Will D93
Well-Known Member
Last summer I spotted this thing driving about the local area, saw it a good few times over the course of a couple of weeks.
Eventually I saw it parked up and decided I would put a note on th window saying if it came up for sale I'd be interested in buying it. I didn't think much more of it and off I went.
Couple of days later I get a phone call from the owner saying they wanted to sell, I went and viewed it had a chat and in the end walked away from it as it was too dear for me at the time. Again off I went and didn't think much more of it.
About 4 months or so pass and I get a phone call again, owner saying if i was interested they would accept my previous offer.
Mid December at the time and barely had the offer I'd previously made.
Anyway went back down had a chat and eventually drove away in a 2 owner 48k bog standard, bare minimum POV spec 19. All for a measley sum of money. It's currently still mot'd untill June.
The day after I got it I went out and had a good scout about the car.





On first inspection it had two ropey tyres, a knackered track rod end, a dodgy fitting drivers door, and to be honest that's about it.
Sills are all solid, arches have had some sort of work in the past but Nothing major. Front wings are in reasonable condition aswell with just minimal rust beginning to show.
Pretty chuffed with it at that point although at that point I don't really know what I was going to do with it or why I wanted it so much. HAH!
So i messed about with it for a couple of days, fitted a steering wheel I had lying around, clio 16v gear knob, tryed to get 16v clocks to work in the dash but gave up trying to get the rev counter to work and decided clocks from a 19 RT or similar would be easier.



That's how the car sat until About march when my mate was struggling to sell a set of 17" TD 1.2's, so those came to me for very cheap and got put on the 19.


And again it sat like that until a couple of weeks ago, I've been finishing working on the clio for the time being getting it ready for an mot. Hopefully to put some miles on it over the summer.
And decided that to free up some funds I would sell the current daily corsa b and start using the 19.

So I bought some bits,


Track rods, ball joints and a cheeky set of 35mm lowering springs. Total eBay cost of about £65
Last Tuesday I cracked on, Fitted the new springs, new track rods, adjusted the torsion bar, adjusted the rear drums and handbrake.
The track rod was mince.




There's a handy cut out in the sill for the torsion bar

I then insured it and took it out for a wee blast, big wheels and silly big tyres meant it was scrubbing on the rear.
They are not ideal at all for the car but they are better than steelies and it's fine and comfy for a daily. I may swap the tyres for smaller ones at some point. Or the wheels hah

Monday night I put the rear of the car back up again about 15mm and that's stopped the scrubbing.
Yesterday aswell as getting the corsa ready for sale I did a couple of wee bits just to make the car usable as a daily drive,
New window wipers, modern stereo wiring soldiered in, and a new heater control panel (clio 16v) as the original had a broken knob.


Drove it to work today no problem, needs front pads but I picked them up from euros on the way home with the discount for a tenner. Happy days.
Was going to fit them but washed it instead and polished the bonnet and wings haha
I'll do the pads tomorrow.
Couple of photos of when out and about today, I'll post up a couple of it once I finish polishing it.


Eventually I saw it parked up and decided I would put a note on th window saying if it came up for sale I'd be interested in buying it. I didn't think much more of it and off I went.
Couple of days later I get a phone call from the owner saying they wanted to sell, I went and viewed it had a chat and in the end walked away from it as it was too dear for me at the time. Again off I went and didn't think much more of it.
About 4 months or so pass and I get a phone call again, owner saying if i was interested they would accept my previous offer.
Mid December at the time and barely had the offer I'd previously made.
Anyway went back down had a chat and eventually drove away in a 2 owner 48k bog standard, bare minimum POV spec 19. All for a measley sum of money. It's currently still mot'd untill June.
The day after I got it I went out and had a good scout about the car.





On first inspection it had two ropey tyres, a knackered track rod end, a dodgy fitting drivers door, and to be honest that's about it.
Sills are all solid, arches have had some sort of work in the past but Nothing major. Front wings are in reasonable condition aswell with just minimal rust beginning to show.
Pretty chuffed with it at that point although at that point I don't really know what I was going to do with it or why I wanted it so much. HAH!
So i messed about with it for a couple of days, fitted a steering wheel I had lying around, clio 16v gear knob, tryed to get 16v clocks to work in the dash but gave up trying to get the rev counter to work and decided clocks from a 19 RT or similar would be easier.



That's how the car sat until About march when my mate was struggling to sell a set of 17" TD 1.2's, so those came to me for very cheap and got put on the 19.


And again it sat like that until a couple of weeks ago, I've been finishing working on the clio for the time being getting it ready for an mot. Hopefully to put some miles on it over the summer.
And decided that to free up some funds I would sell the current daily corsa b and start using the 19.

So I bought some bits,


Track rods, ball joints and a cheeky set of 35mm lowering springs. Total eBay cost of about £65
Last Tuesday I cracked on, Fitted the new springs, new track rods, adjusted the torsion bar, adjusted the rear drums and handbrake.
The track rod was mince.




There's a handy cut out in the sill for the torsion bar

I then insured it and took it out for a wee blast, big wheels and silly big tyres meant it was scrubbing on the rear.
They are not ideal at all for the car but they are better than steelies and it's fine and comfy for a daily. I may swap the tyres for smaller ones at some point. Or the wheels hah

Monday night I put the rear of the car back up again about 15mm and that's stopped the scrubbing.
Yesterday aswell as getting the corsa ready for sale I did a couple of wee bits just to make the car usable as a daily drive,
New window wipers, modern stereo wiring soldiered in, and a new heater control panel (clio 16v) as the original had a broken knob.


Drove it to work today no problem, needs front pads but I picked them up from euros on the way home with the discount for a tenner. Happy days.
Was going to fit them but washed it instead and polished the bonnet and wings haha
I'll do the pads tomorrow.
Couple of photos of when out and about today, I'll post up a couple of it once I finish polishing it.

