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How long you had that one then ? :)
it was my second nova, i got it when i turned 18, im 32 today lol
Happy B'day cheif :) 14 year if my maths is any good ?
cheers mate, yeah had it a long time, the gsi is eventually going to be a 1.6 turbo with the coilovers, speedlines, epas, quickrack, etc etc but the gte is going back to totaly bog standard, as near factory as i can get. Thats the way the wife wants it as it was the first car she ever driven and its going to be her sunday car.
That'll be tidy - Maybe next year then we'll have a bigger turn out at Scottish Meets/Shows with the Nova's :)
Silver GSi's are nice mate, keep at it
gte looks pretty cool i used to have one but sold it to a mate worst mistake ever
the gsi looks pretty close to my mates star silver one also on speedlines nice motor.
Well another couple of bit pulled of after work tonight, took out the fuel tank, pump and filter, That was after getting the full exhaust off, then pulled of the shafts and i r now ready to get the engine and box out.
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This is what I'm up against lol it used to be the rear towing eye :(
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good luck mate, i'm sure you can do it.
Just read the whole thread. Its cool you still own both cars so many years on! Always good to see people putting a bit of effort in to restore a car, rather than just getting another shell. Top work!
Ive always had the view that if reshelled and used the other shells ID then it's always going to be a replica, and I can't use the original reg as that would be ringing, so after having them lying around for 11 and 6 years I'm in no rush to fix the shells, it more restoration than rebuild.
Totally agree! Anything is fixable if you put the effort in.
I'll get there in the end
tbh 99% of people would scrap my shell, I'm to stubborn, and want to prove a mate wrong lol
Just had quick scan thru
Hope you've got another shell to cut rear hassis legs from, rear toe eye looks fooked lol
Yeah I've got a solid mk1 shell that was registered as scrap so I've removed the inner wings for my gte and the rest is pretty usable, I'm going rear coilovers and turretts anyway so the legs won't have to take springs,
I was wanting to much further along by this time but I'm not going to rush in just to get it finnished, I'll take my time and do it right.
Well after last nights shift I set about pulling out the engine today, first I had to move the brothers GSI vectra that got all 4 brakes seized:tard:
then working by myself got the engine out without breaking anything or spilling blood lol
on a bad note, when I was under the motor undoing the box bolts I got a serious shock about how bad it really is with rust,
The only things left on are the n/s door and roof lining and sunroof and hopfully get them off tomorrow.
As I've been up for 27.5 hours now I'm of to ma kip:)
lol sounds like fun i took the engine out of my old nova by myself with 2 scisser jacks and halfords extreme challange toll kit haha lol really looking forward to seeing the progress on this :thumb:
There might not be much more progress,
if you mean what i think you mean ill take it lolQuote:
Originally Posted by bazil
lol just really p1ssed of with it today, I can fit my hand into the hole where the chassis legs should be under the floor,
It needs the following replaced;
both front wings ( don't have )
both rear quarters ( don't have )
rear panel ( have )
both rear chassis legs ( got in another shell )
inner rear arch repairs
battery tray repair
both sills ( have )
inner wing repairs
front panel ( don't have )
possable both front chassis legs ( have )
chassis legs under floorpan ( have in another shell )
full rear seat area and boot floor ( have )
forward floor pan repairs
With that amount of work to do I would seriously think twice about repairing it tbh
Will cost at least three times what a decent shell and paint would cost.
It's not an easy choice, it's all down to the saftey of the shell, my mate has been through thatcham courses for quality and such so I'll go on his word.The car is really special to me for various reasons but if it's unsafe to repair it then it'll have to go :(
Reshell it then, get a gsi shell to do it into if you can
Seeing as you have had it for long it would be shame for it not to go back on to the road
Tbh Edd if I can't keep the CGG plate I wouldn't want it, I'm one of these odd folk that will choose the stupid and unlogical route, longcut for a short cut and all that,
if I can repair it then it'll be a fooking epic job lol
I had a really bad week so maybe it's just a case of half empty?
That and my mates GTE astra has been waiting a year for his let engine back, so the 2 are sitting side by side looking very sad.
Bloody hell lol thats alot to weld! Should be called the "Cut & Shut" project lol
Patchwork quilt lol
I must be aff ma heid to even want to repair this.
looks good mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by bazil
Real shame the car needs so much work mate...I'm more of a replace than repair fella myself so I'd reshell it and see if theres anyway you can transfer the reg onto the new car to make it like a personal plate ? If you can do that, that is ?
I would need the CGG car to have an mot then put it on retension then transfer when the new car has a current mot,
I had my mate look at it, he reckons if the panels and chassis legs are properly replaced then it should be ok, but it's a big job to take on. I'll need about a million spot weld drill bits lol
cheers mate:)Quote:
Originally Posted by dc1984
meh, progress:roll:
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that is all:p
Well the roof isnt rusty lol
lol it is, you just dont see it in the pics:dQuote:
Originally Posted by AW06
c'mon its gota have a little rust on each panellol
i should say ill be doing a " how to " remove a rooflining without fcuking it up soon.
sorry to see that the shells in such a bad way fella, i scraped my white gsi back in march was gutted but to be honest it was worse then yours, underseal was holding it together lol bad times.
on that note fancy selling me the roof lining im in great need of one :)
Quote:
Originally Posted by bazil
When do you hope your mate can have a look to see if it's repairable ?
Tommy, it was worth a try but I'm keeping all the parts ATM
:)
Edd, my mate had a quick look at it and said if I replace the panels with new ones and fitted them properly it should be ok, he said the problem would be if I just welded flat sheet metal everywhere then there would be little strength in the shell, so I still need a couple of hard to get bits before I can start but I'm hopefully going to get them soon.
what bits do you need bazil??
The under floor chassis legs for the front :(
i would repair it as a reshell is the easy option but the memories are tied up with the current shell.
it was a very nice looking nova in its hay-day... if i was you id reshell it and cut the chassi number out nd weld it into the new shell, and then swap the reg...
iirc he doesnt want to do that cause then thats just ringingQuote:
Originally Posted by norris the nova