My slightly knackered old cars
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Re: My slightly knackered old cars
Nova has found a new home already!
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It must have been sold too cheap at £1850...
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It must have been sold too cheap at £1850...
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Re: My slightly knackered old cars
Modded Novas and their like will be next Mk2 Escort.
The ragged out barry car of yesteryear worth mega-money.
The ragged out barry car of yesteryear worth mega-money.
1976 Triumph Dolomite 1850HL - Field based greenhouse.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 - Lean green oil dripping machine.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L - Japanglish daily runner.
1989 Volvo 740GLE Estate - Mobile storage unit.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 - Lean green oil dripping machine.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L - Japanglish daily runner.
1989 Volvo 740GLE Estate - Mobile storage unit.
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Anyway, a small amount of progress has been made on the Chevette (for those not following the videos).
I got all of the welding and painting done on the front end and got the wings and front panel fitted.
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I have new headlights and bumpers still to fit but there's not much point in doing so until it's painted. I haven't decided whether to keep it blue or respray it another colour like black. A darker colour might hide the shonky welding...
It still has a bit of welding to finish then needs a new engine, gearbox and steering rack and it will be a lot closer to an mot.
I got all of the welding and painting done on the front end and got the wings and front panel fitted.
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I have new headlights and bumpers still to fit but there's not much point in doing so until it's painted. I haven't decided whether to keep it blue or respray it another colour like black. A darker colour might hide the shonky welding...
It still has a bit of welding to finish then needs a new engine, gearbox and steering rack and it will be a lot closer to an mot.
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The F28 6 speed was the one to go for. Tootling along in 6th, see an overtaking opportunity, straight into 3rd and plant it, used to take off like a scalded cat. Those V6's make a glorious noise at full chat with a decent exhaust and all the cats removed.RetroShite wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2020 10:36 amThat sounds like the perfect reason to sell it before it breaks!Scruffy Bodger wrote:Ah, I'd mind anyone giving it death then. The F20 can't handle the torque of the V6 on a permanent basis. I was driving a Mk2 Astra conversion and 3rd dropped into the bottom of the box. It'd already chewed its way through an F16 and another F20 before thatRetroShite wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 11:56 am I think the previous owner mentioned an f20 gearbox.
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Chevette Progress.
Passenger door repaired, hole in sill repaired, inner and outer arch repaired.
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Luckily the inner arch wasn't too rusty and only needed a small repair on the lip. Various off cuts from other panels were used to make the shape of the outer lip including a volvo 340 wheel arch and some sections of the old inner arch which was completely replaced on the other side.
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Outer wheel arch fitted and weld ground flush, a small amount of filer required.
Passenger door repaired, hole in sill repaired, inner and outer arch repaired.
Pics
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Luckily the inner arch wasn't too rusty and only needed a small repair on the lip. Various off cuts from other panels were used to make the shape of the outer lip including a volvo 340 wheel arch and some sections of the old inner arch which was completely replaced on the other side.
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Outer wheel arch fitted and weld ground flush, a small amount of filer required.
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I recently bought a little ride on lawnmower for £50, it did run when I got it but the starter motor soon died and the tyres went flat. I bought a new starter motor, fitted it then bought a pair of tyres and spent around half an h trying to remove hour ham-fistedly trying to remove the old tyres and fit the new ones. They are too small to fit onto my tyre machine so had to use a crow bar and a tyre lever and whatever I had lying around...
After that, I changed the track control arm on the 305, it was a relatively painless job, everything went back together OK.
I recently bought a little ride on lawnmower for £50, it did run when I got it but the starter motor soon died and the tyres went flat. I bought a new starter motor, fitted it then bought a pair of tyres and spent around half an h trying to remove hour ham-fistedly trying to remove the old tyres and fit the new ones. They are too small to fit onto my tyre machine so had to use a crow bar and a tyre lever and whatever I had lying around...
After that, I changed the track control arm on the 305, it was a relatively painless job, everything went back together OK.
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Re: My slightly knackered old cars
Blades were set a bit high there, though....
There's a great long bar in Rock & Roll heaven.......
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Spotted this for sale this morning so went along and bought it. It drove fine apart from a very annoying oil pressure warning buzzer sounding randomly for different lengths of time.
I didn't have any oil on me so just gave it a quick check on the way home and seen there was definitely oil in there, it wasn't until I was back and on level ground I checked and it was way above the maximum level on the dipstick.
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First thing I did when I got home was changed the oil, then fitted a matching set of wheels then fitted a stereo. The oil warning buzzer hasn't been on since.
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I didn't have any oil on me so just gave it a quick check on the way home and seen there was definitely oil in there, it wasn't until I was back and on level ground I checked and it was way above the maximum level on the dipstick.
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First thing I did when I got home was changed the oil, then fitted a matching set of wheels then fitted a stereo. The oil warning buzzer hasn't been on since.
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Registration number prompts the gratuitous excuse to post a picture....
There's a great long bar in Rock & Roll heaven.......