Workshop/Project car going ons. The (owner needs a) Miracle (for this) Maestro

[JMotor]

Lovely run out yesterday.

Me and a few friends went for lunch and then a trip down to the beach afterwards.

Happy I'm able to put miles on the car.  Some niggles still need to be attended to. Then again is a project car ever finished fully?

[AnnoyingPentium]

1 hour ago, JMotor said:

Lovely run out yesterday.

Me and a few friends went for lunch and then a trip down to the beach afterwards.

Happy I'm able to put miles on the car.  Some niggles still need to be attended to. Then again is a project car ever finished fully?

Two yobs and an elderly gentleman...

[JMotor]

On 11/05/2025 at 15:44, AnnoyingPentium said:

Two yobs and an elderly gentleman...

That could be interpreted in many ways 😆.

I have been rediscovering mid 90's dance tunes too. As it feels correct music to listen too while driving the Corsa.

[JMotor]

Small update time. 

Altezza is back to daily duties. The Corsa is fun, just I'm not the ideal size for one. 

With two cars good enough for use. Maybe time to look at the other cars? I could get cracking on with the Maestro and the Astra. 

Oh heck...

Yeah, found something else to distract me. This isn't mine. I'm doing some welding to that. It's a 93 Aero. The older gentleman who owns it has been doing it up. Nothing spectacular work wise. Just getting it good enough for the road. 

I offered to sort some rusty areas out. 

Me drawing stupid shapes of how much I wanted to cut. 

Tiny patch required then. Well let's get that done.

Gave in behind a dose of weld through primer. Then welded it on. 

Run over with a grinder should make it presentable.

Drivers side to do. Which will be next weekends job. 

[JMotor]

Today's session on the Saab.

Drivers side inner tub repairs.

I fully understand if my doodles look daft. It helps me.

Done! Knocked the welds down a wee bit. Dust over with some weld through for now. 

Just one spot left to do.

Have a nagging feeling it's gonna be a fiddly one to fix. We'll see tomorrow.

[JMotor]

Today's job. Sort that hole in the inner wing.

Die grinder worked a treat to remove the rotten metal. 

Patch made. 

Had to turn the welder down to zap it in. Welds tidied up after.

Splashed some red oxide on all the welded areas. 

Job jobbed! 

Brakes to bleed next weekend. Then it's oot and awa! 

[JMotor]

Saab now finished and gone. 

Bled the brakes up. Eezibleed for the win. Reason for doing this is my space is downhill from the workshop the car was going too and a few yards away. Push the fucker out and down. Easy job.

Then the master cylinder gave up mid bleeding of the clutch. Well shit! Likely will be an utter sod to replace. 

Well the Corsa is now back. It's in for an MOT this Friday. I'd have to be extremely unlucky for it to fail. Then again, I don't care if it did. It'd be fixed anyway. 

Maestro. Still sat. CBA with it. 

[JMotor]

Corsa's MOT went as expected.

It's only done 1800 miles since the last test. So there shouldn't of been anything really to worry about.

[JMotor]

*Sigh*

Ever had a job that you thought was fixed? Then you find it wasn't?

Fuuuudge.

Both sides have cracked again. I even put the plates from a later car in to stop this from happening. My fault, I'll had thinned the outer steel too much.

Well. Just have to fix them. 

This time around I removed the torn metal and built the weld from the reforcement plate up to the outer steel. In theory I won't have the same issue.

Hope I explained that with some sense? Can be difficult for me to explains things in a way that makes sense 😆.

A good coat of etch primer over them and a go for a spirited drive to see if it'll happens again. Then fling it back at the body shop to pretty it up.

T'other side will be tomorrows job.

[Tenmil Socket]

Any idea how much you’d like for the Corsa?

[JMotor]

Good question.

It's something I've agonized over for a while. 

Was going put it up for 3k or near offer. That could be either REALLY expensive or cheap for a B. Genuinely don't know 😆.

I will be getting a few more jobs done before it heads away. 

Edit - I'll type up a proper for sale ad up very shortly. I would like to find the Corsa a new home in the very near future. 

[JMotor]

Had a shuffle about in the unit today.

Dragged this out.

To fix this.

Yes. I have it up for sale. But I would like to do right by the car as well.....

FFS!! Why do I always do this to myself!?

Spoken to the bodyshop about the Corsa. Have to wait for a slot. But they will sort up those B posts.

[Matty]

Surely the Corsa sold?!?

[JMotor]

Corsa is still here.

Not had a bite yet. But that's on me, I haven't cast the net out further yet. 

[Matty]

Remind me how much? Still can't have it but I've got a couple of people in mind I'd like to bully into it.

[JMotor]

Ideal world. 

£3.5k. 

No rush at the moment. Because of the B posts needing repainted. 

I chucked an ad for it up on here as it was a good kick up the arse for me to get that and some other small niggles (like stuff that makes it work or looks crap) done. 

The new owner can finish the rest of the wee tidy up jobs. 

[JMotor]

Ok. Let's see how bad this arch is. 

There was an aluminium strip riveted on. That turned out to be the main structure to the arch. It looked bloody awful! 

Tried something different. Chopped the outer arch just above the lip of the arch. The arch lip was chopped up in little sections. This was quicker and less destructive method. 

I'm guessing that is not terrible for a Maestro?

The inner will need rebuilt. On the other hand, there is plenty of the original left to work out where it needs to be. 

Another project of getting it solid without going overboard. At least a ten footer good 😆.