** Lee's Barn ** Current status 'OPERATION PIKEY VAN'

Welcome to Lee's Barn. Where bodgery is an artform, and cheap is always best lol

We begin with the reshell of my beloved track car.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...94146416-M.jpg

..so the mission starts here! Got the new car back with zero hassle and had a good poke around inside and out. Verdict? Bodywork is pretty amazing for a nova, and any problems with the chassis have been sorted properly, so all in all a good buy methinks. Heres the first of the pics...

Boot floor..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...P/DVC00004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...P/DVC00005.jpg

Arches..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...P/DVC00006.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...P/DVC00007.jpg

Doors..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...P/DVC00008.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...P/DVC00009.jpg

Battery tray (bit dirty but solid as the day it saw the light of spain...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...P/DVC00010.jpg

Inner wings (a few repairs done here but had my mate who used to be a beater look at them and theyre top notch)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...P/DVC00011.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...P/DVC00012.jpg

And a few more..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...P/DVC00014.jpg

(the blue one looks nervous)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...P/DVC00016.jpg


Now for the shopping list which is getting scary!

Weld in 6 point FIA approved cage
Polycarb windows
Fiberglass Bonnet, tailgate, and if we can get them made.. Wings :biggrin:
LSD
Quaife box if money allows it
Cav linkage
Passenger footrest
Rear diffuser courtesy of Dar (thatll be the first buy to get it out of his garage :-)
Manifold and exhaust (again undecided)
New front brakes, possibly 4 pots (but again im not decided even whether to bother or what to go for, probably Wilwoods from N-TR if I do)


Everything else will be robbed from the poor blue one, eg Suspension, seats, harnesses, bumpers, skirts and spoiler, wheels and, of course, My XE

If the money allows it, i'd like to add some new cams and steel rods to it and get the bitch revving properly, but this might have to wait till next winter as that there shopping list aint cheap!

There might be a months gap before the next update as my unit isnt ready yet, but with a bit of luck, once it is, we'll push on with it and get it done!

nice catch you got there mate
cant wait to see the progress

looks like a good wee shell there so work on, good find worse:thumb:

should be great when its finished

any target dates yet?

shane

Keep the stickers! lol

Tidy.
Will it be staying that colour?

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Originally Posted by novamadman

any target dates yet?

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lmfao you got to be joking, stage 1, finding a shell has taken forever

stage 2, pull finger from backside, now that will prob take just as long lol lol lol

Shell does look just ripe for the transformation tho, good find matey :thumb:

that colour is for girls lol

did you drive it home, i bet it was boatarific, mine scared the crap out of me, getting it home

And the poverty spec steering wheel punishes the hands!

Good little find that, looks solid enuff.

not a bad find that mate, can't wait to see the progress you'll make with it, what is exactly wrong with the old shell, is it just terminal rot?