Thats cool guys, build away. But its more work than you imagine it is. The tunnel alone took me about 40-45 hours of solid work
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Thats cool guys, build away. But its more work than you imagine it is. The tunnel alone took me about 40-45 hours of solid work
Never imagined it would be easy mate, but worth doing in my eyes, the mid engined nova's just dont do it for me so im well up for the hard work and time to have something ive wanted for a while now. Keep it up pal cant wait to see this beast done :thumb:
thats a mint build
its unique its cool, you can clearly see you know what your doing and the workmanship is tip top!
ignore the busy body know it alls, bunch of t-wats
REP your way Mr A
Thanks for the support guys, I doubt very much I will be working on her this weekend. It's the weekend before Billing and a little corsa-B has come up for sale. Its owned by a right chav who lives 2drs along from Jamie, its been running on 3 cylinders for months and finally something has died in the engine so he is selling it for £150! It's black, lowered with some really smart 17s. I fancy buying it to run about in till the nova is done, if I can get down there and buy it this friday I can have a very special engine fitted over the weekend (1.3 8v Turbo)
very nice work mate, pics of the corsa if you do buy :)
From what I can remember the shell itself is fine, just the engine has been abused a lot (1.2 16v)
Let me start off by saying I like the idea of this build and some of the engineering.
What I'm most bemused by however is the use of bloody great 2MM right angle bits of steel when it's married to a tubular steel frame and 1MM factory floorpan.
I'm not impressed by the way the two tubes, acting as a subframe are welded to the chassis legs in the bay either. Those tubes could have been tied in beautifully with some carefully thinking & bracketry but instead each one got an inch of weld 25º from the strengthening plate.
oh here we go........ (keeps stchum)
Id be surprised if i manage to do mine within two years :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny A
Instead of me trying to correct you because your looking at the design at a distance through a camera phone with the resolution reduced to 640x480, then you argue about how you think the design is flawed how about this:Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
Question 1: You built one of these have ya?
no? then leave your negative opinions to yourself. Know it all morons started nitpicking on MIG and the thread was deleted, I don't have the patience.... or haven't you been reading?
Well said that man! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny A
true but if it stops you killing yourself, then its valid imho.
I will say this once in this thread, myself and my friend Jamie who has 18 years experience building such cars have approved the setup - it has more bracing than you think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sloth
We know what we are doing!
In which case, ignore negative comments instead of getting all uppity. Fair enough, you got seriously badgered on MIG, but I would imagine part of that badgering was because you were giving as good as you got.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny A
Calm down and chill out. Its a free country, people are entitled to their opinions. We will keep an eye to make sure you dont get drowned in spam like you say you did on MIG, but at the same time Im not going to stop people from voicing an opinion if they have one. By the look of it, to me you have seriously good fabrication skills, and I cant wait to see the end product.
Just dont let your ego get another thread removed.
As Lee said every one is entitled to their opinion and most will voice it if they feel necessary, building a car that is 'out of the ordinary' or different to the norm will draw opinions good or bad from miles around.
So if you are going to take on a challenge like this then be prepared for it and keep up the good work :thumb:
coming along nicely, what colour you going to go for,
its a mad project, would be brilliant to be stopped at a roundabout and seeing a nova saloon on steel wheels coming round sideways, keep up the good work
yummy..
nuff said
You see Jonny the thing is when you release your work into the public domain it becomes more than just your own. Realise it or not, you are looking for feedback.
Suffice to say everyone wants a clean sweep of excellent responses, but until EVERYTHING documented IS, it wont happen. Understand there ARE people out there with fabrication knowledge, skill and understanding on parr and maybe beyond your own current ability.
To respond with something like "have you built one" is a danerous game. Until you stop saying such things and be aware that others have, you run the risk of getting emotional about such feedback.
There might be people viewing this thread that could have finished projects just sat behind closed doors, documented, but not public information, that go beyond what some users will even be building in the next ten years thinking they are innovators.
well said that man /\
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yes very well said BRoadGhost. (what u hiding in a garage for us then :))
I like this project johnny so keep up the good work and cant wait to see it finished. Have you got a deadline?
m8 this is gonna be AWESOME !!!! dont rise to the bait of negative comments they are obviously jealous , its new ground you are treading on so suck it and see and get some sidways vids up when your done ;)
I second that :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by saloonwoody
It's not a case of being jealous, it's a case of engineering solutions.
My projects done and sat waiting thanks…
Besides you can call it negative but the remarks were merely questioning.
The ground he's covering ISN'T new - take a look back at Austin's FR XE.
I remember when Austin was leading the way with stripped out carbed XE and Johnny was running twin radiators.
I would have to agree there isn't much thats new...Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
I agree and i remember that now...Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
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Any updates for us matey?
I guess not all the haters have scared him away^.... chumps
Keep up the good work mate, engineers throughout history have been mocked, the proof is in the pudding and when your going sideways they'll be the jokers
need more updates this car as "it's off the ricta"
what ever happened to this?
hes still building it, but he never publisises (sp) his work. shame, but the guy had a "god complex", and couldnt be told.
Wft? Johnny doesn't have a "god like complex"
Johnny knows what he's doing as does Jamie who's helping him build the car.
love the car great idea me and me dad doin an mk2 astra like this 4s replica.
yes and so do alot of other people aswell, but for the guy to post saying, "i dont wanna hear negative stuff, i am right" when there are obvious faults in what hes doing is a little blase. that and the fact that there is always someone who has either done it before or has more knowledge. i showed the pics to a pro drag car chassis builder who is a very close mate of the family, and he saw flaws in a fair few bits of the build. but hey, who am i to question the guy???:thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
Hhhmm there's one person on here that's built this kinda car, dont remember Austin replying. Jamie that's helping John build the car is a hotrod style builder having built many cars of all types. So i think the finely design will be well build safe and right.
Remember none of the pics are gonna be a finished item.
whatever happened to this Johnny? Did it ever get finished? Would be good to see pics if there was progress.
I spoke to Jonny he other day about this. He sold up and moved to the french riveria with the proceeds and is now a rent boy to Z list celebrities. He know gets to get his ass out but in a different kind of way.
lol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by The Simps
Is that your plan too?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Simps
I wish James, good money to be made! Sadly they're not as much into the bear scene in the french riveria as you might think. Italian riveria tho....