grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr i keep looking at these pictures and its not right! the roof is coming off tomorow and im redoing it.
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grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr i keep looking at these pictures and its not right! the roof is coming off tomorow and im redoing it.
hahaha, i meant tj! nearly bought one as a daily but couldnt afford the insurance :(Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
25.08.2012
;)
Is that when the world's going to end?
Probably worryingly accurate Liam lol
^^^ cheeky cont lol
NOVA UPDATE
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0565.jpg
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0566.jpg
she is in a right state :roll:
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0568.jpg
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0569.jpg
need to get all the parts out of it and give it a goood clean, that way i will know where to start, its all a bit daunghting right now with it being in such a state
the engine, running gear, fuel tank, brakes and some other parts are being dropped of wednesday afternoon hopefully
p.s told you i owned a nova :d
nearly 100 quids worth of bolts, gaskets and belts
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0580.jpg
(recipt date 21/10/10)
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0578.jpg
note the date
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0582.jpg
unwrapped and unchecked :roll:
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0583.jpg
(tx autosport alloy rad)
dam my tax is out of date :eek:
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0576.jpg
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0574.jpg
(44 thousand miles young)
note here the strenghting plates, mainly the tie bar one with the rust hole above it :roll:
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0567.jpg
uncut gm shelf
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0570.jpg
(for sale £1,000,000.oo)
todays effots
started cleaning it out and stripping it :d
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...55121049_n.jpg
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...82959818_n.jpg
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(little bit of crust just starting on the bottom corner)
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...93715128_n.jpg
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...36382614_n.jpg
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couple bits of crust in the corners again, nothing a wire wheel and some treatment wont sort :thumb:
overall this car is completly solid just like when i bought the old girl nearly 5 years ago :p
looks a good shell!
Right get your finger out! Want to see some progress...
thanks mate, it really is a good shell
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...33157737_n.jpg
(battery tray)
this is the rust in the boot it really is nothing
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...55341146_n.jpg
need to get a skip lol
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...28070381_n.jpg
also got these stickers made up for her :d
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...49436772_n.jpg
Yeah shell looks a great base to start on, glad you managed to get it back
im getting there lol, doing as much as i can right now before the engine gets backQuote:
Originally Posted by scott.parker
Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain
cheers matey, im so chuffed its unreal :d
how did you get it back in the end?
nova ian (ledgend) trailered it back from the guys lock up in staffordshire for me,
Glad you got her back dude! looks awesome!
cheers fella, its such a weight of my mind it being here Rather then that conts lock up, the shear amount of bird **** that was on it when i went to pick it up nearly earned the guy a pry bar around the head but luckily (more for my self then him) i rested that temptation.Quote:
Originally Posted by John
i was hoping i wasnt going to be having to pull you off that little fella.
Quote:
Originally Posted by turbojolt
Obviously a photoshop. lol . Good to see you got it back. :thumb:
cheers steve and carl (with a k) he was to timid to give a slap, dont like feeling like a bully lol
rigtht so i decided to give the stichwelding in the engine bay a go my self :)
saftey first
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0628.jpg
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0627.jpg
always essential when a tool is handling a tool.
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0626.jpg
test area
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0625.jpg
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0629.jpg
right im man enough to admit it, i fail at welding it went shocking **** very quick! the welder isnt the best, the wire speed seemed to have a mind of its own and aftert two small welds ive decided to stop at let someone that knows what there doing do it :d
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0630.jpg
:( never mind i still have my looks to get me thru life i guess lol
after this epic fail i cleaned up all the unpainted welds done by tom eccles with the wire wheel and hit them with some etch primer
er they don't look like welding gloves? lol
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0632.jpg
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0631.jpg
^^ really need to get them holes plated over ^^
ive also bought 4 cans of high build primer to do the engine bay when all the welding is finished :thumb:
silly man they were to protect my nails while messing about with the grinder :pQuote:
Originally Posted by MK999
you edited pics in later! And I just use the welding gloves for that because I'm a pro.
Just wish my mask had a grinding mode so I didn't have to change that too :p
bitch please, the only editing i do is on my greatnessQuote:
Originally Posted by MK999
.Quote:
Originally Posted by Incriminating evidence
look mk are you going to come and weld my engine bay or not lol
Travel expenses paid and tea and cake supplied? Maybe lol
hmmmm there is another intrested and he only wants a hand shandy :/
I like how you test on an inconspicuous area - right on display on the chassis leg.
nigga please thats what seam seal is for lol
A philosophy I can get on board with. Emptied over a big tub onto my Nova lol
I'd do the entire shell for you if you could get it down to me
Iain do you think Karl will be up for doing the welding? he did offer when picking up the car but he doesn't frequent here and i dont have his number, the sooner i can get it all done the sooner i can get on with painting the engine bay :)
also need to get some bucket seat rails sorted and welded in as i destroyed the original ones getting the old seat out lol
He doesn't have a welder.
what was he planing on using then spit and spunk? crazy fool lol
todays minimal effots :roll:
time to remove the bushes from the lower arm and give them a clean and a fresh lick of paint, i was going to have them powder coated but mehhhh thourght i would give this a bash
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0635.jpg
i cut all around one side of the bush in the tca and tried squeesing it out with some grips, didnt really work very well,so i invented a tool with my amazing brain :p
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0636.jpg
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0638.jpg
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0639.jpg
worked a treat :d
just letting them dry off from the de-rust/ scale treatment stuff i bought the other day
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/SAM_0640.jpg