My Diamond.

[Welsh Dan]

Apologies again for the poor quality pics, but its going dark and I can't find the bit for my tripod that clips into the tripod and screws into the camera.

The reinforcement bar is back in place, and the bumper pins are in:



I need to undo the bolts in the chassis legs and bumper irons a bit, move the bumper upward and towards the offside a bit then tighten everything back up, but I'll have to rope a mate in for that as I can't get it in position properly on my own.

I might treat it to a new numberplate once thats done .

[Leeboo]

Looks retro with the orange indicators and SR kit, nice one!

[CoolTiger]

looks really good dan ill give ya a hand to position it

[Welsh Dan]

After my last post, I rooted out dads baby tripod and had a little play :




Sundays plans are to straighten up the bumper, clean inside the arches, clean the sills, paint the arches and sills with hammerite "direct to rust" again, but this time with a brush as the spray applies it too thinly for the wear and tear its getting, possibly get a new front numberplate. The back bumper might also get its primer coats done .

[Welsh Dan]

Long time no nova work .

Tonight I decided to start tidying up the sills, before:

and a bit of the bumper that I missed:


...and with coat number one still wet:



If that dries with a reasonable finish I aim to have several coats on both sides by the end of sunday, weather dependant.

I need to figure out the best way to tackle this:


I've been over the whole bumper with the jetwash and thats the only bit thats flaking.

I've also fitted the plastic gear linkage bushes, and a new carb, no pics.

[CoolTiger]

looks good shame about the bumper flaking

[Adam]

Ever likely its flaking if you jet washed it
I wouldn't even jet wash a nova, never mind a spray painted bumper

[Welsh Dan]

Last nights 'slap it on and see if it looks any better at a glance' experiment was a sucess :


I'll crack on with applying some more coats and doing the other side as soon as the weather lets me. I'm aiming to have the rear gte bumper+spoiler painted to match the front and fitted, the sill painting done, and a full set of mudflaps fitted in time for PV. It'll always be an abused daily drive, but it should look a little more presentable .

[Welsh Dan]

Few things done recently:
I tidied up the paint on the other sill (no pics), and sampled the bumper where the paint was flaking off:
before:

after:

And with a big issue, covered here, fitted poly tca and tie bar bushes, its like driving a different car now.

[b18svx]