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[Plug]

the only issue i have now is the engine seems too high as its touching the bonnet





think im just going to chop the little bit out i need to and fibreglass it



dont think that much needs chopping but will try and get away with as little as possible.

Anyway i managed to squeeze the bonnet over but it doesnt look right haha


Dont think i did to bad to say i was by myself doing it,

right heres the goodies i stripped off the corsa, the gear stick was bought from paul on here its already been chopped and welded for a nova,



im going to try and use as much of the corsa coluom bracket as much as i can then hopfully use the corsa clutch pedal aswell,

well the shell has already had the inner shit guard extended for the wide arches





will get pics of whats been done at the back when i get that far but thats it for today

[Plug]

Right well today I set about swapping my coilovers from my old car over to the new shell,

got all the front on and shafts in just to make sure there is enough room and the engines positioned on.

put the rack in loads more room in a nova with a 2l in than there was taking the one out of the corsa with a 1.2




Here it is with the front and rear all swapped over



Couldnt resist throwing the bumper on again to see how much room I'll have for the intercooler



looks more like a car now,

well i had a little trouble also, I've got some camber adjuster bolts for the front but got abit stuck with them
there's are what I've got



they look like they are to big to me ?



i guess I'll have to notch the shock out so they fit?



well I just bolted every thing up as it was for the minute, everything will be getting cleaned up and painted this is just a trial fit making sure everything is how it should be.

well I also cut the bonnet where it was catching on the engine as I'm happy with the position of it



Now that fits as it should



I had really forgotten how clean my old shell was until I started stripping more off of it today ! Shame to see it looking like this now

[Plug]

Right well haven't done a lot to this as my l200 needs a new engine which is putting a stop to progress on the nova as I need a welder and the money I had for one has gone on a new l200 engine now,

seeing as I had some free time today I managed to remove the rest of the seat brackets that was left and the standard one that runs the width of the car.
also removed the rest of the gearstick as I'm going internal shifter.










happy I've not found any rust yet, although I'm not the best when it comes to drilling out spot welds!

glad I removed the seat bar now seeing just how much shot was left under there after blasting. Which was done previous.

[torquey]

How bad was your other shell?

[Plug]

Nothing wrong with the old shell it's a minter aswel bar the work that I've done to the front panel but it held up with the let for a few track days

just the old shell had a sunroof and this already had the cage welded in

[torquey]

Oh right thought it was rotten like my sr! Don't know what to do with mine needs some serious welding.

[Plug]

Nah just never liked the fact the old one had a sunroof, get a welder and give it ago

ny old shells an Antibes and this new one is a mk2 sr

[torquey]

Already started but it's gone past odd patches. Where the rear beam mounts to the chassis has gone.

[Benn]

How come you've fitted the engine and everything with out giving it some paint? The bulk head looks like surface rust all over it...
Love the spec of the shell too.


Most right hand bracket, what's that for?

[Plug]

The most right had bracket is what holds the coloum in the Corsa, which I've chopped to fit into the nova temp, need to get a seat and position every thing correctly,

havent painted anything as this is a dry run so to speak, get everything as it needs to be so I'm not going to be cutting and welding a freshly painted shell, needed to make sure the engine went it, and I need to drill the holes for the internal shifter now.

getting a welder, bucket seat and fixing bars, maybe some rear turrets and the roof there isn't a lot to do tbh. Then it will be with my body work guy, whilst I clean and paint all the parts ready to go back onto it.

the surface rust so to speak is only the blast media ontop of the primer starting to rust