ianw
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Mar 25, 2017 22:36:13 GMT
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Pulled it out the garage today, gave it a service and changed a few bits and bobs.  All done  Spent a bit of time securing the side skirts and jacking covers so I'm happy to drive it now without the fear of bits falling off. Went for a drive   May well give the paint some attention tomorrow, clay bar, polishing and waxing but depends how i feel. |
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Mar 29, 2017 16:30:03 GMT
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ianw
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ianw
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Apologies for the same picture twice, Tapatalk won't let me edit 😬
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ianw
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Managed to get out in the old Corsa quite a bit in the last few weeks, cured a squeak on the back end which improved the experience of driving it no end  Took it to a local Cars and Coffee and then used it for the daily commute for a week to enjoy it a bit more   The existing Spax coilovers on the front are well past their best so time for some new ones plus some new bushes to hopefully tighten it all up.  The plan is, before I go on holiday next month i'll get the arms and ARB off and send them to the powder coaters then build it back up when I get back. |
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May 22, 2017 11:47:19 GMT
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Nice looking Corsa that.
I used to have a 99 1.6 Sport, was never a patch on a GSi.
I think also we could have stumbled across each other at billing. Was that 2015 or 2016? I was on the stand over from Corsasport with my Nova sting.
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ianw
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May 22, 2017 12:25:52 GMT
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Nice looking Corsa that. I used to have a 99 1.6 Sport, was never a patch on a GSi. I think also we could have stumbled across each other at billing. Was that 2015 or 2016? I was on the stand over from Corsasport with my Nova sting. Thanks, my other half has a 1.4 Sport for a cheap as chips runaround and you're right, it's no GSi I was on the Corsasport stand in 2015 and the JOV stand in 2016 so i'm sure I would have come across your sting. Do you have a thread on png? username certainly rings a bell. |
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May 22, 2017 18:41:21 GMT
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JOV hey. Used to run the EA region for them.
Yes I'm on PNG as well... bit of a forum tart! I'll get the Nova up here along with the history of my Nova addiction!
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Danny
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May 22, 2017 18:51:52 GMT
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Would love a set of them speedlines |
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Last Edit: May 22, 2017 18:52:42 GMT by Danny
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ianw
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JOV hey. Used to run the EA region for them. Yes I'm on PNG as well... bit of a forum tart! I'll get the Nova up here along with the history of my Nova addiction! I think PNG was the first forum I ever joined back in 1998 ish  The Nova was always my first love I think at last count I had owned 11 of them! My GTE on the PNG stand (that was then Novaload.net) at Trax back in 2001 or 2002  |
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Last Edit: May 23, 2017 6:50:15 GMT by ianw
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May 23, 2017 12:12:31 GMT
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I think I could have been there with the original PNG. If I'm right in my thinking I would have had my swap shop of a Nova SR.
As for forums... I was on RoyBacer, got banned from Novaload.net due to having the username of ... Novaload! Lol confused a lot of people!
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ianw
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Little bit of progress this last week... Started off by giving the car a good clean, clay bar and then ran over it with the DA, looking nice and fresh again now. Pictures are prior to polishing as it was chucking it down when I was doing it in my garage..     Dropped the lower arms and ARB earlier this week and these are now at the powder coaters.   |
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Last Edit: Jun 16, 2017 7:59:27 GMT by ianw
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Jun 16, 2017 17:59:37 GMT
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Love this car. If you're ever selling let me know. Would look good in the garage next to my Nova Gte
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Jun 18, 2017 23:10:12 GMT
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She's looking absolutely mint, gets better and better with each update. Seen a few getting broke over here for their engine which is a real shame given how few are left. Would love one at some stage.
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1951 Ferguson TED 20 / 1988 Ford Sierra Sapphire 2.0
1990 Isuzu Bighorn 2.8 Irmscher R / 1991 Pajero 2.5 SWB
1991 Vauxhall Carlton GSI3000 / 1991 Toyota Corolla van 2.2TD
1992 Toyota Corolla 1.6 GTI / 93 Ford Granada Scorpio Cosworth
1994 Toyota Corolla GXI / 1995 Toyota Corolla 1.6 Si
1995 Nissan Vanette / 1997 Toyota Starlet 1.5td Glanza
1997 Toyota Carina E saloon / 1998 Toyota Carina 2.0 Exeuctive
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ianw
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Love this car. If you're ever selling let me know. Would look good in the garage next to my Nova Gte I was very close to putting it up for sale a couple of months ago to get something else but decided against it, it still isn't worth a great deal so would have cost me too much extra to buy a MK2 Golf GTi which is what I was after. |
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ianw
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She's looking absolutely mint, gets better and better with each update. Seen a few getting broke over here for their engine which is a real shame given how few are left. Would love one at some stage. Thanks They are getting very rare now. When the regular base model Corsa B's die out these will become quite a rare sight I think. Currently gets very little love at meets as I guess a Corsa B is still seen as modern ish. |
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ianw
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It's back on the road now Driving very well now with the new coilovers and polybushes! Bits back from the powdercoaters..   New coilovers look a litter better  All done!   |
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Jul 15, 2017 15:50:49 GMT
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Love this car. If you're ever selling let me know. Would look good in the garage next to my Nova Gte I was very close to putting it up for sale a couple of months ago to get something else but decided against it, it still isn't worth a great deal so would have cost me too much extra to buy a MK2 Golf GTi which is what I was after. Worth very little? You'd be suprised, two on eBay both fetched over £3k on eBay last week. One had no mot! |
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ianw
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I was very close to putting it up for sale a couple of months ago to get something else but decided against it, it still isn't worth a great deal so would have cost me too much extra to buy a MK2 Golf GTi which is what I was after. Worth very little? You'd be suprised, two on eBay both fetched over £3k on eBay last week. One had no mot! I was watching that actually! Maybe prices are on the way up! I'm over the MK2 Golf thing now anyway, keeping the little Vauxhall for the foreseeable |
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Last Edit: Jul 17, 2017 6:49:11 GMT by ianw
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ianw
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First time @ Retro Rides yesterday and loved it, fantastic show. Plenty of awesome cars on display the hill climb is epic, first one I have watched, couldn't get enough of it. As it happens, the route there was bloody fantastic, twisty roads and pretty empty, perfect for hot hatch driving, thoroughly enjoyed the journey there and back far more than the usual boring M6. I was on the MIG stand, car was clean as a whistle before I left but the 100 mile drive saw that off!   |
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The Nova was always my first love 
