damper's WIP

[draper]

well folks its time to begin my WIP thread. for the last year or so ive had nowhere of my own to work on any cars but since moving into my new house i have a garage and a driveway :D so ive now calmed the partying down and touch and rolled up my sleeves to begin building 2 cars - yep, ive gone from no projects to 2 :rolleyes: lol

well i moved in to my new place 5weeks ago, although the garage still loooked like this

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00014.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00013.jpg

to say i wasnt happy was an understatement, it took another 3-4 weeks to be emptied and only then when i threatened to put all the stuff out onto the road, once emptied i converted all this

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00041.jpg

into this, the workshop

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00055.jpg

and the shed

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00057.jpg

and the loft

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00060.jpg

and the office/clean workshop

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00061.jpg

[peester]

meh i wanna see cars..

[NovaLad]

He could build a car with all them spares lol

[draper]

so my 2 projects are my nova (obviously) and now the other halfs corsa

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00043.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00029.jpg

came with lex-ass lights which were binned ASAP, spoiler will be coming off soon aswell

check the zorst, one of the loudest ive ever heard tbh, also soon to be gone

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00038.jpg

front bumper, to be replaced by my cheap as chips GSI front

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00044.jpg

some muppet broke into whilst in the former owners care

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00042.jpg

[draper]

plans are new bonnet, neew drivers door, new tailgate, probably need to rear arches aswell but time will tell. also the alarm has been playing up, the central locking doesnt work so i stripped the dash to have looksy and was shocked to see thatchman approved duck tape in there lol

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00045.jpg

i knew there were a few holes in the boot floor but after my and the wife took the interior out we found a few more, youve gotta love old vauxs

boot floor

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/u.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/p.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/i.jpg

found this underneath the drivers seat :eek:

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00048.jpg

and this under the drivers footwell/rest, must of hit something rallying round tesco lol

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00047.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00046.jpg

and thats it for todays work, suppose its better to have found the holes now rather than later

[Iain]

Looks a minter. :wtf:

[draper]

as for the nova well, progress is pretty slow mainly as its down south at the mo, pics ahoy !!

how i last saw it

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/draper01/trailer4.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/draper01/trailer1.jpg

ive mainly be buying bits for it, got some brand new headlights and indicators, decided to de-tango the indicators

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00039.jpg

die orange die !!

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00040.jpg

also got these ready for converting my nova mirrors to electric

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii32/vaux-mad/IMG00019.jpg

[nova ian]

OOO check you!!

Nice work boss, Bet your over the moon with the fact you now have your own space??

Whens the nova shell coming home then?

Bad news on the corsa, but im sure you will have them holes patched in no time

Good luck dude:thumb:

[draper]

OOO check you!!

Nice work boss, Bet your over the moon with the fact you now have your own space??

Whens the nova shell coming home then?

Bad news on the corsa, but im sure you will have them holes patched in no time

Good luck dude:thumb:

yeah matey its brilliant being on our own again especially since weve spent the last 4months at my parents house !!

nova shell will back as soon as possible, ive got all the bits to make her weather proof now so good to go

yeah the corsa is pretty bad but i bought it to practice my welding on and to keep me busy so its not the end of the world

[tom reid]

Draper, what are you like?, no home to a place of you're own, no projects to two!
Will the projects ever get finished, I wonder???????????????????????

[draper]

i dont do things by halfs :D

and will they be finished, your guess is as good as mine lol

[peester]

christ, the corsa looks a lot of work.. too much imo..
can see the potential in the nova, but that prob only cos it has no rear springs fitted lol

[burgo]

draper seriously is that really worth doing?? you can get minter corsas for ?200

[draper]

draper seriously is that really worth doing?? you can get minter corsas for ?200

but it'll keep me out of trouble for a while lol

[tom reid]

And out of the pub??

[L14MNP]

Get that ironing board in the kitchen so your bird has something to do whilst you are busy in the workshop dude :thumb:
That's not proper rust! Will be good to see these progress :cool:

[draper]

thats it bring it to the top, id quietly forgot about this and the asweome lack of progress lol

[L14MNP]

You linked me it, I never even knew you had one lol I can't just leave it to die lol
Read some others and get inspired mate! Works for me :)

[LEWI007]

Nice garage looking forward to these wip's

[draper]

Nice garage looking forward to these wip's

garage has changed a bit since then, its actually organised and home to a nova, ill get some pics of the welding ive done on the corsa so far tomorrow

[Riggy]

pics pics pics

[draper]

pics pics pics

its dark now :p

[Riggy]

lol ill let you off for today

[draper]

phew, dont want to be in trouble with you northern mincers

lol

[draper]

well i went out this morning to get some pics of the corsa and carry on with some welding to be greeted by this :cry:


http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/7248/emptyspacemk2.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=emptyspacemk2.jpg)

there was a toolbox there last night, aswell as a set of comp MOs piled on the other alloys, no welder either - some pikey cnut has emptied my garage of all the good stuff :mad:

[Dod]

No way!!

You got Robbed???

Thats a **** mate, really feeling for you here.

[draper]

yeah mate, every tool i owned has gone, the box, my welder, my drills/grinders/sanders etc - havent even been through the rest of the garage yet but there was all sorts of car parts in there

[nova ian]

:( Gutted for you mate, not what you want at all... Sorry to hear that dude

[Riggy]

gutted fella, thats really ****

[Rickyb]

thats upsetting i hope you find the scum bags that did it.

[draper]

thats upsetting i hope you find the scum bags that did it.

im pretty sure its someone local ;)

just had the police round - less than 2hours and they were here (and a pretty fit woman) shes actually doing door to door enquirys !!

[Rickyb]

haha u might be in look of getting your stuff back!

[Dod]

Have they any ideas? Not just in general but about whos done it?

[L14MNP]

Time to do some DIY detective work mate! Some pretty distinctive stuff of yours that's been lifted so if they are local I reckon you're in with a chance of exacting some revenge and getting at least some stuff back!
*******s! RE MSN, you can't tease about a fit wpc and have no pics lol

[tom reid]

Feel sorry for you Mark, I know just how you feel, having had my tools nicked years ago.
If there's anything I can do........
Just don't ask to borrow my toolslol

[LEWI007]

Thats really sh it so now your projects are gonna have to be postponed until you get more tools :cry: i too hope that you catch the cun ts that did it :mad:

[dabsy]

Draper,
Really bad SH1T. Hope you sort out the scum.

No more tool weilding for I while I take it then?
Dave.

[brainsnova]

thieving scumbags should be named and shamed

[mikey14sr]

Fark, that's gutting mate. Get it belled up and make sure the doors are nice and solid. When ours got broken into a fair few years ago the insurers paid for a great big hefty fire-door to be put on the side, all clad in metal with great big locking pins that go right into the frame. They even replaced the main door with one that has at least 5 locking points on it too. Also block off any windows, simple shutters made from a piece of wood on a hinge so you can let the light in if needed.

[draper]

cheers folks, the insurance company have the list of stuff that went missing now so hopefully should get paid out in a week or 2, got an alarm sorted for it now aswell with air horns being used instead of the original bell box

[thedjse]

cheers folks, the insurance company have the list of stuff that went missing now so hopefully should get paid out in a week or 2, got an alarm sorted for it now aswell with air horns being used instead of the original bell box

Thank god you were insured mate i hope you find the little ****ers that did it

[Spudly]

Class idea matey, glad you were sensible long enough to get insurance sorted hehe, shouldnt be too long before you got yourself a new shiny tool set and the urge to go try and break them on your projects lol

[draper]

^^ cheeky mofo lol i was more bothered about insuring the garage than the house tbh lol

[Rickyb]

hows this project coming any progress

[brainsnova]

wire alarm up with silent trigger and put a doorbell and flashing strobe in your bedroom so any attempts on the garage again you ll have the scum trapped lol lol lol

[Spudly]

^^ cheeky mofo lol i was more bothered about insuring the garage than the house tbh lol

Sorry bud i couldnt resist lol, i like ya thinking there as ya most easily steal-able and quick to sell expensive stuff usually lives in ya garage dont it!

Ya got sorted yet and got any more updates comin?

[19CooP91]

im in ilkeston, n i no a theivin little smack head that likes to borrow out of peoples garages... cant imagine him trying to carry all that stuff tho, or who hed try n sell it to.

[Dod]

Might be worth pming him mate and keeping the public details to a minimum.

[Rickyb]

no progress as of yet then hope u get sorted soon mate

[19CooP91]

kk Dod Soz Bud

[Stuart]

19coop91, bin the text typing

[draper]

im in ilkeston, n i no a theivin little smack head that likes to borrow out of peoples garages... cant imagine him trying to carry all that stuff tho, or who hed try n sell it to.

cheers pal, i know that name anyway ;)

[19CooP91]

i dont see anything wrong with abreviation, its not as if im 'typin lyk it ful tym m8' but if it really annoys people then i will cut it out.

[Dod]

cheers pal, i know that name anyway ;)


AH you are alive!!!

[draper]

AH you are alive!!!

just :D

[draper]

time for a small update, the insurance company have finally replaced my hand tools and we are curently negotiating a settlement figure for everything else

in the meantime ive recently purchased these (i have got 4) a little worse for wear but nothing that cant be sorted and they were a decent price

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/wheels.jpg

and a SR engine

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/1300.jpg


ive also been mincing about painting the floor/walls and sorting storage out in the garage.

work got a new welder in so with my charming personality i blagged teh old one for a few days to get cracking, managed to get the bottom arm mounting points, steering rack, and a few other seams welded up and also a few plates put in before the gas ran out and this is how it stands at the mo

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/shell1.jpg



http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/shell.jpg

still a fair bit to do but hopefully things should be moving pretty quickly now. i should also be getting a 106 of the mother-in-law to run round in so the money i have to buy a shtter will pay for a cage :cool:

[nova ian]

Good work Mr Draper! your shell's coming on then, whats the plans engine wise then or is the SR engine for it??

Ive still got them parts for you, not forgotten about you, just not been over the Ilson way for a long time!! :thumb:

Look forward to some more updates

[zeifer33]

In your country, the cars have much rust, that is due to the weather?

[draper]

standard 1300 for now matey

once a have a years no claims and reach the magic 25 years old that will all change tho

no rush on the parts just yet i suppose lol

[Rickyb]

looking good pall glad u sorted ur stuff out :thumb:

[~~joycey~~]

Any progress?

[nova ian]

Yea get some work done Draper, we drove passed yesterday and I saw the nova out back!!

I thought you would of been out there dressed as santa!! lol

[draper]

no progress on the nova as ive been doing family type stuff the last few days

however i did get an early xmas present through the post, just need to buy a cheap runaround now :D

[draper]

Looking good mate , Whats the next job on ya list ?

get the welding finished and a cage purchased/fitted

[tom reid]

get the welding finished and a cage purchased/fitted

Yeah, that'll be right!, you've got about 2months worth of mincing to do before the cage etclol

[draper]

Yeah, that'll be right!, you've got about 2months worth of mincing to do before the cage etclol

funny you should mention mincing, ive been mincing for the last hour :D just uploading pics now

[The Simps]

Quite disappointed Draper. Considering you started this thread in March there's barely a half dozen pics in 7 pages! wtf?

ps. if you decide you're not man enough to go 5 stud I might be interested in the rims ;)

[draper]

Quite disappointed Draper. Considering you started this thread in March there's barely a half dozen pics in 7 pages! wtf?

ps. if you decide you're not man enough to go 5 stud I might be interested in the rims ;)

yeah, maybe its not gonna break many records for building a nova lol i need my **** kicking into gear tbh

ill keep you in mind about the 5stud but dont hold your breath :p


anyway, insead of using any time in the garage on useful stuff like seam welding and plating i decdided to make this instead

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/officechair.jpg

[tom reid]

Sitting down while mincing, wtf next????

[MK999]

That is awesome, sofa rear bench next? lol

[~~joycey~~]

Thats quality i want one! lol

[draper]

actuall nova type update !!!

jigs are for girls, real men use tyres and wood

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/car.jpg

oh noes

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/car4.jpg

all cleaned up, can see an old plate that was repaired properly

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/car6.jpg

repairage and seam weldage

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/car12.jpg

zinced up, should last years now (unless i crash it)

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/zincprimed.jpg

[draper]

strenghtning plates added, only pic i have at the minute

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/rearbeampoints.jpg

some good penetration here <snigger snigger>

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/pentration1.jpg

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/penetration.jpg

front end

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/jackingpoints.jpg

got quite abit more seams welded aswell, just uploading pics now

also bought a runaround, after very nearly buying a 205GTi i went for the sensible option (even surprised myself in doing it tbh) and bought this

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/escort.jpg

[The Simps]

At last! Some progress! lol ;)

Looking good!

[The Simps]

good sensible daily runner choice.

I'm now about to go sensible too and go from a 2005 audi a4 3.0 tdi s-line quattro to an old 2001 vectra estate with a towbar! lol lol

[Nev da nova]

Loving the props, just the job for an easy life:thumb:

[nova ian]

Looking good Draper:thumb:

Looks like mine at that stage lol At least you've had all them problem areas sorted. Looks like this will be another strong shell hey

What colour you doing yours? or will we see another credit crunch white one! lol

Get in touch about them bits you want, there still here :thumb:

[draper]

cheers pal, it'll be a brilliant shell once its all done and all caged up. i'll also be stripping all the underseal off and redoing the whole lot, should last years then

mines staying star silver, was going to buy GM vynal but funds wouldnt allow it so ill probably end up with copies

[nova ian]

Nice one will look smart mate. Keep at it

[nova_saloon]

loverly got my eyes on this one

[Mike]

Good progress chap :D

Love the sensible new run around, liking the reg plate too lol

[draper]

cheers mike, although i do keep looking at GTi stuff for the escort - maybe when the novas done ill spend some money on it

[Leeboo]

Loving the WRC Escort lol.

Nice project....how did you get it tipped over like that? A few mates help to lift it or what?

I'd love to do that with mine, seams to be the best way to get at the seems :p .

[draper]

Loving the WRC Escort lol.

Nice project....how did you get it tipped over like that? A few mates help to lift it or what?

I'd love to do that with mine, seams to be the best way to get at the seems :p .

jerk and lift buddy, jerk and lift - it helped id been watching worlds strongest before going into the workshop ;)

[Andy_L]

jerk and lift buddy, jerk and lift - it helped id been watching worlds strongest before going into the workshop ;)

lol

[Rickyb]

lol@ the worlds strongest man bit. and the progress is looking good matey.

[Andy]

Good work lad,what you going to be taking all underseal off with?

[draper]

Good work lad,what you going to be taking all underseal off with?

knotted wheel and fire :D

[Andy]

lol ive used nitro mors,and a wire wheel.People were laughing saying how stupid i was,glad someone else is doing it lol.You do find more rust.Not rot just surface i found.Then at least when its all back to bare metal and treated you know its done right.I called mine a "poor mans acid dip" I dont have £500 to get my shell dipped so ill do it for £50 with nitro mors and hard work

[tom reid]

jerk and lift buddy, jerk and lift - it helped id been watching worlds strongest before going into the workshop ;)

Draper's the Jerk and I lifted itlol

[Leeboo]

Lol cheers, its just I'd be scared of tipping the car completely onto its side! Or bending the quarter whilst its sitting on the wheels!

I worry too much.

[draper]

not much of an update as ive been busy lately (single life FTW lol)

went and picked this up at the weekend,

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/cage.jpg

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/cage1.jpg

got myself a bit of a bargain really, also when checking over a few gearboxes i had lying around it turns out 1 has a 4.1 in it :D my lucks in at the minute :thumb:

[The Simps]

Almost spat my tea out when your thread came up in my User CP!

"cracking" progress mate ;)

[Iain]

Did you say the cage had harness mounting points?

Looks good tho, still annoyed at the price you got it for. lol

[draper]

Almost spat my tea out when your thread came up in my User CP!

"cracking" progress mate ;)

i did it ust for you sweetie, i know how you like to stalk me

after this weekend ill have a few days free so will get soe real work done :thumb:

and iainanainaiaidnadna :p

[draper]

got some more done this weekend, after decided that the only way to do it properly is to remove all the underseal and then re-seal once it been welded came across this

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/rearchassislegdamage.jpg

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/underside.jpg

the spring plate was fubared, so off that came for a repair

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/GetAttachmentCAY8FPT5.jpg

all done

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/springplate.jpg

previous owner had already done a reapir, this was then redone properly

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/previousplate.jpg

rear beam mounting point strenghed up

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/chassisleg.jpg

[draper]

more repiars and some seam welding completed

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/wheelarch.jpg

new sills have been ordered aswell for some reason :roll:

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/sill.jpg

actually doing some work !! ( i wsa hungover tho)

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/mewelding.jpg

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/jackingpoints-1.jpg

[draper]

also found more remedial work that needs doing, better to find it now tho i suppose

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/ohgod.jpg

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/whops.jpg

[Spudly]

Looks like youve been cracking on well with it bud nice one, like the way you always do welding/grinding in your fleeces bud reminds me of when you were cutting up your written off blue one in your novaload fleece, ill wet myself laughing if that was the same one haha!

[Plug]

alot would have scrapped the shell but its great to see another reviving another nova and saving it from the Scrap man :thumb:

Will be watching the build matey

[draper]

Looks like youve been cracking on well with it bud nice one, like the way you always do welding/grinding in your fleeces bud reminds me of when you were cutting up your written off blue one in your novaload fleece, ill wet myself laughing if that was the same one haha!

i dont think im wearing it in that pic but i do still have the old one lol


cheers jimbo :thumb:

[Benn]

Nice welding there dude.

[valvercorsa]

just sat and read from start to now :D glad to see you are getting cracked on with it buddy :thumb:

love the roll over idealol did it with my old gte that got stripped so i could get everything off.

keep up the good work :thumb:

[ck]

alot would have scrapped the shell but its great to see another reviving another nova and saving it from the Scrap man :thumb:

Will be watching the build matey

very true, good going man lol. i got a shell here thats being scrapped tomorrow. compared to yours i would have to say mine is mint lol oh well

[draper]

i have more updates but still need to upload the pics

[Prey]

Having seen this shell in person id say you were a brave bloke to fix it!

Will be pretty much bombproof when its done tho by the looks of it.

[tom reid]

Having seen this shell in person id say you were a brave bloke to fix it!

Will be pretty much bombproof when its done tho by the looks of it.

Will it be Draperproof though?lol

[draper]

Will it be Draperproof though?lol

probably not

oh my days, whats this - an update !!

this sat was a busy day as we needed to get alot of the repair work done and as much strenghning as possible so it could go back on its wheels and out MY lovely new workshop ;)

concentrated on the front wheelarch to begin with

oh noes

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/wheelarchagain.jpg

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/wheelarchbefore.jpg

bit of stitch welding round the turret area etc

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/ineerstrut.jpg

the start of repairing

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/wheelerch1.jpg

and all repaired, better than when they were new

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/innerwing.jpg

[draper]

then onto the rear wheel arch

all plated, strenghned etc

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/rearwheelarch.jpg

repair on the boot floor

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/rearrepair.jpg

jacking points and seams welded on this side, also the odd repair to do and old plate to re-weld

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/underside.jpg

also had chance to add one of the chassis plates and tie it all in

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/chassisplate.jpg

[~~joycey~~]

Good fab work there mate :) +Rep

[draper]

unfortuantly we're still waiting on the sills to arrive :roll:

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/sills.jpg

as it was going to be going back outside and we dont know when we'll have it back inside due to me now working my weekends for a while and having other stuff on we decided to paint the underside

etch primed

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/undersideprimed.jpg

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/wheelarchprimed.jpg

few coats of primer (was 9-10pm by this point lol)

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/underside2.jpg

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/underside3.jpg

than black on the sunday morning

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/udersidepainted.jpg

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/wheelarchpainted.jpg

[draper]

during the next few weeks ill go down on my days of and get some more of the inside done then hopefully when im back on my weekends off get it back up on its sides, all welding completed and get it painted properly/undersealed etc, then its just the cage (once ive got my replacement front legs and doorbars, turret triangulation) passenger door, bootlid and bumpers still to source, engine to rebuild, interior to sort out, wiring to tackle, paint and rebuild - easy peasy lol

also picked this up at the weekend

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/Nova%20WIP/whitenova1.jpg

plan is to chuck my 1600 16v engine in, 2 buckets, already on coilovers at the front and have some fun

[draper]

Good fab work there mate :) +Rep

i cant take credit for all of it tbh, tom reid has been a massive help (even if he does get a little to friendly) and without him this car wouldnt be being built at all. luckily he hasnt put up toooo much of a fight now ive taken over his garden, garage and wifes cooking :thumb:

[Rickyb]

looking good folks i will keep watching :thumb:

[Iain]

Underside looks good Draper, was it just etch primer out a rattle can and black Hammerite?

[draper]

Underside looks good Draper, was it just etch primer out a rattle can and black Hammerite?

etched out the gun/airline

rattlecaned black for the time being

[xe Dan]

i love this as it makes me feel better knowing that all rust can be repaired

[novaowner999]

keep up the good work chap

[Benn]

Can i ask why youve cut the splash shelds off?
Floor looks good tho.

[draper]

Can i ask why youve cut the splash shelds off?
Floor looks good tho.

because they were rotten, gonna be replaced with corsa plastic ones

[Count Vaux Alot]

Looking good considering the task you had to start with...keep up the good work!

[draper]

updates !!

on the 100 pound nova i now own

got the front end stripped down

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/j997/runaround.jpg

found this gem, dont you just love novas :roll:

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/j997/Image000.jpg

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/j997/Image001.jpg

[draper]

what hole :D

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/j997/Image002.jpg

after more poking around before its MOT we found this lurking underneath the underseal at the rear

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/j997/Image003.jpg

all sorted and zinced up

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/j997/DSC00026.jpg

[draper]

the crusty parts under the passenger headlight was also ripped out (it was just filler lol) and replaced with some plates but i didnt get any pics of that

lick of paint in the bay

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/j997/DSC00023.jpg

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/j997/DSC00024.jpg

some underseal under the wings and chassis leg area (both sides were done)

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/j997/Image006.jpg

pretty clean - i hate the orange bollox tho so thats the first job once its MOTd

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr187/draper1984/j997/Image007.jpg