GTE reshell

[novaboy.p.]

hello

this is my project i brought a few months ago . was looking on ebay one day when i saw 2 novas up for sale only 30 mins away £800 for them both . the guy had brought the gte for £700 i think and then spent a long time tracking down a good shell to swap it onto and had to go to london to buy the star . and then didnt have time to do the project .

here are the pics of when i got them home the gte now sits completley stripped and the star's interior is stripped out whilst i swap the wiring and install a cobra alarm . but i will put more pics of all this up another day i think .


http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w290/piers2002/gte%20reshell/IMG_0941.jpg

star interior
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w290/piers2002/gte%20reshell/IMG_0942.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w290/piers2002/gte%20reshell/IMG_0946.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w290/piers2002/gte%20reshell/IMG_0947.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w290/piers2002/gte%20reshell/IMG_0948.jpg

heres the arches on the star there is a couple of tiny little bubbles i have now rubbed these down rust treated them skimed with filler n primed n re painted.

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w290/piers2002/gte%20reshell/IMG_0950.jpg

engine bay

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w290/piers2002/gte%20reshell/IMG_0953.jpg

the battery tray is abit worse for wear when i looked unsure what to do with this buy a new panel to weld in ?

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w290/piers2002/gte%20reshell/IMG_0956.jpg

ok and heres the gte apparently it has been sat in a field for at least 7 years all the fuel lines were rotten but managed to get it running by running a fuel pipe straight into a jerry can it was abit lumpy which is undertandable but seems all good .


http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w290/piers2002/gte%20reshell/IMG_0958.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w290/piers2002/gte%20reshell/IMG_0959.jpg


http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w290/piers2002/gte%20reshell/IMG_0964.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w290/piers2002/gte%20reshell/IMG_0962.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w290/piers2002/gte%20reshell/IMG_0960.jpg

will get some more pics of the gte stripped soon it is the rustyest car i have ever seen !

[hotrod]

So you swapping all the bits from the GTE to the star shell? :)

[Vauxhall-Gazz]

ite mate im the lad who knocked the door to try and buy some gte parts for my nova :) got the red mk1

[Nova-nation]

Good luck With it! What's the plan? Gte parts and maybe some new bits?

[novadave24]

you got a good deal there mate looks like you got some fun ahead of you :)

[novaboy.p.]

alright vauxhall-gazz i finally got round to making a thread ! yeh the plan is to swap all the parts over from the gte the only parts im going to change at the min are im after a set of cav fan blade alloys if i can get some will paint those anthracite grey with polished lips and if i can find a way how i would like to smooth over the centre caps . i also want to get some suspension want to drop it quite low , low enough so the back arches are just siting over the wheels , how low do you think i would have to go for that ? other than that i will rebuild the engine if i can afford to , and just genrally tidy everything up as i go .

[Nova-nation]

60mm drop on 195/45/15's just covers the top of the tyre, but on a set of 110mm springs, you will lose the tyre and part of the wheel

[kent14sr]

How bad is the GTE shell?

[novaboy.p.]

110mm! think i will go some where inbeetween 80 - 100 mm if i can find them . the gte shell is completley nakerd mate completley rotted through in every available space