Wow the finish on some of those parts is beautiful! Shows time and effort has been put into them! Looking really good mate keep up the good work!
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Wow the finish on some of those parts is beautiful! Shows time and effort has been put into them! Looking really good mate keep up the good work!
thanks mate i appreciate your comment thank you
Not a problem, Nice to see the effort. Also nice to see a standard car. Been so long since Iv seen a nova with anything other than a c20xe...or did they come standerdlolQuote:
Originally Posted by G-nova
lol seems to be the case now, although i still meet people who are shocked to hear people are putting red tops in nova's lol lol
just had a look through mate, looking good especially all the painted parts. keep it simple, maybe throw a 1300 SR engine in for a bit more poke but keep away from XEs and the like :thumb:
Nice work mate, always nice to see another old Nova being saved.
hi, been busy working on the nova today - some progress pics...
This is not finished yet...
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Painted the camshaft caseing with high temp paint and im not happy with the matt finish. While i was fitting the cam i got oil on it and when i tryed to wipe it off with panel wipe it took the paint straight off!! So i will be re-doing it all in red hammerite smooth.
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Brake servo cleaned up...
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Parts waiting to be fitted
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Now the real work carried out today...
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I remembered to remove the radiator bracket from the N/S headlight panal as my replacement dosent have one on.
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thought i would place the replacement panal's on the car to see what it would look like...
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still need to claen up the whole area and take to bare - where is to be welded.
nice work mate loving the project, how did you get such a good finish on the red bits the gearbox looks top :)
gave them a real good clean up and then used hammerite smooth areosol its £10 a tin like!!! Its quite thin so takes a few nice even coats leaving a good half hour between coats for the best finish. Thanks for the good comments mate.
super work, great stuff..
Looking good pal. I like this alot .I agree with others when they say steer clear of the XE route ...i think keeping the 1.2 is the best idea for originality but for more poke fit an SR or GTE engine!! Just make sure the whole car is structurely sound completley before worrying about anything else pal . Shes a beaut tho ..rare for one this old not to have been scrapped :thumb: keep up the good work mate !!
Good work
IMO you should replace the crossmember tho, looks a tad rusty in side
i was hoping no-one would say that lol im thinking about it so we will see once its cleaned up abit, will be-able to tell how bad it is a bit better then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edd
Thanks for all the good coments and advice lads:thumb:
nice nova looks similar to our old one,
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nice dose look just like mine, did you fit the passenger wing mirror? i think im going to leave mine as is.
nah came like that, only done 37k
nice mine is 45k nice matalic colour for the age of car aswell.
The cross member does have some rot at the front though, and i bet most of the bits that appear rusty are very very thin metal in those areas. Be best off replacing it imo as you know it wont come back, in thery.Quote:
Originally Posted by G-nova
Good progress anyhow, Nova looks good.
Yeah I agree get the crossmember done now makes sense in the long run
hey Nathan, tried sending you the pm you asked for but can,t get throgugh, perhaps your inbox is full?
looking good this one mate, loving ya camshaft.
Hopefully this one goes to plan unlike the last one, youll have to come down mine again sometime mate.
Yeah i know lol i hope so to. My driving test is on Thusrday 23rd september mate so will be down shortly after then :thumb: how's your nova coming on ?Quote:
Originally Posted by LEWI007
Bought These for the nova today...
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Been cleaning up all my nut's and bolt's with this - its amazing - 27 year old bolts come out like new!!!
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I cleaned off that crap heat resistant paint from the cam housing, i damaged a brand new camshaft seal that i had previously put in - so have to buy another now (wot a tit) lol
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And Bought this even though i already have the green one this has more detailed diagrams and stuff.
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As i have had so much advice on to replace the crossmember, i have decided that your all right and im going ahead with it. The crossmember its self is only £35 for a brand new replacement, it wont take much to remove old one and plus then nothing else will need doing in the bay im definatly going ahead with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edd
Quick question - should i brace it up somehow when removing cross member or is it not necsessary???
any advice much appreciated :thumb:
Stripped out the bay today and gave it a clean.
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This is the rust in battary tray, it's had a plate tack welded on each edge lol CRAP!! covered in black stuff and so its made it all worse than it actually should of been looking at the rest of the car.
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Also found this when i was cleaning it, any ideas on what it is???????
Its under the laquer.
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/\ thats prob one of the blokes name who helpped build it haha
Nice progress mate, I cant belive how clean this shell is! I knew i should have bought it! lol!
if its volante ala then its spanish for flying wing lol
^^^^^^No idea why that would be written into the bulk head like?^^^^^
Right as i decided to replace the cross-member aswell, i ordered one online over the weekend but on the monday they rang me up saying they had none in stock and were not getting any more in.
They offered me the lower panel already attatched to the cross-member at extra cost of £25!!! when i told them i already have the lower panel bought from them and could i return it and get a refund? They said no as it had been to long and so i couldent return the panel!!!
I went to hadrian panels and Beaver panels they both didnt have the panel in stock and didnt no when they were getting more in so i was very frustrated.
I ended up going back to the original company (carz2.com) and ordered the lower panel including cross-member, so now i have a lower panel for sale (BN £15) lol
Not much progress as been very busy past few weeks, have started sanding bay down im doing whole bay back to bare metal. will get some progress pics up next week.
Here is the new panel anyway.
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That lower panel youve got there is exactly what i need i might have to buy it off ya soon.
Keep up the great work mate its looking clean.
if you want it mate i'll come and drop it off in my mates van :thumb: check out how nova's getting on.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by LEWI007
you dont need to brace it when you take the cross member out
Thanks for the info mate :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Edd
looking good mate, got to start stripping rust from mine next!
'Volante a la derecha' means 'right hand drive'.Quote:
Originally Posted by G-nova
^^^^^^^^^Nice Mate ^^^^^^^^
Proberly written onto the panel before it was even welded to the car and then not wiped off properly before paint.
Few more bits arrived today -
Anti roll bar (swapped for 1.2 carb inlet mainfold)
Vauxhall Engine Mount, Water Pump and Air Filter.
Also Vauxhall fuel pump gasket, fuel neck gasket, sender unit gasket and oil drain plug and washer.
Im unsure weather to keep the standard suspension and use an ARB on the front. (so its still original/standard) or weather to get a lowering kit with no ARB (which is what i want to do but dont want to spoil the car as its so old and better off keeping standard)
Advice would be appreciated
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standard ftw, especially as yours is y reg!
went and picked this up this morning MK1 1.2 standard exhaust system brand new GM part £30 BARGIN!!!!
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Also bought this but think i will sell as want to keep the nova standard. Not to sure weather to keep for a future nova?