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Brand new front indicators
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New exhaust Gasket
Genuine Ignition barrel and Key
Bottom Arm Strengthening Plates
Genuine Nova sport Passenger side mirror NEW
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And Genuine Nova sport Driver side mirror
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those the arb bushes you won off me on ebay? :)
If they are opel one's then yes lol
Few more parts collected - Euro rear lights
(Not sure if I will use the lights but they were really cheap so couldn't say no) lol
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Rear anti roll bar
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looking really good mate i got a set of these euro lights to of german ebay 6euro the pair i just used the drivers side one to give me 2 reverse lights and put the fog light on a bracket below the bumper that folds up out of sight when not in use
Hi all Its been a long and hard time the past few months, but things are looking up at the min. I got the nova down to my work and will be cracking back on with the rebuild. I'm getting the rest of the welding done on the back end and then a full respray in original colour and build her back up like new. I got a quick pic of her sat outside work waiting to be aloud in lol.
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They look like standard ones to me?Quote:
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They are euro lights the reverse and fog on different side compared to ours
Ah i thought you meant euro lights like mine:Quote:
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Nice to see some progress on this one mate.
Your still alive !!!!!!!!!!
Looking good mate, nice collection of parts, will be nice to see it all re painted.
Ha ha yeah man I'm still alive mate. How you doing these days mate?
Got a little progress so far, after getting all my things from my old garage to work I had to sort through it all and get it out of everybody's way and I have alot of stuff whixh i just dont want to get rid of because I know I will end up needing or wanting it in the future lol.
I got steering rack on and rolled her into the workshop and started stripping the interior out when I got a chance while I was ment to be working lol
I had a good poke around on the O/S sill and rear arch - just some surface rust nothing major at-all but the N/S sill, bottom of the rear arch where it meets the sill and inner wing are fooked to put it lightly lol towards the front of the car the sill is solid like the O/S.
So plans so far is get her stripped out completely and prep area's ready for the welder.
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nice topic man, finely a few good pictures to show how I can welt my strenghtning kit. Keep on the progress.
Thanks for the good comments guys, I've just been collecting parts ready to attack it lol but shall have some good progress to show you all very soon.
Update time, I've been staying late at work a couple of nights this week and stripped the nova as much as I could. I have to leave her rolling as I have nothing to wheel her about on, I am waiting on a steering wheel puller thought I would be-able to remove it with out but can't lol as soon as it turns up I'll remove dash ect.
My mate who own's a paint-less dent removal company went over the N/S quarter panel and roof and got all the dents out, he will be going over the O/S quarter and roof soon also the tailgate and doors. He said he doesn't want anything but I'll get him some beers because its a trillion times better than having to fill them.
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I'll get some Before and after pics next time he comes.
So the second night i stayed late at work it I removed all the GLUE!!!! from inside roof area what a horrible job didn't want to damage roof - although I did find the start of rust on inner roof skin!!! must be from trapped moisture in the glue used for headlining underlay so DA'd off with 180 and used built hamber hydrate 80. prepped boot floor and rear seating area. OMG the glue on the rear suspension turrets used for glueing the carpet on - I thinners it off with a scotch and the glue wont wash off my hands at all !!!! lol
cleaned everything down and panel wiped off rolled in booth and gave it a coat of acid etch on any bare metal then went home ****ed lol starting at 8am and finishing at 10.30pm - not good lol
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more pictures next week when its a bit lighter and I'm awake lol.
Going to sand blasting the sills and any other rust I spy basically next week and book it in at my mate's garage for the welding. Remove dash and prep rest of the interior.
Glad to see your pushing on mate!
thanks mate - am onit
Good work pal!
good job mate
the cars looking great
i still cant belive how solid it is for its age :eek:
Andy :thumb:
Havent seen you in a while pal,
Car is Looking good stay ontop of it.
Nice one, thats a long old day but its getting that bit closer, when was yours first registered? I'd love a y-plate one, only ever seen a couple for sale!!
Nice job!
Thanks for all the good comments lads more progress on the nova during next week
Excellent work you're doing there, engine bay is very tidy.
Few parts arrived today from Mount Panel's based in Leeds. I bought 2x full sill's + 2x rear arch repair sections, for a grand total of £69.63!!!!:thumb:, that's all in with free delivery from their own man in a van!!.:thumb: Excellent service and remarkably cheap.
In the pic is also the inner rear arch repair section, souced with help from bazil :thumb: (german ebay).
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Stayed late at work Monday night and just minced about not really committing myself to 1 particular job lol
so I ended up - testing out my sandblaster, swapping wheels over to sell, flapper wheeling a sill down to see how bad it was, cutting some rust out, taking alot of pictures and stripped O/S door completely ready for prepping.
Any way here are some pics
Rear panel Very clean
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sand blasted door hinge removed all the crap around it will apply new seam-sealer after primer.
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sill dosent look that bad from here - It is solid but very badly pitted caused by rust so will replace.
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N/S sill - I haven't done anything to it yet
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Here is the Inner roof skin and that is the Glue line that traps moisture and causes rust so I 180'd here off and apply'd Built Hamber Hydrate 80
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N/S roof section - Dents marked out for my mate to remove
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Dent/crease on the A-pillar - unsure weather he can do this so will see
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INSIDE
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And this is where she stays while not being worked on lol
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Doesnt look that bad body wise, these early shells are much better!
Are you going to do the welding on it or are you a painter? Also, shouldn't you seam seal it then prime it?
Yeah I agree about these older shellsmuch better quality steel and sure its thicker???Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve
No I know a guy who build's rally cars and is really into old vauxhalls he own 6 opel manta's lol and he does all my welding for me at a very reasonable price. We do - do crash repair at our work basically anything that doesn't need/involve jigging and also custom bodywork and painting.
I will acid etch any bare steel then 2pack hi build primer everything then seam sealer where needed then you would normally paint, but I will be applying 2pack primer twice rubbing down in-between applications. Then applying paint and lacquer
Got some more done and spoke to the welder and she's getting the last of the welding done next week.
Striped front end out
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Prepped the rest of the interior then applied built hamber hydrate 80 where needed left it a day then buzzed down a little cleaned and Etch Primer applied.
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Also I removed all the tar and buzzed off this area no rust was found :)
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I have re-done the engine bay - using a mixture of wire wheels spot rust sand blaster in hard to get to places and p80 then p180 on a DA just because since the last time I did it and had the welding done - very minor surface rust had started in places . Applied hydrate 80 over the whole area and left it over night then next day I etch prime'd it on luch break but sadly forgot to get pics of this stage:(
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So all the interior is ready and the engine bay is ready for 2pack primer. I am borrowing a roll over jig from the welder and when she is back I will be doing the underside and inner arches.
comments welcome good/bad thanks for looking
Bought 2 New Genuine front wings from Germany and this is how they arrived !!!
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got them out and O/S is damaged - N/S is perfect
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O/S
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Very hard to see but slightly kinked
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And also where it meets the A piller has been slightly bent in
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The N/S wing has a GM sticker on and the number 179 stamped on the top where bolts down but the O/S (damaged) wing has no sticker on and the number 280 or 230 can't quite tell if it's a 8 or a 3? can any one shed any light on this?
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I've contacted the company I bought them from but they will properly blame it on transit but I feel the Packaging is terrible for such items!
Thoughts/suggestions welcome.
I will properly be able to fix it buts that's not the point I shouldn't have to be repairing them that's why their new lol
Sorry to see the damaged wings due, but im afraid it happens when transporting such items from abroad, nothing you can sort though im sure, get the dent guy to look them over?
nice progress though.
Yeah thanks for comment will be getting them to work and on the car see how the look and get simon (dent guy) to look at it too.Quote:
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Well I have sent the damaged wing back and now have to find another undamaged new GM one ASAP.
I have repainted my sump as I wasn't happy with it last time I did it, and also painted other bits up
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Also sanded off the backs of all my repair panels and sprayed on zinc weld through primer
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Cracking work mate, proper job
Sorry couldn't help in the end with the wheel well, hope you get that sorted
You stripping off the underside as well ?
Thanks Edd
I got sorted from novarally (Colin - thanks mate) in the end.
I'm borrowing an A-frame roll over / split jig from the welder and doing the underside also.
I bolted my sump on to the block Might do the core plugs red???
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All the panels ready
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Used a wire wheel to clean up fuel filler neck and applied built hamber hydrate 80 - then paint tomorrow.
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Finished off my cam cover
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Where can I get a gasket for this and what is it called? Is it an oil breather??
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few more progress pics -
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and also got the wheel well section so cleaned off ready for welder.
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Also had a bit of bad news - I am missing the cam, cam housing and other bits from the engine, pulled out my head and it has been damaged since its skim, must of been during the move. I went round to my mates who I knew had a 12st he had pulled out of a brown B reg nova about a year ago with a genuine 28k on the clocks. I bought it minus inlet, carb and gearbox for £40 inc steering wheel and the colom attached and the clocks saying mileage. Bargin I thought.
Got my new badge
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Also got this for the underside as well as seam sealer and under-body under-seal should do the job for a while lol
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More updates soon.