Going for a drive lol
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08075.jpg
thats cute :p lol
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Going for a drive lol
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08075.jpg
thats cute :p lol
how long till he gets his own nova then ;)
This not finished yet, you've a Burgo at home surely ready to pounce lol
His daddy is going to build him his own lolQuote:
Originally Posted by AndrewJenkins
It's getting there :thumb: I've bought a few bits and bobs for it so just waiting for it to arrive :dQuote:
Originally Posted by Southie
no burgo is at work and gets very little time to work on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Southie
mowgli dont waste your breath on him
Well I had a text from Burgo this afternoon saying "you can paint them sill covers in the garden if you want"...
Cue...me panicking lol. But I got stuck in and despite having never used a can of spray paint before I don't think I did overly bad. Another coat will be added a little later.
Before;
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08351.jpg
One done;
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08352.jpg
Both done;
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08354.jpg
:d
Looks good for a first attempt!
Not exactly to count james standards but good enough by the time ive had the flap wheel on it. More importantly no more wet carpets
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08119.jpg
Stripped as much off the engine as i could to still leave it in a running state
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08121.jpg
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08120.jpg
After putting the peddle box and steering column back in the red one i pulled that off the drive so i could then turn the estate round in the garage. With that done i started stripping the engine ready for dropping tomorrow.
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08356.jpg
And then the same now the red one is back on the drive and facing the estate. pretty much just the exhaust and then its ready to come out
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08357.jpg
I also hoovered out the inside before refitting the carpets, sill trims, seat runner covers, rear cards, rear seat and belts. i also painted the rear seat brackets and floor under the rear bench.
No doubt will be pics of that tomorrow though
Is it plastic/vinyl paint? Real easy to use tbh, just use very light coats, no need to make it gloss up :) Looks like someone has been at some door cards too lol
Just boggo standard satin black so not gloss at all. and yes the cream rear cards are now brown as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by MK999
I'm still proud of myself :plolQuote:
Originally Posted by MK999
It was words of encouragement rather than a put down, seems you don't need them though, crack on lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Tanya.
the first time i used a spray can i got a free lift home by a nice guy in a black hat......
lol
:)
Been itching to know, is it coming billing? :D
It's coming to PV so i'd assume it is :dQuote:
Originally Posted by Yorkie
Awesomeness
well the plan for saturday was to get the 1.2 into the red one, i knew how much work this was so got brother burgo to come help me. in total we spent three and half hours on it working our asses off but got it done.
we started by dropping the engine out of the estate, this was made a little more tricky without an engine winch but was easy enough.
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0192.jpg
with that done we got to removing the 1L this was even easier due to having more room around it to work
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0194.jpg
as if we didnt have enough to do i wanted to clean the engine bay as well lol as it looked like this
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0195.jpg
with that done we got to lobbing in the 1.2
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0196.jpg
and got the suspension all bolted up
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0198.jpg
and bad pics of the clean bits
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0242.jpg
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0243.jpg
just now got to do the tank, lines wiring and plumbing lol
Good work :) definitely a worthwhile conversion
cool :)
Your making good progress, its good to see your not holding back.
+rep.
iain
Thankyou, Burgos done most of the work so it's more his project than mine at the mo :)Quote:
Originally Posted by NOV4_SPORT
well another busy day today, nasty job of the tank swap done and the paintwork mopped up. anywho
started by getting it jacked up high enough to work under
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0245.jpg
supported properly obviously lol
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0244.jpg
then beam dropped, exhaust off, handbrake undone and then tank off
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0247.jpg
new and old, tis rather annoying having to change it for one tiny return hole
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0246.jpg
and then all fitted again
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0250.jpg
and then i fettled with more bits in the bay
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0249.jpg
it was at this point i decided i was bored of dirty work so decided to get the mop out instead, i got as far as doing the n/s rear quarter and door when tan came out and asked to do the rest. so i got her a chair as shes a short **** and told her what to do
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0248.jpg
to be fair she did pretty well considering shes never done it before
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08384.jpg
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08385.jpg
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08386.jpg
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08387.jpg
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08379.jpg
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08390.jpg
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC08392.jpg
still a massive list to do but should get there
Paints come up well, and yeah the tank change is very annoying, Damm Vauxhall should of fitted a tank return! lol
Keep up the good work
paint looks much better well done tan, and well done luke for getting that tank done, bloody thing :)
are you planing on lowerning the car?;)
Thankoo guys :)
The only picture of me actually doing any work on the car and i'm in my pj's and haven't brushed my hair lol typical!
Ryan - Probably not as most of the wheels I like will see the car having to be raised rather than lowered :) I shall see what the future holds though.
wat wheels are you puting on the car like?lol
+ rep to Burgo an Tanya
makes me miss my saloon :(
Update here; http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=171003 :(
sounds like you might have got away with it, do a compression test and leak test too see where its comin from good work though :D
we seem to be going backwards
http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...0/SAM_0260.jpg
looks good well done the both of you and the little man so cute
Looks a very clean shell Burgo, I like very much :)
Have you sourced a new engine yet?
cotten braid over the clutch cable ?
Paint work looks really good, keep up the good work folks.
iain
its a 1L shell, protects the cable from the heat of the exhaust.Quote:
Originally Posted by General Baxter
the shell isnt that clean at all, it'll be getting a new front panel, new wings, new sills, new arches and lower rear quarter panel bits eventually lol.
having said that the paint is very good, i would be tempted to say its not original but it has the original little ok stamps
oh and the 1L will be lobbed back in to get it to billing
oh yeah duhhhh :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by burgo
time for a pretty epic update. i once again dragged me bruv round to help me get sheet loads of work done. the plan as to lob the 1L back in and get it running, which we achieved eventually lol.
first discovery was that we required to put the 1l box back in, pain in the **** vauxhall making the f10 different between the 1L and 1.2. so i set sam on this, he did this by undoing the bottom ball joints and hub nuts then swing the box one way then the other to drop the driveshafts down past the bottom arms and tie rods.
whilst he was doing this i remembered i had a 1.2 ohv kicking around and figured may as well lob that in instead. this however required swapping the clutch and flywheel, alternator and brackets, exhaust manifold and had to swap the bottom pulley as it was bent.
with both them done and the 1L gearbox in we set up the engine hoist and strapped up the 1.2, at this point sam enquired as to where the engine mount was and where it bolted to, it was only at this point i noticed there was no where for the engine mount on the block to bolt to. que much laughing and swearing lol
so put all the flywheel and everything back onto the original 1L. this took no time at all and we soon had the 1L dangling in the air ready to drop in, it actually went in extremely easily which was nice after the little mishap.
we then set about connecting the bare essentials to see if it ran, with this done the magic moment of turning the key.....nothing :mad: feck. tried ****ing the starter and still nothing, got the tester out and all was correct. tried then shorting the permo feed and starter feed on the starter and still nothing so we whipped the starter off. this is when we noticed another terminal, grab another battery and check if this is the correct one and sure enough it is. lob it back in, connect it up correctly and try again and with abit of cranking to get the fuel up she fired straight up and ran better than before it came out lol. with that done we set about connecting everything else
engine back in
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0278.jpg
Daniel lending a hand
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and checking it was in correctly
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0273.jpg
with that all done we set about the cosmetics. in other words we bolted on the bonnet, headlights, new indicators and front bumper. then we bled the brakes and got the wheels on and brought it back down to earth
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0279.jpg
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...r/SAM_0281.jpg
and then jumped in to see if it would move and stop, of course it did but we noticed somehow we had major toe out :confused: the rack and ride height hasnt been changed so whats going on there im not sure, still nothing a tape measure and the clothes line pole couldnt fix lol