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vaughanmc
21-01-10, 02:59 PM
Me and my mate Greg (with the silver Nova) some will have met him at the Scotland Meets etc - He's no a paid up Member...yet :thumb:

We both halfed in for a wee workshop/lockup next to where his Dad works - £15 a month and you have a lot of room and access to all/any tools you pretty much need or want :)

Got a collection of 3 Nova's in there plus a big walk in cupboard full of Nova stuff

Just thought I'd share some pictures while I was down there today

1st off, My Mk1 Nova:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202871.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202872.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202873.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202874.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202875.jpg
Greg's 1400 T40 SR Mk1 project:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202876.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202877.jpg
SR & my Mk1:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202878.jpg
Greg's other project - 140BHP Nova GTE Track/Sprint car (Leda Suspension etc)
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202879.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202880.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202881.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202882.jpg
More to come :)
MattBrown
21-01-10, 03:01 PM
For £15 a month?

WTF?

Id use £50 in leccy a month?

You jammy get:)
Edd
21-01-10, 03:03 PM
Nice pics Vaughan,

Whats that nasty black stuff on the inner arch on your Mk 1 ??

Hope it aint waxoyl !!
vaughanmc
21-01-10, 03:03 PM
More random pictures of the lockup - Greg's SR:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202883.jpg
My Mk1:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202884.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202885.jpg
How I want my engine to look (Greg's SR lump)
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202886.jpg
Clean engine bay/chassis leg on my Mk1:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202888.jpg
1 completely undersealed inner wing/arch - Decided to get it up on the ramp sometime soon and do it with a gun - Be less time consuming and the job will be 100x better:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202889.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202890.jpg
SR & Mk1:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202891.jpg
Finally the GTE:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202892.jpg
A spare seat for my Mk1 :thumb:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV202893.jpg
PS - £15 a month to rent this place, very very well worth it :)

Cheers, Vaughan
Andy
21-01-10, 03:03 PM
I thought there was going to be pics of the workshop?! lol
vaughanmc
21-01-10, 03:04 PM
Nice pics Vaughan,

Whats that nasty black stuff on the inner arch on your Mk 1 ??

Hope it aint waxoyl !!

Nope it's overpaintable underbody sealant stuff like Gravitex or Schutz :)

Waxoyl will be pumped into the doors, sills, back 1/4's etc once it's painted
Edd
21-01-10, 03:05 PM
Good lad.

Workshop looks sound for the price.

Wish i had that space.
Andy
21-01-10, 03:06 PM
Nope it's overpaintable underbody sealant stuff like Gravitex or Schutz :)

Waxoyl will be pumped into the doors, sills, back 1/4's etc once it's painted
Have you ever tried painting over that stuff? Believe me it makes a right mess.
dontliftdrift
21-01-10, 03:06 PM
nice wee lock up there! my gf would dump me if i got a lock up lol id be there 24.7
vaughanmc
21-01-10, 03:09 PM
Not tried painting over it yet no - Probably do all the inner arches with the black underseal with a brush so I can get loads up in the back wheelarch lips etc then paint it with red Hammerite

But I'm going to do the floorpan with a gun :)
Andy
21-01-10, 03:12 PM
It never properly dries is the problem.Its rubbish stuff for what you pay.
When you paint onto it the black mixes with the colour and well......you can imagine the rest.....
vaughanmc
21-01-10, 03:13 PM
Aye I know what you mean - I done the passenger side last week and it seems to have dried but I know what you mean it stays tacky

Maybe a primer over the top of it to seal it in ? Then red Hammerite ?
Andy
21-01-10, 03:17 PM
try stonechip over the top of it or summat.You can paint straight onto that
vaughanmc
21-01-10, 03:19 PM
I'll see how the drivers inner wing drys out - Seems to be dry where I done it last week, doesn't seem tacky or anything

Overpaintable stuff as well I bought
craig green
21-01-10, 03:25 PM
£15 a month!! Oh Man!

Looks ideal. My car lives in farm yard full of crap!
Spudly
21-01-10, 03:36 PM
Vaughan, next time youre up there whip off that 40's manifold complete with carbs and airbox and send me it please, ill give you some rep:thumb:



lol
vaughanmc
21-01-10, 03:37 PM
lol Can't do that mate, it's not mine

Although in the cupboard I do have 40's and a manifold - Just no airbox :)
Spudly
21-01-10, 03:44 PM
For a 1400 or a 1300 though?
vaughanmc
21-01-10, 03:46 PM
Both for a 1300 8v mate
Edd
21-01-10, 04:03 PM
Aye I know what you mean - I done the passenger side last week and it seems to have dried but I know what you mean it stays tacky

Maybe a primer over the top of it to seal it in ? Then red Hammerite ?

try this instead,
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/U-POL-Aerosol-Gravi-Guard-Stone-Chip-Black-500ml_W0QQitemZ260417534004QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_B ody_Shop_ (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/U-POL-Aerosol-Gravi-Guard-Stone-Chip-Black-500ml_W0QQitemZ260417534004QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_B ody_Shop_Supplies_Paint?hash=item3ca2183834)
Supplies_Paint?hash=item3ca2183834 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/U-POL-Aerosol-Gravi-Guard-Stone-Chip-Black-500ml_W0QQitemZ260417534004QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_B ody_Shop_Supplies_Paint?hash=item3ca2183834)

its what iv used top stuff, thick and overpaintable.

anything that oil based is nasty imo.
Spudly
21-01-10, 04:12 PM
Both for a 1300 8v mate



Gay, no use to me at all, you suck dude lol
vaughanmc
21-01-10, 04:14 PM
Sorry fella lol
Spudly
21-01-10, 04:16 PM
Too late now im all upset and stuffs, look...............:cry:
vaughanmc
21-01-10, 04:17 PM
Awwwww the poor thing! lol
liam944nova
21-01-10, 04:33 PM
£15 a month is total bargin, i used to pay £35 a month for damp council lock- up garage.
vaughanmc
21-01-10, 04:37 PM
It's a very good place to keep the cars this bit :) Very well priced too

Cars are very well secured and the area is surrounded by CCTV lol
DAFTJOHN
21-01-10, 04:47 PM
Looks good man
let_nova
21-01-10, 04:57 PM
good lockup, one lockup i have in the center of town is £15 a week, the other i have just outside town is £10 a month and is dry, has leccy etc.
vaughanmc
21-01-10, 05:05 PM
Well there is the 3 Nova's in that lockup shown here - Greg's silver Nova lives in his garage, my red Mk2 lives outside on my runway plus we have my big garage out the back where more Nova s*it is kept plus the orange Nova that we both share too :)
let_nova
21-01-10, 05:09 PM
i need more space lol.
grooge
21-01-10, 08:51 PM
£15 a month is a bargain. I just paid 6k for a lockup round the corner from my house and I thought i was lucky as they usually sell for 7.5k+.
vaughanmc
21-01-10, 09:01 PM
£6k for a lockup ? I'm guessing it's yours for life then ?
grooge
21-01-10, 09:10 PM
aye, I'll be holding on to it, I waited around 2 years to get it and turned down a few others that were more expensive. considered renting it out until october (when my insurance and mot run out), previous owner got 80 a month for it and I've seen people getting 100.
buying a garage in west end would be even worse, saw a few go for around 15k!!! mental.
Matt
21-01-10, 09:13 PM
Great little lock-up that dude. £15 a month with electricity and tools etc is an absolute steal! Fell on your feet there :thumb:
vaughanmc
21-01-10, 09:14 PM
It's not what you know... ;)
grooge
21-01-10, 09:19 PM
so true
vaughanmc
26-03-10, 05:23 PM
Wee update on the Nova workshop

Had a wee change of layout so there's more room for a*sing about with the motors

Nova SR:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV203173.jpg
The 2 very clean Mk1 Nova's:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV203174.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV203175.jpg
GTE powered Nova:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV203176.jpg
:thumb:
muzzy
26-03-10, 10:47 PM
Nice wee set up you have there, for £15 its a fair bargain! Is your mate still selling the purple GTE or is he now keeping it?
vaughanmc
27-03-10, 03:41 PM
Not a clue mate - He was out at a trackday at Kames with it today

Phoned and said 'It can shift' so who knows what he's doing with it now lol
NovaLad
27-03-10, 04:08 PM
The garage at the end of my yard when empty is a decent size and that's worth about 5k so your 6k lockup is cheap!
vaughanmc
16-06-10, 10:40 PM
A wee before and after for the purple Nova

Greg's dad painted the whole car in the workshop and I painted the front and back bumpers and 2 mirrors

Not a bad job for doing it on the cheap; Before:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/SV203176.jpg
After:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Workshop/Project1.jpg
Some difference :)
muzzy
16-06-10, 10:42 PM
That's a fair change, not bad for being painted in a workshop.
vaughanmc
16-06-10, 10:46 PM
Looks 1000x better as well lol
muzzy
16-06-10, 10:48 PM
Is it going to be doing any hillclimbs or anything like that?
vaughanmc
16-06-10, 10:49 PM
No idea what's planned for it cheif - Probably will be getting ragged round Kames etc