Kelly's beloved Miami Blue

[kellynovaaaa]

Haven't updated this in a while so here's some of the work that's been carried out since last time

First we stripped the nova out ready for the roll cage to be fitted



Once we had pulled everything out we found a rust hole in the passenger side foot well.



Between my boyfriend and grandad they cleaned it up and started to cut plates to weld in to repair the hole.







The areas for the plates for the roll cage were then cleaned up and welded in ready for the roll cage to go in we then bolted the roll cage in place to see where it needed to be drilled to bolt it down.





We then had to unbolt it and remove it to drill the holes and paint the plates before putting it all back together again properly and fitting the harnesses.

The finished product



We finally put the strut brace in last week which finishes it off nicely





Thanks

[kellynovaaaa]

I also got a OMP WRC steering wheel and boss for my birthday which still needs to be fitted.



Does anyone have any tips for getting the original steering wheel off as its being pretty stubborn

Thanks

[mowgli]

click on this [linky]


as much as i'm not a mk2 fan, for some reason, i like the modified mk2 miami blue stripped down look...


keep up the good work

[mk1nova_rich]

Looking good, white cage suits the car well regarding the rotten footwell, which side has it rotted from?

[pie]

looking good

love this colour nova

[Benn]

Looks great, nice cage. The rear brace will do alot more bolted to the turrets tho...

[jimbob-mcgrew]

nice job with the welding Kelly.
you do the work yourself ?

Does anyone have any tips for getting the original steering wheel off as its being pretty stubborn

from what ive noticed, if they don't crack off straight after loosening the nut, there normally set on pretty solid and don't want to break free without the aid of a puller.
I haven't tried mowgli's hot water and towels trick tho... if its just the once your doing this, you could give that a shot before you fork out £18 on a puller. altho a puller is recommended ideally.
if you do buy one tho, when you use it, make sure the 2 probing arms are properly engaged in the holes of the wheel, as you can take chunks of aluminium out the boss if there not twisted round 90 degrees and locked into place properly (I usually mark the tops of the arms with arrows, so I can tell exactly which way there positioned)

[mowgli]

the hot water trick is if the puller doesn't do it 1st go.. i took my current wheel off a calibra column that way.... the calibra had been nearly stolen & the garage repairing it couldn't get it off the loose column, so binned it... my mate rescued it for me..

[MattBrown]

Kelly you have missed a huge point of your project!

The crash and Matt being a hero and having some brand new doors tucked away for you to fix Nora!

[kellynovaaaa]

Thanks for all the comments and advice guys

nice job with the welding Kelly.
you do the work yourself ?

Noooo, i'm no welder, my wonderful grandad can take the credit for that, I just chip in where I can

Kelly you have missed a huge point of your project!

The crash and Matt being a hero and having some brand new doors tucked away for you to fix Nora!

Haha to be fair that crash happened before i'd began to modify her. And yes Matt, you were the hero even though I did have to stray in to northern territory to get it.