Opel Corsa build (mustard yellow)

[novahotrod]

picked up a mk1 opel corsa which i will be using as a rookie rod, (see paulwar's for more detials on what a rookie rod is)

shells very clean for a mk1 shell, it had no doors but the rest was there an come completely stripped.


got own the yard today and started to so some work on it. pics to follow shortley!

[novahotrod]

chasis plate !!!!!!!!! Opel Corsa!! :)
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/yellow4.jpg

front end with wings and bonnet rested in place, no doors
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/yellow6.jpg

no wings, no bonnet, no doors
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/yellow7.jpg

front end cut out, round lights, and bulk head starting to be cut out.
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/yellow.jpg

front end all cut out and complete.
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/yellow2.jpg

roof supports cut out
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/yellow3.jpg

[novahotrod]

Got keen down the yard tonight. Grinder out spot weld drill out.

Time to get weight saving.

N/S quater pannel
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/185848_10150415941095188_803940187_17575178_275185 8_n.jpg


O/S quater pannel ( not finished )
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/181597_10150415941850188_803940187_17575198_306404 8_n.jpg



more to come tommorow as i have to pop out.

Got some pics of old car to give you an idea of where it should end up and What a rookie rod is.

[LEWI007]

Looking clean so far mate, love the colour and looks like a clean chassis/shell.

[MK999]

Rodding mustards :(

[paulwar]

massive thanks to myself for doing all the work eh mate why you was on the spot weld drilling which your hopless at and bone fire duties!!!!

[novahotrod]

That was coming when I finished the post.
The mustard is growing on me. Might have to find one for the road :)

[novahotrod]

Right as promised i will finish my post finally...

Paulwar doing some work (for once)
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/183470_10150415942080188_803940187_17575203_300024 3_n.jpg

Double skin over gear selector is a B**** to get out.

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/180703_10150415941650188_803940187_17575192_567416 4_n.jpg


The pile of scrap thats cut out so far!!!

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/182723_10150415942260188_803940187_17575208_747207 4_n.jpg

[novahotrod]

Theese are two old rookie rodds that we was running 4 years ago.

The blue one was my first rod went really well should of just reshelled it rather than ever selling her.

And the red is another good freind of mine. He won pretty much every championship going with this car an is basically what im copying for my new one.
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/rookierod.jpg

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/carlrookierod.jpg

For some strange reason no matter what i done i always seemed to have the issue of the bonnet lifting... will try and sort this on the new car lol

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/1313741.jpg

Basically all thats left to do is

Skin seat mounts
Cut out cross beam that goes up over tunnel
Skin boot lid
Find some doors and make new hinges as someone cut them off
Weld in roll cageThen the fun starts with the engine and running gear.

New shocks and modified spings all round.

Make new steering column that comes out straight

New seat mount

Ally Dash

Ally feul tank

Battery inside car

Cut off switches for fuel and brake lines

New brakes wheel bearings and ball joints

13x5.5 steel wheels and then the fun and games of getting the tyres.


Ive probably forgotton loadds that ive got left to do but ill worry about that when i come across it.

[Rickyb]

im liking this keep the updates coming i like oval racing myself bangers hot rods etc

[calibra-keith]

not something iv been into, but im starting to want to for some reason, is it a fairly easy and cheap hobbie to get into ? not looked into it so it would be new to me.

[novahotrod]

err yeah it can be fairly cheap i mean u can spend as little as 700 on a built car with enough spares to run for a season. Or go slightly more elabourate in the same foemula an build from new.

And then the formula's go up money wise from there but on whatever your budget you will be able to do a formula.

log on to www.spedeworth.co.uk (http://www.spedeworth.co.uk) and www.shortcircuitmag.com (http://www.shortcircuitmag.com) and have a look around and find out a bit more mate.

[novahotrod]

please remove post as i cant seem to

[novahotrod]

Another night down the yard tonight. Ended up on it on my own this eve as mate had a few car issues on the way but was quite productive time.

I have decided that the shell is skinned and the seat mounts are staying in as they are a C*** to remove.

So tonight i

Removed all the extra brackets on the bulkhead
Finished Skinning the OSR quater pannel
Removed the rest of the double skin over the tunnel
Removed the floor suppport that runs over the tunnel
Cut out the rear seat hinge
Hit my thumb with a club hammer got pissed off and went homeThe new specialist tools :)

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/180019_10150421598705188_803940187_17650525_765139 _n.jpg


O/S/R Quater pannel complete

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/OSquaterpannelfinished.jpg

Drivers Footwell

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/DRIVERfOOTWELL.jpg

Passenger Foootwell

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/PASfloor.jpg

Oh and i found some rust that was filled previously so that will either be plated or maybe just re filled and painted, we shall see how keen i get once the cage is in.

Pics of rot to follow.

Also on the slam pannel there seemed to be some electric bonnet actuator.
Seems as if it has been well looked after at some point before i had it :)
http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/183069_10150421615405188_803940187_17650734_322366 1_n.jpg


Next the car is off to 1st choice fabrications for the full weld in roll cage while i order suspension and new rear brakes.

Decide on corsa servo and steering rack? and then when it all comes back ill get keen from there.

[paulwar]

wow you done alot wqith out me while i sat in the common have a arguement with lady drivers! top job , so now you know what to do come and do my shell :) xx

[novahotrod]

Yep she's off to get cage next I think. :) still gotta skin boot if u fancy it lol

[paulwar]

be a update over the weekend! as we are up there tonight, think the plan is skin the boot lid :( great i can't wait!!!! and then put car on ti's roof clean up the roof lining and then tidy up and have a look underneath n get it ready for fabs to do the cage! then do the same process on my one!

[nova_saloon]

where the bloody hell are you. im in Purley with my xe mustard sr :)

[paulwar]

:) both croydon mate, he's more croydon town centre and i'm more west croydon, yard in south croydon and one in streatham! both don't drive a nova on the road though.. not at the moment anyway!

we both did, i had a 1.2 st mk1 on the road before i raced it a few years ago, he had a 2lt red top mk2 i think and a 2lt red top corsa on the road before they went. then we moved on but both race short oval tracks and both will end up in the same formula once we get his done.

never seen yours about? saying that I saw a SR mustard yellow going up through purley, onto the coulsdon by pass a few months ago i was in a crysler 300c estate i think? wasn't you was it?

[novahotrod]

Spent a few hours friday playing novas...

Need a Passenger Door but other than that shes now ready ot go off to 1st choice fabrications in the week for the roll cage :)

So when i arrived at the yard i attacked the side of the car and the wings with the flap wheel to remove the sticky stuff from the side strips and the black vynl stuff.

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/byebyevynl.jpg

and then over she went on to its side to start on the floor.

we romoved what running gear was left and the feul tank brackets

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/onside.jpg

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/onside2.jpg

Then decided the sticky bits on the roof needed to go...

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/onroof-1.jpg

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/strippingfloor.jpg

Then the boot was skinned

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/skinnedboot.jpg

and we contemplated wether to repair the drivers door i have....

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/driversdoor.jpg

im still in 2 very different minds...

What do you think??

And does anyone what to donate me a Passenger door?? Or outer skin??

Right so next up the pannels were tied on ready to go to the fabricators and all be welded/fitted to the car around the roll cage etc :)

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/dooron.jpg

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/booton.jpg

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p406/wozza51/pannelson.jpg

Also need ideas for colours.. deffinately going black inside and dayglow orange engine bay.... (easy to see dirt damage oil leaks and any rot)

Other than that ive got black bottom of doors like SR and orange top half...

any input from any of you guys?

[peester]

you put your project car on its roof ? :confused:

[novahotrod]

And Paul my i had 3 novas on the rd at one pint or another.

A red mk2 merit with all gte kit on it
A st engined 1.2 badly body kitted
and my piaggio green nova show car that was finally running a C20LET on 16psi boost.

am looking to do a 16v 1600 turbo or charged toy one day....

[novahotrod]

Peester yeah it made life easier to clean up the floor upside down :)

[reevie1987]

looking good mate keep up the good work im likeing it

[nova_saloon]

:) both croydon mate, he's more croydon town centre and i'm more west croydon, yard in south croydon and one in streatham! both don't drive a nova on the road though.. not at the moment anyway!

we both did, i had a 1.2 st mk1 on the road before i raced it a few years ago, he had a 2lt red top mk2 i think and a 2lt red top corsa on the road before they went. then we moved on but both race short oval tracks and both will end up in the same formula once we get his done.

never seen yours about? saying that I saw a SR mustard yellow going up through purley, onto the coulsdon by pass a few months ago i was in a crysler 300c estate i think? wasn't you was it?

thought i was the only person in the entire area that drove a nova, and never seen another mustard. if you see my wip, and if it looked like that then it would be the one. i am always going down coulsdon way either on the way to uni or i work at that god forsaken tesco usually on self serve on a saturday. but always around i am!

[novahotrod]

I had my green mk2 let wen I lived in coulsdon. It was always around. Looked at your wip and must say looks good. But I haven't seen it around. I need to stop coming on this site. Makes me want another road going nova. :( oh I wish I was rich. Lol