View Full Version : Bye Bye Rot Box!...
scott.parker
15-10-07, 11:19 PM
Well J'J the Rot Box has gone...
After i striped a few bits off her"it" has gone.
Im going to keep the doors as they are in good condition, but boot bonnet are up for grabs soon as.
Will be looking over all my parts then complie a forsale list.
Shame to see her go, it was my first nova (i hoped only nova) but not my last ;)
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/1561/13102007108smallfs6.jpg
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/610/13102007110smallzf9.jpg
?400 worth of black box, not sure if i can use it again:roll:
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/4702/14102007113smallah4.jpg
Then i poked away at the rot (working from the back to the front, have not included all parts as would take up pages and pages LOL)
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/7918/14102007114smallnw9.jpg
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9761/14102007115smallua0.jpg
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/2218/14102007126smallrn4.jpg
just vaux trev
15-10-07, 11:25 PM
this waasn't a gsi was it?
Yes
Shame to see it go, doesnt look all that bad to be fair scott?
just vaux trev
15-10-07, 11:30 PM
noooo it doesnt look bad at all and by the look of it silk violet,
i would have paid to keep it out the scrap yard
a waste imo
scott.parker
15-10-07, 11:33 PM
Ummm more rot!
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/7236/14102007119smallog2.jpg
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8192/14102007117smallsl6.jpg
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/6894/14102007120smalliw6.jpg
Inside..lol
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/2681/14102007125smallfe6.jpg
Then the other side in the bay... :roll:
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/6171/14102007124smallrf5.jpg
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2619/14102007122smallhe7.jpg
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5146/14102007123smallex0.jpg
BYE BYE!
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8765/14102007128smalliw0.jpg
All pics taken on my N95.
Scott
just vaux trev
15-10-07, 11:36 PM
look under projects (body frockles and a pshhh)
scott.parker
15-10-07, 11:37 PM
lol
Guys trust me if i though it could of been saved it would have been!
The iner arches on front rear are gone, the splash gards and most the front part the sills are gone!
The rear chassis is just starting to go through...Not worth keeping, and GSi is only a chassis No and some stickers/badge etc blah blah blah!
Scott
not keeping the cage or exhaust ?
just vaux trev
15-10-07, 11:41 PM
im after:
boot lid with spoiler
front bumper
black dash
gsi trim
pm me
scott.parker
15-10-07, 11:42 PM
not keeping the cage or exhaust ?
lol err nah just though i would bin the lot, no point holding on to rubish...:thumb:
just noticed the png sticker's on the windscreen too..
hope you took them off, or xxx-nova will be going mad lol lol lol
scott.parker
15-10-07, 11:52 PM
just noticed the png sticker's on the windscreen too..
hope you took them off, or xxx-nova will be going mad lol lol lol
take a look at the second pic again..;) lol
scott.parker
16-10-07, 12:14 AM
lol minter, poor car...
**** the car, think of my empty wallet!..:D
No i never wanted to see it get like that, and it was strange to think that's it after 4yrs of ownership she's gone!
But you know what they say, cut your losses, and theirs no way i was going to get that shell back on the road for small money,even if i did do it all my self.
Scott
please dont say you chucked the front part of the bolt in cage away or the front window as in need of both.
lol @ repairing it. I'd rather have a car that was straight and solid, than one which was full of welded plates and filler lol
btw, ?25 for the XE loom sound ok?
scot lad , did you take the car loom out in the end ?
Kickingriffin
16-10-07, 11:00 AM
AAhhhh,gutted to see another one go!!!
craig green
16-10-07, 12:09 PM
Good riddence eh! That looks rotten as a black pear!
Doesn't look majorly bad, ive seen worse.
You got rid of it with the cage and exhaust still on/in?
MUAHAHAHAHA, might jump up and down on the roof at the weekend just for good measure.
MUAHAHAHAHA, might jump up and down on the roof at the weekend just for good measure.
MUAHAHAHAHA, by then it will be about 1foot squarelol
Scott, please dont say you binned that cage..... i would have bought that.... and that rear brace ;)
krobinson
16-10-07, 06:55 PM
Then the other side in the bay...(this bay was "well preped and painted" by a well know sprayer) :roll:
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/6171/14102007124smallrf5.jpg
No offence, but that comment is a tad uncalled for. From what I remember, your car wasn't very rust free when you got it, and the fact its now rotten has nothing to do with him.
Keith
But a decent bodyshop would have found that, chopped it out and welded it?
krobinson
16-10-07, 07:14 PM
Edit: he only painted the forward facing engine bay, i'm pretty sure thats rotted from the other side of the firewall through.
Keith
what bk strut brace is that?? iv got the same 1...
paul james
16-10-07, 07:21 PM
Yeah that area rots from the inside, looking from the engine bay it will seem fine, but stick your head under the dash on the passenger side and you'll see the rust, water sneaks in from inside the wheel arch. All of my novas have had some degree of rust there, its a real rust trap, and very annoying to get at to fix without taking the dash, seat and carpet out. Its a place nobody thinks to look at, so will quite happily rot away unnoticed, I bet many supposed "mint" novas will have some of the brown stuff lurking in that corner.
scott sell me the png stickers you took out of it pretty please :D
just noticed the png sticker's on the windscreen too..
hope you took them off, or xxx-nova will be going mad lol lol lol
christ ste you know me well lol
scott.parker
16-10-07, 07:47 PM
Keith I never named who did it so dose it matter that much?
But put your self in my shoes, one day you notice a big blistery part in the corner and then find that hiding behind seam sealer!
(i didn't get these pics till the car came back,EDIT:and did not pay close attention to them either)
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5616/rotenpartinbayxu7.jpg
I'm not stating a slagging match just defending my corner.
Scott
krobinson
16-10-07, 07:51 PM
I see your point mate!
Now hurry up and tell us about the new shell!!
scott.parker
16-10-07, 07:52 PM
PS: everyone calm down as no cage has been bind! lol
Riggy what loom was it you were after mate?
RJ :thumb: just remind me before the weekend...
s14a think it's a supper novas one?
scott.parker
16-10-07, 07:54 PM
I see your point mate!
Now hurry up and tell us about the new shell!!
Ok looking at that post i might edit it as it's a bit bitchy eh..sorry.
All in good time ;)
Scott
the car loom from the gsi scott , could do with a spare really :thumb:
i thought everyone new about your new shell lol .. i best keep quiet then eh
scott.parker
16-10-07, 10:49 PM
the car loom from the gsi scott , could do with a spare really :thumb:
i thought everyone new about your new shell lol .. i best keep quiet then eh
No not many know whats going on but im sure only the stupid would think i was throwing a cage away :p
i will see mate, not sure yet might need it.
Scott
lol :thumb:
well one rot box down one to go eh lol
craig green
17-10-07, 01:14 PM
But a decent bodyshop would have found that, chopped it out and welded it?
I'm sure they painted/repaired what he paid for tbh.
8v screamer
17-05-08, 03:00 PM
cant believe you scarppe dthat shell for that little rot man, i wish mine had that amount in in wouldve saved me a lot of welding time lol ( bearing in mind i used to do up oldskool vw,s and am used to replacing whole floors and bulkheads on the average cheap beetle project)
Lloyd
scott.parker
17-05-08, 03:29 PM
Yeah but VW Beetles/Camper vans are not ten to the dozen like novas so their worth doing, but the shell is just like any other nova out there why spend over £500 to repair it when i just took £500 and bout a mint one prepped for what i wanted??
The decision was made with alto of thought not just a flash in the pan idea..
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