My 82 registered Corsa

[duick]

Hi
I bought another Corsa in France this week.
It's an '83 model with 1.0OHV engine, but was first registered in 1982!!
The very interesting thing about it is that the VIN is ending by 4003014, means the car was built on 3rd or 4th day of production!!!! :D:D
It even has the very rare rear opening windows






The state is quite fair, it has rust on the battery tray and, as it has been repaired once very badly due to a crash, rear panel and rear arches.
But no rust on front panel , doors, front wheelhouses, floor aso.

The paint is very bad, feels like sanding paper I think the car has not been cleaned for the last 10 years and it stood always in the sun.

I'll put it in storage for the moment, but will restore it to Original

Cheers
Steve

[Jack]

Good find!

Liking the red interior, very retro :D

[Mazz]

Very cool, looks like its survived quite well imo...

[big gra]

wrap it up and send it to me!!!

[duick]

wrap it up and send it to me!!!

No way

[draper]

are nova commen in europe ??

[hendrix]

very nice find lucky lucky!!!
But how do you know from the vin the production date?

[duick]

It's a guess.
The VIN is 3014, there were 1500 pre-production cars, regular production start was on August 30th. There were 270.000 Corsas/Novas produced in the 1st year, makes about 700-900 per day.

[hendrix]

Ahh I see, I didn't understand what the vin numbers meant that is all. Could possibly be one of the oldest nova's still in existance theoretically

[Adam]

It looks like its lasted quite well for its age.
Nice.