new shell update(page2)

[Dan]

well afetr owning the car seven days now i have almost done as much as i can before it takes its final journey as it is.

The amount of time i have spent on it is nowhere near what i wanted but it is now fully stripped with the worst of the loom trimmed/hidden away. still alot to do like remove all the glue inside and the door strips along the outside etc etc etc but this week will see that done easy.

A few pics of the loom just after i started

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/car10.jpg

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/car11.jpg

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/car12.jpg

and the finished result

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/car14.jpg

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/car15.jpg

[dan_mk1]

keeping the bus steering wheel mate?! lol
that will surely slow ya down!?

[Dan]

i was tempted to swap the bus steering before its time just to see what the grey one was like with the huge thing fitted :lol: :lol: :lol: , but then couldnt be arsed as i have to drive it normally until we do the final shell swap and change every nut and bolt over anyway

[Dpnova]

nice one 8)

[Philsutton]

looks rather familiar, no dash lots of wires :D

[phazer]

Thats one very clean and straight car!! Nice find

[SKoob]

that is so clean :o not rust at all :o gonan be nice when done m8 8)

[epo]

fuck me mate looks like uve bin busy with it

[Mel]

bloody hell..that IS a minter

[robb]

They all look like that under the trim, I had a 1.4SR for parts which had no rear arches left (rust :roll: ) and it was that clean after I stripped it.

But I'm sure that it is a mint shell otherwise you wouldn't be working so hard on it. You creating rally? custom dash?

Keep the work up and the pics flowing!

[Dan]

http://www.novaload.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=94692&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Thats the link to the other pics i took at the beginning. The front of car will be staying the same pretty much apart from a switch panel which will sit in front of the fuse box etc

[Chris S]

looks rather like mine
http://uploader.co.uk/images/cd103882f475a90e13624cd8a53a7be0.jpg

[rgv_stu]

nice work dan :)
very tidy
where are the wires now routed ??

[Ben]

where you find this one Dan?

[Dan]

not to far from you actually ben, got it from the kingswood area :D

[Dan]

update time again, with the fabulous help of cp and his welder. We managed to fully strip the car and weld from across the front panel right back to across the rear panel by 2pm sunday(drove car to cp's sat morn). That takes the total time spent since buying a standard 1.2 to where it is now to 4 days in total.

heres a few pics stu managed to get from the car sat afternoon before we started the inside and rear of the car

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/weld1.jpg

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/weld2.jpg

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/weld3.jpg

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/weld4.jpg

[Ian]

needs a powerful engine now to justify the work ;)

[jkhilton]

I am stunned at how little rust is on that car!!!

John

[Jim]

needs a powerful engine now to justify the work ;)

Zzzzzzz, change the record Ian :P


I am stunned at how little rust is on that car!!!

John

Agreed John, looks very clean.

Jim

[Jules]

How clean is that shell?!
:o

[Stuart]

it had some rust on it. dont worry lol


and the fairy wont cut the spare wheel well out :p

[broody]

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/weld3.jpg

Will this weld on the bottom edge not get in the way of the tie bar mount whens its placed up to it and bolted?

[Stuart]

:roll:

[Dan]

:roll: :roll:

[fearless]

Seeing as the cars on a strict diet - Might as well remove the sound deadening pads from the floor pan etc - started work on my project at weekend - remove the bitumen from the front and rear floor pan - Weighs in at 5 KG !!!!!

[broody]

take that as a no then.

[Alex]

Looking good Dan :D

[Dan]

lol Everything.................... has been taken out now, The welding has gone right through the inside as said lol, i dont think the tar stuff would of liked being included in the welds :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[krobinson]

I've no idea how u managed to get such a clean mk1 shell, even 99% of mk2 shell's arn't as good as that!!

NICE :D

Keith

[NovaNeil]

Nice one mate! Loving the pics.... Not sure about that welding though :wink: Looks awesome! Someone should get out more :lol:

Neil

[_JH_]

Will this weld on the bottom edge not get in the way of the tie bar mount whens its placed up to it and bolted?

if it did it could be lightly ground back to suit without weakening the weld much.

looks like its gonna be a beauty when its finished. surprised no prat has said to put a jap kit on it :)

[Jules]

Put a jap kit on it.......































:wink:

[Rach]

lol

:P

[Riggy]

looks spot on mate like i said yesterday - excellent job :D

[epo]

nice 1 dan :wink:

[Mel]

very nice piece of welding, well done

[_Ben_]

Thats a tidy bit of welding!!

Whats the spec of the welder? (And I'm not talking about CP)

Thanks

[Barn]

hoping my Nova will be as clean as Dan's one...30,000 miles from new anyone ?

:D

agreed though nice bit of welding

[CP]

Thats a tidy bit of welding!!

Whats the spec of the welder? (And I'm not talking about CP)

Thanks

cebora single phase MIG running 0.6mm wire and using Argoshield gas.

strictly amateur :lol:

[_Ben_]

Cheers for the info.

One other question, with the right gear is welding neatly reasonably easy to pick up? Its a skill I've wanted for a while and now that DIY welders seem as cheap as chips I thought I'd take the plunge...

Any experience with gas-less welders, if so what are they like?

Cheers.

[krobinson]

Cheers for the info.

One other question, with the right gear is welding neatly reasonably easy to pick up? Its a skill I've wanted for a while and now that DIY welders seem as cheap as chips I thought I'd take the plunge...

Any experience with gas-less welders, if so what are they like?

Cheers.

Also something i'm looking to get into. Concidering going back to crap money and doing an engineering apprentiship! Thats if i dont get a decent computer job!

Keith

[beatin u]

MIG welding is fairly easy to pick up- don't get a gasless MIG tho there shite. Practice makes perfect :wink:

[epo]

am lookin at doin a weldin course at colleg either that or carry on with me mechanics in september
i can do a little weldin only what i was taught doin me exhaust and me dad but wud like some papers to go with it on the cv

[_Ben_]

Cheers guys! The gasless info was what I was after (wont be buying one of those then!)

[Stuart]

welding is an art

CP taught/showed me how to weld. and by christ is it hard work.

my welding is getting better, but its not pretty. that will come with time.

for cars the 0.6mm wire and low power welder is recomended.

ive got a sealey MIG150 (T i think) and its fairly good, up to the task.

just need to get a proper regulator so i can use argosheild :)

[Barn]

i can do a bit of welding...its not that hard to pick up...

it gets harder when you weld vertically but still

dunno if I would stitch-weld my bay though, as the guy I know that did the welding on my old SR is sh*t-hot...

can't be that hard to do though

[epo]

its just like usin a big hotter soldering iron :lol: :lol:

[rodgerq]

nice pictures there. welding looks great. any pics of the work done on the inside though? - welding wise

rodgerq