THE SHY WITNESS REBUILD THREAD...budget banger

[shy witness]

right.....here goes

i've been registered on this forum for a while...............and some might rememeber i had an orange nova a year or 2 back

well its kinda beyond repair at this stage.............but i bought another we nova about a year ago..that was just lying in the garage at the side of the house ever since

it was a 50 quid special:thumb:

and shows it lol

i bought it like this

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[shy witness]

to be honmest i wasnt evn sure what i was going to do with it

about 6 months ago i went out 1 afternoon and took it appart a bit to se how bad it really was...and to quote a phrase"IVE SEEN WORSE" came to mind

it does need alotta work.......but at leats after a dec ent inspection i had a bit of an idea what was involved


....after logging onto this site lately and reading through numeros WIP threads its gave me a bit of a boot up the anus.........and got me back interested in novaland once again......

so anyway..i got the finger out and trailered it to work a week or 2 back

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b189/shywitness14005/DSC00407-1.jpg

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i then put it up on the ramp for a wee nosey round................and found this to be the scariest thing in below.....yuk

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b189/shywitness14005/DSC00414.jpg

it needs a new front panel..................a few patches here and there.......but ive decided to save it from scrap land lol



i ordered a new front panel......................2 new mk1 wings..........and 2 new rear arches.....and theyve arrived n'all so thats a start

ive also got a 2.0 8valve sri cav by default(it was my road car untill some scumbag tried to steal it)...so thats going 2 be the doner vehicle for the mechanical side of things

[vaughanmc]

Should be good mate :)

[shy witness]

its obvious that the welders going 2 get a hammering lol.....but i dont mind welding at all.....and with the we bits that need doing round the front end .....i'll also b stitch welding it and and generally strengthening it all up anyway....so a bit extra wont kill me

heres the nasty bits:confused:

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im gonna start in2 the stripping back and welding here in the next few weeks........but im not really in any big hurry


so hopefully ...........progress coming soon:thumb:

[krobinson]

Good work, shell doesnt look too bad, take your time and do it right!

Keith

[gazz]

if you work on this like you did your cav then it will turn out nice..:thumb:

[draper]

i love the fact people think they own bad condition novas when ive drove round (quite proud) in far worse condition ones lol


doesnt look to bad matey, im sure it'll be good in the end, nice orange one aswell :thumb:

[Dan 130]

i love the fact people think they own bad condition novas when ive drove round (quite proud) in far worse condition ones lol


doesnt look to bad matey, im sure it'll be good in the end, nice orange one aswell :thumb:

lol same i look at them and think **** mine must be really bad lol oh well its got t+t so it does me for the min lol

[Ash]

mk1 eh? :thumb:
you got to keep the vynal as well, not overly bad shell, rear panel looks mint

[Matt2107]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b189/shywitness14005/DSC00409.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b189/shywitness14005/DSC00410.jpg



Is that the same pick up in the background with a puncture??

[coombsey]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b189/shywitness14005/DSC00411.jpg
what you done to the orange one????

[shy witness]

Is that the same pick up in the background with a puncture??

no...................thats a different 1lol


we have 3 that are pretty much the same in work:thumb:


the orange nova is to long new..........and would take alot more work than this 1 to get it up to a decent standard again(although its not outta the question yet after this 1's finished)

i'd started 2 strip it last year................but didnt like what i was fiinding


i bought itr as a complete ****ter.....but with 10 months mot funny enough


and done a half rebuild on it...........it ended up looking good ....but i should of got a better shell to start with for it

[shy witness]

i got a bit of stripping done tonite there

got all the stuff at the top of the engine stripped off and ready to come out

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b189/shywitness14005/DSC00561.jpg

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is it just me...................or is there alot more wires in the loom of this car because its a 1.2i?????????



is that going to cause me alotta confusion when im fitting the other engine????


i also got the boot removed...............rear windows......and a few other things

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b189/shywitness14005/DSC00568.jpg

and i also finished stripping off the underseal on the drivers side front inner arch

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b189/shywitness14005/DSC00564.jpg


i've the other side still to do though

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b189/shywitness14005/DSC00565.jpg

I'LL GET THE ENGINE AND TANK AND WOTEVER TAKEN OUT WHEN I CAN GET IT ON THE RAMP IN WORK(theres a car srtuck on it at the minute with the gearbox out)

the the welding and strengthening will begin

[Dave.]

it looks quight good for ?50.. any cars worth ?50 because you can break it for more

i bought mine for ?37 and look at mine now.. im sure itll be a basement bargin beauty mate when its done.. itll look ace if you out the time and effort i :thumb:

[shy witness]

i think i did alrite for 50 quid like.......

i got the car as it is........................

2 owner...........

nova 1.2 fun

its a base model

no tinted glass......

no rear wiper.....


although it has a sunroof(although i wish it didnt because i hate them lol)


the mate i bought it off had just fitted the -40 lowering springs

and i got a full set of sr 3 spokes with just 1 centre missing

and a sporty backbox along with it aswell(although i gave it 2 a another mate)

the thing i dont mind about it is that its never been tampered with......

no naff mod's

only 2 patches welded aswell (although it'll have a few more by the time im finished lol)

which is alot better than trying to go over an auld car that has been tarted up on several occasions.......with 10 layers of paint....and isopon everywhere lol

[shy witness]

i still cant get the car on the ramp 2 get the engine and tank n'all out.................so rather than come home after doing absolutely nothing

i decided 2 make the mounts for the rollover frame that i'll b knocking together

after alot of considderation..thought..............and views of other work in progress threads.........i reckoned that i could make something up simply enough

heres the mounting brackets

front


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thats a peice of scaffolding bar used to make the mount........

then the idea is 2 make the whole frame/turnover jig...........just using scaffloding bars and clamps(with possibly an occasional weld here n there)

u get clamps that fully swiville .......and these will be sufficient for the job

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b189/shywitness14005/DSC00574.jpg

just something similar with the back end

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b189/shywitness14005/DSC00578.jpg

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that was a well spent half hour 2nite.............:thumb:

then when the time comes to get 2 the underside of the shell................i'll just have 2 make the scaffolding frame up string enough......and high enough so the shell can fully rotate.............


its a we bit of messing about to begin with................but will save alot of hassle at a later date.....and will certainly b alot easier to work on:)

[krobinson]

Good work, those roll-over frames kickass!

[SRimon]

that orange one looks a bit like my old 2.0?! is it an E reg?

[shy witness]

that orange one looks a bit like my old 2.0?! is it an E reg?

i dont know what e-reg means(im from northern ireland and the reg's are completely different)


but it didnt belong to anyone before i had it orange...................i built that 1 myself....

i still have it .........but its pretty much in bits.....and unhealtrhy looking:cry:

[vaughanmc]

E reg will be about a 1987 or 1988 I think..

[novasportc550]

looking good mate..
i will have to get down to have a wee look at her...

[shy witness]

all rite folks.......

i havnet really been doing a terrible lot yet on this as ive been gettin my budget cavalier sorted out first for over the winter

heres a we progress thread about it on another forum

http://z7.invisionfree.com/CavalierCrazy/index.php?showtopic=4060

ive it near enough sorted now.......

and then its straight on2 nova mode

ive been gathering a few bits n bobs up for the nova as i went along


i got a predator bootspolier....and im waiting on the chassis plate strengthening kit..and engine mount kit coming

then im going to get bogged right into the welding of

so hopefully we'll see a bit more progresss very soon