Swappage scheme 1.2 Nova. BLINGED for BILLING

[craig green]

OK, fresh off the back of my victory over Mowgli winning shed of the show at the nats with my shamefull swappage scheme Nova, I am seeting myself a wee task of tarting up the old girl for Billing & see how much of a change i can perform on her.

The aim is to spend literally nothing with the exception of a few service items it will need like wheel bearings & maybe a 5 speed gearbox to screw even more economy & cruising speed out of her.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/Nova%20pictures/005.jpg

She isnt very photogenic.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/TAshowpics/national2010/PNGnats2010089.jpg

So aside from making it run a bit smoother, engine is fine now, I plan on getting the paint looking a bit loved again, filling & smoothing out the dents to the wing & rear quarters & maybe see what can be done with the bumpers. Novarally (colin) didnt appreciate my lack of serious fundage for some Red GTE items over the weekend, we'll see.

[Sloth]

shame your not closer i have a f10/5 you can have for free.

[muzzy]

I quite like the look of that, a bit of a tidy up and it will look really good. The grille is a nice touch as it is a fine change from the usual.

[bmw156]

lol at this thread, and your prize.

hope it looks better soon :D

[MattBrown]

Looks pretty clean tbf!

Nice budget motoring.

Hows it alowed back on the road? Thought they had to be crushed?

[muzzy]

Looks pretty clean tbf!

Nice budget motoring.

Hows it alowed back on the road? Thought they had to be crushed?

Swappage not scrappage lol

[MattBrown]

Swappage not scrappage lol

Looks like gay martains old novalol

[bmw156]

Looks like gay martains old novalol

funny that.....

[MattBrown]

funny that.....

It islol

[Sloth]

what gay? sorry for the o.t

[MattBrown]

what gay? sorry for the o.t

Martin is gaylol

[craig green]

Looks pretty clean tbf!



Hows it allowed back on the road? Thought they had to be crushed?

Looks can be deceiving. lol

Me & Martin swapped our cars, hence an amusing thread title. So many people at the nats took the p*ss for swapping it.

Other plans include putting in a decent ICE setup to annoy admin with at shows... :p

[Spudly]

Oh and Craig, you forgot to remind me about that T-cut i was going to give you :roll:

[craig green]

I didnt need it mate. I won my category anyway.... lol

[Spudly]

Haha, but that being said you will now and i dont need it cos its red and my vec is silver and my nova is white lol

[novacabrio]

http://www.vauxhallcity.com/Assets/swappage.jpg

Swappage is a rip off! Car looks well, nothing a bit polish cn't help with

[craig green]

Car looks well, nothing a bit polish cn't help with

It's fine, just a laughing point I think. Paint is matt Red tho, maybe past the point of saving. It just did 300 miles this weekend on less than £40 of juice without missing a beat.

[Mike]

Clear indicators & a set of new plates is a must IMO Craig :)

[Rysee]

Really good MPG Craig, it didn't look to be in that bad condition and will be nice for the rest of the shows

[MK999]

maybe past the point of saving.

Like this one is?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/Untitled-3copy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/rednova.jpg
Get started :p

[Spudly]

Paint is matt Red tho, maybe past the point of saving.



Trust me, my old one was miles worse than yours Craig, fair enough i did mop mine with G3 then G10 and hand polished it afterwards but you can do it by hand aswell with the same/similar results....


http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/My%20Nov/28-08-06YNE1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/05-09-06_2004.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/28-08-06_1644.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/14-10-06_1342.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/14-10-06_1343.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/14-10-06_1516.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/14-10-06_1518.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/14-10-06_1517.jpg

[craig green]

Fook! That is dramatic result.

[Spudly]

When i first posted up the pics i was actually asked if i had resprayed it, hence the mid-mop pictures lol

Took me about four hours in the valet bay on an afternoon comparable to the heat of the weekend, i nearly died :cry:

[GeorgePayne92]

shame your not closer i have a f10/5 you can have for free.

where abouts are you mate ?

[Benn]

Want me to send you a few items to help you buff it back to life? Heat gun on the bumpers then a lick on AV bumper care..

[craig green]

Want me to send you a few items to help you buff it back to life? Heat gun on the bumpers then a lick on AV bumper care..

By all means, bumpers are flakey painted Black..

[Benn]

Ah, didn't know that, well i can send you stuff for the paint work.(am tight tho, but will send enough do to the car twice lol )

[novacabrio]

rub strips off, sell the grill to fund some other bits bit of a polish up, some paint on the bumpers and your laughing!

I did something similar a few years back

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v648/37/0/503075464/n503075464_2075343_2956.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v648/37/0/503075464/n503075464_2075342_2631.jpg

spent about £150, got donated a few bits and ended up with this

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v648/37/0/503075464/n503075464_2075340_1983.jpg

wheels cost about £40 of that!

[John]

Good stuff craig! Bumper paint ftw.

[MK999]

Good stuff craig! Bumper paint ftw.
UPOL thought not the usual halfords flaky job, Mowgli for the standard grey colour code as I know thats your thing, think it's UPOL mid grey bumper paint, but double check with him :thumb:

[burgo]

should be interesting to see the results

[dj_wudgey]

Like this one is?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/Untitled-3copy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/rednova.jpg
Get started :p

id say the same!!

[Edd]

glad you've decided to something with it mate, is looking at a bit sorry for itself.

IMO,

come round mine and get the GTE bumpers and grill,
rub them down and paint the in U-pol mid gray,
take off rub strips and flair decals,
fit your Irmscher twin spokes,
get plain number plates,
g3 the paint work, sort dents,

would make the world of difference and not cost alot.

[bmw156]

tbh its only the rear bumper which is flaking paint IIRC, it had a newer front bumper, because i hated the flaky paint lol.

and lol to you getting ripped for it.

[craig green]

Nothing much to report other than the last 3 evening have been buffing sessions on Flair.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/SPV018.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/SPV019.jpg

She's got some colour & a bit of a shine to her now.

[John]

looks much better craig!

[craig green]

Not waxed it yet. Going to keep polishing it every night with Autoglym or MEGS until I get bored. Tonight was the 1st go at polishing it. Its had stage 1 Megs paint cleaner the last couple nights.

Looking forward to waxing it, then it might not be such a ball ache. As everynight it seems to fade again & needs a rinse & chamois off before going at it again. High maintainance!

I will crack on with the ICE wiring this week. Really wish I was going to PV tbh but I cant get time off from work. Isnt that what sub-bass is for? PVS.
[edit] The eagle eyed will notice I removed the irmscher reg plate surrounds. They can go on fleabay.

[Benn]

Pm be your addy, have a lil care package for you....

[stt]

craig,
i have a f13 you can have if you want,
plus i have a few sets of bumpers you can look thru if you want
256's etc
not sure but theres probably other stuff you can have if you need it!

[AlexW]

Wack some new plates on it too, those plates have always looked a bit tired.

[craig green]

Wack some new plates on it too, those plates have always looked a bit tired.

I despise paying for new reg plates.... these will be OK. Maybe polish them up a bit.. lol

Benn I'll PM ya buddy. :thumb:

Si (stt) I'm sure I'll get round to yours some time. cheers for the offer. :thumb:

[Edd]

Looks alot better already mate, still think you need to do something with the bumper tho.


I despise paying for new reg plates.

Plates are cheap down Halfords, even more so with trade card :thumb:

[bmw156]

craig, those plates are original. leave them on lol

[craig green]

One of them might be original. Both old tho.

Another pic last night after I finished polishing the bonnet & roof.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/014.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/006.jpg

These gay transfers are off aswell.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/SPV010.jpg

[Hobbit]

Looking much better :) amazing what a bit of elbow grease can achieve.

[L14MNP]

Craig you de-OEM'd it by binning the turbogay stickers lol. What would the factory fresh class of '10 say?!

I know what you mean about plates, which is why I still haven't bought a front one. lol

The paint is looking great on this. :) Fair play! You stickign with the Hella? (I apologise, I have not read your whole thread.)

[Dod]

Snowplough and wrap around spoiler ftw.

[stt]

Craig can you pm me your mobile number I think I only have you old one that ends in 514 or are you just ignoring my calls lol!

[craig green]

Craig you de-OEM'd it by binning the turbogay stickers lol. What would the factory fresh class of '10 say?!



They suck! The car looks so much cleaner without them IMO. lol

As for the paint, I'll leave any more polishing until closer to Billing weekend, its just fading right under my nose anyway.....

I've just spent the last hour or so swapping some Luxe doorcards from my old mk2 into it. I gave them to Jack & he passed them back after not using them, so proper slut.ty parts! lol
Pics later. The cards match the SR seats a bit better than the tweed & are a more comforting velour instead of techno tweed & grey plasic, the door pockets are bigger & better on the mk2 items aswell. I found a pair of stainless sill trims with SR logo's in the shed form a £100 SR I broke years ago. Still using & finding bits off of it, they will tidy up the scuffed sills nicely.

My main aim this afternoon was to run the stereo cabling & give it a hoover out & clean whilst the seats & carpets were out, but I couldnt find my ICE fuse & distribution block I want to run, so then neglected to drill the hole for the cable in the bulkhead as I may end up running thinner power cable if I cant find the fuse, so that nailed that task. :(

[SRimon]

Tyre shine?

For me the 3 spokes are a nice wheel, but with grey tyres they look crap!

[craig green]

Aye, they'll get tyre shine.

Grubby windows & dirty tyres can spoil the cleanest of cars..

[craig green]

As promised. The pics of the old & new door cards.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/008.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/005-1.jpg

I found an inline fuse & seperate 2 way distribution block for the ICE on the bay, no bids so chucked one in with 1hr to go (was going out), but got outbid. Gutted would have been a cheap solution for the cabling Ahwell.

Here are some pics of the front seats I got a couple months ago. Rears need 60/40 brackets. The seats are utterly mint & are my fave factory, sporting Nova seats of all. These will be going into my turbo build when its complete.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/007.jpg

[burgo]

got both brackets here craig

new door cards do look better

[craig green]

Cheers Luke. How much for the bracketry sent??
Yeah the cards are far more pleasing on the eye when your in the driving seat. The doors sound so much more solid to close now aswell, oddly. Mk2 win I guess.

I noticed the old seat belt conveniently covering the drivers bolster in the pic. I'll shoot another of the drivers bolster for proof.

[craig green]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/018.jpg

Through the sunroof.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/020.jpg

[Tommy_nova]

Nova looking well Craig

[bmw156]

does the bolster clash with the door card handle? looks very close?

and yeh the seats are cool :)

[Rickyb]

looking sweet keep up the good work pall.

[nova_saloon]

give me your seats... there so fresh!

[vaughanmc]

Very cool seats - Under-rated IMO, hardly anyone has them

[craig green]

does the bolster clash with the door card handle? looks very close?

and yeh the seats are cool :)

No, its no different to a GSi or SRi setup, cloth colours aside.

Thanks for the comments guys, the seats are indeed lush. Shame the drivers is getting a bit grubby with stains from the leaky sunroof, nothing a wet vac wont sort.

[Southie]

Love those seats Craig :) I expect high standards from you as you seem to have a cracking knowledge of Novas.

All the best in this wip ;)

[craig green]

Love those seats Craig :) I expect high standards from you as you seem to have a cracking knowledge of Novas.

All the best in this wip ;)

This just a bit of a laugh tbh, you never seen my 1st project thread?

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66674

[craig green]

Just a wee update whilst I have an ice lo lly after the England game.

I have all the carpets & seats out, the ICE cabling is being laid under the carpet accross the foor pan. I have drilled & grommeted the firewall for the +ve cable to run into the battery tray.

Obviously I have hoovered out the floor area. I'm 3p up & my hands are black!!

[Edd]

Decided to do anything with the bumpers yet mate ?

Got some U-Pol mid gray that I dont need if you want it lol

[craig green]

Yeah I'll prolly take you up on that. Worth a go.

I am now listening to amped 6x9's. Just need to perform some magic on the shelf so the sub box will slot back in (in interferes with the magnet of 1 speaker).

I forgot the camera, so pics of a cleaned interior & boot shot will have to be good enough when I CBA'd.

[bmw156]

thank god i only left 3p in lol :D

[craig green]

lol Martin.

Thank god I dont have that intermittent dash speaker to put up with anymore. I didnt inten to finish the stereo today, just put in the cables & suss a couple bits out, but I had to chop off the speaker wires on the ISO connector as I didnt when them running, then realised I had no tunes at all, so put the amp on the boot floor & powered it all up. I've just been out tweaking the crossover & HU settings. All is well listening to Danny Byrd's Hospital mix. :)

[edit] Today was the 1st time I ever hoovered it, the dust & crap was pretty bad. loads of grass from the national too.!

[spanishfly]

Makes me wanna buy a standard Nova just for fun again. Standard cars with a few trick mods are the way forward! Even more so when old.

[craig green]

You say that Rob, what I would do to be going about in something with a little class should we say. ie not an F reg, not a vauxhall & in tidy nick.

[spanishfly]

lol nice merc 280sl, roof down and a nice scarf round your neck?

[bmw156]

lol Martin.

Thank god I dont have that intermittent dash speaker to put up with anymore. I didnt inten to finish the stereo today, just put in the cables & suss a couple bits out, but I had to chop off the speaker wires on the ISO connector as I didnt when them running, then realised I had no tunes at all, so put the amp on the boot floor & powered it all up. I've just been out tweaking the crossover & HU settings. All is well listening to Danny Byrd's Hospital mix. :)

[edit] Today was the 1st time I ever hoovered it, the dust & crap was pretty bad. loads of grass from the national too.!

o yehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i totally forgot about that

[Southie]

This just a bit of a laugh tbh, you never seen my 1st project thread?

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66674
Yes seen it before so that's why I said I was expecting high standards. ;)

[craig green]

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg278/se7enthsignpsn/catepicfail.jpg

In light of me not bothering to suffer driving the 1.2 all the way to Billing, this project is semi failed, however I have got some plans afoot to keep on tidying up the old girl. After changing the NSf wheel bearing, the car no longer sounds like it has a swarm of angry bees in what I thought was the gearbox (thanks Jack for the description). It feels a million times smoother now & the to be fair the hub & bearing were rough as fook when I removed it.

Plans are for a pikey style home respray maybe with new wings & tailgate in the factory colour & some banded steels perhaps.

lets hope I keep the motivation anyway!

[John]

Was gutted this wasn't at billing! At least you had a nova to go in lol Keep the motivation, get them banded steels done! (can point to who did mine if you want)

get the 1.6 turbo banged in!

[moffat]

any future plans for this craig? agree with john get the 1.6 turbo in it, be a cool sleeper

[craig green]

Yes John PM me about banding or whatever. I didnt realise you had any.

No 1600 in this one. I have another shell for that if it ever happens. I have been dreaming of other cars (Honda Prelude maybe) but I think I'll make something nice of this on the cheap & keep it. It is a pretty good Nova as it happens, I'm starting to realise. That knackered wheel bearing really made everything upfront feel shot to bits. Such a smooth drive now.

[John]

Yes John PM me about banding or whatever. I didnt realise you had any.

No 1600 in this one. I have another shell for that if it ever happens. I have been dreaming of other cars (Honda Prelude maybe) but I think I'll make something nice of this on the cheap & keep it. It is a pretty good Nova as it happens, I'm starting to realise. That knackered wheel bearing really made everything upfront feel shot to bits. Such a smooth drive now.

I don't have any atm, i had banded steels on the old gl though, will go get you the details. :thumb:

[Edd]

After looking over it a few times, does seem a solid shell in all the right places mate.

I reckon once you sort the bodywork a little and crack some banded steelies on there the 1600T lump will end up in there lol

[Trendall]

i have just noticed this is my car standard and i have noticed the grill and bumpers are different to the one's i have now i know why my grill dosnt fit properly also i might have to fiddle with the bumper's a bit to sort out the fitting issue's

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/TAshowpics/national2010/PNGnats2010089.jpg

[craig green]

any future plans for this craig? agree with john get the 1.6 turbo in it, be a cool sleeper

Theres nothing sleeper about a Red Nova tbh. If it whooped you off the lights would be surprised? I doubt it. lol

I couldnt get the intercooler behind the grille either & that is staying fer sho'.

[Benn]

I hope you've been spending the evening using all the stuff i gave you... lol

[Mike]

fancy selling the engine Craig?

[craig green]

1.2??

[moffat]

Theres nothing sleeper about a Red Nova tbh. If it whooped you off the lights would be surprised? I doubt it. lol

I couldnt get the intercooler behind the grille either & that is staying fer sho'.

fair point never really thought of that. fair play man:thumb:

[craig green]

OK. This afternoon's mincing.
I went around to my folks as they have a large drive with mains elec nearby etc & they were away at Anglesey for a track day/weekend. So I was able to crack on without disturbance.

The plan was to fill the dent(s) in the rear quarters. I tackled the shallow one on the off side which was on the car when I got it.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/001.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/002.jpg

Getting the area down to bare metal. Took too long with my palm sander & prolly the wrong grade abrasives (120 grit). Maybe just not suited to car work I dunno.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/006-2.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/007-1.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/009.jpg

I also figured that whilst here I'll try a couple rust patches on the door as no doubt it shouldnt take too much longer mixing filler & sanding it all together.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/010.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/013.jpg

Full shot of the work in progress.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/012.jpg

[craig green]

Obviously the next stage is getting some filler in there.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/015.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/016.jpg

It's been a while since I mixed any filler & I think I got the hardener ratio a bit wrong & it took ages to 'go off'. I carried on though & began sanding. Again fookin hard work with the wrong materials & a small sander.
I put on a second layer of filler which went off in a few mins & sanded that back. Thats as far as I got as I spent most of the afternoon doing it. I'm not all that happy so far, but it still needs more filler so it's not finished. I think I just expected to maybe have one side done & I havent completed it yet. Hay ho.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/019.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/020-1.jpg

I have sprayed a quick rough coat of red over the bare metal etc & it looks awfull & has highlighted where more filler needs to go.

lol @ taking 4 hours to do what a bodyshop would do in 30 mins....

[Benn]

Looking better dude. Filler work is loads of fun... Put it in a bit thicker so you can knock it back to get the shape.

[Derick-Sport]

using upol can be a pain in the rear sometimes

[craig green]

Looking better dude. Filler work is loads of fun... Put it in a bit thicker so you can knock it back to get the shape.

Against the guidance in the filler instructions then, but yeah your prolly right. Like I say, it was hard work doing the sanding, it seemed so slow going.

[MK999]

You want it thin enough that it's quick/easy to sand back but thick enough to actually have the freedom to do that, putting it in too thick and sanding it back by hand is definitely not fun lol

[Benn]

Does it say do it thinly then?

You need to fill the dent, not semi fill it. So filling it a little over give you enough to sand it back and get it flat.

[craig green]

Ahh I figured build it up. It does say not to 'over fill' it though.

Maybe I'll get the deeper dent right on the other side.

[Edd]

Would you have not been better off putting some arch repair panels in first ?

[craig green]

Filler FTW.

I cant weld yet nor justify the time/expense tbh.

I've got a cunning plan for popping out the other side....

[vaughanmc]

Good work mate :)

[Benn]

Ahh I figured build it up. It does say not to 'over fill' it though.

Maybe I'll get the deeper dent right on the other side.

Nah ya better off filling the dent in the first skim, then blocking it down.

[stt]

Filler FTW.

I cant weld yet nor justify the time/expense tbh.

I've got a cunning plan for popping out the other side....

Youre welcome to get some lessons at mine, and then use my welder to do it if you want

[craig green]

Pics of todays unfortunate issues.

This is what I was greeted with this morning.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/001-1.jpg

Offending failed pipe.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/003-1.jpg

The tarmac out in the road is utterly ruined forever. lol

How can a small drip cause such a mess? I drove it to work as it was & I checked the leak on arrival. But when I finished at 3pm I dreaded the worst but it hadnt leaked all day!! :p

[Edd]

nasty

much fuel lost ?

got some spare fleur lined pipe here if you need it

[craig green]

All fixed mate. I wasnt gonna leave it leaking. Lost a fiver of juice I reckon.

[Southie]

Ironic that you and Martin both had problems this week with the cars you swapped lol

[craig green]

I fixed mine in 15 minutes though for £1.10 lol But ironic indeed.

As for the failing battery mentioned in my cash point rant, the newish battery I had for my GSi is in my housemates Nissan Zed, so he's been told he needs to buy himself a battery & give me mine back.

[Southie]

Bargain Novas FTW then lol

I need to do my arches like you've been doing/done how long have you spent on them?

[craig green]

err an afternoon so far. Would have been quicker with some coarser grade sanding pads as it took far too long getting to bare metal.

[Southie]

mmm I've never done any body work and the prospect scares me a little especially with it having 24 year old paint and also being metallic, might send it to a bodyshop the more I think about it. :roll:

[craig green]

The fact its 24yrs old should put you off spending on it.

I've never done any body work either, played with filler onmy shorty mirrors but not on a car panel. I may have more updates after this weekend anyway as the side I started needs another skim & might get chance to attack the other side which is a bigger dent/proper battle scar.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/005-2.jpg

[Benn]

That looks good^

[MK999]

That looks good^

Didnt think you liked dents lol

[Benn]

lol didn't see that, i was looking for rust.

[bmw156]

FLOL to the nova spitting its fuel, i take it you had just filled it up full, as it used to leak on me on the over flow.

did it once in a petrol station, i left in a hurry.

and o no, your revealing my filler in the door!

[craig green]

No didnt brim it, far from it. It did stink of fuel when I went to nats with the most fuel its ever had in my ownership, but wasnt leaking. Must need new breather pipes too.

She isnt looking too special underneath, so I reckon MOT could be it's deciding moment tbh.

[bmw156]

i always thought it was solid underneath.

and let me know if you sell lol.

and the golf is being fix and flogged, stupid thing :P

[Edd]

I thought it looked quite solid underneath mate

Where's the rust ?

Chassis legs looked ok, spare wheel well looks like someone has bare metal it tho lol

[bmw156]

I thought it looked quite solid underneath mate

Where's the rust ?

Chassis legs looked ok, spare wheel well looks like someone has bare metal it tho lol

*rises hand in the air*

[Edd]

lol didn't think about putting some etch primer on then ? lol

[craig green]

Chassis legs looked ok, spare wheel well looks like someone has bare metal it tho lol

Thats waht I am kinda getting at, much of the floor pan is bare metal. I really need to do something with it ASAP if its going to last. I think one of the rear spring saddles may be hiding a hole also.

Wire wheel, red oxide & some gravi-guard required I reckon. :(

[bmw156]

i welded the rear turrets, and didnt notice the spring mounts showing any signs of rust.

and nah i think i bare metalled the bits which were flaking, and then forgot to paint/underseal them.

my bad!

[Edd]

Few cans of Gravi Guard here for you

Sounds like a full resto is about to happen lol

Turbo lump in next week ? lol

[craig green]

Stop bangin on about puttin in the turbo lump, it will never happen!





I dont have a fuel reg for it. lol

[Southie]

The fact its 24yrs old should put you off spending on it.Why should I be put off spending on it bearing in mind I've owned it for 5 years and bar the arches it's okay. :confused:

[Edd]

^^ was kind of thinking the same

[stt]

craig ive got some decent height ramps here at the farm and a crawler board!

[craig green]

You'll have to let me know when your about mate. I'll text you in the week maybe.

[stt]

im at the farm tomorrow mate, working sun mon tues, then off for rest of week!

[craig green]

Thanks for the offer Si. Kinda the opposite of my working pattern this week. Not much earlky on & full on towards end of week/weekend..

Anyhoo.

Filler work on the rear quarters/arches continues.

I thought I was pretty much done on the near side. So after some final sanding & mincing I wanted to blow some primer over the repair to cover the bit of bare metal & seal the filler against the elements. I think this was Monday night & the wind had got right up, not ideal for spraying. So as I dont have a garage for this sort of thing all I could think of was the local multi-storey carpark (empty I might add). So I headed up there with some newspaper & my can of primer.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/005-3.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/007-2.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/003-2.jpg

I thought it was looking pretty good, but the next day I spotted loads more imperfections now it had a uniform coat of colour on it. I can even detect the uneven surface easier with the paint on it. More sanding!!

I also moved onto the off-side repair on Tuesday evening. This was the bigger dent caused by a road rage incident between me & a van driver (thats another story).

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/005-2.jpg

Anyway. I used a coarser grade of sanding pad to get through the paint much quicker this time. Once the area was bared, I put in a generous skim of filler, thanks to advice from Benn etc as I think I was a bit shy with it on the other side.

(note; the gay FLAIR decals have gone!) :)


http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/008-2.jpg

I've just spent the morning sanding it down & adding extra skims of filler here & there where needed. I think its nearly upto the stage of needing some Primer to once again highlight the actual surface I am playing with.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/011-1.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/013-1.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/012-1.jpg

Thats where I am anyway. I'm having fun ( & learning along the way) which is all that counts to be honest!

[moffat]

good work craig

[tony k]

looking good craig getting stuck in again,oh thanks for the info the other day on the corsa pedal setup,thats the plan im going with now,so should be going ahead with it in the next few weeks cheers

[craig green]

cheers. I'm quite happy with the way it's going.

[Benn]

Good work, i used a multi-storey car part to rebuild the front end of my car years ago when it was raining.

Is looking good dude.

[craig green]

Liking my new early tailgate.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/project%20SPV/002-2.jpg

Thanks to Edd for hooking me up with it & helping swap over all the parts & glass etc. Looks far better than the filler bodged one we took off.

[Edd]

No worries mate, looks a million times better imo.

Keep at it :thumb:

[Shaun]

Good work craig!

[craig green]

Cheers & cheers.

I reckon I'm going to have to get those GTE bumpers on it sometime real soon. Only trouble is my pea-shooter gay exhaust is going to look utterly pants poking through a GTE valance.

Anyone got a decent mk1 aftermarket back box that will fit a std system??

[Rysee]

Just tape on a Heinz beans tin yo

[GDN16v]

MK1 Magnex or standard GTE box would look good on it!:thumb:

[craig green]

yeah I agree Glenn. Actually thought (wished) about a factory GM oval tail pipe the other day.

You dont see them anywhere now.

[Edd]

how about a Sebring ? CLICKY (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nova-GTE-Sebring-Exhaust-Complete-System-/160292184430?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM)

failing that get a tailpipe cover thingy from Halfords for the time being

[craig green]

I should have kept that 4" Powerflow/Scorpion thing I had.

Sebring is a bargain, but I fear it wont fit without a 1.6 downpipe & manifold which is getting a bit involved tbh.

[GRUNT 16V]

I MAY KNOW OF A SRI SYSTEM BRAND NEW WITH MANIFOLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!(caps off) i will be back !!!!!!!!!
great to see you with another project !!!!!!!

[bmw156]

looks good craig, i was always on the look out for another boot, but never came across one.

keep up the good work.

[Southie]

Early MK1 boot looks far far better. :thumb:

[craig green]

great to see you with another project !!!!!!!

Might need to badger you about summat anyway. PM en-route when i CBA'd. :thumb:

[Benn]

I like the mk1 boot.

[stt]

if you pop over i'll just weld a better sized tailpipe on your back box for you!

[GDN16v]

Ive got a scorpion 3 inch rolled out tailpipe section for sale if thats any good?;)

[craig green]

Thanks Benn, me too.

Stt. I need to show you something anyway, so I will be round at some point.

[stt]

im here all week! lol

[Rickyb]

looks a good project

[craig green]

No pics ( it did happen) but she had a new fr & centre exhaust sections today. It started blowing a little last week & developed into a full blown gypsy roar on Saturday. The front pipe rusted & nearly snapped off where it enters the centre section. The remaining part of fr pipe inside the centre section was seized inside, so needed both bits. Thats a full new exhaust in last 6 months.

All quiet now, just needs a better looking tail pipe weldding onto the rear box & I'll be happy tbh. I like the semi upswept mk1 Golf style exits.

I also gave her an oil & filter change a week or so ago. Long overdue I thought, but it doesnt feel any smoother like oil changes often do, so my guess is it wasnt crying out for it. No biggie, peace of mind & all that.

Next job might be to get the alternator reconditioned as it sounds pretty dry. I've noticed on the digi-gash it only charges over 12v when revved above idle after a cold start, so it must be getting tired. New belt when that happens too. Being my daily transport though I might need a day or so booked off work to do this. I'd sooner get our battery centre to strip & fix my alt than pay for a new unit.

If I can be bothered I'll be lobbing more filler into a couple more dents at some point.

I picked up a GTE/SR grille of here last week. Still looking for 2 good mk1 wings btw!

[bmw156]

good progress, nice to see it being looked after.

i was good at servicing it. if i had some spare cash i would do it lol.
alternator belt is probably over due IMO.

i replaced the back box at some point not to long ago as you can probably tell.

hope it keeps you going well :)

[craig green]

Back box failed back in May. It's another!

I'm happy to maintain it on a budget. I rely on it for work. MOT is looming & I know it needs a bit of work for that, so I have these things in mind now. Fingers crossed, or if you see it being 'broken for spares' this time next month, you'll know why!

Its got a bit of a flat spot when you get back on the throttle, exiting corners etc (since I got it) so at some stage the carb might get stripped, likewise I think it needs a look at, check ign etc. I'm pretty sure theres a few bhp to be found. It pinks a bit etc & I wouldnt be surprised if its a bit rich, idle could be a tad lower.

[bmw156]

Dont Break It Please

if you are thinking of getting rid, give me a shout :)

[craig green]

bump. LOL

[Edd]

:d nice !! Bout time too :d

Caroline is looking forward to a multi coloured nova on the drive F lol

[John]

ah-ha! I see the bug has bitten you again Craig! lol

[brownbear]

Dude! WHY?! Hope it's a saloon! lol

[Edd]

Dude! WHY?! Hope it's a saloon! lol

He's just going to rebuild the Flair in this thread mate

Once it's moved to my drive Craig can crack on with it, I'll give a hand, I'll be bored when the Sport is finished lol

[Southie]

Eh!!! I thought you'd sold it Craig... or have you cloned the old one lol

[Edd]

It's been hibernating that's all lol

[craig green]

ah-ha! I see the bug has bitten you again Craig! lol

So it seems, 'Nova itch' needs scratching again.

[Southie]

It's been hibernating that's all lol
Lucky sod lol Wish I'd had a spare somewhere lol

[Mazz]

Good lad Craig :) Whats with these stupid little rot boxes we all seem to love..?

[Will F]

Knew it wouldnt last long - you cant go to Billing and not want to drive/build/buy a nova when you get home!

[Benn]

Hope you have the kit i sent you still...

[Jeff16v]

Shocked at Craig back in a tin can, nice repair work with the filler, I've always fancied doing all repairs/painting prep myself but dont have the time. Did you bring it to billing?

[Mazz]

Hope you have the kit i sent you still...

Nosedose kit?

[Benn]

Nosedose kit?

lol a cleaning kit...

[stt]

its now back at Edd's so Craig has no excuse for no updates!

[Edd]

lol update; I washed it using some Cillet Bang lol Craig came round later, we looked at it, and put a car cover on it lol






...... Think something will happen next week as looking at it Martin/Bmw156 bare metalled the rear underside and left it like that :eek: :eek: lol

[stt]

...... Think something will happen next week as looking at it Martin/Bmw156 bare metalled the rear underside and left it like that :eek: :eek: lol

you mean the boot floor will fall out due to rust lol