£75 astra mk2 project

[thesaint90210]

I bought a astra mk2 yesterday for £75, I am going to use it as a project. I would be great full for anyone's input into what i should do.

will upload pics soon

[Guest]

Do none of the following:

 

Matt black

Stickers everywhere

Tinted windows

Lowering with a junior hacksaw

Retarded camber

Rage universal backboxes.

 

SHOCK HORROR, you could just get it through an MOT and drive it about.

[Cavcraft]

Right

 

Wrong

 

Right

 

Wrong

 

Right

 

REALLY wrong

 

Right

 

Head repeatedly slammed in industrial freezer door/deserving to have your cock cut off with rusty hacksaw blade-ingly WRONG

[hairnet]

mattigs

 

wellers

 

slight visit to the spring fairy (not OMG SLAMMED )

 

 

leave (esp if beige or that light blue )

[CreepingJesus]

A few details might help; what body/engine is it? What state is it in?

Pics would be even better, give us something to perv over...

Personally, I would drive it as it is, they're great cars. Other than the 1200 pushrod, any one would be fine for day to day use.

[John F]

Agree with all of the above.

 

They're a rare sight on the roads nowadays so a tidy standard-ish one will stand out for all the right reasons.

[vulgalour]

Cavette speaks great sense with his examples. At £75 I'd be surprised if it's any good, to be perfectly honest, but then I'm often surprised by what people can get for peanuts these days. Fix it, get it road legal and use it for a few months before worrying about any modifications. The Mk2 is a nice shape to start with, so less is definitely more.

 

Merit spec is for winners.

[ProgRocker]

I fancied a mark 2 Astra as my 2nd car but ended up with a dreary Escort instead.

 

I'd put a velour interior from a scrapped CD spec in it. maybe CD or GTE alloys on it too. Those Cavalier/Calibra ones in Cavette's post look nice too.

[Cavcraft]

If it's an estate in that (China?) blue above or Reed green, don't do anything to it just sell it to me please. The estate ones of these are ace, kind of ultra dismal as most were really shit spec'd company hack type ones.

[HillmanImp]

This had made me LOL.

 

All true though. One thing to remember though is that a juicy red Astra is nice, but not every Astra is red. natural is sweeter, natural is sweeter, natural is sweeter, natural is sweeteeeeeer, and then skin up.*

 

* I reckon I have maybe gone a bit leftfield on this one TBH

[Guest]

Nurse get the big needle for H.Illmanimp

[thesaint90210]

It's a h reg 1.4 with tax and mot. Bought it from a workmate who has used it for the past 4 years

Has a bit of rust but the engine runs fine. Will upload a pic when I work out how

[Station]

OMG clarksun sez suspenshun is terribul in these by a golf insted.,.,,

[Pete-M]

 

At least you'll make a few quid.

[John F]

^ Just ignore Pete-M, he doesn't like Vauxhalls and thinks that gives him the right to take the piss out of the brand all the time. Thankfully we don't all share this affliction otherwise it would be flame war carnage in here.

 

Apart from that, Pete-M is OK though. Bit like a much loved but embarrassing old labrador that farts pungently when guests come round.

[John F]

Will upload a pic when I work out how

 

1. Register with a free file sharing website such as Photobucket or Flickr

2. Upload pics to that

3. Click on the "IMG code" on the file sharing site to copy it

4. Paste the copied IMG code into your comment on autoshite & click on submit

5. Job jobbed.

[thesaint90210]

project is back on the go just bought a new wing for £5 does the front bumper have to come off to remove the wing?

[Cavcraft]

I'm pretty sure it does as there will be bolts on the side that you need to undo.

 

Edit: Yep, check out the two holes seen in the picture...

 

[FredTransit]

project is back on the go just bought a new wing for £5 does the front bumper have to come off to remove the wing?

 

so you bought the car for £75 and now have a new wing for it for a fiver??!! I hate you.