Loads more WIP pics, coming along nicely

[Chris]

Well after another weekend of hard graft the nova is coming along nicely, it is looking a lot more promising to be ready to go to Belgium/Germany in April now. All the welding is now complete inside, just got the sound deadening to remove from teh roof and some filling to do were unused items have been removed (rear seat mounts etc). The holes are in place for the cage now, front bumper got painted during the week by one of my mates, and the engien bay has all been seam sealed and painted now. I really like the colour, I was a bit unsure before but love it to bits now. Hopefully it should be done in the next month. It will all be painted next weekend and start getting rebuilt. Here is some piccy's for you all to see how she is coming on.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/noraslator/P1010320.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/noraslator/P1010321.jpg

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Had a little fire whilst welding rear suspension turrets lol

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/noraslator/P1010326.jpg

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we needed a bit of heat on the situation lol
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hhhmmm colour
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v39/noraslator/P1010348.jpg
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Front bumper with megane splitter
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More to follow next weekend guys

Chris

[raza]

looking good :D

[SRimon]

Good work...

Is that like a bronze/burnt orange colour? :? :wink:

[Chris]

Vauxhall Apache Metallic is the proper colour, but yeah, burnt orange/bronze

Chris

[epo]

nice one mate that colour looks awsome
bumper looks smart too

[Mike.]

looking very good chris, will look awesome when built up

[-Bruce-]

It does look very good that colour is perfect chris. Lol at the wee fire!!

bruce

[motobruce]

Very nice, same colour as my mates corsa.

[Philsutton]

its getting there, quite like the colour. Dont worry i have little fires as well some times, it doesnt destroy a whole arch though lol

[Chris]

Well I was just speaking on the phone to Karl whilst my mate was doing the welding and I just said "gotta go we have a little fire" then saw the flames coming up over the 1/4 panel lol. Good job I havent put new shocks on there yet lol

Chris

[burgo]

that colour is gorgous mate nice1. the fire wern't such a good idea though lol

p.s. clean ya bludi camera lol

[scott.parker]

WOW :P looking ace that is chris,im liking that color though i wasa bit unsure when you first said what you wer thinking of doing mate,but now its looking very nice,so you still having the battery in the engine bay,as i though you might of relocated ti mate.

keep the pics comeing dude..


that colour is gorgous mate nice1. the fire wern't such a good idea though lol

p.s. clean ya bludi camera lol

You fild it the dust/and spray particles in the air :roll: :lol:

Scott

[Chris]

yes scott I am keeping the battery where it is for the moment, but later on I will be re-locating it, to try and even out the weight distribution. I am also looking into having a fuel cell made up for the back end. But all this will wait until after the Belgium/Germany trip, the car needs to be ready for it lol

Chris

[krobinson]

Looks superb mate :D

Keith

[karl Rowntree]

:onfire: You wasnt joking then chris! You still sounded very calm though as you allways do.

Cars looking mint mate, glad to see you are making good progress and getting on with it :wink: Look forward to going out in the track day terror!

Karl

[Phil GTE]

Where the firewall (?) was cut off (you know the bot the wiper motor attches to), did you re weld the join so it sat flush or just grind it down?

I'm doing this atm and some peopel say grind and paint, where as others believe the join should be welded over.

Any tips? Thanks.

[Chris]

A few people on here have done this mod and some have cut it down, welded and then folded over. I did this but couldnt see why it should be left so I cut the rest off, then it was welded over all the way, ground down slightly to clean it up and run over with seam sealer. It isnt the tidiest job but that not what I am after, it will look fine with some rubber strip over it.

Chris

[kevw]

Wheres the wiper motor gonna go?

PS. You've stolen my colour scheme! lol

[Riggy]

:lol: looking really nice chris :D good job ive still got your shocks then hahaha :D

[Chris]

Wheres the wiper motor gonna go?

PS. You've stolen my colour scheme! lol

If you look on the bulk head there is a bracket that is not standard. I got the method from Bruce, it is a Mk4 Fiesta wiper motor mounting bracket, if you remove the plate from the standard nova one then it bolts straight up, it will need the linkage modifying though. Pretty straight forward though.

Chris

[Jim]

Looks good chris, but what paint were the sprayers using? Do they not care for their lungs? No masks or anything :o

Jim

[kevw]

a bit of cyanide is good for you Jim lol

[Dpnova]

Nice one mate, fekin awsome. Nice job by glen aswell

[Chris]

I should have some more piccies tomoz and the rest of the week infact as I ahve managed to get it off work.

Chris

[burgo]

I should have some more piccies tomoz and the rest of the week infact as I ahve managed to get it off work.

Chris lucky get, still at least it should be finished by the weekend then lol

[Chris]

it will be all painted by the end of the weekend hopefully, with most of the front end running gear built back up

[david dixon]

very nice colour mate, I like it alot!

[Rexy]

nice on chirs, its looking better by the day.

The cage seems to fit nicely as well, and that colour is nice as well. Looks better on the car than in the tin.

Wish i had a fookin lock up and mates with loads of toys to play with lol.

GT

[nova ian]

can see theres some hard work going into that car, looks well and loving that colour :D

but as jim said do your sprayers have iron lungs?!?! noticing a lack of masks, lol

[Chris]

Nah we were fine, just blasted it over with the paint then left lol

[Breeny]

Oh my... you really are putting as all to shame dude.. lol

Hope you like orange bogey's lol

[Chris]

Hope you like orange bogey's lol

Suprisingly didnt get any at all, will just have to see what happens this weekend as all the car is getting done

Chris