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VERNON Astra Expert
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:52 pm Post subject: the new prioject begins again |
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well my baby is finaly ready for mot
will get stu to do the pics for me later on
i bought the 1.2 orange 2 door will little boot off ebay abough 6 mths back she was in top nic with only a few minor blenishes , also being a 1 owner
most of you probable saw it , i though it was the best way to go as i m no sprayer and the colour was a fav of mine being mandarine orange i belive.
basicly she was bought back and stripped of as much from the interior as i could and sh howses a 6 point fia cade bough from the site and 2 bucket seats. the only other changes inside is an lcd dash a gear knob.
at first i bolted a turbo in but due to unforseen sh$t the missis got up the stick for the 4 th time so evo went zafira gsi purchaced for the family and i ve opted for a red top so i can use daily to get to work.
but not that easily the first one was cranked over by one of the kids with no belt on causing lots of damage so out that cam and the new 76k with full history went in mated to a 46k mk1 gte gearbox from a silver on i put a turbo in a long time back.
underneath was undersealed to within a inch of its life and i set to work fitting astra gsi rear beam with cav v6 rear hubs and frount gte struts new bearings ans 5 stud v6 drilled and groved items too. all finished off powder coated black and frount and rear anti roll bars fitted in red.
new gte tank sourced and astra gsi blue fuel lines fitted to fuel the beast.
new brake lines and goodrich hoses fitted too along with new gte 16 valve handbrake cable.
im running on a set of 16" oz super t s and have fitted a system bought from grayem sound very well and goes well
mot thursday should sail through, will add picks shortly _________________ the only car in the world "the mk1 astra"
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VERNON Astra Expert
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:29 pm Post subject: my china blue new project arrives |
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took delivery of my china blue one today
good solid 3 door shell in all the right places
will try and get pics up tomorrow _________________ the only car in the world "the mk1 astra" |
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VERNON Astra Expert
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 5:46 pm Post subject: started stirpping the new shell today |
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this shell came from dene i belive it was grayems , started to strip down today found a bit of rot , but not much.
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VERNON Astra Expert
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Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:25 am Post subject: the gte arrives |
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Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:27 am Post subject: gte shell |
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its to far gone so the plan is to reshell with the red 1300s shell i have here,
first job is to fit a floor pan and new frount to it
having total strip down for colour change , havnt decided on a colour yet _________________ the only car in the world "the mk1 astra" |
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Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:59 pm Post subject: frount pannel off |
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:54 pm Post subject: the rotten gte shell goes bye bye |
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:55 pm Post subject: my shell almost bare |
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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:44 pm Post subject: good days plod |
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floor pan replaced , rivits removed from doors and quarters , rotten sill and part arch removed , engine bay cleaned ready for painting all in all a good day _________________ the only car in the world "the mk1 astra" |
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Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 2:29 pm Post subject: we did a bit today |
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Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 2:35 pm Post subject: new garage finaly here to put the astra in |
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 11:33 am Post subject: ONE SIDE NEARLY DONE |
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:49 pm Post subject: MY MK1 |
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took delivery of a cavalier v6 yesterday to break , gained myself a full set of 5 stud brakes and hubs and a set of phase 1 vectra gsi alloys , do nicely for the mk1 i think _________________ the only car in the world "the mk1 astra" |
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:32 pm Post subject: sr |
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:48 pm Post subject: sr |
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