I Know so little about these types and just love reading about them. Id love to see this in the flesh!
Hats of too ya mate, its gonna be stunner!
I Know so little about these types and just love reading about them. Id love to see this in the flesh!
Hats of too ya mate, its gonna be stunner!
Wheels make me sex weeeeee
this better had be to your usual standards u clart!
wow mate, ive just read this thread from start to finnish.and its truly awsome what your doing thereive seen these on the site opel-corsa-A.com how many of these(spiders)were made?imported to britain?
Bit more of an update, Ive been working on getting the injectors cleaned up, bought these from ebay
wire wheeled the injectors got them looking like this (Thanks Rory and Royston)
and a quick lick of paint
just need to do the other 3!!
Finaly managed to get my new bonnet Iwon on ebay ages ago, Rory pick it up for me from Andy Bishops, Cheers Andy for keeping it for me,
They imported 6 in right hand drive, I currently own 2, 1 is tucked away to do in a few years, the other is this one. I also own one that was stolen. Theres a few left hand drive converted to right. Ive had one that I sold toa lad in Ireland, In total ive owned 5 spiders!!Originally Posted by twistysnovagte
wow mate, ive just read this thread from start to finnish.and its truly awsome what your doing there
Good work Mark :D
Whilst thats all going on, As ive said before (I think) I have never been happy with the under side of the car, flacky bits like so
The sealer and paint had started to flake off not good when the car hadnt even been on the road.
So again thank you to Royston I got a lend of his body roller, so onwards and upwards
There was also areas that the bodyshop hadnt properly prepped so it still had muck under it, If you've read the whole WIP then you'll be picking up on that the final finish was lacking however the panel work is spot on??!!??!!
I also had my suspisions that an area of the floor was a little suspect under all the sealer, so first area of inspection was this area, and guess what!!
So, it was a case of not just tidying up the floor area but
Strip it all!! so heres some pics of the last few nights work
First nights work resulted in this little pile
Also poked a bit more at that hole and got the grinder out (no pics of it ground)
Easy enough to cut out and repair so thats sundays work!! I'm actualy not that bothered about it after thought as its made me think about the project in a whole new light and rather than just touching up and making do with it ive gone to the extreme that I have on the underneath.
2nd Nights work I did more stripping of the sealer
And to top it all off I also spotted this on the rear arch, not noticed it before due to it not being face on to me
Due to the imperfections ive found i've decided not to rush it, if its ready this year great, if it isnt then Its no loss, i've got the XE to use for shows.
I've got the bodyshop manager from work (main Vauxhall dealer) going to call in tomorrow night to have a look and if it isnt going to be to expensive then i'm going to get it repainted as ive also found a chip from when the car has been sat around so long.
If I get it done it'll be an in and out job as they dont like to keep cars sat around, It also needs no work so its just a rub down and paint. Im also going to trim the arches back a bit to fit some nice big wheels for some shows. While i'm waiting for a paint slot it means I can crack on with the likes of the brake pipes underneath so when its back the can just be bolted on. Shouldn't cause to much delay I hope!!
And finaly, found a sticker sat around to decided to brighten up the boot, even though it'll be pulled off to paint
and you paid some one to paint the underside?that is shocking.
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