Project Silk Violet GSi

Some more parts!!!

Non original new rear clusters, they'll do for now. Were only € 0,50 each...
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/b40df5c6.jpg

New head lamp range control motors
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/29b54192.jpg

New rear bearing kit
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/ecf2db32.jpg

Corsa B wiper stalks
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/a8e199d9.jpg

Filters
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/12c7cdf1.jpg

Tie rod ends
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/90eeaef7.jpg

Minty minty stainless Magnex back box
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/305aba24.jpg

Bonnet stay
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/e22359b0.jpg

Mirror bracket
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/5631a776.jpg

Mint tow eye cover
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/4981fa2c.jpg

Tailgate rubber
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/51a01698.jpg

Front quarter glass
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/011b773e.jpg

Roof rail mouldings
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/63067d7b.jpg

Sills
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/1696ad9a.jpg

Boot grab
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/8d580cb4.jpg

Rear lower panel
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/53e67a1f.jpg

That'll do for now! :thumb:

Jealous of your parts collection :(

Wow a fantastic collection of parts, all of which are very rare indeed! Well done mate.

I'm living in the wrong country!

some of those parts still have the dust from out of my garage on!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by 7ova

some of those parts still have the dust from out of my garage on!!!!!!!!!!!

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lollollollollollollol I'm working on that at the moment...

Nice stock of parts :)

Cheers Bazil, we should combine our stock and build a new gsi from scratch...

lol that's not a bad idea lol

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Non original new rear clusters, they'll do for now. Were only € 0,50 each...
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/b40df5c6.jpg

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Euro clusters .... those were the days - "Dynamic Power" still lives on !

Joff

Hahaha... Dynamic Power!! That must have been 1996 or somewhat?!?

Guys, need some advise here.

The top water hose is weak, so it's expanding when the pressure builds up and the coolant warms up.
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/788be282.jpg
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/a796156c.jpg
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...Picture369.jpg

Tried to source a new top water hose, but I can't find one. So I bought two of these:
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/2b588284.jpg

Plan is to cut up the new water hose to the shape of the old one.
Thing is I'm not sure both have the same diameter. I think they do, but I just wanted your opinion on this matter.

Thanks in advance!

If you are sticking to GM hoses I think thats the best you can hope for - otherwise why not try a black silicone hose - looks OE and will last longer.

Joff

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If you are sticking to GM hoses I think thats the best you can hope for - otherwise why not try a black silicone hose - looks OE and will last longer.

Joff

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Cheers Joff, checked the Roose website and they do silicone in classic black OE style...

http://roosemotorsport.co.uk/index.p...roducts_id=342

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Jealous of your parts collection :(

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Wow a fantastic collection of parts, all of which are very rare indeed! Well done mate.

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I'm living in the wrong country!

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Cheers guys!

you not started this yet?
get on with it
bazil will get his GSI done before you

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Originally Posted by 7ova

you not started this yet?
get on with it
bazil will get his GSI done before you

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You funny man!
I'll drop it off in Donny this weekend, could you finish it before Billing please! :d

Anyway, small update. Got a new bonnet logo:
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/52be3944.jpg

So i finally got to work on the car this weekend. There was some filler on where the chassis leg meets the inner wing, so I investigated that part.

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/2438e3a8.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/7b264ca6.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/dd708ffa.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/4769f15f.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/c3057293.jpg

I'll have to clean it some more over the weekend, but it needs to be cut out and replaced with fresh metal.
Should I try to source new inner wings or just cut out the rust and replace?

Try and get new if you can imo

Might be hard tho havnt seen any forsale for a while

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Try and get new if you can imo

Might be hard tho havnt seen any forsale for a while

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I'm sure Jeff will just stumble over some in a backyard sale in Germany or Belgium given his ability to collect what must be a room full of stuff so far!!

Good luck !!

Joff

I missed a set that went up for sale a few months ago... I'll fix it temporarily and seal it with zink primer for now...

That could be the set thats now in my loft

If that's the same side that has the rust in the earlier pictures then I'd replace the inner wing,
It's a fairly straight forward job, But some skill is required,

Have a look at this one I remover earlier lol

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthr...ve-inner-wings

One early friday morning at the end of April 2012, the alarm clock woke me up at 4am. Got up, shower and shave, early brekkie and set off to the far far south where Jeffrey lives. Upon arrival, we set to the gargantuan task of fitting a rather large quantity of Nova and Cavalier parts in Jeff's Skoda. How we managed to squeeze it all in there is still beyond me...

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...rackofdawn.jpg


Not long after, we left for Calais. On the way there, we passed through sunny Belgium. Except it wasn't sunny that day. lol

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...tofAntwerp.jpg


First stop: the channel tunnel...

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...othetunnel.jpg


...and onto the M20 towards London...

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...toEngland1.jpg


...soon to be treated to some typical British weather. :eek:

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...toEngland2.jpg


Had to do this for old time's sake. :-)

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Billing1b.jpg


On the way, we came across a friendly Briton and his loon near a tall chimney. :thumb:

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...thechimney.jpg


Jeff having a little walk with said friendly Briton.

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...ngthegoods.jpg


Once again en route, we noticed UK lorries are considerably taller than mainland ones. Anyone know the maximum height? Must be near 5 metres (16ft 5in) I guess.

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...llertrucks.jpg

The next day, Jeff and myself were struck by the sheer awesomeness (if such a word exists) of Stu's soon-to-be-ex Nova. These pics do not do it justice, it has to be seen in the metal. This motor is a sight to behold. Stunning!

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...ulateNova1.jpg

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...ulateNova2.jpg

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...ulateNova3.jpg

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...ulateNova7.jpg

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...ulateNova8.jpg


On the way back, again I couldn't resist so here goes...

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Billing2b.jpg


Needless to say we got yet another treat of what makes Nova's corrode.

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...ishweather.jpg


Fast forward a couple of hours and I got to unpack the rewards of our UK shopping spree.

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...akIrn-Bru2.jpg

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...Booflecake.jpg


From here, I want to thank mr. Vlietje for dragging me along all over England, and also for being good company and an excellent driver. Can't wait for the next parts run!

Cheers ears,
Niek

There's a left (iirc) chassis leg on eBay now chap :)

uk trucks can go to 16'(5.0m), they usually have 2 floors, the top one goes up & down on box trailers. they carry lots of pallets.

the mainland of europe is standardised at 4.0m..

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...akIrn-Bru2.jpg

are you telling me that you can't get mayonaise on the continent??? lol lol lol in belgium, you have to eat it with everything, its the law....

and i can't believe that you came to england & only came away with marmite & irn bru, i bet the shop staff were laughing when you paid for it

they are trying to ban irn bru because of all the food colourant they use in it...


edit... good call on the curry paste.. that is the one good thing you bought.

<thread hijack mode> Jeff, sorry for hijacking your thread mate. ;)

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are you telling me that you can't get mayonaise on the continent??? lol lol lol in belgium, you have to eat it with everything, its the law....

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LOL
true - the Belgians have their way with mayonaise :d
Helmann's is rather hard to come by down my end of Cloggieland :(

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and i can't believe that you came to england & only came away with marmite & irn bru, i bet the shop staff were laughing when you paid for it

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It must be quite obvious how seriously addicted to Marmite I am. Round here, we can only get the pathetically weedy 125gr jars. And not the Marmite XO or Ma'amite variety. Hence, I raided the Doncaster Sainsbury of its entire stock. lol And yes, they were laughing. :)

Irn Bru is simply not available in the Netherlands. Period.

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they are trying to ban irn bru because of all the food colourant they use in it...

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Hardly surprising, Irn Bru is the closest you get to drinkable dayglo paint. Must be good then! ;)

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edit... good call on the curry paste.. that is the one good thing you bought.

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Patak's makes the world go round. Love indian food. Slobber. :thumb::thumb::thumb:

</ thread hijack mode>

i once spent a day(9hrs) in a queue in burton on trent in my truck, right next to the marmite factory.. i don't care if i never encounter the stuff ever again

I'm upset I don't get name Niek, did lmfao see you and Jeffrey in the lay by on the East Lancs road lol

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I'm upset I don't get name Niek, did lmfao see you and Jeffrey in the lay by on the East Lancs road lol

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Excuse my horrible memory mate - I seem to forget everything nowadays!

Nice post Niek, but I'm afraid your doing the Irn-Bru wrong,

I'll bring you a couple of Glass bottles to billing for you lol

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Nice post Niek, but I'm afraid your doing the Irn-Bru wrong,

I'll bring you a couple of Glass bottles to billing for you lol

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LOL cheers! Much appreciated :-)

While the girls on here were discussing groceries, I was actually working on my car instead of buying parts... :d

First thing this long Ascension Day weekend (gotta love a long weekend!) was swapping the antenna for a more decent one.

So here goes:

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/eeb6c406.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/195a3a7e.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/67f43415.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/ec977816.jpg

Yes I now, I posted four piccies for an antenna swap... :wtf: But it makes such a difference, you all know it makes sence!!
By the way did you notice the little joy riders behind the wheel??

Next up was to swap the headlamps as the reflector on the right hand side turned black on the inside. See pic above!

First I fitted the the invisible headlamps and indicators I bought from Joff lol:
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/65fe91fa.jpg

After removing the headlamps and indicators, this is what I was faced with:

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/9924f571.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/a28cea0c.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/b51c412f.jpg

Cleaned off the rust, sanded the area down and brushed some zinc primer on the affected area. The front panel will be replaced this winter so I couldn't be bothered too much. Fitted new headlamps clips.

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/e41e249f.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/c70374be.jpg

These needed to go in!

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/0b9140cf.jpg

Indicator plugs, the one on the left was cleaned at this stage:

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/4c0e8f47.jpg

Headlamps fitted:

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/88959c70.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/3346de39.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/70153a99.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/8ace0003.jpg

Very pleased with the result, I'll take some more pics tomorrow after cleaning the whole car and fitting the new rear clusters.

And I decided to try and source new inner wings and have them fitted over the winter. This is why:

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/68072335.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/aaaa3052.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/5b51e254.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/47edb4c1.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/c42f08f6.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...1/f64fee93.jpg

Good work Jeffrey, nice to see some of your new parts making there way onto the car ;) No doubt you will locate some inner wings :thumb:
I love Nova's in this colour!!

Looking good Jeffrey.