My Corsa pickup project thread

[Ste L]

Dan, what's up with the sri shell?

[NOVADOSE17]

hi i think wot youre doin is great but you can actualy by a vauxhall corsa b pick up standerd from the factory iv sean many personly i would have bort one standerd n with your money you have spent buildin it i would get it lookin sweet an rippin up the road

You can't buy a corsa pickup over here. And the ones you can buy abroad don't look like mine, i did look at plenty of pics of the proper pickup.

And when you say the money i've spent building it, At the moment it probably owes me about £600 alltogether for everything so i think i'm doing really well!

Glad you all like, wasn't sure how it was gonna turn out myself at first but i am likeing the way its going.

[NOVADOSE17]

Heres some updated pics as promised.

The whole car needs cleaning inside and out and still plenty of bits to finish off but its nearly there now. The paint still needs flatting and buffing too, its also covered in overspray at the moment but its still shining!
















* Remember its all on a budget!

[rc]

top craftsmanship mate! looks so strange though lmao

[NOVADOSE17]

Well i took it for an mot yesterday and it failed (which i knew it would). It failed on:

needs 2 reflectors right at the back
Needs a foglight right at the back
needs some side repeaters(which i hadn't fitted yet)
Needs some washer jets(which i hadn't fitted yet)
handbrake needs adjusting
The brakes need bleeding properly
And a tyre needs replacing

And thats it! I was well chuffed, was expecting it to be allot worse!

So going to get it all sorted this week and then should be on the road next week

[Benn]

Does look very cool all back together..

[gra11]

love the new rear indicators shame they are pretty much a waste, since they have to be right at the back to pass an mot.

[NOVADOSE17]

love the new rear indicators shame they are pretty much a waste, since they have to be right at the back to pass an mot.

Well actually if you read my lat post you'd see that they are legal and the lights did pass the mot, and it was a legit mot not a bent one.

[mickygsi]

its cool and different ,like a mulletlmao

[Steve!]

I still think focus back lights would look ace.

[Steve!]

I will add a window tomorrow too.

[NOVADOSE17]

That looks quite cool. Its staying as it is for now, everythings changeable so i might add a window and differant lights one day.

[Steve!]

Cool. Exactly.... Get it done! Start the search now on EBAY.

[NOVADOSE17]

That looks really good! Definately gonna do sumthing one day but for now...

[Steve!]

But for now, get on the bay and get buying windows and lights

[dave's.cavy]

Its a small old world, a chap that i know has just recently purchased this for his lad (although he cant get insured on it as its radically altered as the ins. company put it lol). It still looks the same and just as good as it does in the pics too.

So just to let you know its still alive even after nearly 4 years

I should have taken a pic really but i will next time i see it

[NOVADOSE17]

Woooo, good to hear its still alive, i did see it at a show last year and it still looked pretty good then. Get some pics up of it, if you need to know anything about it just give me a message.

[Tomo195]

never seen this thread before. looks really smart i would have left the original lights in tho. also nice to see it still alive

[bo0n]

Good Job and nice work.

There is a lot of spattling compound at your rear work. Hope not that it will form cracks ... but very nice idea dude

[Ferris!]

wow, that looks wicked. alot of work done on it.

[Corsa_LET]

So glad this thread wasnt closed, just had a good 10 minute read, awesome work & it might just be me but i like the lights, originality is the key here. Such a mad invention, from the front you think...its a tigra then you see it from the side & go...erm...not a tigra, what is it! Lol i love it & its a great advert for your work, for a budget you've done amazing! Glad to hear its still alive aswell. Any plans for another mad invention?

[Jay]

HAHA this is ace! One question tho did this actually legally see the road? Because i doubt anyone would insure that?

Good work tho!

[Gibbo0450]

think it will have to go for a vic test. and think it go down as a kit car

[NOVADOSE17]

Yes this legally seen the road. It had a genuine MOT! When i was making it i did speak to a few mot places about the lights and the only thing they said was that so long as i put the reflectors right at the back like i did then you can put the lights where ever you like.
And the fact that i had cut the back off wasn't a problem as it was just a slight modification to them and because i hadn't cut the B post in anyway meant it still had all its strength. It never went for a VIC check as it didn't need one. Its still just a corsa on the log book. only thing i changed was that it had 2 seats and the coulor change.