THE SHY WITNESS REBUILD THREAD...budget banger

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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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/b1...DSC00407-1.jpg

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http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...5/DSC00409.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...5/DSC00410.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...5/DSC00411.jpg


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/b1...5/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

Should be good mate :)

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:

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

Keith

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

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:

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Originally Posted by 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:

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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

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

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Originally Posted by shy witness

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