A-reg 1.3SR WIP Saved from the Crusher!!!

[ck]

thought i'd make u a WIP thread of my A-reg 1.3SR that i bought last friday.

a friend had bought it a while ago from a scrap yard just before it was about to be crushed. He now doesnt have the time to work on the car so i bought it off him for the sum of £250.

she's got 42thousand genuine miles, it even has all the original booklets with it, but best of all it has the original purchase receipts:D

its not in too bad condition at all considering its 24 years old. the underside is pretty mint with only a little bit of surface rust here and there but still solid. the arches are going so i will get some repair panels welded in at some point in the future.

so far i have been going over a load of little rust scabs dotted around the car. ive been sanding them down to bare metal, using rust convertor on them then some red oxide primer and a quick spray of polar white. dont care if it looks patchey for the minute as its just for a run around untill i have finished my Sport, then i can crack on getting this SR up to a good standard.

anyway heres a load of pics ive taken so far

looking mankey hey lol
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/12072008787.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/12072008788.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/12072008794.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/12072008795.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/12072008796.jpg



and after a good clean

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/12072008801.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/13072008804.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/12072008800.jpg

[draper]

asweomeness !! good save from the scrappers there fella, looks in goon nick aswell

[ck]

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/12072008799.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/12072008798.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/12072008797.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/12072008786.jpg

here ive gone over several small areas with rust convertor

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/13072008802.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/13072008803.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/13072008805.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/13072008806.jpg

re-painted the back panel after sorting the small bits of surface ust out.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/13072008814.jpg

right thats where i am up till now with the photo's.

all the interior is back in and cleaned, (was nice and mouldy) ive left the front carpet and centre console out as the underlay was ****e so im gonna source another underlay before i re-fit the front carpet. im gonna finish off front end today and get the bumper n that back on.

Back in 2005 it went in for an mot which it failed and was sat every since. only failed on minor things like front brake imballance, 1 rear brake line, n/s/r brake inefficient, cracked screen, and a couple of bulbs, not alot tbh :D


For mot so far i've changed the rear shoes/springs, both rear cylinders and rear brake lines. fitted my spare screen (unfotunatly no top tint)

need to put my spare front brake setup on aswell saves tryin to free up the brakes that are on there. then a check over and hopefully it'll pass.


bit of good news aswell. i was told when i bought it that it needed a VIC check. apparently when my friend bought the car from the scrap yard they apparently had sent th elog book off as scrap. but good new i rang DVLA and they said that there is no VIC marker on the car so i can just apply for the logbook and i will get it, GET ON lol..

anyway moe pics in a few hours

[vaughanmc]

Looks rather good mate

Will be nice to see it all cleaned up properly, I presume your keeping it fairly original :) ?

[shy witness]

thats definatly a we cra worth saving.


besta luck with it mate.


good work so far

[ck]

The car was first registered to Haines + Strange Ltd of Cheltenham back on 17/5/1984.

by the looks of things it was used by the dealer as a demo car or something and then was sold to the 1st owner (other than the dealer) on the 15/9/1984

the 1st proper owner that bought it in september of 1984 paid £4800 for the car which i have the receipts for which i woudl have thought is pretty rare to find these days when buying an old car.

heres a few pics.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/16072008816.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/16072008817.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/16072008818.jpg

[vaughanmc]

Nice piece of history you have with the car as well

Would be really mint as a pure original car :)

[ck]

yeah going to keep it as original as possible. i have my old 13b RX7 engine sat here which i will be rebuilding at some point and i want to put it in a nova at some point, i think this is too good to rip apart so ive decided its gotto stay the way it is lol

so aventualy (a couple years down the line) i should have a restored nova Sport, a restored 1.3SR and a rotary powered nova lol

[vaughanmc]

Nice one mate - I don't recall seeing any pics of your Sport ?

[burgo]

you lucky fooker

[Andy]

Thats a brilliant find,keep it original,you rarely see them Areg anymore

[ck]

yeah, quite rare these very early ones :D not had a chance to do anything with the sport really. so far its been stripped right down to a bare shell ready for the replacement panels. once i have sourced all the panels i will get cracking on with the sport and put up a WIP thread about that too lol.

slowly but surely it'll get there.

[vaughanmc]

No problem - I'll look forward to seeing that one :)

[novacabrio]

excellent motor!

[John]

Wow good purchase for that! Will be keeping an eye on this one!

[liam944nova]

nice find there ave seen worse on the road lol

[7ova]

£250 was it your birthday that day!

looks clean mate, keep up the good work

[ck]

yeah, even bought an xe from him (he was gonna put int he SR) with a porous head for £50 (with ecu/loom/shafts/f20) ect ect

its gone to a good home so i'm sure he doesnt mind

[Mazz]

wow - what a cracking save - some people just don't know what they've got..

[craig green]

Oh Yess! Thats what my fave Nova would've started out life as....

Good on ya for saving her.

[Steve]

Excellent find, really original and a bargain at that price. Please sell it to me! lol

Will be watching this.

[stuartyj21]

you lucky man, why do things like that never come along my way..

[ck]

well, went for an mot today. failed on the two tiniest bits of welding. needed a small patch on each lowe arch where they meet the sill. all done now so will be mot'd tomorrow. then when i get my coilovers off greg1.4sr ill put them on along with my 13" alloys and sparco steering wheel, and a set of 236mm ate brakes. thats all im prob going to do to it as thats all for my sport.

also thought i migth aswell put my webbers and 4branch on thats fromt he sport aswell lol

will post some more pics this evening

[LEWI007]

Really nice one well done

[peester]

ha, cool.. hope the going is fairly smooth for u

[blindside-retro]

Quality find! keep it as original as possible, especially with the history you have with the car. Don't change the early skinny wheel. Is the car missing the lower front valance? I'll be watching your progress with interest.

[BIGS]

no he had to take the snowplow bumper off to be able to tow it home

[ck]

bigs is correct, i used an A-frame to tow it home. i didnt want to damage the lower half of the bumper.

its all back together, minus the front carpet as the underlay was shaged. few patches of primer lol but i'd rather that than spots of rust doing their course..

as soon as its mot'd today ill tax it, then an oil change (havent done it yet but runs sweet and oil doesnt look too bad) got a couple genuine filtes aswell.

then when thats done ill be popping out to a friends ro hopefully go look at another early 1.3sr, beleived to be mustard/jamaica yellow...

anyway heres some more pics of how she stands. the 13" alloys on the front as the tyres on the original steelies were cracked on the sidewall and a little low on tread. gonna get the punctures sorted on the other two 13" alloys and use them for the time being (planned to go on the sport after being re-furbed and powder coated white)




heres a pic of one bit of welding needed,
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/17072008821.jpg
this is all done now on both sides, will get pics 2moro of that...


http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/17072008827.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/17072008826.jpg

heres the only bits of rust in the boot floor, still solid though.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/17072008828.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/17072008829.jpg

some random photos.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/17072008824.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/17072008831.jpg

[ck]

oh yeah still forgot to put the door cards on lol

as it stands :D

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/17072008822.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/17072008823.jpg

[craig green]

Retrotastic. Get a hairdryer on the bumpers!

[Dod]

Fantastic mate, you got a bargin!!

[novag51]

i want that car! mk1s are tidy

[Novasport]

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/17072008824.jpg



You got the tool kit that mounts in the bracket you have on the right hand side of the boot?

Nice project, good luck with it. May have something similar soon:thumb:

[ck]

afraid not:( got the original jack and wheel brace in original pouches. mint aswell lol

[novalovingned]

awesome to see another A reg in more pieces than mine:) looks great mate, good luck

[John]

Wow! Top stuff! I'm soooo jealous!

[LEWI007]

Wow! Top stuff! I'm soooo jealous!

I'm jealous to lol

[sport]

Looks like you found a bargin.

[NOV4_SPORT]

Been looking threw old threads, and found this, whats happening to it ????



iain

[BIGS]

he sold it to a lad in plymouth he is on here. And he is going round with cut springs! and from what ive heard drives like a total tool :( . Looks like another classic that is going to be wrecked

[Steve]

What a tw@t sure hope he doesnt end up wrecking it, it should have gone to an enthusiast.

[craig green]

Looks like another classic that is going to be wrecked

Someone steal it (I mean save it). lol

[chimp007_uk]

Thats a great looking SR! Looking at it fromt he pics it's crazy someone was willing to scrap it. Its a classic...

Seeing all that history and original reciept reminds me of my first nova 39k on it and i was the 2nd owner. I should have killed the lad who drove intot he back of me :|

[BIGS]

Someone steal it (I mean save it). lol

You got a hiding place to store it ;) lol

[NOV4_SPORT]

Piss flaps what a bloody waste imo.

iain

[NOV4_SPORT]

You got a hiding place to store it ;) lol

If not i do lol.

iain

[craig green]

You got a hiding place to store it ;) lol

Razz it up the motorway flat out back to mine! :D

[BIGS]

That sorted then, Now where does he live again ......... lol

[NOV4_SPORT]

lol


iain