My Nova Rebuild

[josh-sri]

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[Scottcooper85]

Looks good so far and rust isn't all that bad. Good luck with it ;)

[josh-sri]

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[*Dave*]

Nice progress !
Keep it up

[craig green]

Arden Blue, really?

[josh-sri]

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[*Dave*]

I remember going to chris's just after he painted it to rebuild the car from a bare shell in 24hrs lol
it got 90%complete with 3 of us on it lol

Stunning colour

[josh-sri]

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[Cassandra]

She didnt replace the gsi withe a corsa vxr did she, because if she did we know what you will be buying in 22 years time.Its nice to see the old cars reunited again. Whats the inside of the gsi like ?

[josh-sri]

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[Scottcooper85]

Get some pictures up mate, just because people don't comment on here doesn't mean their not reading. I've been enjoying it so far...didn't click it was leelegs old shell.

[josh-sri]

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[totalnova]

Get some pics up I'm particularly interested in the near side scuttle repair as I have the same to do. Top work so far.

[josh-sri]

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[josh-sri]

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[TallDave]

Just like to add my voice to the others, I suspect there are plenty of us out here watching, just occasionally we'll chip in with the odd comment of encouragement. Mind you with your progress so far you don't seem to need much as you've already overtaken me and I've been working on mine for the thick end of a year...!

My excuse is that I seem to have more rust to deal with, it all looks so familiar when I read this thread...

As a matter of interest how are the inner wings up inside the turrets? Mine were non existent due to tin worm, thus

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af77/VeryTallDave/OSFrontInnerwing_zps26aba8a7.jpg

Hopefully yours are OK, but if not there not that difficult to fix.

[josh-sri]

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[Andy]

Great work and fair play for taking that amount of work on.
youve done well so far.
Re the bodges-these cars are reknowned for being owned by people who cant repair for **** and care only about bhp.some of the stuff iv seen on the many owned by myself and friends over the past 12years is incredible.You couldnt make it up lol

[josh-sri]

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[Scottcooper85]

Good progress with the front mate, sometimes a find a big hole easier to repair then a little hole lol depends how close to factory you want it to look too I guess.

Good on you for taking it on though.

[mac1976]

Keep up the great work , ave just not long finished all the welding , once it's painted you will want it built asap ...

[josh-sri]

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[josh-sri]

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[House]

Cracking on mate, lot of commitment to keep going with this!!

Will be a solid example when finished!!

I've given up buying anything second hand, the word "mint" is branded about far too easily!!

[josh-sri]

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[josh-sri]

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[Scottcooper85]

Looking good mate, not Be long before the welding is done then it will fly together once it's painted :)

[7ova]

Hi josh
Good to meet you the other week
The nova doesn't look as bad as you described
Nice work on the floor
Keep going mate

[josh-sri]

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[bazzap8389]

You're doing a cracking job mate. Keep it up :thumb:

[Scottcooper85]

Spot on, doesn't look all too bad under there really

[HouseAtreides]

Don't let the golden brown put you off - get yer teeth stuck right in about it! Awesome workmanship thus far; only gratification awaits upon taking it further.

[josh-sri]

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[Jonesfach]

Thank you for the comments, makes the whole thing seem worthwhile when others appreciate it too! I have decided to give up on getting it ready for this year and concentrate on building it to a better spec for next summer now, gives me more time to collect parts and plan things out really. Hopefully another update later this week once I get this rot cut out!


Thanks
Josh

great job. Don't rush it is the best way forward.

[josh-sri]

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[simonws]

Great work keep it up

[josh-sri]

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[kenny_afh]

thats a serious effort on the shell, well done! im sure it will all be worthwhile the first time you put the foot to the floor with that zlet in her!

[ledpen]

Nice bodywork and welding

[josh-sri]

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[Tim Harpley]

Just read this from the start, keep up the good work and the posts:thumb:

[josh-sri]

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[Scottcooper85]

Starting to look proper this mate, good work :)

[josh-sri]

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[totalnova]

Good work so far, a few question
are you going aftermarket management to get it running?
Is that rad a tx Motorsport one that has some bad reviews? if yes what do you think of it?

[josh-sri]

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[totalnova]

Cheers mate, I'm sure it will be cracking once it's done, its always nice seeing something different.
Nick

[-fred-]

Iv just read this build from start to now and I have to say fair play to you mate, that is some brilliant work you have done, keep it up, I'm goin to keep a close on this build cause I can't wait for the next update, will be a cracking car,

[L33 LEG]

Oh my god, my old shell lol

firstly, before you think I did any structural work on this then you're wrong ha. I bought it and made it into a GSi rep and apart from driving it
home 5 miles when I bought it I never actually drove the thing. I never took it through an mot and got it on the road. There's also a reason why I gave the shell away, Dave only wanted the doors and sunroof and I said he can take the shell with it.

However, so glad that you have saved it. Some really tidy work you've done. It is an Antibes, I think I've still got all the paper work for it, had a massive box full of stuff as the previous owner spent a bit on it. He also knew some cowboy mates and it went in for a lot of work a couple of times during his ownership as he binned it just after his first rebuild. That will explain why the White paint under the wrap was 3 different shades because some bellend couldn't match paint properly, and that's why I ended up vinyl wrapping it.

If you can make it look like I had but actually make it sound underneath I will love you forever and want it back. Few pics of how it was in my year of ownership

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/L33LEG/New%20Nova/060DBF40-BE56-4326-83B7-30A724F5F9FC-17577-000007B289D5667A_zps581c3c52.jpg (http://s72.photobucket.com/user/L33LEG/media/New%20Nova/060DBF40-BE56-4326-83B7-30A724F5F9FC-17577-000007B289D5667A_zps581c3c52.jpg.html)

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/L33LEG/New%20Nova/D31E630C-498A-46CF-9F47-5A269BFFC795-7882-000003F420C6E6DB_zps1cd77c5f.jpg (http://s72.photobucket.com/user/L33LEG/media/New%20Nova/D31E630C-498A-46CF-9F47-5A269BFFC795-7882-000003F420C6E6DB_zps1cd77c5f.jpg.html)

[josh-sri]

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[L33 LEG]

I haven't been active much this past year because I bought a house and been busy with that. Was just by luck that I stumbled across this thread, wasn't expecting it to be my old shell.

i wasn't saying you were blaming me ha, but just wanted to get the point across incase anybody thought it was my doing lol. I suppose that was the reason why I never got it on the road because I knew it wasn't up to standards. Was also the reason why I stripped it for parts and never even thought about advertising it as a whole car.

You've done the right thing though, people need to give these cars the effort they deserve and keep them on the road, will be worthwhile in the end. If I remember tomorrow I'll see if I've got all that paperwork and post it to you. I chucked a lot of stuff away but I think I kept all that stuff, hopefully anyway.

Keep up the good work!

[josh-sri]

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[Ian_Gsi16v]

Wow, looks fantastic :cool:

[Jonesfach]

Smart :thumb:

[ben doodar]

Nice work!! Looks really smart. zlet is really cool!!

gave me some inspiration to get cracking on with mine!!

[L33 LEG]

Looking good, any more pics?

What have you done to the paintwork? Has it been resprayed? I hope my temporary de-lock boot has been sorted if that's the same boot ha.

[josh-sri]

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[L33 LEG]

Great stuff then Josh. Will look forward to the pics, I still haven't looked for the old folder of stuff for this car, will get round to it soon hopefully.

[Gsi rally rep]

Just read this all the way through well done for saving this shell and building yourself a nova! Got to love a white Gsi rep!��

[BRoadGhost]

Looks nice & clean; fancy putting a different inlet on it for a proper power curve / output? I see you did the exhaust.

[josh-sri]

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