F221 W.i.p. !!!!!!!!

lucky luke, thats not rite i bought my mini when i was 13 in 2001. it was in a right state. me n my old man did the work that was needed, n its on the road today still goin strong. if its wot the lad sets his mind on, like he is doing he will have it on the road. ive been there done that n trust me when u do pass n u go for a drive out in it for the 1st time, n people r lookin at it admiring ur work ull be a happy man. when i passed my test my hard work had payed off as i was out in my prized mini n my m8s were out in ****ty metros etc. good on ya lad

yeah i love the Mini Ben!! I had my Nova for about 9 months before i passed my test... i got it looking sweet- so i didnt have to do anything once i got it on the road... seeing it on the way to get the bus every morning made me really determined to pass!! i know 3/4 years is a long time but i think you should encouraging the lad... even if he never drives it he is getting experience and obviously enjoys doing it!

Dave Dave Dave your pm box is full mate and I need your address for the indicators.

that'll be a boring party then

in all fairness i got my first car when i was 15 but that needed a proper bare shell re-build so it took me 2 years to do it!

Fair play mate i use to take my metro to peaces when i was 15 and fix it for her, old boy over the road all ways help and pointed me in the right direction!! novaloaders will help you out! Carry on is what i say!!

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Originally Posted by xXx_Nova_xXx

god i sound young

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Funny that lol

If you're going to do it, do it good. Is the Nova currently in dry storage? As said, be a shame to sort rust out now only for it to come back later on...

yeah its on dry storage. anyway the donar cars getting stripped this week so im getting locks ignition and odd bits
anway ive just been sent a set of clear mk1 indicators for free from matt. so thatll make it look smart. and the sr grill im getting will look ace onit.

ok its a saturday so its nova day
today the scrap man rang me to say that they had a little white 1.2 mk2 in for crash. so i shot down there. as i was about to walk out to go the toilet i see half the front of a pale blue mk1. thought i new it from somewhere. anyhoo i was having toruble getting the centre console out of the mk2 when some lad came up to me and said you off novaload? i said yes are you? he said yes whats your name. i said dave or xxxnovaxxx. he sed yeap thought you were. im REXY. then i twigged where id saw the car. its the blue saloon off here the pickup to be. he took me over too see it and it was a minter. he opened the bonnet and my eyes popped out my head. id never seen a 2.0 in a nova before. it looked awsome. couldnt believe that someone so close to me was a nl'er too. anyhoo he asked me to get him the heater blower out for him. so i did and i managed to get it for free.
anyway he came back to the house where the novas at and had a look round it. he even tried to get the steering whell off but even he found it hard.
anyway he went off in his nova. shook the whole estate down in the process. then i got stuck in with the work. not alot done today tho but i did fix the awfull grill. i replaced it with the standard 1 and secures a sr badge to it. and fitted the clear indicators. after that i fitted the centre console. fitted ok but not brilliant. then i removed the s****y wing mirrors and put the novas old 1's back on. then i tinted the side indicators.looked ace. overall a better days work.
heres some progress pics anyway
so what do you all think. better looking or worse?

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...x/DSC00765.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...x/DSC00767.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...x/DSC00769.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...x/DSC00770.jpg

thought you had a sr grille?

BTW its nordic blue not aruba blue