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Some updates on the old junkyard dog......now has a Koni SRT kit fitted with OMP strut brace and polybushes. Handles a lot better but still rolls on very hard cornering! ARBs weren't fitted as...

My indicators have decided to stop working. Have done the obvious stuff (changed the fuse) and put in a new relay but still nothing. Have ordered a new column stalk and another spare relay just in...

Looks awesome :) Early ones are my favourite. The triangular hole steelies are a big want and love the period colour too!

Assume this is the right forum? Mentioned it in my car thread but everyone was too busy laughing at my amateurish rust repairs....I'm considering upgrading the suspension on my 1.0 to be more...

I never said it was a concours winner.....just a bodge job to get rid of the tape. I've never done body repairs and I don't have the tools or facilities (or the time and budget if I'm honest) so I'm...

Just a slight update on the beast. At the moment still on it's original suspension and engine...but have finally seen to that rust (on the cheap):
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WOuld you ever consider the 'DR' Sprint with white bumpers? Not the wide body but looks like a converted SR:
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Looking good so far :) Cute name too!

BTW to match that new paintjob, boiled linseed oil on the bumpers....used them on my Mk1's two weeks ago and got a far better result than ANY B2B or other...

Bumping this old thread after stumbling upon it via googling Corsa Sprints. This is freaking epic. So so 80s and as others have said, a nice break from the usual Sport replicas or redtop conversions!...

Almost a week removed from my first event now, was a blast! Obviously with 45bhp I was the slowest of the day but every official timed run I was faster than the previous and the final was 24 seconds...

Thanks :) I did wonder if plugs/leads would make any difference but apparently not so I won't waste my money! And trust me I know that handling/grip is the way to improve times. Unfortunately those...

How about the DTV Chevette? Simple yet iconic:

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Always like the 1992-93 works colour splashes on the Cavaliers and...

About a month ago I asked for advice on best tyres. Got first event in a fortnight at the SNetterton Sprints. Unfortunately AO21s arent on List 1A (which is what's permitted for the Roadgoing...

Looking at Yoko 021s...would they be too wide for the standard steels? Also quite pricey - same with the Avons. Intend to drive to the events as well as use it daily.

Are these any good? Half the...

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2-3 weeks ago. Yes I know I'm mutton dressed as lamb :P

Haaa....Oh dear lord. Single wiper conversion, looks lowered. Bet it was TWOC'd in the Nineties and abandoned! Wonder what other beauties they unearthed?

After a LONG hiatus from here...I'm back.

To cut a long story short, I've applied for an MSA B Licence and thinking of taking Jet Black (yes, really, the 1.0) into hillclimbing now work situation...

Been readng every page of this thread and I am both jealous and impressed. Cracking motor, and it's a real credit to you that it literally looks like a time capsule of 1984, right down to that push...

Had my old 1200 for almost 3 years, and my 1.0 base model I've had since May 2010...so almost 2 years now. Aiming to keep said ohv for another 3 hopefully, providing the subframe doesn't drop out..

Around a year and a half ago I was commissioned by a few PNGers asking me to draw their cars and I never got round to sending them (I'm SO sorry!!) and didn't have the brains to bring the one I did...

Now I've FINALLY got the OHV back up to running speed (problems were caused by pinking and capped plugs - all now replaced and runs beautifully *touchwood*) now's the time to sort out the crusty...

VV - mine was first registered in Northampton but was first sold by Arlington of Bedford which ironically is now a Merc dealer and about a stone's throw from where one of my best friends now lives.
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The idling one was gradual but it happened a year before (coil was on its way out and it got new points, plugs, cap, arm and leads as well) as well. But once the points got replaced (I thank...

Cheers, may do that...have a Haynes manual so plugs/cap is one thing that I can manage. I forgot to mention it's pinking slightly (there's a light rattling which is only noticeable on lower revs) as...

Okay, here's the issue I thought was overheating blah blah...

My ohv engine before Xmas had horrendous starting and idling problems...which were duly fixed by new points, condensor (Halfords...