Nova GTE Rally Car

Will be nice once its all built back up :)

its getting there slowly, not had much chance to work on it lately, only the odd bit here and there, not even looked at wiring in ages yet, need to as on the dash everything works (i think) except revs (and speedo which aint ever gonna work).

Just been flattening the paint off, think may give another coat as bit **** in couple places, and also had bit of over spray go on the white on inside the doors :'(

If you can get the engine running, you will find that the charging light on dash wont go out without that wire hooked up. It will also fail to charge the battery IIRC.

So get that sorted.

battery charges fine, car starts on half a turn, not sure about light on the dash never really looked. Hows your motor anyway cg? i need to come and have a look at it

Right so where are we, have had a serious lack of pics as camera went tits up, and before anyone says about paint job, still needs a good ol mop but not got round to it yet and the car is filthy but will save all that til the very end!

New windscreen as managed to crack mine and fitted the rest of the glass myself.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...2072008154.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...2072008155.jpg

grill and bumpers sprayed up and fitted
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...1072008005.jpg
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Got the tank guard fitted
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and quickly bodged up the dash to mount brake bias and couple switches, doesnt it look pretty???..........
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...1072008011.jpg

and today i finally got round to sanding bonnet down and painting the outside of it! got it fitted tonight
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...1072008016.jpg
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seats are mounted back in
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...1072008007.jpg

and some random shots of where the sunroof used to be
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...1072008015.jpg
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in theory i could bleed the brakes and drive away now but still quite a bit to do and all seems to take forever!!!!

Almost finished! well for now, still plenty to do and change when ive had it on the road!

bodged a new plate up so had somewhere to mount master kill switch

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...5092008054.jpg

and then set about taking the ignition wiring to bits, just need to get barrel off and steering lock and i'll be happy but got ignition switch and push start
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...5092008055.jpg

then i set about doing some of my master wiring
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...5092008056.jpg

then screw it all together
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...5092008062.jpg

and somehow it actually all worked first time!

just need to get my head round this bloody thing now
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...5092008058.jpg

everything under here is all done and not being touched again (seem to be doing jobs 2 or more times)
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...5092008059.jpg

and random front shot
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...5092008060.jpg

Hi spud

Looks like you are doing exactly the same thing as me. Bought a gte rally car in Wales and have run for two years but due to an accident last year and a bad fix i now have to reshell the whole car. IN 20 WEEKS!!

Keep going you will get there it just takes al lot of time.
Will be doing a full pic story of the rebuild so keep an eye out for it through the projects thread.

Also if you need any advice just ask.

Thats looking really good James :)

IIRC if you look through Olly H's build theres instructions on wiring up the kill switch

cheers ash mate, whats happening with yours now then?

Got the thing on the ground and took it for a lil drive round our yard today, engine pulls well, steering heavy as hell, brakes are hardest thing to get used to, feels like nothing is there so you just have to stamp as hard as you possibly can and then you get everything at once! few things still to do though. Few **** phone cam pics of it on all 4 though,

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