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My car looked fine when I got it, but there was loads of little holes every where, inner arches, chassis rails, front pannel etc, I have plated most places (all the structural places) I don't think any thing was week, but its still worring how much they rot and the places they rot. Glad mine isn't yours though! Just hope mine does not continue rotting now its all plated !
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Holy **** thats a serious amount of welding !
Quite local to me as well, probably cream myself if i seen it i love silk GSI's
made a really good job of it tho well done mate.
Hi guys,
Sorry for the lack of updates but to be honest not alot has been done. Took the dash and wiring loom out, found some more rot at spring seats so put all the struts etc back on and it is now back in the garage to get sorted. Looked around the underside of the car with simon (welding magician) and decided to cut out the boot floor and change the suspension setup at the rear. The drain holes on the wheel well were getting tatty so decided it's better just to take the whole thing out as i wouldn't be using it anyway.
thats all for now, hopefully report back with pictures soon
Just seen this and will be keeping an eye out for more updates, excellent work have some rep !
some very neat working there , super job
Pictures!!
Not the best as they're from my phone but can give you an idea of what's getting done
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My struts came yesterday aswell so all is coming together :d
Wow new chassis rails... Why the roundness?
I've just sat and read through this whole thread as I bet most people have. I can't believe how much rot there was. I dont think I would of had the guts to attack something that major.
Looks like its coming along well though. Good luck with the rest of the project. Keep us updated!
Ollie
Looks very bespoke underneath now mate, crack on :) Should be good to see it done
Mental amount of work mate, but that will be very strong! Good work :)
I actually cant believe the welding skills :eek: Good on you for getting this far mate. Good luck :)
Cheers guys
Benn, Simon makes custom exhausts for a living so he had plenty of pipe lying around to use on the car.
Going to be looking into running the brake and fuel lines inside the car, possibly just the brakes. What are peoples opinions on this and what is the best route taken? I was thinking along the tunnel at the handbrake?
Dam me that looks well nice, quite like the round chassis rails lol
Glad to see an update more then anything.
My lines, brake and fuel are internal, it's totally up to you ware you run them mate.
Scott
Good work there buddy, as for fuel and brake lines i was looking into running internal lines but decided against it and just replaced my existing ones with a copper/zinc lines which i bought through ebay;) Keep up the good work:thumb:
Thought i should put an update on for you guys to see
Had the car back at the house a while now but only got time to work on it in the last couple of days. I started with the brake lines, have decided to just run them outside the car. Oh the joys of bending copper pipe into shape!!
After the brake pipes i started putting the dash loom back in, i ran the behind dash part and into the engine bay...it all lined up perfect to my surprise. I sat the engine loom in place too, just waiting on a holesaw to drill the bulkhead.
Here is a couple of pics of how the engine bay is looking
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I also got myself a timing belt and fired that on then put the inlet and other wee bits back on the engine. It's finally taking shape!! :d:d
Good times! Is the whole car painted now?
menatl amount of work ive scraped better shells fair play to ya
great work:thumb: , your welding mate must be rich by now with all that work for youlol , im in a similar position at the moment with the rust, im simply cutting the full boot floor both quarters rear panel sills front panel front legs etc etc and starting from scratch. must be something in the water up here that makes us save these rotboxes lol
hope you keep going with it:thumb:
it's just the engine bay that's painted, so that i can get the car running. So much easier if i can reverse it out the garage and work on it instead of in the confined space. Hopefully the engine will be slotted into place this weekend!!
Bazil, had a look at your project. I feel your pain, your pics look as nasty as some of mine did haha good luck to you!
haha good luck to you! lol
i'll need it, oh and im taking my wiring out before welding lol
Take out all the sound deadening and tar stuff too! :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by bazil
hi guys,
Put the engine in tonight, looking for a pointer though...i can't get the back mount to line up. Anyone got any tips?
On the other hand, it's looking good in it's new home :d
What engine you got? Standard or bigger?
It's the bigger engine I've put in. Got the spacers for the bolts but can't get the bolts to line up on the chassis
are you using solid mounts ?
If so you may need to make the hole in the gearbox mount longer.I think Adam has pic's of what i mean.
It's just the normal mounts I'm using. I thought about making the hole a bit bigger, it's only about 10mm away from fitting
this is one crazy project and has had some realy good fabrication work done i would ov gave up with that one but good on you for keeping it alive
Another update, only 2 not great pics i'm afraid
Well the engine is in place and i've made a start on wiring/plumbing everything in.
Got a couple of questions for folks, the black ignition live at the end of the fuel rail, what is the best way to join this in? I have a green wire coming from a connector on a wire at the coil, should this be attached to anything? Last but not least, where do people get the T-piece from for the coolant pipes at the header tank? I have had a good look about and can't find anything suitable :(
Anyway....I've refitted the fuel tank, fuel lines and pump. Also ran in the rest of the new car loom and it's all slotting into place nicely :)
here is the only pics i have of it recently, they were taken when i had just sat the engine in the bay on the front mounts
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Had a poke about, is it possible that the wire coming from the coil could be my ignition live? Can't find anywhere else it should go :confused:
Good to see it's getting on mate, not sure about the green wire but I've seen a green wire for the rev counter ? Ask in the electrical forumz :)
jebus that was rotten lol looking good now mate
any updates cheif?
Sorry for severe lack of updates guys. The engine is in and runs :d small teething problem in that it dies when it returns to idle after starting but if i hold a rev on it for a few seconds it stays alive but i'll get to that soon enough. I've also put the new doors on it and put carpets and dash etc back in too....
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Unfortunately i have moved house now....i'm now living in Fleet is Surrey! So the nova has been moved to a barn at the farm across the road from home
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I will only get time to work on it when i visit home for a while, failing that it will be waiting on me moving back north...which could be next summer or the one after
Sorry for poor quality pictures....gay iphone camera!!
Glad to see its still alive mate, shame about the move hoting any more progress though
Scott
Shame about the move, are you going to take the car down south?
No the car is going to stay up north. Just waiting on some space freeing up at a mates work and he is going to take it in and start on the bodywork
Wow, nova restoration porn!! I love seing people put the effort in to save a nova, as they are slowly dying off!
The welding and fabrication displayed in this is very impressive! (does the guy deal with classic cars? You can tell he isnt only good at what he does, but has a passion for it aswell)
Keep at it :D
looks real good! i was going to go with the astra bonnet vents but somebody threw away a set i bought lol so decided keep the 'original look' but they look good on yours!