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jo1945

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10th Mar 10 at 19:41

I bought this van to work on at the weekends just for something to do really. The plan is to lower the roofline so it's the height of a normal corsa.

How it looked when I got it home, 380 quid lighter.

Lowered at the front, painted, fur

Various bits off

dad starting the chopping

and how we left it last sunday, one side chopped

I've got some cali leathers to go in and these alloys

[Edited on 10-03-2010 by jo1945]

Shane

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10th Mar 10 at 20:09

WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!

mad project, good luck

Shane

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10th Mar 10 at 20:15

camber much?

jo1945

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10th Mar 10 at 20:18

cheers, think we'll need all the luck we can get with this one

I think the pic makes the camber look worse, I don't think it's too bad really.

taylor2008

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10th Mar 10 at 20:19

keep it up

jo1945

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10th Mar 10 at 20:28

will do boss, it's going to be a long project though as I usually only have one day at the weekend to work on it

I'm aiming to have it on the road for PVS but it won't be anywhere near finished body work or paint wise, it'll probably just be welded back together with it's alloys on and a load of blankets in the back because it's going to be my hotel room

taylor2008

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10th Mar 10 at 20:30

quote:
Originally posted by jo1945
will do boss, it's going to be a long project though as I usually only have one day at the weekend to work on it
I'm aiming to have it on the road for PVS but it won't be anywhere near finished body work or paint wise, it'll probably just be welded back together with it's alloys on and a load of blankets in the back because it's going to be my hotel room

hotel room

jo1945

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10th Mar 10 at 20:34

yup

it'll be pimped out for pvs '11, but this year it'll be a bit more basic. Pretty much just stuffed full of as many cushions and sleeping bags as I can find

DamoC

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10th Mar 10 at 22:30

mad mike the 2nd !!! lol

GTM

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10th Mar 10 at 22:48

Fair play for trying something diffrent.

GTM

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11th Mar 10 at 01:01

just looked, your like 5mins from me. What part of stourbridge u from?

jo1945

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11th Mar 10 at 22:29

wollaston, I can usually be seen punting about in this:

it's got a square plate on the front now. What do you drive? I'll give you a wave if I see you

GTM

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14th Mar 10 at 02:00

uci cinema car park yes?
ive seen that white one about a few times.
This is mine

keep an eye out

jo1945

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21st Mar 10 at 10:56

Yep, can't say I've spotted you, but I'll look out for you

Update wise on this, I've nearly got through the other side of the van and have started refurbing the wheels, planning to strip the paint off and polish them up but I've found some filler, so might have to just paint them again

jo1945

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5th Apr 10 at 16:51

More chopping. Bit bored of the grinder now tbh

Got through 2 of the internal struts, 4 more to go. Working inside the van sucks and after getting sprayed in the face with sparks one too many times, desperate measures were undertaken:

Dad looks like a terrorist, I look like Zippy about to do some chemistry

Also done the wheels as best as I can. They were a bit scuffed anyway so I didn't spend ages getting the finish perfect, they've got a bit of a weathered look going on:

corsabsonny

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5th Apr 10 at 16:57

sell me the wheels

jo1945

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5th Apr 10 at 17:03

Won't be selling these in the forseeable future, they should suit it down to the ground once it's finished.
Might consider a swap for 9/10j bbs' though

corsabsonny

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5th Apr 10 at 17:07

i suppose you would do lol

am4nf

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5th Apr 10 at 18:19

epic

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