Novavan rescue project - without spending a penny?!
Well its been a while in the making, well actually since Nov 2009, but its getting closer to completion so thought id share where id got upto thus far.
The aim is to rebuild it into a useable car again as it was a part firedamaged car (Full loom damage and interior beyond any rescue) when i started, but decided to attempt to complete this without spending a penny of my own money, hence the current duration of this build.
Simply i just buy broken stuff from fleabay and fix it to sell it on again, or find the misslabled items that no one buys to then just relist them to make money on...
to give you an idea of what i mean, one case i remember well about 8 months ago, was an old-ish lady at a car boot who had some stuff she found at a clearence sale near her and she was selling it on with no clue of what it all was, however for those who know, she had amongst other things 5 x A7 Vibe slick amps and 7 x JL Audio subs still sealed, brand new in their boxes, i had a nose, agreed a price for £200 for the lot (she only wanted £100 but i felt bad) and sold most of it back off again on fleabay for over 1k...
to date (May-11) i have only spent £54 of my own money on it, and spend pretty much every weekend working on it, English weather permitting!
(if you wonder about all the electrical shizzle, I work at Bentley as a spark and also was a trimmer) but i seem to have along my way tried to put far to much electrical gumf into it!
heres some photos in order of date-ish
As was
cant find this van sticker for love nor money now!
the first night, trying to slow the rot so i have time to fix it before it got worse!
Let the welding commence!
after replacing the loom - i had to also add the extra wiring for the diesel gubbings
our old cat, used to help alot,... well if getting in the way is helping that is!
this was around the time of all that snow last year, so it ended up a case of climbing in for the day with the door shut, needless to say it got a bit untidy!
a lesson lernt, dont bother with the aftermarket eleccy window units, there cr*p
yet more wires
...and another lesson, the leather colour sprays dont work, it may look good, but it came off as soon as the substrate flexed
yes there is orange suede in there,
ye old AX single wiper motor mod in a rough way
veccy seats in, bit tight, and it doesnt help that the nova steering coloum is on the piss!
yet more suede trim, tbh im not sure what possesed me
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do the steering wheel stereo controls work?
Originally Posted by Lewis.
