Nice rare SR to be using there. I would have put in more spot welds tbh, but hey I'm no bodyshop man.
I look forward to the progress.
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Nice rare SR to be using there. I would have put in more spot welds tbh, but hey I'm no bodyshop man.
I look forward to the progress.
Not an SR Craig, just an early Merit with the SR Front from factory.
not sure about that welding bud :(
Why's that dude?
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by saloonwoody
Small update:
Went to the shop today to give the guy my locking wheel nut so he can finish things off. He's planning to get all weld work done by this weekend so that as of next week he can start filler, smoothing and primering.
So, fingers crossed, some more tasty pics should be available tomorrow.
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Look just wanged on TBH. with no folding of the standard arch or the new replacement panel :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot
Coming on well! Looking forward to new pics!
They're not 'wanged on'. I double checked today when I went there. He cut the original panel and then fitted the new panel on but put a slight overlap of the two panels. He did do cutting as the inner arch was in worse shape than the outer arch so he did plenty of cutting and cleaning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick Draper
Expecting all wedling to be done by Monday.
this has the makings........of a crakin wee car.
look forward to seeing more progress mate.
very cool car in that colour
cheers dude, thanks for the comment. Hope to get some more pics in the next couple days.
looking good pal
No real update. I haven't really had much time to go visit this week but should be visiting tomorrow and hopefully with my new GTE rear bumper :d. So no pics as of yet but I just remembered that I hadn't posted the pic of the bottles I stuck in the dishwasher. For those who haven't seen the 'before' pic, here it is:
https://images2.imgbox.com/99/5a/8NJB2foE_o.jpg
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/8167/29012010299.jpg
The after pic:
https://images2.imgbox.com/9a/ac/XAilDvJL_o.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6...022010307l.jpg
Not bad hey? The washer bottle has some dirt in the top corner areas as the dish washer couldn't get to those areas. But they are still very clean none the less.
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liking the washer bottles cant wait to see it done itll be a stunner
Hope it comes out well mate, but it's worth bearing in mind that no matter what the body shop promises you, I can almost gaurantee you not all of it will be done.
Unless you pay really really top dollar then little bits of rust will be painted over, even dirt in some cases. I agree with Cabrio, should have gutted everything.
I would have had the bay spotless too, or at least cleaned 20 odd years of sh!t off. As he says, body shops don't have the same eye for detail or level as care as you, the owner (should) have.
At the end of the day it's your car, and whilst it may look good initially it could begin to flake where they haven't keyed up or they blow bits of crap into the paint that you don't notice at first etc etc.
Hope not though! :)
IMO it's depends on the bodyshop.
The place i use has a real eye for detail. Allways asks if im happy or if I can spot anything I think needs doing again etc. Although Iv known him since school he is like this with every one.
He allways like me to strip the car tho.
Thanks for all the comments people, I'm open to all comments and concerns.
I went and visited them earlier on and they had completed all exterior weld work.
Here's the pics:
Passenger door: (sorry for the out of focus shot, was rather dark)
https://images2.imgbox.com/00/07/iFwKkqkQ_o.jpg
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/7295/dsc00603k.jpg
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/7739/dsc00604wl.jpg
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/5152/dsc00605f.jpg
https://images2.imgbox.com/c6/cb/waLZGoPE_o.jpg
https://images2.imgbox.com/6d/ec/2U2pAxDM_o.jpg
Driver door:
https://images2.imgbox.com/0a/f4/q2ExBQVb_o.jpg
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3083/dsc00601f.jpg
For the drivers door the rust seemed a small hole but just behind the paint it started to go so they cut away more skin to weld a bigger plate for a neater job and get rid of any chance of corrosion starting over.
He said aside from that the doors were fine and the door bottoms were clean too. He said after paint he will waxoyl the doors.
He will be starting filler work for the whole body. He said that the car had been repainted in it's life and it was done rather badly as the paint finish was fairly rippled when looked closely. So he will be doing extensive smoothing and filler work to get it 'glass' smooth :)
As for the concerns. I do understand what you are saying, and yes other people are never as detailed as we enthusiasts are. But I've visited every two days and on some occasions everyday when possible. The body shop even rings me to say that they've done something for me to come check and make sure it's fine. So I have no concerns of corners being cut.
That is all for now :thumb:
Aslong as your happy with it mate that's the main thing :) It could be a crap paint job aslong as they take extra care with your bonnet and make it shiney lol
I LOVE a shiney bonnet:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...lections15.jpg
My Mk2 ^^
^ That looks shiney!
They had a black crash repair golf and a black Audi Q7 in there for some colour coding treatment. I couldn't fault their work but I have seen and know of their previous jobs and if I had any doubts then I wouldn't have agreed to get it done by them. So at this moment in time I've got no worries, the proof is in the pudding as they say.
Should be getting my GTE rear bumper tomorrow :thumb:
Small update:
I went and got my GTE rear bumper:
https://images2.imgbox.com/c2/b8/ZOgeqqFq_o.jpg
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/5222/dsc00607a.jpg
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/9053/dsc00610s.jpg
Got it off G-Mans off here (cheers bro :thumb: ), a top bloke. We had a good chat, talked about Nova's (obviously) and admired his MINT Nova! Ignore the fact that it's a bit dirty, all the important bits are straight and in good condition and I got it for a great price too. Not worried about the colour as it'll be getting sorted at the bodyshop.
Tomorrow I will be dropping off the bumper taking my pov spec one home :) Hopefully there will be some filler work done too.
Until then...
Small update:
No real documentable progress this week. The bodyshop has had some fairly important insurance jobs on a deadline to sort out which has sort of pushed the Nova aside. No biggie really as the car is in the shop and safe.
I did go there begining of this week to discuss what colour to do the bumpers. I have been thinking for a good few years what colour would look good and came across a few Gray's that looked very cool. I currently have Ford Graphite Grey as some of you may have seen (currently in all photos)
We had an in-depth discussion with the guys at the shop. Colour coding was a no no as the gold isn't a great colour for the bumpers and tbh we all said it would look cheap and tacky. I know that for most MK1 Nova's a contrasting colour looks best (Just look at Andy_017's 16v build)
I opted for an anthracite then I had a RedBull which seemed to have made me a bit braver. After looking at some more GM colour chips and examples I opted for GM - Carbon Black.
I picked the Carbon Black for a few reasons.
1) I though I'd be a bit brave and different (RedBull)
2) It seemed to have a very slight tint/hue of a Brown/Gold and wasn't as dark as other black when compared to each other. Obviously I will only see the real deal when painted but I'm still very confident that it'll look sweet.
3) It's not something that is seen everyday on a MK1 Nova as most bumpers are either standard grey or an Anthracite of some sort, especially on a Snowplough.
4) Except for the bumpers, everything is black, window surrounds, rubber seals, petrol cap and door mirror frames.
So the plan is for the front bumper and the snowplough to be entirely Carbon Black, the rear GTE bumper to be Carbon Black (If you look at the pic of the GTE bumper I picked up in my previous post, the red area will be in Carbon Black). As the Carbon Black will be laquered and therefore shiney and glossy I opted for the bottom lip of the GTE rear bumper to be in Matt Black to help break up the colour and to give some sort of emphasis to the GTE lip. The petrol cap will also get a nice coat of Carbon Black.
I'm expecting to see some new progress on Monday as the insurance jobs will have gone and my car can start to get finished off.
i think you made the right decision
Carbon Black bumpers :cool:
Proof is in the pudding mate, we'll have to see how good it looks when painted :)
I spent absolute ages picking out some colours though. Never thought is would be that difficult.
:)
dont worry i would be the sameQuote:
Originally Posted by Nova_Tek
No point rushing,
as you will only regret it once its all sprayed
Update - No Update!
Thought I'd quicky just make an update as some of you maybe be wondering what's happened. It started off fairly fluently and now has slowed down.
I had to nip off aborad end of Feb to get a few things sorted (work related) so I had a chat with the bodyshop to just bring it down a notch (obviously I didn't want them to do loadsa work without me checking it out every step), which is why there has been no update since the last.
But we should see things pick up again in the next week (probably end of next week). Shall be speaking to the bodyshop to prepare to step things up again. I'm aiming for an end of March completion date for the bodywork.
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can't wait to see this finished its gonna be a cracker :thumb:
Thanks dude. Said it once and I'll say it again... can't wait :d :d
im looking forward to seeing this painted, i do like retro cars in gold. i think its cos you never see a car in gold anymmore. Keep up the good work!!
Cheers pal.
Tis true, aren't many old gold cars on the road and there are far fewer gold Novas around. The colour is probably half the specialness of the build.
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good work mate will look top when its done!!
Cheers DJ :thumb:
Keep it up mate love the colour of the car those shafts should be with you soon too so thats another step closer to the finish :thumb: .
Thanks Damen, the shafts were one of my main concerns as I never saw much of them on sale. They are now ticked so another essential part of the build sorted.
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Update time...
23/03/10
It was time to get a move on, went and discussed with the bodyshop and I gave them a deadline for the car to be completed to which they agreed.
24/03/10
Thought I'd make a start on cleaning and refurb/painting the bits that I received from fellow PNG members.
O/S engine mount fabricated by total_vauxhall (good job mate)
https://images2.imgbox.com/45/13/0YYsrOKE_o.jpg
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/3238/1000581.jpg
22 Spline GTE Shafts from Damen
https://images2.imgbox.com/e5/5f/0gn9V0U1_o.jpg
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/6173/1000582k.jpg
Bosch 2.0 Fuel pump, M-Tech gearbox spacer & GTE/GSi Rear ARB from Colin
https://images2.imgbox.com/ff/5f/8J22EtnD_o.jpg
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/5829/1000583.jpg
The mount was mint so obviously that needed no attention but the shafts and bits from Colin were a tad grubby, so I set off into the garage from some power tool fun.
Started off with the easiest part, the M-Tech gearbox spacer. Gave it a good clean with some washing up liquid, then a light rub down with some very fine wet n dry to remove the tougher dirt and polished it up with some t-cut.
Still has some slight corrosion around the mount holes but no biggie, still looks clean.
https://images2.imgbox.com/96/b5/mfBpRf8u_o.jpg
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4742/1000578.jpg
^ Vaux Technology … V-TEC?? ^
The rear ARB was next on the list as that was quite flakey and dirty. Attacked it with a power drill with a wire brush attachment. It was going well but after a while didn't seem to cut through the paint very well. So I flicked the rotation direction to counter clockwise and boy did it shift the crap off it.
After some power tools treatment
https://images2.imgbox.com/cc/7c/p9qOACVm_o.jpg
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4451/1000580k.jpg
Couple coats of acid etch primer
https://images2.imgbox.com/da/33/Z5aCYOOv_o.jpg
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/6735/1000579.jpg
Let that dry for a bit......................................
Then I thought I'd smooth it out a bit with some filler primer and once that had dried, it was time to give it some good few coats of enamel black. I chose this as it's a very tough wearing finish, which can be easily recoated and has a rubbery feel to it.
https://images2.imgbox.com/8d/d4/Oj5x3U7K_o.jpg
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9230/1000576.jpg
Let it dry off in the garage overnight.
Was gonna attack the shafts and give them a good clean but, all that paint made me a bit high so I thought I'd leave it for another day.
Today I will be cleaning up the shafts and the fuel pump.
Good progress tek, cant wait to see the fresh paint on this!
Coming together Mr Tek :d It's amazing what a fresh lick of paint does to second hand goodies. Could do with doing that on a few bits on mine really.
Looking forward to seeing the car get a fresh lick of paint. http://www.board4all.cz/images/smilies/taz.gif
Thanks lads, sure is amazing what a few quid of decent paint & a wire brush does to rusty bits.
Just about to go start working on the shafts. They're only grubby, so a clean, light rub down with wet n dry and some lovely sliver Hammerite should make them look mint again.
I assume it's only best to paint the dirty areas of the shafts (if you look at the pic).
Off to sort them out...
good work fella!!
YESTERDAY
So I started cleaning up the shafts, at first I thought it was just a bit of road dirt, grease, but soon found out that wet n dry and a cloth weren't going to clean anything... so out came the drill and wire brush again. They were nowhere near as bad as the rear ARB and the wire brush cleaned them up rather swiftly.
Long shaft
https://images2.imgbox.com/bc/7b/tYaVLvAE_o.jpg
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8730/1000584o.jpg
Once that was cleaned up, I masked it up and started giving it some coats of Hammerite direct to metal paint.
https://images2.imgbox.com/9f/66/IrDWsSGc_o.jpg
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5871/1000586n.jpg
Between coats I went back to the shorter shaft and cleaned that up, it took no time at all
https://images2.imgbox.com/1e/00/0zWX2H31_o.jpg
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/954/1000585.jpg
Before masking it up, I went back to the other shaft and gave it another coat of Hammerite. Once finished coating it I returned to the shorter shaft, masked that up and got it ready for painting.
https://images2.imgbox.com/6f/e7/ns0ehriH_o.jpg
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8535/1000588n.jpg
I alternated between the two shafts and once I had applied 3/4 coats of paint I put them aside to set.
I then started on the fuel pump. Again, wasn't too dirty just needed a quick clean. I undid all the rusty jubilee clips (one had actually snapped whilst unscrewing it), removed the fatter rubber hose and then the smaller rubber hose.... oops! Dunno how or why but as I pulled off the rubber hose from the smaller end I also pulled off half the nipple where the hose clamps on to :cry: It will now mean I have to improvise a connection so that it doesn't leak :mad:
Cleaned up the pump then thought 'hmm why not give it a light coat of silver'. 'Tis what I did.
Unfortunately, no pic of the pump as my camera is really doing my head in.
I left the pump and shafts overnight in the warm garage for them to harden. With some fresh batteries I shall be taking some after shots of them.
Plans for today: clean up the bolts for the rear ARB and gearbox spacer (although for the rear ARB I'm consideringg actually getting a new set of nuts and bolts as they are fused with rust) and probably go visit the bodyshop and strip the engine bay further to remove as mush as poss.
Oh and as I had forgot to put these up previously on the thread I thought I'd do it now:
Mocal oil cooler
https://images2.imgbox.com/c7/92/txCqNIBV_o.jpg
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/561/28012010292.jpg
More switch-a-roos. These will be used for the heated screen and manual cooling fan override.
https://images2.imgbox.com/a3/99/HIT7afGn_o.jpg
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6650/28012010293.jpg
And the finished product (please excuse the blurry photo looked great on a 2" screen)
https://images2.imgbox.com/c6/f3/cxa94ZBV_o.jpg
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1325/1000590.jpg