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Mr-G
15-10-06, 05:39 PM
Since everyone is doing WIP threads i thought that i would jump on the bandwagon and start one for mine.

Not much is going to be happening to the car on the outside as i like novas the way they are. the only plans are for a splitter on the front bumper and some vents in the bonnet.

Inside the car is undergoing a full stripdown and replacment of pretty much everything exept the dash.

Enginewise i am undecided at the moment but the main idea is a 1200 with a 1400 SR carb as i already have the carb here.

The car is going to be lowered 60mm but i havent decided on what alloys she will be dropped.

She is booked into a bodyshop for the beginning of november to have new sills, arches, some work on the passenger door lock, doorshuts resprayed, 1/4 panels resprayed and some welding under the bonnet.

Anyways here are a few pics of the car so far to show the areas that need work

http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/4113/p1410061731dv9.jpg

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/4886/p14100617321iq1.jpg

Now for the rusty bits

http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/4905/p14100617311so1.jpg

http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/4125/p14100617322xz2.jpg


http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/6799/p14100617312ok3.jpg

As for the sound system i will give you a liitle hint, no headunit just this

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/6406/p1410061737mr8.jpg

Right now as some of you may know from other threads i have issues with the paint, well today i washed it, then clayed it and them used the mequiers 3 stage system on it cleaner, polish and then wax. i think it came out pretty nice, here are some pics.

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/4125/p1510061623hl9.jpg

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/1853/p15100616231fg5.jpg

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/7331/p15100616232ua8.jpg

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/344/p1510061624ed0.jpg

Lee
15-10-06, 05:45 PM
lol, the guys at the bodyshop are gonna love you now youve put all that polish on it!

Looks like a good base for a project though pal!

Mr-G
15-10-06, 05:47 PM
lol, the guys at the bodyshop are gonna love you now youve put all that polish on it!

Looks like a good base for a project though pal!

it needed doing really, the car hasnt been polished in a long time and the paintwork was ****, so it needed to be done for when it comes to him matching the colour.

Mr-G
21-10-06, 09:26 PM
Got a new drivers door today, it has a small amount of rust at the bottom but its easy for the bodyshop to sort out when it goes in. I spent all day getting sticky ****e off but its all done now.

Got a new splitter aswell which i trial fitted, it needs some chopping about but it looks pretty good.

I will get some pics up tomorrow as its dark now.

Saloony
21-10-06, 09:28 PM
Mate, its missing a baby seat!!;)

Mr-G
21-10-06, 09:30 PM
Mate, its missing a baby seat!!;)

lol mate that will be going in mels GTE, mines only got 2 seats :thumb:

Mike.
21-10-06, 09:34 PM
not a bad project.

Saloony
21-10-06, 09:40 PM
lol mate that will be going in mels GTE, mines only got 2 seats :thumb:Fine.. roof rack or box, i aint fuss'd.

Mr-G
21-10-06, 09:42 PM
couple of cable ties on the front bumper, sorted!! lol

Mels laughing and she said sod off lol

Saloony
21-10-06, 09:50 PM
Cable ties now your talking my language. Why stop there, i got some string. Will need some foam tho to stop chaffing.

Now come on we know mel and she wouldnt of just said sod off.

Mr-G
21-10-06, 09:58 PM
lol she said she promises thats all she said, she has just asked what you are doing next saturday as we havent seen you and Kira in a while, gives me a chance to drool over the saloon aswell.

Fancy a road trip to the harvester?

Saloony
21-10-06, 10:06 PM
Result. The nova tax runs out soon so it'll almost be its last run.

Mr-G
21-10-06, 10:07 PM
lol that a yes then

Mr-G
22-10-06, 10:09 AM
A few more pics as the project goes on, i decided that i wanted these new flashy battery clamps we have at work makes life a lot easier when it comes to working on the car :thumb:

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2750/p1610061754im7.jpg

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8679/p1610061755vv5.jpg

And here is one of the clamp itself, they are quick release jobbies :D

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/2045/p16100617551yk4.jpg

As said in a previous post i have got another door for the nova as my drivers side door was close to meeting its doom here is a pic after i took the sde moulding off.

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4133/p2110061650gm5.jpg

And here is the door after its finished, it still needs a really good polish up but it looks a lot better then it did to start with.

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2459/p2210060928bl5.jpg

philly
22-10-06, 10:20 AM
that petrol cap looks a tad rotten around it!

Mr-G
22-10-06, 10:26 AM
The petrol cap is fine, its where i had resprayed the 1/4 panel with a rattle can so its a matt finish and then spilt some petrol down it lol.

The body shop have had a look at it and they say its pretty solid around there she is just rotton around the edges not to worry though only 2 weeks to go before she is in the body shop :)

Mr-G
28-10-06, 11:31 AM
I would like to share a couple of teaser pics of an idea thats been racking in my brains :thumb:

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/2084/p2810061120rk8.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8445/p28100611201vw1.jpg

Enjoy :D

dave_rand
28-10-06, 03:41 PM
bad idea

Martin
28-10-06, 04:39 PM
splitter would look better moulded in a gsi bumper

something liek this.. http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Martain_novalicious/pic1.jpg

Martin
28-10-06, 04:39 PM
theres also a white gsi bumper in the for sale fourm ;)

Mr-G
03-11-06, 08:13 PM
Hmmm dont really want a GSI bumper on mine as a lot of people do that, I am thinking a standard black bumper with that splitter on it and a line of sppedholes but i am not sure.

The car is being picked up monday morning by the body shop so over the weekend i will take some pics of the areas that they will be working on. I will also take some other pics of various areas of the car for everyone.

Mr-G
03-11-06, 08:13 PM
Well the car is all stripped out and ready to go :), there is no interior in the back and the doorcards have been taken off,

She is being picked up tomorrow morning and hopefully i should have it back in 2 weeks :))

Mr-G
08-11-06, 11:34 AM
Got my new lockset last night and managed to get the doorcards from my old mk1 out, they are retrimmed in grey carpet.

I will get pics up tonite of everything so far :)

Daniie
24-09-08, 10:24 PM
Will Take Some Work But Will Be Worth it (Y)