Meaning to dig these photos out of the loft years ago and put up my earliest documented build thread, there was a lada and a mazda 323 before this one but no photos taken of either.
Bear in mind there was very little aftermarket, no internet, no ebay and no forums - but in much the same fashion as today I had to make do with the wrong tools, no money and advice from equally clueless mates.
My first car, a 1200S mk 1 Astra, I passed my test in this one - really wish I still had it
It needed a couple of patches on the sill, using some ghetto car ramps a borrowed mig with pub gas got the patches attached, bet the welding was hideous.
I'd previously rebuilt the drivers side inner wing with lots of little patches using my arc welder and 1.6mm rods - guess I must have kept blowing holes or discovering more rust as I seem to remember putting on 20+ patches, no picture of this though.
Note the plastic bottle used as an indicator
It must have also needed an exhaust repair, at some stage I welded on a piece of stainless tube to the tailpipe and knocked it into a square shape to try and replicate the back box on the GSI? mk2 astra
Note the lovely standard beige interior in a green car - mmmm nice!
Mum's micra is hiding in the background - I partially inherited this little box of misery at some point a few years, that one I've no wish to own again.
Bear in mind there was very little aftermarket, no internet, no ebay and no forums - but in much the same fashion as today I had to make do with the wrong tools, no money and advice from equally clueless mates.
My first car, a 1200S mk 1 Astra, I passed my test in this one - really wish I still had it
It needed a couple of patches on the sill, using some ghetto car ramps a borrowed mig with pub gas got the patches attached, bet the welding was hideous.
I'd previously rebuilt the drivers side inner wing with lots of little patches using my arc welder and 1.6mm rods - guess I must have kept blowing holes or discovering more rust as I seem to remember putting on 20+ patches, no picture of this though.
Note the plastic bottle used as an indicator
It must have also needed an exhaust repair, at some stage I welded on a piece of stainless tube to the tailpipe and knocked it into a square shape to try and replicate the back box on the GSI? mk2 astra
Note the lovely standard beige interior in a green car - mmmm nice!
Mum's micra is hiding in the background - I partially inherited this little box of misery at some point a few years, that one I've no wish to own again.
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