Project "Monty"

[Dale]

Well as alot of you know Ronnie came to an end with a deer/tree. After searching non stop for new car and viewing alot of Rotten shells or bad repairs/not what they stated. I looked at all sorts of colours but in the end i just wanted a good shell and the colour didn't matter....
I Found this little beast in Chertsey which is about 1hour 30mins drive for me
"Monty"
Spec:
White
1995 LS 1.4 SPI (Same as Ronnie)
Just passed Mot 3 days ago
Tax till Spet 09
98,154miles
2 Prev Lady Owners
FSH - Just had major service
Sellers Pictures:








Bad Bits:
Noisey Rear wheel bearing
Got crease on passanger Door at the bottom can see it in pictures
Small Crease on bonnet
:thumbs:
Got Him home at about 5pm and i got straight to work.
Overall i'm pleased the car is in great condition and has no rust around rear wiper or b-piller cracks
Here's a few of where i'm at:
Firstly RIP Ronnie

Few of General condition:









And the Work begins:







Before:

After:

Plans:
complete for PV
To do:
Everything....
Let me know what you all think, will update with more progress tomorrow
Cheers Dale

[Melv]

nice one Dale. You Don't fcuk about, do you?

Looks like a decent enough shell though.

[philip2]

looks like a good buy matey, saw thread on CS i think about the purple one, glad managed to get engine etc out till to use


btw...whats with the statue? looks like shes stubbed her toelmao

[corsadonk]

Nice basic one, less toys less weight! Giz a shout if you could do with some help, tomorrow. But it looks like you'll be finish by tonightlmao

[daddy cav]

It's a piece of metal man , pull yourself together lmao

[Dale]

nice one Dale. You Don't fcuk about, do you?

Looks like a decent enough shell though.

nope, i want it done for PV as the purple one was on CS stand, so i want to show this one now

looks like a good buy matey, saw thread on CS i think about the purple one, glad managed to get engine etc out till to use

btw...whats with the statue? looks like shes stubbed her toelmao

Cheers, yer it was shame tbh but at least i got another shell now.

yer i dunno, parents what can you do....

Nice basic one, less toys less weight! Giz a shout if you could do with some help, tomorrow. But it looks like you'll be finish by tonightlmao

Cheers mike, i think i'm all good atm but i will give you shout if needed

It's a piece of metal man , pull yourself together lmao

......

[bopster]

looks a tidy shell for the age mate

[Dale]

Update:

Got more done today still no engine in but thats first on the list tomorrow

Few Pictures of a dirty engine bay before:




After:



Fitted Chassis Kit:





Then Seam Sealered:




And Undersealed:




Took rear wheels off the check rear archs



Bit of a Wash



Bit of paint




Then Took Rear Bumper off + Archs + Rear Lights






And Back together



Removed Rear Spax from Ronnie and Gave quick clean



Fitted




Big thanks to Harley (My Gf, who's by my side every minute, helping with what she can....)

First of tomorrow is engine in

Let me know what you think

Cheers Dale

[philip2]

**** a duck, that shell looks awesome after a clean. you steam clean the inner arches or paint?

looking at the spax they wernt on the purple corsa long?lmao

awesome work matey

[Dale]

**** a duck, that shell looks awesome after a clean. you steam clean the inner arches or paint?

looking at the spax they wernt on the purple corsa long?lmao

awesome work matey

Yer does come up well, i got to give it good wash and machine buff

Painted the arches up. they came black as standard but the white bits where they spray the car came back up

I had them on there 2 1/2 months before....
The Fronts are alot worse which i will do tomorrow

Cheers

[Jack]

This is minty fresh! Looks very nice and tidy.

[rc]

looking forward to progres, great work so far and loved the progress in the last one!

[Kev_G]

bloody hell you dont feck about. Must take ages to clean it all up but well worth it

[Dale]

This is minty fresh! Looks very nice and tidy.

Cheers

looking forward to progres, great work so far and loved the progress in the last one!

Just uploading more pictures from today work

bloody hell you dont feck about. Must take ages to clean it all up but well worth it

Yer did take ages but most the cleaning has been done by my other half

[Dale]

Update:

Got more done today, Engine in, Wired in, Exhaust Made again Anyway here the pictures:

Day started with Buying a Gazebo as it was raining:




Swapped over fuel Lines:



Standard Throttle Cable next to XE one ( Not sure which one, Could anyone shine a light on this? )



Engine Going in








On Ronnie i had 2x blue silicone hoses, which looked **** only having 2 so i found some black hose which fitted in with the rest of the engine better:




Wired in:




And i made my exhaust which i will post pictures of tomorrow....

How it finished




Cheers Dale

[Kev_G]

daft question the exhaust not swap off the old one or was it mashed in the crash? wish i had your know how maybe if get my car done lmao

[Jack]

Is the throttle cable used in XE conversions not the throttle cable fitted to 16v Corsas? Certainly looks like it.

[Dale]

daft question the exhaust not swap off the old one or was it mashed in the crash? wish i had your know how maybe if get my car done lmao

Was bent and mashed luckly i got space manifold so i'm using what i can from the last one and the new manifold together get your hands dirty

Is the throttle cable used in XE conversions not the throttle cable fitted to 16v Corsas? Certainly looks like it.

I'm not sure, as the throttle cable i use is off an xe'd corsa i broke for bits

[Dale]

Update:

Well got bit more done after work today

Finished off exhaust





Re- wired coil plug as it was smashed in the crash



Tidyed up the wires i ran



Some new bits, waiting for the rest should be here friday:



Few of me doing output shaft seal + Diff sump seal




And general condition of shocker mounts + front arch




Cheers

[Kev_G]

Was bent and mashed luckly i got space manifold so i'm using what i can from the last one and the new manifold together get your hands dirty

easier said than done you aint met my mrs lmao

[corsadonk]

Well done mate. Looks like everything is coming a long. What did they say about the leaky water pump? Did my diff gasket the other month and it leaks like a hell Thats the last time I use a torque wrenchlmao It's looks in better nick than Ronnie.

[Dale]

Well done mate. Looks like everything is coming a long. What did they say about the leaky water pump? Did my diff gasket the other month and it leaks like a hell Thats the last time I use a torque wrenchlmao It's looks in better nick than Ronnie.

Cheers mike. Looked into that a bit and its the pipe that goes up into manifold looks like it was leaking past the threads so i used some PTFE tape and hopefully thats will be that sorted thats weird you get all the old gasket off? yer hes alot cleaner

[corsay]

u certainly dont fook around do u lol

shell looks mega gud luck with it

[Dale]

u certainly dont fook around do u lol

shell looks mega gud luck with it

cheers

[Dale]

Little update:

Postman dropped few things off at work today, got tomorrow off work so hopefully get alot done

Mocal 13 Row x 235mm:




Slimline fan



Magnecor 8.5mm KV85 leads + NGK Iridium Plugs:




Cheers Dale