track car progress pics 56k warning (UPDATED 16/6/05)

[Mike.]

as it says i've taken some pics of the progress so here they are

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/6666666/fiberglasstailgate001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/6666666/fiberglasstailgate003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/6666666/fiberglasstailgate018.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/6666666/fiberglasstailgate015.jpg

[Mike.]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/6666666/nova009.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/6666666/fiberglasstailgate017.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/6666666/fiberglasstailgate006.jpg

sorry about the size of the pics, tryed to re-size them honest, the shells getting all the welding done at work in the next month, hopefully, i'll then loose the front carpets and sourse a roll cage, then engine work :wink:

[ANDYRACER]

Looks good mate, but wat the hell is that steering wheel :lol: Looks like ur rear washer hose has split coz of all the rust around the hole.

[Rexy]

look's pretty smart :D

When's the cage going in?

[epo]

hmm seats and harnesses look familiar mate :lol:

ive got an sri steering wheel in my garage you can have it for ?10 if you want

[Mike.]

lol i've got a new steering wheel, just can't get the old one off lol :lol:

[Adam]

Looks sound mate. :)
Good progress :wink:

[benji]

what engines in it?

[Mike.]

what engines in it?

http://www.novaload.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=481981#481981

[Mike.]

look's pretty smart :D

When's the cage going in?

the cage will be going in after the body works been sorted out

[scott.parker]

Good job done there mate,but if i see correct you still left the sound deadning on where the rear seats use to be?? if so just use a heat gun to remove it then clean of crap/sand and re paint it mate :wink:

Will make it lighter=faster..

http://img175.echo.cx/img175/2594/picture7694rx.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Scott

[Riggy]

coming along nice mate :lol:

[Mike.]

Good job done there mate,but if i see correct you still left the sound deadning on where the rear seats use to be?? if so just use a heat gun to remove it then clean of crap/sand and re paint it mate :wink:

Will make it lighter=faster..

http://img175.echo.cx/img175/2594/picture7694rx.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Scott

well spotted scott lol, i've started on the sound dedening under the front seat, its a real pain in the arse to get off, and you've got to be careful of the fuel lines lol :lol:

[scott.parker]

Mate mine came off and out of the car in big lumps.just lightly heat it with an electric heat gun on low setting (got mine from B&Q for ?16)

you might find it easy to do small bits at a time though,it took me 2hrs in total to strip out the car and ditch the sound deadning.

http://img296.echo.cx/img296/1917/picture7679gu.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img110.echo.cx/img110/6117/picture7680ge.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img110.echo.cx/img110/5146/picture7743ud.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

As i have not cleand all the sticky tarr like bits off i put the carpet back down,it will all be cleand off though when its gets spray inside.

Scott

[Mike.]

i'll probably try and get the interior as finished as i can, with out the cage, so repaint the floor once the sound dedening is out :D

[Dar]

Good stuff - Its coming along nicley :D Those steering wheels can be a bitch!

[Dar]

opps! :oops:

[Nick]

Looks good - Nice clean back-end

I was so tempted to buy a little Hand Stick to put on my Truck Wheel :-D

[Mike.]

Good stuff - Its coming along nicley :D Those steering wheels can be a bitch!

your telling me :lol: :lol:

[Dod]

Yes lad, looking good!! Loose the carpet and th tar shit in the car, the rear panels and its looking swet. Mine is going down the same route, see my featre, i'm going for a road going race/rally car. Cage to come!!

[Stuart]

nice :) just how it should be!!!

tip though, get a spot wed drill bit (?10) and get those rear seat mounts out!!! 2Kg there! also the bit that goes ontop of the tunnel, thats a good 1/4 Kg ;)


tailgate looks V nice.

[Mike.]

cheers, for the tips stu, i'm getting rid of the spare wheel bracket, in the wheel well aswell lol

[Dod]

Never actually thought on that, great stuff Stu!!

[Mike.]

just a quick update, i've removed the bumper iron from the front bumper, it is now secured from the sides and from bonnet pins from the front, it may not be to everyones taste but it works and its lighter, lol.
lol now you can see why i took the splitter off, look how close the gate stop is to the car :lol:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/6666666/fiberglasstailgate2002.jpg

a close up shot of how i fixed the bonnet pin to the bumper brackets
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/6666666/fiberglasstailgate2035.jpg

i have also fully secured the fibre glass tailgate
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/6666666/fiberglasstailgate2005.jpg

i've got a bloke from the bodyshop at work having a look at the cars body work on saturday, then he's going to have the car trailered to work and its having the body work sorted :D

[Dar]

Spot on idea for the front bumper. I wanted to take the pig iron out of mine but couldn't think of a good way of securing the bumper back on. Idea nicked :wink: Thanks :D

[Mike.]

no problem mate lol :lol:

i've seen the rear bumper fixed like that before so i thought stuff it i'll use that idea for the front

[benji]

looking good matey, i'll be doing my bumpers like that

[nathan.]

:D Looking brilliant mate. Love it.
Top idea with the bumper aswell. seen alot of rally cars like that :+:

[novaco]

looking good mate!!!!

and thanx for helping me come up with how i can attatch my front bumper!

[Stuart]

idea for bumper nicked ;)

damn need to buy more bonnet pins now lol

[benji]

idea for bumper nicked ;)

damn need to buy more bonnet pins now lol

i was just thinking that, 2 on bumper, 4 on bonnet, 4 on tailgate, 2 on back bumper. ?10 a pair hmmm

[Adam Moran]

Idea also nicked :D

Looks good by the way :wink:

[mikey14sr]

Quick anti-theft note for all those bonnet pins, lockwire the buggers up, harder to nick and some tracks may insist on it as extra security from them "accidentaly" coming loose and bumpers flying of at 90 mph!

[Mike.]

i should have kept the bumper under wraps :lol: :lol:

[Mike.]

Quick anti-theft note for all those bonnet pins, lockwire the buggers up, harder to nick and some tracks may insist on it as extra security from them "accidentaly" coming loose and bumpers flying of at 90 mph!


the bumpers still attached to the wings, and the pins are really tight, they've been ajusted to make the bumper fit right

[scott.parker]

lol think i might nick the bumper idea also! :wink: :D

Well done nice totch..

Scott

[Austin_Nova16]

Looks top!

I've already done the bumper thing, and my god, what a saving!.
Oh...and the tailgate. Gunna hollow the dorrs out aswell?

[Mike.]

i might hollow out the doors but that will be after the perspex windows go in