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Yeah 90s inspired is the way to go.
Your new bonnet reminds me of this
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h.../novagrill.jpg
Also i noticed a few pages back, you said you were going to paint your head and cam silver, dont do it.
I did mine in silver then decided to clean to bare metal them and they look much better, you might of saw the pic in my thread.
Probably will clean the head etc as they are and see how it looks :)
Less to paint the better
Get head up to my work get it skimmed cheaply and if need be i can get it sandblasted and painted to :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by vaughanmc
The head was rebuilt just before I got the engine, so I'm no wanting to strip it back down when it's a good running motor :)
Just clean it up good and give it a bit of paint. Shouldn't need more then that tbh.
I'll clean it up sometime during the week and see how it looks :) Just wanting a nice clean looking engine
Definately not going 'bling' or anything lol
Cheers for all the comments so far
Forget blingness etc Having something clean and smart does the trick most of the time.
Definately going to be clean and should be nice to look at as well
Just got to focus on the Mk2 Nova for a wee while then start back up with this one
Had a wee hour out in the garage the night cleaning and making a start to painting the front of the 1400 SR engine
I've never done this before in my life (Pictures might show that lol) But I'm learning as I go and it'll be mint to say 'I done that...'
I'm just going for a clean/useable look not going 100% pure show car and chrome as it WILL be driven and not laid up all year
So here's what I started with, a fairly clean 1400 SR complete engine:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203030.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203031.jpg
A screw driver to get the s*it out of the nooks n crannies, some WD40 to help clean it a wee bit and some wire brushes to rough up and clean the surface (Not sure if that's the right approach but it's worked/working for me atm) Dried all the engine off with some dusters etc and got it ready for the 1st coat of paint (Red Smoothrite)
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203032.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203034.jpg
Arty shot for the craic lol
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203036.jpg
I'll probably be out tomorrow to do some more cleaning and painting on it -
Just letting the paint dry off tonight and I'll inspect it in the morning
Comments/suggestions welcome
Cheers, Vaughan
Went down this morning for a couple of hours to do a wee bit of work on the Mk1 Nova
Dug out the dash and all the bits and fitted them back together - I can see why people change Mk1 dashes to the Mk2 one lol - I've mis-placed a passenger side heater blank but I'll find that nearer the time of the interior going in:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203128.jpg
The clocks:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203129.jpg
The rear springs I plan to use - They say -50mm but looking at them I don't think so...
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203130.jpg
Had a wee shot at fitting the loom back up as it had been removed before I got the car - Looked a night mare but seemed easy enough once you know where everything goes. Just need to tidy it up and connect everything together when it starts to go back together - Everything is pretty much in place now though so I'm happy about that:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203131.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203132.jpg
Dug the Sport interior out of the cupboard so I could make a start in cleaning it, thought I'd be as well starting to clean it whilst I have the time to do so before the project starts getting hectic lol So here goes; Rear seats all hoovered and the vinyl bits dressed:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203133.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203134.jpg
Front seats are slightly more faded looking but their 25 years old and have been used a lot since they came from a Sport lol I reckon they'll need Vax'd
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203135.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203136.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203137.jpg
Front doorcards - Dressed with this Turtle Wax cockpit shine stuff - Didn't need much as they came from a low mileage Nova Swing:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203138.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...a/SV203139.jpg
Rear quarter cards are still down with the shell as well as the boot plastics and shelf supports - I'll bring them home tomorrow and clean them up as well as the dash etc so it's all clean ready for the re-fit
Cheers, Vaughan