Decided to give it a mini restoration as the rust was starting to annoy me.
Brought a solid(ish) wing to replace the rotton original
Then took a tub of rust eater and a grinder to the rest of the car
A few coats of zinc primer to help protect the metal
With the new wing in place
Then set about fixing the doors which had also started to rot.
Rather than buy a new pair I cut all the rust out and filled it with fibreglass
Bondo on top did just the job!
Found a couple of holes in the arches so i made some plates and welded them up
A coat of high build primer
Painted the griffin black!
All in primer ready for some paint
Borrowed my Dads garrage to spray it up
I need to get some pics of the whole car as it now looks like new! really chuffed with it! saved alot of money too doing the painting my self, its by no means show condition but perfect for me
Also sneaked in to the Vauxhall herritage centre whilst i was at Vauxhall for work and found these bad boys
to be honest most Novas on this forum are in better condition than theese, bit of a shame considering theyre part of vauxhall's history and theyre letting them rust, probaly a more accurate representaion of vauxhall tho i guess. ha
This is where I am today, Purchased a E16se on twin 40's the other day from here. Supposibly its been tested at 126bhp
Came with a racing clutch and some other nice bits!
Started stripping it, all looks sound so far!
Took apart the altenator and cleaned it up and then sprayed it gold!
Matt Black Cam Cover
And this is how I left it last
Going to try and document the whole engine rebuild here as I cant seem to find any threads with a step by step of an engine rebuild
For now Peace out x
looks a good job here bud subscribed
UPDATE!
Port and polished my inlet manifold
Then set about stripping the engine down
Removed the belt and the sprockets to find that it had a kent NVO 62 cam
Removed the head bolts and then took the cam carrier off
Noticed that all of the folllowers had a small mark on them from the cam, its only a small indentation but not sure if they need replacing or not, anyone got any thoughts on the matter??
Lifted out the lifters
Put the lifters in a clean tub of engine oil to avoid them from draining
Last edited by OllieKing; 30-11-11 at 08:55 AM.
Cylinder Head off
Cleaned up and painted the Cam Carrier silver
Everything in seperate tubs for each cylinder
Also finished cleaing, painting, servicing and rebuilding my twin 40's
to be continued......
Looking good buddy! look forward to seeing it with the engine in!! If you need a hand with anything give me a shout only down the road! (y)
Will do mate, Is that another new nova i see outside your house??
Last edited by OllieKing; 13-06-12 at 03:09 PM.
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