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5_door owner
27-08-06, 07:52 PM
righty, firstly i bought the base for my project off ebay a few months back for the costly sum of 62 pounds :D
1 red 1.2 mk1 3door hatch;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/nay_collins/Picture007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/nay_collins/Picture008.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/nay_collins/Picture009.jpg
then i bought a full cally leather interior (ebay hunting again) for the pricey sum of 41 pounds ;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/nay_collins/Picture001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/nay_collins/Picture005.jpg
/\ you can see the exhaust aswell in that pic :D
last week i bought a conversion mount and 22 spline shafts and brand new c.v's off ANDYRACER from on here (hint hint to the conversion);)
and then yesterday i travelled down to stafford to pick up the engine off peester that shall shortly take home in the bay;
5_door owner
27-08-06, 07:57 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/peester/xemain.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/peester/xemain2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/peester/xelump.jpg
so over the next few weeks it should all be bolted up,
then next on the to buy list is; 80-90mm drop on coilovers and some r10 ronal turbos :D
updates will be posted:cool:
studaman21
27-08-06, 07:59 PM
quality mate
good luck
hybridturbo
27-08-06, 08:16 PM
looking gd some nice bits there
novamadman
27-08-06, 08:17 PM
i see you got daveys engine
should be good when finished
shane
this looks like it will be a good project, keep us updated matey:thumb:
the car looks in great condition aswell
5_door owner
27-08-06, 08:41 PM
yea mike the car was a steal at the price i got it for, the story was;
i saw the car on ebay so messeged the guy offering ?150 outside of ebay and i would collect the following day, but he refused saying he would let the auction run its cause. so i patiently waited, and eventually got the winning bid with ?62. got there and he had a for sale sign in the window (from trying to sell it locally before ebay) for ?500 o.n.o lol it was/is only a 1.2 but has front door capings, rear arch carpet, basically GTE spec interior (bar the leccy windows, and the fact its beigey brown :tard: )
the XE conversion will be done as soon as ive bolted all the engine back together,
also rexy's just popped down and knicked one of my 22spline shafts for a week or two, (to get his beasty saloon back on the road) :thumb:
yea mike the car was a steal at the price i got it for, the story was;
i saw the car on ebay so messeged the guy offering ?150 outside of ebay and i would collect the following day, but he refused saying he would let the auction run its cause. so i patiently waited, and eventually got the winning bid with ?62. got there and he had a for sale sign in the window (from trying to sell it locally before ebay) for ?500 o.n.o lol it was/is only a 1.2 but has front door capings, rear arch carpet, basically GTE spec interior (bar the leccy windows, and the fact its beigey brown :tard: )
the XE conversion will be done as soon as ive bolted all the engine back together,
also rexy's just popped down and knicked one of my 22spline shafts for a week or two, (to get his beasty saloon back on the road) :thumb:
i've just read rexys post about the drive shaft lol , bet the blokes kicking himself after the nova selling for just 60odd quid.
lookin like a good base! good luck with it! sound like some good plans there
coochiSR
27-08-06, 08:53 PM
nice bargin m8, gd luck keep us updated
take it the nova over the roads your aswell :D
nice looking engine there. i couldve got you a fully leather interior off a cavalier if you wouldve told me. we scrapped one on friday
5_door owner
27-08-06, 09:12 PM
take it the nova over the roads your aswell :D
nice looking engine there. i couldve got you a fully leather interior off a cavalier if you wouldve told me. we scrapped one on friday
yep the white ones mine aswell (albeit with a seized 1ltr), the original plan was to buy the red one solely for its engine and drop it into the white one, but the shell is too good, so the engine out of my red un (1.2) is gonna live in the white one (now my girlfreinds)
another pic of the white one;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/nay_collins/CIMG0017.jpg
looks like a shed at the mo tho :(
lol, that shell looks ace fella :D... I owe you now, so give me a shout if you get stuck on anything.
Big thanks again for bailing me out boss, time to build a shaft lol
yeah im sure we can give you a hand if you need it fella :thumb:
5_door owner
01-09-06, 10:37 PM
cheers carl an rexy, imagine i'll need some help bolting the XE in
bit of progress on the white one;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/nay_collins/eba8ccac.jpg
bye bye seized 1ltr lol
next few days will include cleaning up the bay and giving it a lick of paint (new colour) ready for the 1.2 to be dropped in there
updates soon :)
milfhunter
03-09-06, 12:12 PM
r10 ronal turbo's!! OMG!! they are seriously hot wheels!!
good luck with the conversion and keep us updates... especially with the ronals!! :D
Sound that is, reminds me of my spin pre SR engine days
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