16 Valve Arctic.
Well this is how it arrived home. It had been advertised on ebay and I thought it had sold and then on Gumtree. It's only done 35K miles but hasn't been well looked after and has stood outside for a year without being used. I was really looking for a cheap 1.6 estate but having looked at some real heaps decided this might be worth a go.
Since getting the car I have
Fitted a passenger set to the drivers side,
Rebuilt the brakes,
Changed the cam belt,
Fitted a new rear silencer,
Fitted a better drivers side front wing,
Fitted newish shocks and front springs, and
Polished it up so it doesn't look quite so pink !
Thats just a list of the basic bits. My old Estate donated the front springs and shocks as I had fitted GSI spec ones to that along with the rear ARBs.
Since getting it back on the road I have had to replace the alternator which decided it wanted to try and cook the battery.
It's now in a reasonable state and can be used properly. Hopefully I can get the air con working and do some paintwork when the weather gets better.
This is pretty much as it is now apart from having a slightly better front wing on it. This one has a big clod of filler in it over the arch and is a bit orange compaired with the rest of the car now it's had a bit of a polish.
The last picture shows the 'new' drivers seat, actually a passenger seat from another car and the genuine Vauxhall mats I stole from my old estate.
Well this is how it arrived home. It had been advertised on ebay and I thought it had sold and then on Gumtree. It's only done 35K miles but hasn't been well looked after and has stood outside for a year without being used. I was really looking for a cheap 1.6 estate but having looked at some real heaps decided this might be worth a go.
Since getting the car I have
Fitted a passenger set to the drivers side,
Rebuilt the brakes,
Changed the cam belt,
Fitted a new rear silencer,
Fitted a better drivers side front wing,
Fitted newish shocks and front springs, and
Polished it up so it doesn't look quite so pink !
Thats just a list of the basic bits. My old Estate donated the front springs and shocks as I had fitted GSI spec ones to that along with the rear ARBs.
Since getting it back on the road I have had to replace the alternator which decided it wanted to try and cook the battery.
It's now in a reasonable state and can be used properly. Hopefully I can get the air con working and do some paintwork when the weather gets better.
This is pretty much as it is now apart from having a slightly better front wing on it. This one has a big clod of filler in it over the arch and is a bit orange compaired with the rest of the car now it's had a bit of a polish.
The last picture shows the 'new' drivers seat, actually a passenger seat from another car and the genuine Vauxhall mats I stole from my old estate.