sorta price is it going for?
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racingsnake2
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well its not actually for sale but i can buy it possibly if i want i have to make offer what do people think its worth as it is with no history
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steve_b
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1500-2000
these things go for peanuts these days
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Hoddo
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MMM dry store. would love to buy a brand new car and dry store for 20 years lmao. would be interesting
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Will_Sport
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bet its got cracked b-pillars lmao!
2k if it is reet proper mint though.
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flybikeslee
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needs an airfilter 
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burgess
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Location: Norton, North Yorkshire
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I remember that car it was converted around 1997
A lad from northallerton/ thirsk had it
he used to drive to malton most nights
think the conversion cost around 8k iirc
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VegasPhil
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I bet Daimo would know something about it.
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Hammer
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quote:
Originally posted by burgess
think the conversion cost around 8k iirc
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Robin
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Exactly what I was thinking Hammer 
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burgess
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well it was over 10 years ago!
this was a money no problem kind of conversion
could be wrong at 8k but it was something crazy like that
and I was still only 18! driving a 1.2 nova 
[Edited on 19-08-2007 by burgess]
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
I bet Daimo would know something about it.
Daimo knows all, he is the messiah, no one can better his knowledge, not even robin iirc
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racingsnake2
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whos is damo so do we know who did the 8k conversion i had heard it cost a fortune as it was one of the first corsa s to get the engine what do i need to look for with it to tell if its done right im only into astras had a gsi 7 years and now an sri turbo this will be track car
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Daimo B
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Nope, don't know anything about this one. Never saw it and never saw any photos of it.
tbh, as for it being the "1st one" its hard to say. Many will claim they had the first, but i bet some back street garage done it first. Or Courtenay Sport.
Ben G, you really don't like me do you, every so often i see your little snidy comments. Still, essex boyzzzzz
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racingsnake2
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ah shame you dont regonise it well i might still get it for a track car it does seem extemly mint not one bit of rust anywhere but depends how it was driven from new has the conversions changed at all since early days is there better ways of fitting the engine now as i say im new to valver corsas and dont want to end up with a load of hassle
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Daimo B
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They are pretty simply tbh. Normal redtop issues with age.
Keep your eye out on the corsa shell for rot.
Make sure it goes into gear well and that the engine doesn't sound like a bag of nails.
Its a pretty bombproof conversion as theres so little weight to pull. With a set of carbs (if setup), that'll be seeing at least 170/180bhp and it'll be a good track toy. Needs stripping though.
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
Ben G, you really don't like me do you, every so often i see your little snidy comments. Still, essex boyzzzzz
i think your a good lad  just love it when you argue, just like steve
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racingsnake2
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nice one its sounding better had her running yesterday sounded sweet soon stopped tapping and carbs sounded awesome i had a valver for seven years so well used to them and it all seemed good just need to sell my sri turbo first then we will see
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burgess
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it was converted by a reputable place if I remeber correctly
def not courtenay
and tbh it was one of the very very first as you can imagine in 1997 it was quite mind blowing seeing a corsa with a xe lump on carbs then!
think the shafts are the tappered down versions from martin tinkler who supplied courtenay etc
it was a really nice motor in the day but looks old now with it being a sri spec!
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racingsnake2
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cheers for info mate it looks like whole thing could of been a martin tinker job to me as he likes carbs he built me a c20xe few years ago if i got it id strip it track it and maybe gsi it just to modernise it a bit looks well though in the flesh
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burgess
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yeah you could be right
martin could have done the lot
the lad who owned it lived not far away ethier
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