Browney's nova build

[djbrowney]

Just been an brought this to night :thumb: looks to be fairly clean, small patch been welded in the boot :cry: will have a better inpection tomorrow.

1.0 4 speed ftw lol lol lol

Plans are you use it as my every day road car an use my other one for track/strip.

Gonna convert it to a mk 2 using the bumpers wings an such like i already have an fit the interior i already have :p then probaly use all the parts of this for my other nova :thumb:

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[Joe Richardson]

looks nice:thumb:

Good luck with it,hope there isn't any bad rust on it:)

[The Simps]

stop messing around and get ut other one finished!!!

[L14MNP]

Bought!

Converting to mk2 you fkn homo lol

[gazjoiner]

i looked at that! was listed as vaux/opel nova? looked very clean!! nice one, i was wondering why the boot badges where the wrong way round though? other than that looks sound mate:thumb:

[brainsnova]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo mk1 ftw.

[Ernie]

good find now mrk2 it at once lol.

[djbrowney]

stop messing around and get ut other one finished!!!

pipe down you, im doing both at the same time lol

[djbrowney]

the only reason i am converting it to mk 2 is because of the interior i have done is mk2 it wont be wasted dont worry lol

[djbrowney]

Didnt really get chance to do anything on the car today as have been busy with the other one, but i have got to stop putting it into 3rd thinking its got 5 gears

manged to sort out all the panels to convert it to a mk 2 an also managed to find most of the parts i had powder coated which use on this one aswel

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will have a better update tommorow

[matt_vaughan]

Wow! Wish I was that organised, had that many mint panels, and a GSI bumper....infact I wish I was you lol

Good luck with the build mate, looks a tidy wee car from the pics!

[Pistol Pete]

Clean looking car you got there. :eek: @ those freshly painted panels!!!

[The Simps]

* Browney in doing work shocker!! *



lol

[djbrowney]

* Browney in doing work shocker!! *



lol

pipe down 'i will put dog **** in your letter box' lol

[djbrowney]

just a little up date, got most of the parts stripped out of the nova ready for this

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The plan is to use the car to go to donny in a phew weeks an the bring it home an strip it, going to book a couple of days of work to try an get craking with it :thumb:

[7ova]

nice collection of parts,
good luck with project mate :thumb:

[areofall]

Seen this on the bay, looks eally clean, though Mk1 is the way forward imo, still a great project

[djbrowney]

Gave the car a little clean before heading of to donny couple of weeks ago, spent all of 10 minutes on it drove there an back, didnt miss a beat all the way good trusty 1.0. although the brakes are ****ing shocking. makes me wonder how strong old ladies legs must be

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Then tonight i started to strip the inside, inside is all out bar the heater and the pedal box, plan is to remove the engine tomorrow night an everything else the folowing night

still waiting for the ******* sparky to come finish of wiring the garage then i should be able to get it back inside an make some progress

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oh an found some rust too

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[let_nova]

any updates browney?

[djbrowney]

been busy working mate, had the garage re wired this week gonna spend all week sorting it out, should be some progress next weekend fella

[let_nova]

pm on route

[scott.parker]

Nice little project mate, looks like she'll be a good one, though how the hell did your feet not get wet with the rot hole! lol

[~~joycey~~]

Nooooo dont mk2 it! :(

[djbrowney]

Nice little project mate, looks like she'll be a good one, though how the hell did your feet not get wet with the rot hole! lol

it never rained lol

[djbrowney]

Nooooo dont mk2 it! :(

an why not ???????????? :tard:

[Rickyb]

yea mk2 it i wish mine had that little rust on it. and i will be keeping an eye on this one.

[stupot89]

mk 2 ftw lookin good mate

[djbrowney]

pictures say it all really nothing exciting lol

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[djbrowney]

stripped the wrest of the parts from the bay, gave it a good de-greasing an a pressure wash, didnt come up to bad i think. removed the head light panel an the slam panel. its going on thursday to have the complete front end shot blasted, ordered some chassis plates an nova rally is sending me a slam panel/headlight panel as well.

will get the car back on thursday night, weld the new chassis plates in an stich the bay, slam panel repair the holes an such like just need to buy a new welder

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[let_nova]

looking good!! sid you get a slam panel sorted?

[djbrowney]

yes fella nova rally is sending me on with head light panels connected to it happy days lol

[let_nova]

i need one now!

[djbrowney]

Got the wrest of the suff out of the bay last night, fenny came over earlier with his trailer just dropped the car off to have the complete front end shot basted, weather permitting should have it back tomorrow night

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[The Simps]

check fenny out with his posh towing vehicle!!

[djbrowney]

check us out filling it up with **** like we normally do lol cream interior ftl lol

[philip]

glad novas making prgress matey:D fenny branched out into dealing now? fair old toy for towinglol

[djbrowney]

Went a picked the car a little while ago, got back about half 6 with a rather clean looking engine bay. had only blown one hole which i was pretty chuffed about. im well chuffed with the finish after blasting wish i could have just put clear laiquer on it lol Now my welding is by no means good but i happy with it so far !!!
Big thanx for fenny for the delivery !!!
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[The Simps]

Shell looks good dude! I may come have a nosey next weekend if you're about.

Turn the wire speed down a touch mate. You should be able to run it on 2 max in the engine bay, wire speed around 3ish.

[djbrowney]

i been playing with the wire speed all night, couldnt get it to do what i wanted though. got the day of work tomorrow so gonna crack on an have another play hopefull

[The Simps]

I ended up around 3 I think and let it get quite hot before moving on. On the bulkhead I barely had to pulse it, just one bead of little swirls.

[djbrowney]

I ended up around 3 I think and let it get quite hot before moving on. On the bulkhead I barely had to pulse it, just one bead of little swirls.

is that technical terms lol

its all a learning curve for me i deal with wood an plastic ffs im not used to all the melting metal together **** lol

you welcome over an time fella, carfull you dont get vertigo venturing out of your posh city :p

[The Simps]

cheeky monkey! lol

I'm not an expert by any means mate, hardly cracked it myself! lol

[djbrowney]

im all for a bit of advice fella, if it makes my work better i couldnt give a fook if you cracked it or not lol

[gunny]

Nice little project here, will be watching this one :thumb:

[FB_evolutions]

lookin a gud start mate cant wait see it get built

[djbrowney]

Turned the wire speed down today as advised by a few people, welding came out a lot bet imo, but still having a problem with the wire not flowing right must be something im doing as it dont do it all the time lol

thanks to imack for the metal cheers mate

today progres any way

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now my welding is by no means a show piece so tried some seam sealer over the top of the welds, people's thoughts please i dont know weather to leave it or seam sealer them !!!

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[John]

I always think they look better seam sealed. Welding looks fine!

[The Simps]

Good work on the welding dude :thumb:

What gas setting is it on? Tried turning that up? Don't know if it helps but I was told to spiral the weld as you move along as if your making circular links rather than putting the weld at the front of pool. This way it pushes it along. Again, I may be talking shoite! lol

Seam sealer is fine as long as you can apply it neat enough? You went the squeezy tube option yeah? Did you soak the tube in warm water 1st?

[djbrowney]

Good work on the welding dude :thumb:

What gas setting is it on? Tried turning that up? Don't know if it helps but I was told to spiral the weld as you move along as if your making circular links rather than putting the weld at the front of pool. This way it pushes it along. Again, I may be talking shoite! lol

Seam sealer is fine as long as you can apply it neat enough? You went the squeezy tube option yeah? Did you soak the tube in warm water 1st?

well im going to check the roller that feeds the wires is on the wright dept, did even realise you could change them round lol there no regulator on the gas so it either on/off :roll:

yes opted for the tube type fook messing about, going to get a tube this morning to do the inner arch or of that affect, didnt need to warm it the sun was shining in lynn lol

[The Simps]

yes opted for the tube type fook messing about, going to get a tube this morning to do the inner arch or of that affect, didnt need to warm it the sun was shining in lynn lol


I got a tube from APEC the other week to do my rear arches (obviously not used it yet) and he advised giving a soak in warm water before hand and it goes on a lot easier.

[krobinson]

Welding looks spot on, and I agree with John, keep the sealer on, looks very tidy :)

[djbrowney]

Got all the welding finished on the front end today, put some seam sealer on the arches were i have repaired them to try an make them match with the wrest of the underseal, didnt come out to bad an im sure it will look fine with some stone chip an wax oil over the top. also managed to get a coat of etch primer to seal it, which is a bonus hopefully a complete rust free front end lol

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[The Simps]

you lynnetts move fast!!

what engine is going in? if big block what about alternator cutout/bashing?

[djbrowney]

1.6 16v turbo ftw so no need to worry about the alt i hope lol cheers for the comments

[The Simps]

hmmmm interesting choice!

what you doing on it today?

[novaload1992]

class

[djbrowney]

not done anything today mate, have been over gaz an andys most of today, of to watch speckys car on the dyno tommorow so it not looking like im gonna be able to do any more until tuesday, i now need to buy a new compressor as my little 25 ltr just cant keep up lol

[The Simps]

If you're looking to off your old compressor ;)

[djbrowney]

finally managed to get he garage an all the crap sorted out yesterday lmao, so cracking back on with the car this afternoon, stuck it back on its wheels, tried to hoover out the sand from blasting but think thats going to be a pressure washer job lmao striped some more parts off the car, then took a clooser look at the rear pannel an ended up with this, its had been repaired before worse than i first though. hay ho will order an new panel asap

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[let_nova]

any progress brownose?

[djbrowney]

Started to attack the wrest of the rust, finally managed to track down a new rear panel. should be hear with in two weeks. Springs an shocks also turned up this week so just need to get the shell sorted asap and stop spending on the other car. maybe then start been building it back up an build an engine

More rust found

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i knew new arches had been welded over the top, im glad i deided to cut them out looking better now though

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Im going down fennys tomorrow to rob a corsa td of its gearbox, hopefully come back an do a little more, just trying to think of a way of rolling the arches before i weld them on to the car any idea would help lol !!!

[Paul]

Looking good...

I cut the lip off of mine with an air saw once they were welded on.

Paul

[djbrowney]

i had though about trying to fold them my self, when i extend the inner arch where it has rusted trap it in between the lip of the outer arch if that makes any sence lol

[AlexW]

Looking good. That arch looks a mess! lol

[djbrowney]

Looking good. That arch looks a mess! lol

look ****ing mint from the out side an still does lol

i reckon it weight about 5 kg lol

[AlexW]

lol

[saloonwoody]

i had though about trying to fold them my self, when i extend the inner arch where it has rusted trap it in between the lip of the outer arch if that makes any sence lol

before you fit them get a piece of straight flat wood (quite thick :thumb: )
put a piece of carpet over it then carefully tap the lip over with the flattest hammer you can find :thumb: take your time start at one end and dont fold it straight away go backwards and forward a few times until its flat :thumb: thats ho i do it and it seems to work fine lol

[djbrowney]

before you fit them get a piece of straight flat wood (quite thick :thumb: )
put a piece of carpet over it then carefully tap the lip over with the flattest hammer you can find :thumb: take your time start at one end and dont fold it straight away go backwards and forward a few times until its flat :thumb: thats ho i do it and it seems to work fine lol

will give that a try mate, have a spare arch hear to play with :thumb:

[djbrowney]

im not longer carrying on with this project, if anyone feels they need to save this car from the scrap yard feel free to pm lol

[The Simps]

can you save me the engine mount and gear linkage dude!

[saloonwoody]

im not longer carrying on with this project, if anyone feels they need to save this car from the scrap yard feel free to pm lol

why ?

[djbrowney]

why ?

because its really not what i want mate, i would like to get a car dipped an start from a fresh not with plates welded in every where (call me gay if you like lol ) just dont see the point in building a car im not gonna be happy with :thumb:

im just gonna concentrate on my other car for the time being until i find the right car for the project :thumb: