Yeah pretty much, Im probably going to stick with the Gsi theme that it had before as changing back to original sri would cost too much and be a pain in the ass to source bits. But not 100% sure on...
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Yeah pretty much, Im probably going to stick with the Gsi theme that it had before as changing back to original sri would cost too much and be a pain in the ass to source bits. But not 100% sure on...
Ive had a project thread on here before but under the redtop engine title, plans have now changed and the redtop has gone, and the old girl rusted beyond a quick repair so Ive decided to strip her...
Yeah thats what Im going to do (strip all underseal off and wire brush) as I suspect the reason its gone as quickly as it has is because of a mixture of the underseal
Trapping water and when Ive...
Thanks for the input guys i was pondering the options a lot last night and ive decided to give it a go, Im just going to have to take my time and stop trying to rush getting it on the road (i wanted...
:( well ive got the skirts and wing off today to get a idea of how bad the rust actually is and my worst nightmare has come true.
Now i cant decide what to do, either cut my losses although I have...
Yeah Im a bit gutted at the min myself, from what i can see at the min its mainly the inner wheel arches at the rear the filler neck is right next to wear its gone so will have to take all the tank...
Well looks like the plan is going to be changing again, I got my nova up to my works unit, and got it on the lift to have a quick look what I was going to do, hoping that it would be a simple engine...
It seems all my previous pics have gone walkies so just to jog memories ill ad a couple of pics of the...
Cant believe its been nearly two years since I last updated anything on here, although to be honest the car has been laid up in a lock up since the Mot ran out in 2016,
I am however starting a new...
Hi I'm just rebuilding an old C14SE engine to put back in my nova, but the camshaft has got a bit of surface rust on it so I was thinking especially as the car used to have a redtop in it that a mild...
Properly interesting and impressive looking build that is, I will deffinately be following this.
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[QUSouthouthie;2290873]Loving the green astra :cool:
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Hi Southie yeah it was not long after he finished it, it was on the cover of retro rides....
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well hello again, its been a while since my last update, this is mainly as the car became less of a project and more of a daily, or more to the point a van, lugging a toolbox around for 12 months. ...
ill have to check later but i know when im driving it the reception wont clear whatever i touch/dont touch.
I did think about some sort of amplifier as I know Audis and BMW etc have them with not having and external aerial,
i have it mounted on the strengthening bar under the slam panel at the front...
It's not a great problem as I listen to my iPod mainly anyway but I've never had a great signal from my radio aerial no matter where I mount it, I never really thought anything of it just though with...
Cheers for the input guys its deffinately doing a good job of putting me off the process, I was going to use S.p.l as they are only an hour away but I think I might reconsider, you may have just...
Haha I'd never thought of it like that but it is a very parsnip colour lol
What a fantastic thread and loverly car, I am a little concerned about the rust coming through even after the e-coat as that's exactly the route I was thinking of going down only my shell is already...
Have you got a stock pile of mk4 side repeaters or something ;) haha
i have been looking at the ones on my mk5 Astra vxr but can't make my mind up if they'd look right, they are clear but the...
Stunning car, I saw it at one of the shows (probably billing) because I remember seeing the headlight washers lol
I've just seen your Pete and its a very nice car, and does look good without any. But knowing my luck I'd take mine for mot on the day the tester has had a bad week and is in a grump and fails it for...
haha cheers for that im 31 so feel young again now... and it would appear i havent grown up either as i love a nova more now than i did back then
hense getting a saxo after a year (shakes head in...
ive always liked white novas and kept saying id have another, but so far ive had a red one and a black one that used to be red so im doing well :)