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lol tell me about it, only right nutters go for crazy power like you have (see what I done there lol lol lol )
The Nova has been getting quite a bit of attention whilst at the bodyshop. Almost everyone that's been there ask me or the lads, what's this one then? Obviously not having any lights, badges etc no one knows what it is and the snowplough does give it this old school mean look. Then you tell them it's a Nova :)
There must be about 12 cars there and the Nova gets probably the most attention from customers followed by the Clio 3.0 V6. That's the difference of driving a rare and unique car in my eyes.
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got to love the snowplough car looks like its coming along nicely mate
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Thanks Mags.
Can't beat the snowplough (except if it's a GTE or GSi :))
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Filler doesnt have to be applied to bare metal, as long as its been sanded/etched its fine.
Its looking good fella, im subscribed and looking forward to the progress! keep up the good work!
Whens the deadline then? will it be out at any shows this year? PV?
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Thanks for the comments maddogdaz666 :thumb:.
Deadline is meant to be beginning of next week but somehow I think it may be delayed a tad. As long as it's a top notch job then a few day delay is manageable.
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UPDATE
Another sunny warm day, so I got cracking with the bits I removed from the engine bay the other day.
First up was the grubby blower motor... As it came out the bay
https://images2.imgbox.com/1d/1f/W0EnTSdS_o.jpg
https://images2.imgbox.com/fe/6a/hkfNGXjJ_o.jpg
Started taking it apart
https://images2.imgbox.com/3a/d1/uqoGetYc_o.jpg
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https://images2.imgbox.com/7d/a6/RoM2PAmN_o.jpg
https://images2.imgbox.com/96/b3/0evgSZL0_o.jpg
^ You don't see that often
Then gave the plastic covers a clean up in hot soapy water
https://images2.imgbox.com/a8/fc/iycand8N_o.jpg
I cleaned up the motor as there was some dirt and fluff that had wrapped around the motor spindle. Also cleaned up the blower fan. I left the bits to dry.
Meanwhile, I moved onto the wiper linakages. As they came off the car
https://images2.imgbox.com/2d/c8/Ij2TDLQM_o.jpg
Cleaned them up with some spirit and WD40 and rubbed down the arms with fine wet n dry.
https://images2.imgbox.com/34/05/KTvGmnRg_o.jpg
https://images2.imgbox.com/9e/e2/obhC3Pol_o.jpg
The blower bits dried so I reassembled it
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https://images2.imgbox.com/2e/c8/0svp4LPr_o.jpg
As I was assembling the blower I thought about protecting the wiper linkages, so after about 5 seconds of thinking, I decided to paint them.
Started off by coating the arms in a bit of etch primer.
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Left them to dry and moved on to the plastic wiper trim. First rubbed them down with 800 wet n dry.
https://images2.imgbox.com/92/c1/cyeinEF6_o.jpg
Then gave them a coat of plastic primer
https://images2.imgbox.com/1c/87/606ldXcN_o.jpg
As they were drying off, I went back to the wiper linkages and gave them a few coats of whatever I found almost empty in the paint cupboard, in this case gloss black.
https://images2.imgbox.com/8c/ef/3C7vxkxe_o.jpg
https://images2.imgbox.com/e1/5c/LmYzFHDw_o.jpg
I let them dry on the washing line and moved back to the plastic bits. Gave them a few coats of satin black
https://images2.imgbox.com/9a/10/gQKSlAIs_o.jpg
Left them to harden and moved on to the wiper motor. Didn't bother with the rear wiper motor as that is as new.
As it came off (far too mucky for my liking, couldn't have this go back like this)
https://images2.imgbox.com/b6/96/bZ9NnAsA_o.jpg
Took it apart
https://images2.imgbox.com/78/d1/0Cr3iHCG_o.jpg
Cleaned up all the bits using good old hot soapy water, 400-800 wet n dry and some spirits.
https://images2.imgbox.com/20/37/xByQSW9r_o.jpg
Decided to give the wiper motor plate a coat of Hammerite
https://images2.imgbox.com/d5/dc/cOZQIWfF_o.jpg
https://images2.imgbox.com/ea/28/NpCTUtGG_o.jpg
Then gave the exposed part of the motor housing a good clean and a matching coat. First, rub down with wet n dry and a wipe with panel wipe.
https://images2.imgbox.com/83/38/pPhiZLMS_o.jpg
Hung it on the washing line and gave it a few coats of silver Hammerite smooth
https://images2.imgbox.com/4c/8d/Ua8ffiZi_o.jpg
Left all the bits to properly dry, then went to visit the bodyshop. The Nova was outside being blocked.
Back end with some more filled in bits.
https://images2.imgbox.com/e4/68/ld8cm5gu_o.jpg
Offside - some more finer filler work on the rear arch and door
https://images2.imgbox.com/2a/37/3xmp4u04_o.jpg
Offside front wing, some more filer work
https://images2.imgbox.com/97/19/27IFX1uK_o.jpg
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More work on the passenger side
https://images2.imgbox.com/d2/8e/0l3YThjV_o.jpg
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And the bonnet
https://images2.imgbox.com/35/83/arCidQQC_o.jpg
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Had a chat with the lads there and they said the major filler work was pretty much over with most of the little dings and dents filled in. They were gonna get it checked in the booth as the lighting there helps to bring up imperfections better than natural light. Then tomorrow/Monday should see them getting the bodywork skinned over with with some stopper and blocked down as smooth as possible.
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nice work now you have the linkage out you should dismantle the bits the wiper arms bolt onto and copper grease the spindles and the wiper will sweep the screen like new :thumb:also why dont you remove the front bumper and save them sanding it by mistake.
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Yeah will be greasing them up mate once the paint properly hardens. Already cleaned quite a bit of crap off the linkages, joints and splines.
