Project: Gold Snowplough Turbo

Anything I don't like will be done again mate, so I'm sure they won't be tryna cut corners else it'll backfire and the car will be there for longer than they wish.

It does look like the filler has been put directly on painted surface (it's actually what I thought when I saw the roof and bonnet), but like with all the other areas in the photos, the areas have been rubbed back and then applied. On the bonnet and roof, the low/high spots are no bigger than a 10p piece so they would unavoidably apply a bit of filler to a painted area when spreading it on making it look like it's just been wanged on.

looking at these pics makes me wonder what mines looking like he did say i could go down when he rings which would be as its ready for paint guess he int that far yet :cry: said two week tho soshould be back next week.he did text saying had sandblasted archers and that..yours getting there now cant wait to see it done what colour you going for???

All novas seem to have a dent above the drivers side B pillar, at least my last 3 have.

Good progress though, not long before its ready to start bolting things back on?

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Originally Posted by waynes sri

looking at these pics makes me wonder what mines looking like he did say i could go down when he rings which would be as its ready for paint guess he int that far yet :cry: said two week tho soshould be back next week.he did text saying had sandblasted archers and that..yours getting there now cant wait to see it done what colour you going for???

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I'd go down mate, I really doubt I could wait for the car to be finished without seeing it, I'd end up cracking lol

Mine isn't going for sandblasted arches but the rear arches were ground down for obvious reasons. I'm going for the original colour, what you see in the photos, Metallic White Gold. I think the original colour are the roof and boot lid, as the other panles were resprayed 15+ years ago.

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Originally Posted by AW06

All novas seem to have a dent above the drivers side B pillar, at least my last 3 have.

Good progress though, not long before its ready to start bolting things back on?

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'tis possible AW06 as I was a bit surprised with the dings on the roof skin. Haven't had another Nova so I don't know if they all suffer from this.

Will be popping down there again today to remove a few more cables and get the wiper motor out the way. Next week (if all goes to plan) should see the car resprayed and finished off with things being bolted back. This all depends on a couple people I'm waiting to contact me regarding the engine and gearbox.

[quote=Nova_Tek]I'd go down mate, I really doubt I could wait for the car to be finished without seeing it, I'd end up cracking lol

Mine isn't going for sandblasted arches but the rear arches were ground down for obvious reasons. I'm going for the original colour, what you see in the photos, Metallic White Gold. I think the original colour are the roof and boot lid, as the other panles were resprayed 15+ years ago.

i dont want to be too pushy haha.wont want him to rush it and make a **** up,i might text him tho now lol.i didnt think mine were going to be sandblasted but guess it int a bad thing as he found one arch was mint and other not so good but they both looked mint guess ya just cant tell lol.ye mate keep it that way im keeping mine more or less how it looked.

If I had the extra cash I'd have got the exterior blasted just to be more thorough and make sure all is ok. They ground back the arches and they were solid, but still would be nice to return it to bare metal.

UPDATE


Was a lovely sunny day, for once, so I made my way down to the bodyshop to strip the bay as much as I could to help make things easier for the guys there and also to guarantee that things get painted better.

The hardest thing to remove was that loud, flimsy, plastic cowling which covers the blower motor.
https://images2.imgbox.com/87/9a/AHhpWQXP_o.jpg


A nice shot of the battery tray area right to left
https://images2.imgbox.com/ff/72/Tm9gfDSu_o.jpg


And from the other side
https://images2.imgbox.com/b0/50/5FgOiQb6_o.jpg


Found out that my wiper linage was bodged on with silicon sealant, now that I've un-bodged it I'll probably have to get a new joint for it and my accelerator cable was on the brink of snapping as when I removed it from the pedal it snapped, not the connection but the actual cable.

Some rubbing down of filler on the roof skin (excuse the dust in the photos, took these pics whilst they were working on the car)
https://images2.imgbox.com/2b/0b/AiLAYLDV_o.jpg



https://images2.imgbox.com/94/07/NMZoDd2m_o.jpg

Passenger side door with some more rubbing down
https://images2.imgbox.com/8b/7f/StEMQSaq_o.jpg


Bonnet high and low spots rubbed down

https://images2.imgbox.com/a0/0e/H1JSm1iO_o.jpg

Fairly long dent in the O/S front wing covered up
https://images2.imgbox.com/46/4b/zbzjsasB_o.jpg


Lots more rubbing down of the driver door
https://images2.imgbox.com/1e/ab/VMXmpS3v_o.jpg


Some rear arch rubbing down
https://images2.imgbox.com/6a/0b/LEr2dAtx_o.jpg

Boot lid filled in. I removed the rear wiper motor and the wiring for the number plate light
https://images2.imgbox.com/99/45/BRMfySND_o.jpg

The view as I left
https://images2.imgbox.com/0a/ba/2knbruCg_o.jpg

https://images2.imgbox.com/8e/9f/lVHqOvfU_o.jpg
Glimpse of the Ferrari Mondial on the right.

Getting there mate :)

making some good progress with this

Yeah it's starting to make some progress now. Really cannot wait for the body to be smoothed over with filler and in the booth for paint.

Thanks disco, if it has half the power than your LET I'll be very pleased lol

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Originally Posted by Nova_Tek

Yeah it's starting to make some progress now. Really cannot wait for the body to be smoothed over with filler and in the booth for paint.

Thanks disco, if it has half the power than your LET I'll be very pleased lol

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tbh 210-250 is all a nova needs 420 is well ****ing ridiculous lollollollollollollol