One loon, four doors, an XE...... and omfg, it's still there, and now it runs again!!

h0ly sh!t, she's a runner .... ghwaan r0b !!!1!!1!

Small but quite a good update imo, she has turned a wheel under her own steam, for those who arent familiar with this car and or thread, this is the first time the car has driven, since late 2007 :eek:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXCWUphjxKc




Couple of random snaps, we were hoping to have had much more done as we persisted through the rain, which then turned to fecking snow!!

Start of the day, two blue xe's in the massive garden (after we had tidied some garden furniture away)

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Turned round, wanted to get the interior cleared out so we can run the window and door locking wiring in, but the rain started coming down hard...

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So we (I) decided to bath her and see how well/if, she cleaned up without the use of a jetwash...

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Then it started coming down faster than i could rinse it off for a decent pic, and i was soaked so we packed up..

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Last few snaps after the snow eased off and how she sits now..

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just seen this rob, good to see its moved under its own steam, hopefully see it on the road again soon!

still looks as tidy as ever tbh

More mincing done today, emptied all the crap out of the car itself as someone had filled it with five years worth of assorted shizzle!!

Pulled the carpets out and ran the ew and cl wiring in properly, and ended up pulling the dash out as the whole loom was untaped for some reason, sorted all that out and fixed a few bodges while I was there!

Fitted it all back up and swapped the 16v digi dash for a much better 8v one and stuck the seats and all the trims back in, it now looks like a real car again, and it now has working electric windows and central locking too!

Then we sat in it drinking beer and laughing at our own stupidity haha!


Opened the boot and emptied it, to find an install!

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It's looking brilliant, it's making me want a family Nova lol

altho its making better progress than greames saloon .......
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Which saloon Chris

the 2 door one matey

That's just a parts collection but with mark beeson breaking his car this month the paint kitty got well and truly spent but on the plus side the unit looks a lot fuller

yer my garage is getting cramped atm, im getting the keys for the one next door tho which will be for keeping my nova in and nothing else