my project 56k warning!!

ok after having had the car for nearly a month now thought it might be a good idea to finaly do a project thread

she has been named karla(thanks riggy lol) she's a 1.2 at the present, i got her very very cheap as she was a non runner have do a few bits and bob's to her so far and have quite alot more in store for the old girl :D
ok here she is as i got her
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSC00034-1.jpg
small ammount of bubble rust on bottom of doors which has been rubbed down and glassed over
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSC00037-1.jpg
flushed boot isn't as good as looks in the pics, the final layer of filler looked liked it was finnished with 60grit paper lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSC00035-1.jpg
fronts good all behind the slam pannel's mint near on, no rust on light bowls or strut tops(not been welded either)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSC00033-1.jpg
arches are spotless nearly slight surface rust on off side
the alloys came with it too

the reason she was a non runner was the starter motor shagged and also it was running on 3 cylinderslol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSC00032-1.jpg
found out why that was tho.... one of the lobes for an exhaust valve on the cam had broken off :eek: causing it to blow back through the inlet manifold
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSC00031-1.jpg
thats the one there!!!lol

after she was running right i had to change the n/s/f wheel bearing and it was fooked beyond belife,but after that was sorted i could start on the good bits!!

the alloys on there were ok,but not my cup of tea so i manged to get a bloke i know to do a straight swap for his cav slabs:D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/DSC00051.jpg
looking better
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/DSC00050.jpg
sooo much better now :p

then i had a little bit of luck on ebay
first on the agender after the alloys was to sort out the horrendous brakes that vauxhall put on the nova..so i came up with these little beauties for 40 notes:D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/DSC00052.jpg
soo much better at stopping now that i can get rid of the anchor that was needed with the oe set up lol
whilst i was collecting the brakes i got the bloke so part with some clear rear clusters for the sum of 15 notes,which i have changed the apperence of by tinting the top half red
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/DSC00054.jpg
also if you look at that pic you will see(just) the back box i got off ebay for the costly price of 5 notes:thumb: nice magnex s/s item with a 3" single rolled tip

after this it was time for the mot:eek:
yup you guessed it!!!............she failed:roll:
both inner wheel arches were rot(only bits on the whole car tho)
one light beam too low and the horn not working and tyre issuses( rears rubbing on shocks).Got them sorted tho and heres a pic of one of the inner arches and and where its been welded too
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/DSC00053.jpg
nasty rot:(
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/DSC00055.jpg
all gone:D

Right she's due for a retest tomorrow;)

Thats about all i have done so far as time is difficult what with family and job lol.

future plans include complete respray(should be done saturday) in nissan skyline white qm1, grey or black bumpers/mirror cases and handles,the additon of my espace splitter (off of my current espace) ermm.... also some gsi skirts,digi dash,sr/gsi interior and possibly a one off carbon dash:eek:, f/g bonnet boot and maybe front wings too( if he'll do them)..a -40 or -60mm drop and an enginge transplant of some kind(not decided yet lol)

and thats pretty much about it will update as an when things get done.. hope you like
cheers shaun:D

its getting there mate, future plans sound good aswell, what do you want to do with it though, everyday car or track shhhllaaagggg lol

cheers fella.its getting there.
its gonna be a everyday family carlol
so the rear seats and carpet and all sound deadening have to stay :(

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Originally Posted by cooper_nova

cheers fella.its getting there.
its gonna be a everyday family carlol
so the rear seats and carpet and all sound deadening have to stay :(

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lol, a family car, should be a quick family car then, well once its finished

looks good matey, i like seeing old 'scrappers' being bought back to life

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Originally Posted by draper

looks good matey, i like seeing old 'scrappers' being bought back to life

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she's not a scrapper body works pretty straight for a nova lol

wish mine was lol

Ever heard of waxoyl? lol You really need to get some on there asap otherwise it'll just start to rot again! Otherwise it looks quite tidy

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Originally Posted by Mikey_J

Ever heard of waxoyl? lol You really need to get some on there asap otherwise it'll just start to rot again! Otherwise it looks quite tidy

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yes i have fella, but we used white primer so the tester could see it had been welded properly :thumb:

it will be undersealed as soon as she's mot'd

finally she's been resprayed and after much decision about the colour i went for gm glaicer white well here she is after the respray, still needs to be flatted and moped tho so she's not as shiney as she will be enjoy

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/DSC00004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/DSC00003.jpg
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i also now have sr front seats all she needs now is another lump as mines fooked and its too slow,lowering,skits, bumper and alloys painted and a few little touches here and there:thumb:

looking good

car looks great shaun, glad you went for the white in the end, but get rid of the focus side repeaters, it would look so much better with astra mk4 repeaters on it :thumb:

looks good, how much was the respray? needs a 60mm kit on it and will look sh1t hot!

and some bumper black!

cheers mike, i want to change the repeaters as they arn't vaux ones lol, big gra the respray cost me 200 notes thats all prep and base and lacquer :thumb:
and she will be lowered too

200, who did that? thats cheap!

a mate i work for who builds body kits for skylines and s14's

wow get him to do mine!!!

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Originally Posted by bigbened

wow get him to do mine!!!

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lol he did mine as a favour:thumb: