Project Apache Orange.

So on with some more crap i got on with today!

Love this pic with the seat's in the back
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9968/dscf0269small.jpg

Any how, i ground off the "welding" i did last week.
Also here's the plate i put over the two holes i found, couldn't be bother with two small ones!

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8647/dscf0275small.jpg

Pics of the rest.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4346/dscf0263small.jpg

One that was by the fuel pipe's i use some metal putty stuff to stick a plate over it.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4102/dscf0280small.jpg

Stuff set well strong!

By the drive side cage leg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3173/dscf0268small.jpg



http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7563/dscf0264small.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7663/dscf0266small.jpg

Passenger side.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6913/dscf0273small.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/880/dscf0276small.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7480/dscf0274small.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1713/dscf0271small.jpg

Then i got rid of this bit that was left from the floor cross section, it was flappy and pissing me off, but i got the spot weld positions a bit wrong lol

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9624/dscf0270small.jpg

So used more metal putty to fill the holes up.

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8855/dscf0278small.jpg

Same here too , as some weld flew out while grinding.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5324/dscf0279small.jpg

So........

I bought a nice cheep drill from B&Q one of there Power Pro one's £20 Top stuff for the money, and a few wire attachments, and a sanding disk for it, a wire brush attachment for my grinder,
two can's of stone chip (rubbery stuff)
A tin of under seal, some red-oxide primer, tin of Hammerite smooth black...

And ordered from paints4u two 400mm can's of Apache Orange...few!

So plenty to get on with over next few weeks

Scott

Good work Scott, looks like your having fun! :)

Good work. Thats a fair amount of holes!!! lol

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Good work Scott, looks like your having fun! :)

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Well yeah i guess i am, I'm enjoying getting on and doing something to the car, I'm not so happy at the amount of holes Chris left me though! lol

I think i might even invest in a welder also, or if not i think i might see if i can hook up a gas bottle to my mates one, as it seamed to lack ball's, but then if you turned it up it wanted to blow holes in the floor!..

Got some nice plans for the inside of the car, and I'm having idea's of taking parts off to, like the front hub knuckles, rear beam, fuel tank etc, to paint them again!

Scott

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Good work. Thats a fair amount of holes!!! lol

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Tell me about it! :confused: :roll:

I know some of them was from were he had eyelet hooks for the harnesses etc, but the others I'm stumped on.

Good to see you seem have got a lot of motivation recently to work on it Scott :thumb:

How much were the rattle cans from Paint4u? Tenner each?
Might get a can to try for mine (3rd time lucky lol )

Yes mate about £10 each, it's a straight paint, you need lacquer as well though, and they do the exact color match from the code you give them, they will even match it custom for you if you think it needs to be.

so ordered the paint yesterday before 1PM got it this morning at 10AM

Also a fiberglass spoiler i bought on ebay turned up, not sure how I'll fix it to the F/G boot yet....:confused:

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3379/dscf0281small.jpg

Need to find some window rubber for the plexi glass, as i don't want to take my GM boot rubber out.

Scott

Good service on the paint.


I assume that FG spoiler is quite light? Tigerseal....

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Need to find some window rubber for the plexi glass, as i don't want to take my GM boot rubber out.

Scott

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http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/TR...519/index.html :D

Scott-Report back on if the spray cans are any good (good match etc), if so i'll order a couple for mine :)

Pretty light mate yes, I'll think of something;)

Had another faff with the gear selector, think it's about as good as it's going to get.
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8/dscf0284small.jpg
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8...f0285small.jpg

Then i moved onto striping out most of the stuff from the car as i wanted to clean it out read to start painting the floor etc.

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6...f0287small.jpg

Oh i did some test patches for the color match on the paint!

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Scott-Report back on if the spray cans are any good (good match etc), if so i'll order a couple for mine

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http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7...f0289small.jpg

And even marked this out so you can tell, lol paint is wet in pics.
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4...8smalledit.jpg

Good match i reckon.

Some of the crap from the clean up!

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/9...f0290small.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8...f0291small.jpg

Cleaned out!

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2...f0293small.jpg

Then a bot if wire brushing with the drill, and red oxide primed all the welded in patches.

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1...f0296small.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5...f0298small.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2...f0299small.jpg

Also where about should, would most people mount the passengers foot rest?

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4...f0294small.jpg

Or here?

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/9...f0295small.jpg

Thats it for today, hope to get some more done tomorrow.

PS: if any one knows where i can get hold of a new rear window rubber, please let me know.

Scott

looks good matey some nice progress!!

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PS: if any one knows where i can get hold of a new rear window rubber, please let me know.

Scott

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Did you miss my post or you want OE stuff?

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Did you miss my post or you want OE stuff?

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Did miss it mate, till you just said as it had switched over to this page when i posted my new post,Cheers for the link, have looked on the merlin site, no pics of it, Ive asked them about it in an email, I'll wait see what they say, although OE GM stuff would probably be better?

Scott

your geting there scott.

and just think, these little touches make you happy and dont really cost much other then time and patience.
should be good to see it once all finished off. i sense a road trip

Cheers Sean, yeah I'm doing what i can without spending shed loads, once the floors sorted I'm going to do a few other things inside, also need to sort some wiring issues lol

Scott

Looking good dude, If you want a used rubber theres one here for postage costs.

Shame the spoiler dont have the pins (im guessing it dont anyways lol)

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Looking good dude, If you want a used rubber theres one here for postage costs.

Shame the spoiler dont have the pins (im guessing it dont anyways lol)

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Used rubber :confused:

Take it you mean a tailgate window seal? lol

If so then yes mate I'll take it. PM details for paying postage etc as I'm about to go out, and yeah there is nothing to fix the FG spoiler on with apart form the two holes where the other person had screwed it on.

Scott

So i got a few more bit done today.

First off some masking out!

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6033/dscf0302small.jpg

Then some of this, want to try get a durable finish on the front foot wells.

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7071/dscf0303small.jpg

Passengers side first.

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3095/dscf0304small.jpg

Nice even coat, and on to the drivers side.

Drivers side masked and prepped.

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1613/dscf0306small.jpg

Nice thick even coating again.

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9550/dscf0309small.jpg

another pic of pass side almost fully dry here.

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8273/dscf0310small.jpg

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5051/dscf0313small.jpg

Give them a second coating tomo.

Then i started toying with the idea of my old custom fill cap off my GSi

Huummmmmm:confused:

This one?

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6152/dscf0312small.jpg

Or this one?

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1104/dscf0311small.jpg

Help anyone? One will go up for sale either way.

Thats it for today, more tomorrow.

Scott

smooth one body coloured imo

Nice progress. Here's where I fitted my footrest (same as yours)

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/Footrest.JPG

There's mine mate.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ject/003-3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ject/005-4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ject/002-5.jpg

Well another day passes and bit more work done to the car.

Yes i here you all cry more work done! lol

I know it's amazing it sat for months and months and now Ive been working on it most days for the last two weeks..

So today's update goes as so.

Second thick coating of stone Gard in the foot wells.

Passengers first.

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8380/dscf0317small.jpg

Then the drives side got an extra thick coating! Don't want it waring through..

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6489/dscf0316small.jpg

So as these sat drying i thought about getting the car up onto axle stand as i needed to start cleaning up/filling all the holes i had welled up..

I started jacking the car up, then realised my jack was not really upto the job, as i wanted to get it quite high (crap draper one's not stable at all) to put on the stands so off to helfords, bought a new one that lifts to 390mm :D

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7709/dscf0323small.jpg

Wheely good Nova!

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2712/dscf0333small.jpg

So out comes the cheep drill and wire attachments, and some sticky as **** gutter seal!

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/545/dscf0321small.jpg
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8785/dscf0322small.jpg

So underneath i cleaned the parts up with the wire drill bits, then smothered them with the gutter sealant.

This part's from where the cage was welded in,thought best to stop any rot now!

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4606/dscf0318small.jpg

Then onto the holes.

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7679/dscf0325small.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5206/dscf0320small.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7053/dscf0324small.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3416/dscf0327small.jpg

Front cage leg.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/835/dscf0328small.jpg

Then Red oxided

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2812/dscf0330small.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4333/dscf0331small.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1051/dscf0332small.jpg

Got to do this all again tomo on the other side, still not sure weather or not to put paint on top, or stone gard then underseal?

As i left her for the night! lol

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1465/dscf0334small.jpg

More tomo i hope.

Scott

Good stuff.
Id paint over the red oxide, then stone chip, then underseal.

Is the cage not bolted in?? (cant see any bolts/nuts?)

Fully welded mate, yeah i was thinking of hammerite paint, then SG, then US.

Ahh right.

Yeah, underneath the car just slap a load of underseal on,its not like it needs look pretty :)

Good work.

Boring jobs but very important.

good job:thumb:

So another day's doings...Got allot done.

First off put another coat on the foot wells.

Then put some under seal under passengers side.

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5356/dscf0345small.jpg

Did the entire underside that i had red oxided yesterday.

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2217/dscf0341small.jpg

Then i noticed some rot on the beam/chassis mount and fuel tank so wire brushed it of, oxided it and under sealed.

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6843/dscf0339small.jpg

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3269/dscf0355small.jpg

Moved under the car and noticed the cover plate to the shifter had been left bear, so...

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9707/dscf0346small.jpg

Got the same treatment as everthing els.

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5879/dscf0356smalli.jpg

Then like what seamed like a life time, i striped, wire brushed, oxided and under sealed the underside of the drivers floor pan.

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4571/dscf0350small.jpg

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9440/dscf0354small.jpg

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6483/dscf0360smalld.jpg

Between waiting for the primer to dry i found some more crusty bit to tart up, behind drivers wing!

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3032/dscf0352small2.jpg

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5355/dscf0353small.jpg

So that it for now, don't know when the next bit of work will get done as I'm back to work tomo.

Scott

Nice work mate i will drop mine round next week.
Ive got stone guard in white tho.

lol lots left to do still, want to slap another coat on top of that yet, was aiming for MOT before end of April to do the png track day, but I've got to MOT the passat in April, so best do that first, also don't want them both to be annually in the same week!

Looks fun, are you doing all that lying on your back under the car?

That red oxide stuff, is it just like etch primer that you brush on?

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Looks fun, are you doing all that lying on your back under the car?

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Yep, my neck,shoulders everything hurts, and I'm starting back to work tomorrow lol

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That red oxide stuff, is it just like etch primer that you brush on?

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Not sure, all i know is it's meant for metal use, and i bought a small tin for £3 :)
http://www.hammerite.com/uk/products...de_primer.html

Scott

Coming along nicly.

Rather you than me doing the underseal stuff. I bet you end up coverd in everything but the kitchen sink lol

At least your shell should last a good few years. Every little helps? lol

Well it's been raining on and off today, so not committed my self to working on the car, might do some more tomorrow if there is less rain.

I did how ever manage to get another coat of under seal on both side of the floor pan :)

Might yet give it another coat, but i also want to do both the front and rear arches yet, and the front inner wings.

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/2...f0362small.jpg

Slapped it on nice and thick!

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/5...f0363small.jpg

That's all for today.

Scott

Oh the joys of painting the underside of a nova lol


Keep up the good work mate :D

Oh...............yes..lol

Got to paint a bit more on there yet, maybe just bit here and there etc, then move onto finishing the inside of the car, PAINT/LOOKS/GIZMO'S etc...

Scott

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PAINT/LOOKS/GIZMO'S etc...

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I cant wait to get to this stage with my SR, not just the inside but in general :)