theres holes in my car :(

[novait]

hello all
as the mot is due next month I though id give the nova a once over to see if all is ok and found a few things that I didn't really want to find, drivers sill has two fair size holes front chassis rusted through and both rear inner arches have gone :(
so in two minds weather to repair it or try and find a clean shell and start again or break it and buy something different. not really got the time to repair it at the moment.
if I did repair it will be coming off the road and will need rear arches ,sill ,doors, wings , chassis repaired so where the best place to get panels from these days?
don't really know what to do :(

cheers ben

[meritlover]

hello all
as the mot is due next month I though id give the nova a once over to see if all is ok and found a few things that I didn't really want to find, drivers sill has two fair size holes front chassis rusted through and both rear inner arches have gone :(
so in two minds weather to repair it or try and find a clean shell and start again or break it and buy something different. not really got the time to repair it at the moment.
if I did repair it will be coming off the road and will need rear arches ,sill ,doors, wings , chassis repaired so where the best place to get panels from these days?
don't really know what to do :(

cheers ben

There are too many questions and not enough welding going on in this post.
look deep inside and follow your heart. Do the right thing.....

[cossienova]

Just been through this with mine. Mot time and needed 3 plates again. But no chance of me scrapping it as it's a great car apart from needing a few plates! Way I look at it is keeps another one on the road. eBay is good for panels but chassis repair panels are no longer avalible so have to be fabricated unfortunately.:(

[Benn]

Depends how much you like the car, remember most holes get worse. But if you can weld then you can fix... If not start looking for a clean shell local too you that you can swap bits over on too...

[mowgli]

post up pics please....

[Alex J]

weigh it in!! unless you have alot of skill with a welder , money or time on your hands!!

[faker]

Ah Nova ownership, rot and holes go hand in hand!

[mowgli]

weigh it in!! unless you have alot of skill with a welder , money or time on your hands!!

you have given me a brilliant idea.. next time someone gets pulled over for having really dark tints, they should point out that it is actually a welding mask lol

[L14MNP]

Buy a Ford of the same age to get more of an idea what quite serious rot is lol.

I know of a lad replacing both A pillars, scuttle, rear legs, inner wings, inner arches, floorpans, inner and outer sills, rear panel, roof skin and obviously front panel, doors, bonnet, tailgate, outer arches wings etc on a mk3 Escort at present.


Show your Nova some love!

With this throw away and get a new shell attitude, they won't be readily available for much longer.
It makes me laugh when people cry that they are getting more expensive - this is the main reason.

[brainsnova]

My A reg cabriolet was mint then lol

[L14MNP]

My A reg cabriolet was mint then lol

lol. Concourse!

Also, time to text Andy. Let him.show the OP what a rotten Nova looks like! lol

[novait]

thank you for all your replys guys, ive found all the panels I need and gonna book two weeks off work tomorrow so the nova is going to be repaired and live for enough day, ive come to far to just get rid of her now.
so going to start again full rebuild and make her better than she is now :) may even start a project thread.
see you all at billing ;)

[burgo]

Shut up you idiot! You've had that for as long as I can remember so getting rid of I now would make you a ****tard. Stop ya moaning and get on with it Ben

[novait]

lol cheers mate.

[L14MNP]

Glad to hear it. :d

[Adam]

Mr Motivator Burgo has spoken :d

[conza123]

Here are the pics of it for you m8
http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/543466_10152699635180080_1546378444_n.jpg
http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/24294_10152699635250080_1396821673_n.jpg
http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/537462_10152699635310080_838978810_n.jpg
http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/480705_10152699635685080_653915196_n.jpg
http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/165442_10152699635735080_552011657_n.jpg
http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/733931_10152699635780080_421473527_n.jpg
http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/7409_10152699635820080_1875380503_n.jpg
http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/165398_10152699635890080_1008346999_n.jpg
http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/483262_10152699635955080_585059845_n.jpg
http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/483897_10152699635990080_1729226086_n.jpg

[Adam]

Easily sortable!

[Andy]

Thats nowt lol

[meritlover]

WFT?! think yourself lucky thats all thats wrong with it.

that's nothing!! you wont know you're even born sorting that.

[novait]

Lol cheers for putting the pics up. That's only half of it.
But the panels and sheet metal is all orded ,going be stripping it during this week so will be done soon :)

[paul james]

That really is nothing to worry about, easily fixable. You could buy another 'mint' Nova for its shell and easily end up finding worse rot hiding on it than that.