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Some of you may remember my white GSi i bought in 2009 for £80!
Regretably sold it on to a mate who stripped it and scrapped it.
Kicked myself ever since and have always been on the look for another Nova since.
About 3 months ago i done a deal with my old Golf GTI Turbo with Stevie78 on here for his tidy SRi, sadly it wasnt to be as the water pump gave way on the Golf as Stevie was taking it home, being local to me and knowing Stevie for a good while i consider him a friend, so done the right thing and swapped cars back, i repaired the Golf and sold it on, and Stevie sold his Nova on, regretably a week before my Golf went.
Anyway, chatting with Vaughan last week whilst admiring his new build he mentioned a GSi local to us he knew of that was for sale locally to us, he gave me the details, 30 minutes later i was looking at the car and by dinner time that night i returned deposit in hand.
Got it home tonight so here she is, i'm a mechanic for a living so it'll be legal and out soon as :D
Spec -
Piper cam & Pulley, Remus exhaust, Pipercross cone, Magnecore leads.
Half cage, 1 seat (GTE)
OZ Superturismo's, G-Max lowering kit.
Got a rough idea where i'm going with it.
Enough rabble -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/15936361.jpg
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Recent arch's by the look of it.
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Nice,where did that one come from if it was local mate?
I got i from Ochiltree, spent some time in Coylton prior to that, and i remember it being in Ayr at one point also.
Never seen it before,im only in catrine so not far from ochiltree,theres a few popping up around here now,theres a j plate gsi in mauchline thats been sitting a while too
AndyGTE95
27-04-12, 11:33 PM
great to see another local nova mate :thumb:
dosent look too bad ethier
good luck with the project mate:thumb:
Andy
Is that the silk violet one? I think it's a valver, it used to sit in Catrine a think.
Your only 10 minutes up from me, is your GTE on the road yet?
I'm tempted just to fling this on the road and enjoy the good weather in it and take it to bits around September time.
great to see another local nova mate :thumb:
dosent look too bad ethier
good luck with the project mate:thumb:
Andy
Cheers man, what you got yourself?
Anyone know who owns the Arden Blue 2.0 SRi in the area?
Yes mine is on the road now mate,three month rebuild,have a look through my project thread,i'll Be keeping an eye on yours
AndyGTE95
28-04-12, 03:31 PM
Cheers man, what you got yourself?
Anyone know who owns the Arden Blue 2.0 SRi in the area?
ave got a white GTE mate
still under resto but nearly finished :d
will be on the road for summer time
no idea who has the arden blue corsa though :confused:
andy
No its a Nova mate, very clean it checks up as an SRi but can tell its an 2.0
scorge01
28-04-12, 06:11 PM
Looking pretty mint pal what's your plans for it?
Just going to MOT it and run it for the good weather then probably in my garage and strip it bare over winter.
Some of the repair work isnt great so going to get most of it redone to a better standard.
Forgot to shove a pic up of the Digi Dash.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/6836a66d.jpg
Looks good mate, nice wee find.
stevie78
30-04-12, 09:57 PM
will need to drop in for a wee nosey m8 .Looks like a no bad shell
Not a problem Stevie you know where to find me mate :)
Cage oot!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/41ef1293.jpg
Forgot to shove a pic up of the Digi Dash.
You were going some there, V6 twin turbo?
looks good, i recognise the car also, sure i've seen it before. shame about the swap on the golf for stevie's sri, it was a nice wee car
You were going some there, V6 twin turbo?
:lol: Just cruising ...
looks good, i recognise the car also, sure i've seen it before. shame about the swap on the golf for stevie's sri, it was a nice wee car
Aye its been around here a while.
It was a shame but at least i get to put my name to something rather than buying a car built by someone else.
g111mds
04-05-12, 12:19 AM
It had at least two owners in Coylton. It was a neighbour of my parents who had it a few years back and from memory he bought I down in the London area. Haven't seen it for quite a while so good to see its still about.
Jamie
Do you know how long its been up here for then?
Cheers for the info, forgot you were in that area.
g111mds
04-05-12, 12:07 PM
Not sure, but must be 4 or 5 years at least I think. You can make a request to the dvla for details of all the previous owners which costs, from memory, £5. I did that with my latest used car and the information made interesting reading. If you do that, you'll be able to find out where all its been and for how long.
Jamie
Ideal, i assume it'll be on the DVLA site.
I remember it sitting in Ayr behind Kerr & Smith, used to have a shoppin list in the rear quarter windows?
g111mds
04-05-12, 03:55 PM
yeah, i think it was either a form or write to them. details will be on the website or call them.
the lad that had it worked at kerr & smith so thats why it would have been there. don't remember the shopping list though!
Some progress.
Took the half cage out, where the feet were welded on was a bit ****ty underneath.
Vaughan has kindly offered for me to remove the inner arches from a spare shell he has before it goes as there solid on it, that way it keeps it tidy and original.
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Cage coming out (My mate cutting it out as he wanted it for his Corsa B)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/278576bb.jpg
The rot -
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Got Front/Rear & Rear arch tower carpets from Colin Smith - Top guy :thumb:
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Cage out, Carpet in -
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Wee one of the car -
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Getting there now mate, how's Vaughan getting on? Lost his number ages ago.
David.
Yeah definatly looking and feeling more like a car now.
Going to plate the rot for now to get it on the road soon.
Need to source rear doorcards & front seats at the very least.
Aye Vaughans got his MK1 all built up and running the T40's thats what he was down to show me tonight as he was running it without the T40's for the 1st few weeks.
The K plate MK2'a stripped down, undergoing a resto or getting the chop, unsure on that front.
scorge01
13-05-12, 09:42 AM
Iv got a few sets of gsi interior that I'd be willing to part with if untreated pm me mate
PM sent mate, Appreciate the offer +Rep
Made some progress.
Where the cage baseplates were at the rear had went rotty (See previous page got pics)
Cut out -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/aeef4933.jpg
Plated up -
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And got 5 x Fanblades off Colin Smith .
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If your needing the wheels refurbed give my mate a shout, he has done wheels for bazil and Nova-sport on here.
Top notch work and he can do a colour match aswel.
Ask for Colin and tell him David with the nova sent you;)
http://www.glentyanalloys.co.uk/alloy/bike-frames/
Will do man cheers!
Got some standard mirrors off of Vaughan as well.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/LupoGTI/89789454.jpg
New Grill.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/ec061cf4.jpg
Its all taking shape now matey, looking good:thumb:
David.
Cheers David, hows the venture coming on?
More goodies today -
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Aye its getting there slowly mate but cant complain.
Mmmm shiny new parts:D
Aye its getting there slowly mate but cant complain.
Mmmm shiny new parts:D
Good times man.
The box contains.
Corsa GSi Front Brakes, A GM Replacement caliper for spares.
Rear wheel bearings.
Rear shoes & Fitting kit.
Rear wheel cylinders.
Handbrake cables.
Your gettin there with it now mate eh, you taking it to the next png meet?
Getting there mate,need to get a meet organised when you're on the road
Yeah defo man, was hoping to have it on the road for Friday past as i'm on holiday from work, but usual it got pushed aside for homers and ****.
Defo get it done this week anyway.
Cool mate,just give me a shout when you get sorted
So finally got some time to myself to get more done with it.
Got the shoes, new fittings, cylinders, handbrake cables & rear wheel bearings done.
After snapping a nipple in my Corsa 1.6 brakes my mate donated me a set if 2.0 brakes with new pads and discs.
So plan is tomorrow to fit them upfront, fit new horn, replace an indicator bulb, bolt in my only seat and go for an MOT.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/d78bb919.jpg
The green gooey stuff is a **** hot grease we use at my secondary employment for motorcycle steering head bearings, so should protect the bearings adequatly.
Nice work, new rear brake setups are a winner but the costs soon mount up don't they.
I cant moan at the price tbh.
£55 for all the parts i fitted tonight, and i gave my mate £10 beer money for the 2.0 brakes.
Perks of being in the trade i guess, it needed cables so would have been daft just replacing them for the sake of an extra hours work and £50, had a cylinder pop on one of my Corsa's before and it wasnt pleasant.
Piece of mind more than anything, glad i done it because the nearside cylinder had been leaking.
Pissing down so got the waterproofs out and cracked on.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/1268adb1.jpg
Ah fair play, replaced all mine with retail prices from the motorfactors and drums, shoes, springs, cables, cylinders, bearings etc came to a few quid more!
Was well worth the graft -
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Well done mate
Cheers mate, probably tax it at the end of next week.
I put a new set of plugs in it yesterday as well, starts and idles a lot better now.
Will get a GM oil filter on payday amd give it an engine flush, oil & filter change before i take it any distance.
Going to do the trackrod ends and bottom balljoints during the week then do the alignment at work once i tax it.
Now i just need to stock up on panels for the winter resto and source interior.
stevie78
23-06-12, 05:32 PM
had a wee nosey the day looks good
had a wee nosey the day looks good
Cheers Stevie !
Cheers for that seal as well mate.
Some of you may remember my white GSi i bought in 2009 for £80!
Regretably sold it on to a mate who stripped it and scrapped it.
Kicked myself ever since and have always been on the look for another Nova since.
About 3 months ago i done a deal with my old Golf GTI Turbo with Stevie78 on here for his tidy SRi, sadly it wasnt to be as the water pump gave way on the Golf as Stevie was taking it home, being local to me and knowing Stevie for a good while i consider him a friend, so done the right thing and swapped cars back, i repaired the Golf and sold it on, and Stevie sold his Nova on, regretably a week before my Golf went.
Anyway, chatting with Vaughan last week whilst admiring his new build he mentioned a GSi local to us he knew of that was for sale locally to us, he gave me the details, 30 minutes later i was looking at the car and by dinner time that night i returned deposit in hand.
Got it home tonight so here she is, i'm a mechanic for a living so it'll be legal and out soon as :D
Spec -
Piper cam & Pulley, Remus exhaust, Pipercross cone, Magnecore leads.
Half cage, 1 seat (GTE)
OZ Superturismo's, G-Max lowering kit.
Got a rough idea where i'm going with it.
Enough rabble -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/15936361.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/44aff3db.jpg
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Recent arch's by the look of it.
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snap my reg is h992
Thought i'd best update since i dug up my 1st GSI.
Interior is mostly fitted now, front seats to bolt in, and digi dash wiring to tidy up.
Unsure when its coming out as i may be unable to renew my trade policy for a decent price and struggling with decent classic quotes :(
Bringing things uptodate.
Went a trip to Kendal about 3 weeks ago to get an interior off NoVaBoOt26.
Top lad, was worth the journey.
Got rear seatbelts from Colin Smith (Again great guy to deal with)
Having left it parked up since it passed its MOT i got cracking with it.
Just have the rear belts to fit, and screws to find for the boot plastics.
Start of the night (How i left previously, trying to trace back dead wiring to see if it was relevant)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/7380463b.jpg
All together - (Is there anything that goes over the bracket in the middle of the rear seats to hold them in when folded down?)
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Looking good mate, and yeah black covers to hide the hinge
NoVaBoOt26
17-07-12, 11:50 AM
Cars looking really good mate, Put a wanted thread up for the hinge covers bud :thumb:
Chris
I think he means the 60-40 split bracket at the back of the seats.
I think he means the 60-40 split bracket at the back of the seats.
Yeah thats the part buddy.
The seats sit in them fine, soon as i fold them down they pop out.
Just seems logical there should be a cover or something holding them in the mount.
Yeah thats the part buddy.
The seats sit in them fine, soon as i fold them down they pop out.
Just seems logical there should be a cover or something holding them in the mount.
I've got the same problem with mine and would also like to know. As you say, they just pop out and it seems that there should be a cover or something.
Ahh I see what your on about,
It's a metal bracket thing than is held in place with a screw.
Ahh I see what your on about,
It's a metal bracket thing than is held in place with a screw.
Just had a look on google and came across this picture, looks like the bracket in the bottom left of the picture yes?
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt284/graphicgrafter/For%20Sale/IMG_0578.jpg
Yip that's the one, the other 2 are the ones for each side.
The centre one should have a plastic insert that goes round the pegs on the seat. It's not essential but stops any vibration noise and keeps the seats in line.
Probably be impossible to find then i guess :(
I'm sure I'll have one in a bucket somewhere lol
Stick up a wanted add as every 60/40 rear seat had them copy Liam's pic and use it
leggattr
18-07-12, 02:18 PM
I just let a set of them go in the shell I sold to some stock lads on Sunday, thought it was the last thing people would be after!!
NoVaBoOt26
18-07-12, 02:40 PM
i might have some somewhere, ill have a look next time im up at my unit.
i definitely have 1 if not 2, i'll have a look for you
DAVIDKEDENS
10-11-12, 07:40 PM
Any updates on this?
I've been busy getting my garage floor repaired and organised to get the car in.
I'm ln holiday for a week from work, was intending to bare shell it but now have the car in and could use a little more space.
Updates are due though.
Got it into the garage after a long time stood.
Had to do a bit of work to make the space in the garage and some general work on the garage.
Off on holiday for a week now so got it in tonight -
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Thought i'd make a start tonight since i couldnt contain myself.
Got the front end panels off, engine loom off, auxiliry looms disconnect ready to pull through.
Radiator off and exh mani off.
Shafts out, gear linkage disconnected and drop engine out tomorrow.
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AndyGTE95
11-11-12, 10:57 PM
lookin good mate :thumb: looks quite a solid shell
whats the plans for it ?
Thanks mate, the other side is a bit rotten around the airiel inspection plate after some poking seems the underseal was holding it together.
Due to me having less working space than i thought i'm going to do it and end at a time.
Full front panel replaced.
Battery tray replaced (It's been patched)
Theres plates either side of the turrets but for my own reassurance there getting cut out and redone.
Engine will get rebuilt and cleaned up alongside the shell work but wont go back in until its pretty much finished.
All arms/rollbars/axle etc are getting powdercoated and polybushed.
Underside will be painted and treated, sills replaced and pumped full of waxoyl along with any other orifice i can fill.
Arches have been replaced but not a great job so either replacement quarters or just live with them and tidy up the wonky filler work, will get my panelbeater friend to deliver his opinion.
Cant sleep so i'll bring this back up to date.
Engine out yesterday.
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Rolled it out to degrease and wash down the bay.
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Rolled it back in and proceeded to my loft to tidy it up a little and make space to put the interior and some panels.
Have a Twingo to service in the morning and a few odd jobs to do then i'll get back to it and start removing the interior completely.
AndyGTE95
13-11-12, 07:16 PM
Thanks mate, the other side is a bit rotten around the airiel inspection plate after some poking seems the underseal was holding it together.
Due to me having less working space than i thought i'm going to do it and end at a time.
Full front panel replaced.
Battery tray replaced (It's been patched)
Theres plates either side of the turrets but for my own reassurance there getting cut out and redone.
Engine will get rebuilt and cleaned up alongside the shell work but wont go back in until its pretty much finished.
All arms/rollbars/axle etc are getting powdercoated and polybushed.
Underside will be painted and treated, sills replaced and pumped full of waxoyl along with any other orifice i can fill.
Arches have been replaced but not a great job so either replacement quarters or just live with them and tidy up the wonky filler work, will get my panelbeater friend to deliver his opinion.
sounds good man ! looks like your doing it right ,it will be good to see it around when its finished :)
A was tempted to tax it when a got it MOTd in June but didnt want to drive it about looking rough.
Good progress mate,better off doing it once and thats it for a while.
Good progress mate,better off doing it once and thats it for a while.
If a jobs worth doing ... lol
Progress will be slow til after xmas then hopefully it'll get blitzed through.
Picked up 5 Speedlines tonight for it :D
Fitted my 195/40/16 tyres to my Speedlines today.
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Made more progress made on the strip today -
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Repair patch my welder done where the cage had been poorly mounted.
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Some poor repairs by previous people (ALL of which will be cut out and redone propely and looking to replace the quarters)
Terrible arch replacements and inner arch repairs. (I knew about all this when i bought the car as the interior was missing when i got it)
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Messy boot corner repairs, again will be cut out and redone.
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Split the box off yesterday, drained the oil, removed diff pan to make sure it was totally empty.
Will be ordering a gasket set for the gearbox, then giving it a lick of silver and sitting it out the way.
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More update!!!
Started buying panels.
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Nice winter project, good look with the new panels, I bet your looking forward to the good weather so you can take it out and enjoy it?
Nice winter project, good look with the new panels, I bet your looking forward to the good weather so you can take it out and enjoy it?
Definetly cant wait to get it out, waiting on complete sills as well (Originals have been patched so would rather just replaced them totally.
Trying to source quarter panels, found a place listing 1 in stock and the other out of stock.
Just to bring it all uptodate -
Top end rebuild set & new headbolts to take care of the engine side of things.
Just ordered a complete Flo-Flex polybush set.
Collecting a GM nearside quarter from Matthew172 later in the month.
Managed to track an offside GM one down from Germany so should recieve it in the next 10 days.
:D
Nice one mate, glad you managed to track down the panel's you needed.
Aye am chuffed like, just need to order sills but they are readily available through my local factors.
Dont know whether it's be worthwhile tracking down a GM slam panel.
Pictorial Update -
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DAVIDKEDENS
11-01-13, 11:06 PM
Take it this won't be ready for 'Scottish Nova' meets later on in the year Archie? :)
Take it this won't be ready for 'Scottish Nova' meets later on in the year Archie? :)
Depends how things go in general, if i get a better paid job anytime soon it will speed things up.
I'm in no hurry by any means i'd rather not cut any corners, hence going to the extent of replacing the quarters when to be honest they could be rubbed down and the filler work redone.
It'll be ready when it's ready lol at least i can crack on with doing the engine while i gather panels etc.
DAVIDKEDENS
12-01-13, 12:31 AM
Depends how things go in general, if i get a better paid job anytime soon it will speed things up.
I'm in no hurry by any means i'd rather not cut any corners, hence going to the extent of replacing the quarters when to be honest they could be rubbed down and the filler work redone.
It'll be ready when it's ready lol at least i can crack on with doing the engine while i gather panels etc.
Yeah I get ye.. no point rushing anything.. do it right first time :thumb:
Would be nice to meet you if you can get to one of the meets this year without your car as I know you know Vaughan and 'company'. lol
lol I went to a couple of the meetings in the summer when i had the Type R, but i'll probably nip down to the meets anyway Nova or not lol
DAVIDKEDENS
12-01-13, 11:33 AM
lol I went to a couple of the meetings in the summer when i had the Type R, but i'll probably nip down to the meets anyway Nova or not lol
I wasn't good pals wae Vaughan last year like I am now so I never got to them but i'll be at these ones. :thumb:
I'll catch up with you at one no doubt.
Shiny shiny straight from Germany.
Genuine GM part.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/6D98CA4F-BAFA-468D-8D22-D8937E48B79E-2339-0000014319CD7F5A.jpg
scorge01
20-01-13, 05:12 PM
Nice find mate is there many new panels for it to go on or it not too bad? It getting a full spray?
Doing both quarters because someones done a cowboy of replacing the arches.
Got a new slam panel there, current ones been patched.
Going to replace the sills as they have been patched.
Wings will be replaced.
Also got a new battery tray there for it.
All previous structural welding/repairs will be cut out and redone properly and tidily.
Collecting the other rear quarter at the end of the month.
I could probably have got it painted and got on with it but i would know what it was really like so plan is do it once and do it right, its lasted 22 years, so i'd like to see the same again out of it.
Edit - Aye i'll be getting fully sprayed.
scorge01
20-01-13, 05:53 PM
Are you managing to find gm panels ok or you going to be using patern stuff?
Glad your doing it properly as gsi's are few an far between so is good to see a mint one now and again :)
Will you be attending shows etc once its done? And is it staying 1.6?
The quarters are genuine, one from a member on here and one from Germany.
Slam panel & battery tray are Hadrians/Imperial panels, and the sills will be from the same place.
Ideally i'd like to use all genuine but i'll just take whats available, was only going to use Genuine quarters so at least i'm not held back with them now.
Ideally i'd like a genuine slam panel, aside that i dont mind using Hadrian/Imperial panels for the others.
Waiting on an email back about genuine wings but dont mind getting good condition used genuine ones.
Engine is staying 1.6, have a top end rebuild set there and will replace water pump/timing belt at same time.
And i'll be using it as much as i possibly can once its done so we'll see what shows fit around my weekends off!
Nice,how much are the quarter? are they still available?
It was a one off find as far as i know mate, if i see any i'll PM you.
scorge01
20-01-13, 07:26 PM
Decent once its done wouldn't mind couple photos with my one :)
And where you found gen front wings? As wouldn't mind a spare set as if/when finish white one will continue the red one and would need wings! Already found new skirts bonnet and grille so need wings and bumper,
I a seller on german ebay about UK postage.
Aye i'll no doubt meet you at a show or something.
Would love to buy new everything, just money i dont have
scorge01
20-01-13, 07:51 PM
Yeah know what you mean things are hard everywhere the now :(
Would love to have funds to blast on with mines but whit finding a house etc just can't :(
An yeah would be gud there's quite a few decent Gsi builds the now local :)
Aye i've been trying to get into a better job for a wee while now, or even up the ranks at my current job which is impossible cos no one seems to leave lol.
Quite happy to plod on and buy what i can when i can l, dont see any point rushing it when its something i've wanted to do for years, on a car i've wanted to own since i was about 10 lol
Done a 300 mile round trip to Matthew172 last night to pry this genuine quarter from him.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/C342C44C-EB59-4448-A901-E937D27FE344-5663-000003556B2B502E_zpsd3992ef9.jpg
Brilliant mate, glad you found one.
DAVIDKEDENS
10-02-13, 02:42 PM
Canny wait to see this done Archie! :thumb:
Brilliant mate, glad you found one.
Cheers man, am slightly relieved myself lol.
Canny wait to see this done Archie! :thumb:
Be waiting a while lol
Bored after work, cant seem to sell the Remus exhaust so thought i'd clean it up for something to so since it was daylight when i got home.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/7005E780-1AFA-4B66-BEDD-DEA7B9BF7212-9467-000005D8D63B675F_zpsb5aede41.jpg
Get it fitted mate:thumb:
Dont like it tbh, going to either fit an Ashley system or buy an Ashley manifold and get the rest made at Elite Custom Exhausts.
Wee update.
Got a genuine front panel, and a genuine nearside wing which has only been painted and fitted.
Took the tank out also for prep & paint.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/E191220A-018F-466B-8F2E-B4AF2EAE26E6-3187-0000019B5A6456C2_zps2ebcc8a7.jpg
Part Number for front panel -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/4AF60199-CB1D-4AF2-91CF-1B91228AF026-3187-0000019B8068A130_zpsca89ad35.jpg
Tank -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/8CAF5C08-1215-451A-864D-1864348ECCC6-3187-0000019B8C598965_zps8979754b.jpg
Slight Prep -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/561D15BE-E078-429D-8945-3FD3615746E2-3187-0000019B960C5302_zpsbe8a5aec.jpg
Good to see your still cracking on with this mate:)
Haha cheers mate, I'm doing a squirrel project, gathering my parts all summer ready for winter.
bazzap8389
24-05-13, 11:34 PM
^ I like your style that's what I'm trying to do lol
bazzap8389
24-05-13, 11:51 PM
Did you hear back about the wing mate?
Cheers mate, Not had a reply yet on that front.
bazzap8389
24-05-13, 11:58 PM
Fingers crossed then, play the waiting game lol
One side of the tank bare metal now.
Other side to do, treat it with kurust then paint.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/8E8FEA80-F4FF-4F04-8EBC-91E0CF3F09EA-661-000000454C5017E1_zps2e3d4305.jpg
I should of really done that to mine instead of just hitting it with some paint lol
GM Drivers Wing arrived today from Greece!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/A83F9C1B-45E9-4F0E-B223-0624F49AD22E-5320-000003764FA073D8_zpscf01e5c9.jpg
Nice ! Oh and what dog you got?
bazzap8389
30-05-13, 11:24 PM
GM Drivers Wing arrived today from Greece!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Dirtworld/NovaGSI2/A83F9C1B-45E9-4F0E-B223-0624F49AD22E-5320-000003764FA073D8_zpscf01e5c9.jpg
Good to see you managed to get one :)
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Bazza!
W88RDY - Its a bulldog thing.
bazzap8389
31-05-13, 09:13 AM
Happy to help bud :)
Slowly losing interest :(
C'MON !
Man up and get working on it lol,
Cant afford to do anything with it i'm afraid.
I know that feeling, can't even afford £45 for steel sheet to weld mine lol
bazzap8389
26-06-13, 06:15 PM
Slowly losing interest :(
Get looking through some build threads of people's "finished" cars, that's what I do to try and keep the motivation there lol
Its more of a money issue tbh.
They are a constant drain on the funds mate :(
bazzap8389
26-06-13, 07:34 PM
Ah I see, bad times :(
scorge01
26-06-13, 07:37 PM
Moneys always a problem with these things just put in to storage and continue when funds are up as you would regret selling
Its not in the way just dont feel like i'm gonna have the cash to get it done.
Skint myself stupid just buying the panels.
Advertised in parts for sale section.
shaunboy84
13-07-13, 08:58 PM
Pm me what parts mate :)) not got Facebook now to message you on that
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