Alan's GSi project

[MK1_beastie]

I've owned this car for about 3 years now. Been on the road for 1 of those years then sat in my garage until i got my finger out. I knew the car needed some welding and unfortunately that is a skill i don't have. So gave the car to a guy i know to fix some odds and sods and fit some new panels (front panel, 2 sills, 2 rear arches and back panel) The sills and arches weren't really that bad but decided just to change them anyway. After having the car a couple of days, Simon (the welder) sent me some not so nice pictures of what he had found.....

this is the car in its former glory when i had it on the road







i'll upload pictures of how it is just now...please bear with me while i get them uploaded


Alan

[Jay]

Very nice, could do without that splitter IMO.

Engine?

[MK1_beastie]

NSF wheel arch



just a little rot at the towing eye





solid as a rock



sealer was holding all the water in



clean metal



he managed to save my towing eye





new chassis leg



the other side looked just as nice!



yummy



i'm not really sure where that wire goes



CHOP



nice shiney new leg



...and floor section


will upload more later tonight

Alan

[MK1_beastie]

Very nice, could do without that splitter IMO.

Engine?

Its getting taken off. Don't know if i'll put anything on in place of it.

I've got a XE from a previous nova in the garage and the original 1.6 that was in the car sitting next to it. I've stripped the engine XE down, fitted new pistons and re seated the valves etc will probably put that in


Alan

[jayme taylor]

good fabrication and welding pal , keep up the good work

[krobinson]

Great Fabrication. It's hard to believe just how rotten it was. It looked fantastic before you took it off the road.

Looking forward to seeing how you get on with this!

[nova 2L 16V]

i love the silk violet gsi nova and a mint one would be hard to find now. keep up the good work.any idea how many in that colour was made?

[MK1_beastie]

thanks, i was in awe when i seen what simon had done with the chassis legs, and it turns out they were just the first of many great fabrications!



boot floor corners were replaced








back panel back in place





when he cut the arch away the inner wing didn't reach the outer and nowhere seems to sell inner arches, so a little more fabrication





NSF wheel arch had crumbled away a bit so it was cut out and replaced



an old weld was ok, but the arch wasn't in the best of condition



i still can't figure out how he managed to shape the top section here



instead of trying to repair this section of wheel arch he decided to just chop it out

[MK1_beastie]

old arch cut out



new one in :D





just some stitch welding required on the OSF



this is the chassis leg under the drivers seat, totally rotten





that is quite a gap there....this section has been repaired but i don't have pictures of it yet





a bit more rot at the back

[krobinson]

Jesus christ it's like the Titanic!!

Some excellent fabrication, however I can't help but think you should have sourced some new inner wings/turrets. Steve brought loads over on his parts trip.