1986 Jamaica Yellow 1.2L Project

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Originally Posted by Benn

She's looking great!

What plans do you have then?

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Originally Posted by Alex J

Big block?

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Benn, I'll explain, Alex, you know if i could get a let for around £6/800 i would, but tbh ive not got the cash to pay the price lets fetch..

So... As my plan was to x16xe turbo the loon, ive now decided to try do it to this instead, as i cant keep the loon and the hatch..
But bigger picture is to try get the underside stripped and re coated and basically give it a really good going over and the attention it deserves instead of splitting my time between two cars..

Body colour undersides? That would look ace.

SR rep would look ace Scott

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Originally Posted by Benn

Body colour undersides? That would look ace.

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Possibley, depends if i can get a good over paintable underseal etc.

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Originally Posted by sport

SR rep would look ace Scott

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Ive always wanted a Jamaica yellow SR, so if i made a rep ive always said it would have to be a perfect replica, but to do that i need the brown plaid check interior, so its a no go as im not paying over the odds for seats lol

looks great mate :)

Spend as much as you can and get the underseal, then yellow it, will look awesome dude.

Nothing to update, just thought I would share this...
So in 2009 when i bought it the mileage was..
http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/...psc20d5239.jpg

And now almost 4 1/2 years on...

http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9ab2e2a3.jpg

lol 8000 odd miles, humm should probably change my miles on my insurance..

I think you should treat it with some new oil to celebrate! :thumb:

lol good idea.

Nothing much happening here with this, got loads of things I'd love to do, but age old money issues blah blah.. House.. Wedding planning..

Imo it needs a good going over, i want to strip re paint the underside, get the bottomof the doors sills painted, long term possibly a new front cross member as ive noticed rot on the back lip, want to eventually drop the x16xe in and turbo charge it (got everything apart from management)

But for now all i can do is try to clean it and keep it..

http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/...psriwp1ikr.jpg

http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/...pspznsj06t.jpg

http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/...psvkm0zci5.jpg

http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/...psd3mro0ro.jpg

Thing is i only have this as my car ive got on the road, so i cant really do any of the above ideas unless i waste more money putting the Astra back on the road..