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I bought 2 A frame rotisserie style kits from www.mk2mania.co.uk for £120. They came flat packed and were really easy to weld together
I started by raising the nose back up
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...stripped13.jpg
I then bolted the special bumper bar to the chassis via the existing bumper iron bolt holed. With the front of the car modified the company made custom arms for the project at no extra cost!
I then lifted the shell up (not v heavy at all!) and slotted it into the A frame...which was then bolted
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...stripped14.jpg
At this point I realised Id done it back to front - your supposed to bolt the rear A frame on 1st due to weight distribution however using my handy engine crane I managed to lift the rear of the car high enough to get the rear bar in place and slot the A frame in to position.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...stripped18.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...stripped15.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...stripped16.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...stripped17.jpg
The car can be rolled a full 180' either side and is so light it can be rotated with one hand!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...stripped19.jpg
The plan now is to repair the sills and rear 1/4 panels - I'll then lower the car and repair the rear panel...
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Bare shell FTW! I was wondering if you were going to go this way mate.
Nice frame too. Wish I had the room! Proper job.
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I've love to strip mine right down like that and get it up on an A-frame!
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The pics say it all really. Wish I could do that. Probably have the room but the garage is full of s*it (90% of it not even mine. Grrr! :mad: )
Really can't wait for this to be finished. With such a huge engine bay now, coz of the extended front you could have a big block with a HUGE turbo lol
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Wednesday and Thursday 10th and 11th March 2010
The last 2 days I are mostly be chopping off the passenger side sill and replacing it - and what a horror story I found!
I knew the car had had some bodge work done to it in the past and suspected the rear arches had been fibreglassed at some point (noticed this when I resprayed it several yrs ago in Ades Garage v1).
Anyway what I found was scarey!
1st I removed the remaining underside parts - fuel and brake lines, clips etc.
http://www.modelnovas.com/images/passill1.JPG
overall the underside is in pretty good condition considering the state of the arches
http://www.modelnovas.com/images/passill2.JPG
rear suspension mounts look solid enough
http://www.modelnovas.com/images/passill4.JPG
http://www.modelnovas.com/images/passill5.JPG
Both sills however are shot with both mounting points on the passenger one collapsed
http://www.modelnovas.com/images/passill11.JPG
and the drives one had a big patch welded in it in the past
http://www.modelnovas.com/images/passill14.JPG
I started to pick away as the passenger sill and found a HUGE hole in the sill that had been poacked with fibreglass and WOOD!
http://www.modelnovas.com/images/passill15.JPG
http://www.modelnovas.com/images/passill17.JPG
The rear 1/4 was also totally rotten
http://www.modelnovas.com/images/passill18.JPG
I discovered the rear 1/4 was actually secured with fibreglass and rivets!
http://www.modelnovas.com/images/passill22.JPG
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Good work Ade, looks like youve got plenty of do!
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Jeees man - quite a few surprises! :eek:
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it reminds me of the 350z thread.....
its shocking what people will do to get a car sold on.
about 12 years ago a friend asked me to look at a purple sr his son had bought which had a caliper fault. i noticed that it was 2 cars made into 1...... from 10 yards away you could see the lines in the sills where they had welded it up
