Who wants to see my choice of colour ?
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Who wants to see my choice of colour ?
ME
You do no your not suposed to seal over bare metal,been better if you primed it first with etch then primer then sealer.
nice job mate i love doin the rally cars at work inside and out,
yoza
I was told to do it by the painter ! New sealer im told, dont need primer. Its to do with the cutting out VOCS down or something !
sound ill have a look into that,top job
The car will be the same inside and out but with some grey to break it up a bit.
Theres the inside and engine bay finished http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/3/8311192683.jpg
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/3/8311205014.jpg
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/3/8414492191.jpg
Thats what i call good progress ! well happy with the result.
looks nuts keep up the fantastic progress :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by ashtal
Very nice! I love the colour you've chosen.
Is that Europa Blue by any chance ????
Joff
trophy blue?europa blue?harden blue?
that looks ace matey! i cant belive how fast your cracking on with it!
Do you not have a day job hahahahahaha lmao!
looks fab :thumb:
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Originally Posted by joff-turbo-nova
Try daewoo sport blue :thumb: lolQuote:
Originally Posted by yoza
The progress should come thick and fast now i got that bit out the way :D
Rear legs !
This update was all done before the painting but forgot to put it on the thread !
From first inspection the rear arches were solid ! Little did i know someone had bodged in some plates in the arches. When i say bodged, i mean the plate was held only held by the sealer and what can only be discribed as bird s*it of weld. So, i started cutting out rot, lots and lots of rot ! When the rot was gone, i was left with these very big holes !
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/3/8119003455.jpg
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/3/8119003597.jpg
After i cut out the rot i got a grinder to it all, nice clean metal http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif
Scene as that part of the rear arch is double skined i had to use some real heavy duty metal. Heres a pic to show its width:
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/3/8119003749.jpg
As you can see, it as thick as f*ck and will provide more than enuf strenght http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/nod.gif
Anyway, heres the plates welded in. I still got to cut the bottom off and seam weld that edge. Got to put a couple of little plates elsewhere in the rear arches aswell.
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/3/8119003683.jpg
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/3/8119003561.jpg
Should get the underside of the car all stonechipped at the weekend, then i will be putting bits back on the shell !!!!!!!
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I jus want to check im getting this right !?!
This is the rod from the cav gear selector setup. I have choped out 3 inches which was 1.5 inches either side of the bend, so i should just weld them together (nice and strait) then just straiten the end of the rod and thats it !?!
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/3/8517413782.jpg
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/3/8517413878.jpg
Couple of pics of my new SOLID bottom arms. I just cut the tops from my old arms and welded them to the bottom of the new ones http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/image...es/biggrin.gif
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/3/8517413828.jpg
Other things that got a quick lick of paint.
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/3/8517413926.jpg
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/3/8517413968.jpg
The first bit is back on the car :)
Its only the rack but its a a start.
Can anyone give me some tips on fitting the dash ? I didnt take the nova to bits and want to refit it all tomorrow. The heater box is be fitted ! Its a day day to rally car ;)
Got some more done to the nova on sat morning. Thought i would start with the wiring loom, now i didnt strip ther nova so i was worried about finding all the right places for everything, but the loom is SO simple it only took a couple of mins to find the rought layout.
Then it was a case of putting in the pedals, heater box, dash, etc etc.
I wanted to get the dash in in the moring so i could get this little beasty in:
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/4/9010461793.jpg
Yep, all preped and ready for a coat of primer and paint.
What do you think of the colour ?
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/4/9010461968.jpg
Anyway i ran out of time but heres a few pics of where im up to on the build. Note how tight the dash is to the cage !
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/4/9010461940.jpg
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/4/9010461984.jpg
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/4/9010462012.jpg
Got a my lunch box painted as well as a couple of other bits (battery box !)
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/4/9010461744.jpg
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/4/9010461828.jpg
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/4/9010461850.jpg
looking good mate! what cage is that?
really coming on fast matey, well done
Top stuff there, had to do quite a bit of welding,Lol.
Looking great mate!
Nice, thats all looking really good!!
Its on omp cage. When i bought it i didnt even know if it was for a car without a sunroof but with a dash. Lucky :)Quote:
Originally Posted by macc nova
looking spot on fella! wish i'd done as much welding that!
I put the cav gear shift in today. Very tight fitting ! Only like 5 mil movement on the engine bay side of things, is that right ?
Not 100% what you mean, but they are ruddy tight. As long as you can get all the gears easy enough then thats a job well done.
Will have to wait a couple of weeks before i drop the lump in. We shall see.
http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/misc/progress.gifWHICH ONE !?!http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/misc/progress.gif
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/4/9214412394.jpg
Couldnt decide which one i wanted so bought 3 ! Bear in mind that i will be repainting the one i choose. Also the bottom one is metal and i might polish the letters up before i clear coat it http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/nod.gif
Middle one personally!
yeah the middle one :)
middle one
i was gonna ask if u'd sell the middle one :P lol if not though can i buy the bottom one? lol
Bottom one with polished lettering gets my vote!
Joff
Must admit, i do like the bottom one. Would polish up nice :D . Plus the middle one has a good resale value to :thumb: . Any offers !?!Quote:
Originally Posted by joff-turbo-nova
middle one
Im going for the metal opel one. Wanna polish the letters up. Thought of a nice colour to paint the engine and other parts in the engine bay ;)
edit: Middle one is now for sale .
Plug covers are heavy lol
So is glass :roll: lol lol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Bottlethroddy
i know, but unfortunately i have no choice lol
Get a sheet of polycarb from any windscreen company for about ?50. Think it comes in a 6 foot by 4 foot piece. You could make the rear window and quarter lights :thumb: .Quote:
Originally Posted by Bottlethroddy