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    Default My tarmac spec nova (56k warning)

    Ok folk as some of you may know, i am building myself a track car for a play toy with the help of my mates Pete at Starkmotorsport and Ecka,
    So we begin with a GSi that i bought from a mate of mine, Tbh i never really had a good look over it and i kinda regret it now, it looked ok to start with,
    But after starting to strip it we found that it was a lot worse that we originally thought.
    Here some pics of when i bought it




    it then went away to get stripped to a bare shell to see what was really the case with it, as you can see its in very bad condition







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    so anyway we continue with the strip down to find the likes of this











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    Some more pics for you










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    now anyways, moving on, i decided that the old shell was well boyond repair ( i wonder how) so i bought a 1.2 from a guy that we know for a decend amount,


    From our first look over it its seems solid enough and in good nick, but it needed some work done the the offside rear quarter,



    It was definatly better than the last shell thats for sure
    And the best part was the brand new 6 point saftey devices cage that came with the car


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    So onto the next stage of the project, this entailed removing all unnessesery metal work, i.e front and rear seat mounts, etc etc
    and removing all the tar like sound deadning from the floors and roof and preppeing for the welding to start.
    I also removed the offside rear quarter to fit a new panel that i go onto it.










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    now swiftly moving on we ar enow at the stage that it is begun to be welded up now, and the plates welded in once we get them








    so thats all in the bodywork department for the moment i will update them as we continue with the car[/img]

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    sweet, for a minute then i thought you were gona do up the white nova
    are you going to rally it or do track days?

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    track days to start with mate, then once funds allow, maybe start rallying with her

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    HOLLY SH1T, how much did you pay for that white one? had it bin sitting under water for ten years or something?
    the blue ones good, looking like its gonna be one strong shell!

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    i never paid to much for it , you would think it was underwater for most of its life

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