Update of Rustboys project - with Pics

[MattyWoo]

Just thought i'd update you all on rustboy Bills car. Went over there today and took pictures of all the rust. He'd already gotten rid of most of it but your get a vague idea of what its like from the pics.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.wootton/content/bill/1.jpg
Boot Landing Panel

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.wootton/content/bill/2.jpg
The other side of the landing panel

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.wootton/content/bill/3.jpg
Headlight Surround... or what should be a headlight surround

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.wootton/content/bill/5.jpg
The other headlight surround

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.wootton/content/bill/6.jpg
Battery Tray

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.wootton/content/bill/7.jpg
Inside the boot

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.wootton/content/bill/8.jpg
One rear arch

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.wootton/content/bill/9.jpg
and the other

And finally rustboy himself :lol:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.wootton/content/bill/4.jpg

Cheers
Matt

[wisewood]

and you say this car has about 40k miles with one previous owner?

[rustboy]

hows ure head now matt? :lol:
Bill

[?Marty?]

Erm, it'd be cheaper and easier to just replace the whole car! Swap the engines if it really is such low mileage.

[MattyWoo]

its actually got 28863 on the clock. some old guy had it from new. got a coupla old MOT's, Its in a bit of a state tho as u can see.
cheers for that bill my head is still killing yeah u bastard.

[wisewood]

what happened to your head mate?

[MattyWoo]

lol when i was taking the last pics of the arches i proper twatted it on the boot lid that was open. young william thought it was funny. werent till i was home that i realised it was bleeding.

[dan16v]

holy shit i ve never seen that much rust in the battery tray! there can be next to no strength in that bulk head as the area behind it is totaly mashed! not being funny but id deffo re shell it!

[MattyWoo]

Whoops i forgot these beauties!!!

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.wootton/content/bill/10.jpg
Yes that is the drivers side arch lining which is ALL rust held together by the rubber underseal on the other side

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.wootton/content/bill/11.jpg
this is the bottom of that arch lining at the jacking point. Dont think we'll be using that to jack anything!!

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.wootton/content/bill/12.jpg
The arch lining on the other side. still rusted but not as bad as the opposite side.

:D

[Anton]

are you actually going to try and patch it up?

[wisewood]

although the satisfaction of seeing it mint again would be nice if you done it all yourself i would rather reshell the engine to be honest...

thats a lot of hard work!!!

[rustboy]

Ive jacked it up loads of times off that jacking point, ent fallen apart yet. Its gonna take me a while to sort it all out, got the mig welder coming on wednesday tho, so that'll be fun :D

[toXXin]

Haha Bill that's a joke...so much for your car being mint and laughing at Matt's rust!

Everyone thought my MK2 Polo was a shed because things fell off it...at least the bodywork was in one piece!

Seriously Bill I wouldn't even dream of driving a car with that much rust on...not because I'm a snob or anything, because if I had an accident, the car would not be able to offer a lot of protection. i know you get your MIG welder soon but I still couldn't live with a car that's bodged together. I knew you were stupid with things but you cannot be this stupid!

[Anton]

I think your mad lol

[rustboy]

lol cheers anton, an tom u signed up just to say that, ure already talking to me on msn u sad plonker.

[toXXin]

Anton's right!

Bill, check my profile, I signed up ages ago! and I though now was a good a time as any to use the site!

[Anton]

wish u luck though bill, if you need any help just ask, will be good to see what it turns out like

[rustboy]

cheers anton, will try an keep every1 updated with pics as i do stuff, an hopefully wont end up scrapping it.

An tom im gonna tell estates u deliberatly crashed into the fence now :lol:

[dan16v]

honest m8 re shell that is devo ive never seen ne shell that bad, it will save u money in the long run and will be safer! i would say that shell is unsafe

[rustboy]

If after ive sorted it all out the shell is unsafe then i will re-shell it, but after all the work ive put in so far i dont wanna give up just yet.

[toXXin]

Bill, why would I deliberately crash into their fence? You plonka!

No if you need any help you know where I am...I've helped Matt out with a few things, more theory than anything but I'm still a help!

[mikesri]

:o Sorry m8, but from what i can see your wasting your time! :roll: If i was you i'd defo have to reshell it cos i've never seen so much rust on a nova!!! Either that or put a 2.0 16v lump in it without a strengthening kit and watch the torque rip the sheel apart!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[MattyWoo]

Basically young william is a tart and however much u tell him summit he will do what he wants anyway.
In my opinion its stupid patching up all that stuff cos at the end of the day u paid less than 400 quid for it so its hardly worth thousands is it.

[dan16v]

to give you an idea i paid ?200 for a kplate 1.2i shell it still had the lump in etc! was more or less mint! so its easyer safer and cheaper to reshell!

[TWAG]

My first nova was the same colour as this and had just as much rust, i hope u didnt pay to much for it like did!I scraped it before i had passed my test. Now i got a nice tidy one, its in the 1.2 section (craig bridle) take a look, comments welcome.

[Ben (lurk75)]

it aint that bad, people should see some real restoration projects.

If you find a escort mexico in that condition youd be loving it.

Good luck.

[rustboy]

After a quick look round it 2day ive decided that im keeping the shell :D , its going in the garage later this week (once its all cleared out).

Cheers for ure comments everybody will try to remember to take pics as i go along, an hopefully wont take that long, gonna be taking me driving test again in about a month or so.

[DEE'S NOVA]

MY GIRLFRIENDS GOT A FARE BIT TOO SO ONCE I GET NEW BATTERYS FOR THE DIGI CAM I'LL POST HERS UP :oops:

[techie]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.wootton/content/bill/12.jpg

Both these arch liners are missing on my Nova. Its had new wings, guess they couldnt be arsed with replacing that bit. Still it aint structual, leave it off I say, less weight :lol:

[Chris LR]

MY GIRLFRIENDS GOT A FARE BIT TOO SO ONCE I GET NEW BATTERYS FOR THE DIGI CAM I'LL POST HERS UP :oops:

I know many Bodyshops who'll take her :lol: :lol:

[CP]

Rushden?!!

Howdy neighbour :D

Good luck with that lot. If you got some really radical body styling ideas now is the time to try them - you've got nothing to lose

[techie]

Looks like we got quite a 'local' group here. I see a meeting comming on I think :)

[rustboy]

how far from rushden are u cp?


About 5 miles SE - Yielden :D

[MattyWoo]

This is a 'local' site for 'local' people. lol sorry im sad.
It should be done in a coupla weeks hopefully. I'm gettin most of the fibreglass, filler, spraying, bumper prep, grille making, meshing duties... hold on i'm actually doin most of it :lol: ha

[rustboy]

i'll just handle the important stuff then shall i matt :wink:

[MattyWoo]

Yep thats fine by me mate, always best if you just make the tea and i'll do all the work :P

[rustboy]

the new mattywoo english dictionary:

work: watch bill do all the work then claim to have done it.

:wink:

[MattyWoo]

HAHA ok mate we'll see how easy it is for you to get all the parts, do all the work on your car, get to the scrappy and get a nice finish without me then shall we!!! I think not. Now stop being childish and get to bed its past your bedtime :D

[rustboy]

we could carry this on but i dont wanna stoop to ure level :P

[Breeny]

Have seen a lot worse to be honest, you can patch it up... but like has already been said its gonna cost a lot more than buying another shell. Just an example i spent thousands on my blue shell, and now i'm gonna be lucky to get ?500 for it on its own. :cry:

There are extremely mint novas out there these days for pennies, you just have to go out and have a butchers around!

[DEE'S NOVA]

chris lr :lol: you knew what i meant(better not show her) :twisted: