THE SHY WITNESS REBUILD THREAD...budget banger

[coombsey]

what you done to the orange one????

[shy witness]

Is that the same pick up in the background with a puncture??

no...................thats a different 1


we have 3 that are pretty much the same in work


the orange nova is to long new..........and would take alot more work than this 1 to get it up to a decent standard again(although its not outta the question yet after this 1's finished)

i'd started 2 strip it last year................but didnt like what i was fiinding


i bought itr as a complete ****ter.....but with 10 months mot funny enough


and done a half rebuild on it...........it ended up looking good ....but i should of got a better shell to start with for it

[shy witness]

i got a bit of stripping done tonite there

got all the stuff at the top of the engine stripped off and ready to come out







is it just me...................or is there alot more wires in the loom of this car because its a 1.2i?????????



is that going to cause me alotta confusion when im fitting the other engine????


i also got the boot removed...............rear windows......and a few other things



and i also finished stripping off the underseal on the drivers side front inner arch




i've the other side still to do though



I'LL GET THE ENGINE AND TANK AND WOTEVER TAKEN OUT WHEN I CAN GET IT ON THE RAMP IN WORK(theres a car srtuck on it at the minute with the gearbox out)

the the welding and strengthening will begin

[Dave.]

it looks quight good for ?50.. any cars worth ?50 because you can break it for more

i bought mine for ?37 and look at mine now.. im sure itll be a basement bargin beauty mate when its done.. itll look ace if you out the time and effort i

[shy witness]

i think i did alrite for 50 quid like.......

i got the car as it is........................

2 owner...........

nova 1.2 fun

its a base model

no tinted glass......

no rear wiper.....


although it has a sunroof(although i wish it didnt because i hate them )


the mate i bought it off had just fitted the -40 lowering springs

and i got a full set of sr 3 spokes with just 1 centre missing

and a sporty backbox along with it aswell(although i gave it 2 a another mate)

the thing i dont mind about it is that its never been tampered with......

no naff mod's

only 2 patches welded aswell (although it'll have a few more by the time im finished )

which is alot better than trying to go over an auld car that has been tarted up on several occasions.......with 10 layers of paint....and isopon everywhere

[shy witness]

i still cant get the car on the ramp 2 get the engine and tank n'all out.................so rather than come home after doing absolutely nothing

i decided 2 make the mounts for the rollover frame that i'll b knocking together

after alot of considderation..thought..............and views of other work in progress threads.........i reckoned that i could make something up simply enough

heres the mounting brackets

front








thats a peice of scaffolding bar used to make the mount........

then the idea is 2 make the whole frame/turnover jig...........just using scaffloding bars and clamps(with possibly an occasional weld here n there)

u get clamps that fully swiville .......and these will be sufficient for the job



just something similar with the back end







that was a well spent half hour 2nite.............

then when the time comes to get 2 the underside of the shell................i'll just have 2 make the scaffolding frame up string enough......and high enough so the shell can fully rotate.............


its a we bit of messing about to begin with................but will save alot of hassle at a later date.....and will certainly b alot easier to work on

[krobinson]

Good work, those roll-over frames kickass!

[SRimon]

that orange one looks a bit like my old 2.0?! is it an E reg?

[shy witness]

that orange one looks a bit like my old 2.0?! is it an E reg?

i dont know what e-reg means(im from northern ireland and the reg's are completely different)


but it didnt belong to anyone before i had it orange...................i built that 1 myself....

i still have it .........but its pretty much in bits.....and unhealtrhy looking

[vaughanmc]

E reg will be about a 1987 or 1988 I think..