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Muzzy

Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 4:47 am

Joined: Sep 18, 2010
Posts: 8
Trade Rating: 0
Location: Aberdeen

Here's my Nova SR project, I have copied it from another site because there's too many photos to start over!

Here's my SR, 1992 with original 1400 single carb engine. Needs a bit of bodywork done which I will start on soon.

Sellers photos of the car:-

T-cut, trim restorer, cheap mudflaps, Laguna front splitter and some black wheels

Lowered the rear a bit

Decided I didn't like the black wheels so I fitted the one's it came with, I personally think it looks a lot better plus they are quite a bit lighter than the black alloys.

Fitted my polybushes on the front :-

Then fitted my cage, which was a major tight squeeze! :-

Fitted my MK1 SR/GTE door cappings :-

Went out for a drive and went to Torry Battery which overlooks the harbour entrance, saw some Dolphins.

Today I spent 4 hours cleaning and polishing the car. Started by going over it with a clay bar, then T-cut as it had started to fade very slightly as all red Vauxhall's do! Then I waxed it, went over all the black plastic trims with a restorer and then cleaned and waxed all the bare metal inside. To finish off I dressed the tyres and mudflaps.

Then it went for a trip to the woods, it couldn't come for a wander with us though as it wouldn't fit down the paths Laughing

I received my Honda Jazz rear wiper arm today, so I fitted that!

A tribute to a legend

Nova is now off the road for a few bits and pieces also to save my wallet, we worked out I've spent £680 on fuel in the 3 months I've owned the car Neutral

Have been racking up the miles so there's a few bits that need attention, this meant putting the 206 back together which was an absolute challenge!

In the lock up -

Replacement -

Got the car moved from my lockup to my shed so I could start work.

Front end stripped down again :-

Cut some rot out of the drivers inner wing around the turret, smoothed over with filler :-

Splash guard cleaned up :-

Corner repaired :-

Rot repaired and oxide primered :-

Inner wing stoneguarded :-

Painted red :-

Engine removed :-

Ben starting to clean up the surface rust in the bay :-

Passenger side inner arch ready to be cleaned up :-

Seams cleaned up :-

Spot of welding :-

Drivers side seam welded up :-

Sanding down some rust on the door :-

Car is quite dusty now! :-

Passenger inner arch :-

Passenger turret fillered and smoothed off around patch :-

Engine bay welding finished, just need to finish cleaning the oil off :-

Passenger splash guard, last patch and it's finished :-

Welding on drivers side splash guard complete and coated in primer :-

Servo cleaned up ready for paint :-

Steering rack removed ready to be wire brushed and painted :-

Steering rack painted :-

Rocker cover masked ready for primer and paint :-

Rocker cover primered :-

A couple of pictures I took of Ben's 1600 8v carb Nova with snowplough, this thing is an ace car :-

Front panel partly removed :-

Smoothing firewall :-

Bonnet stay painted :-

Inside engine, manky as hell but still in good condition for 117k :-

Wiper motor cover painted :-

Wiper motor backing plate painted :-

Ignition coil painted :-

Engine bay blanking plate painted :-

Thermostat housing and master cylinder painted :-

Getting dustier! :-

Before it came off the road :-

"If in doubt, flat out" :-

Front panel removed completely :-

Firewall smoothed :-

All the crap just from removing the front panel! :-

Strut tops painted :-

Rocker cover painted :-

Camshaft carrier painted :-

Coil assembled :-

Crankshaft sprocket painted :-

Crankshaft pulley painted :-

Got my 5 stud rear disc set up from Ben's Nova :-

Stripped the head down, was absolutely covered in oil and dirt! :-

Before strip down :-

After :-

Valves, springs and caps :-

Started painting my rear callipers :-

Started removing the rear axle, never removed before = tight as f*** bolt! :-

Rear hub removed and fitted to Ben's Nova :-

Axle removed :-

Axle painted :-

Fuel filler pipe painted :-

Gear linkage stripped :-

Gear linkage painted :-

Front anti roll bar primered :-

Camshaft pulley painted :-

Front anti roll bar painted :-

Rear anti roll bar painted :-

This is why there's hardly any decent Nova's left, bodged sill/arch corner :-

Another update! Today involved quite a bit of heavy lifting Laughing

Draining gear oil :-

Block :-

Draining engine oil :-

Removing sump :-

Block up onto the bench :-

Oil pick up removed :-

Oil pump removed :-

Bearing caps removed :-

Worn bearing :-

Pistons out :-

f****d big end bearing :-

Crankshaft out :-

Bare block :-

Oil pump ready to be stripped for inspection :-

Did a little bit on the Nova tonight, was busy the rest of the day doing things to other peoples cars!

Started cleaning back passenger side rear inner arch :-

Hole inside passenger rear inner arch, goes right the way round :-

Welding done prior to me owning, looks all good and well.....shame they never cut the rust out :-

Hole in the other side of the boot floor :-

Drivers side rear arch totally bodged with a tonne of filler, why people can't just fix things properly rather than f*****g bodging them I do not know! :-

Started sanding spoiler down :-

Lots of cutting and grinding done today, pretty boring but it has to be done!

Spoiler removed :-

Sound proofing removed from spare wheel well, pain in the ass job to do! :-

Rear inner arch cleaned up with a wire brush :-

Cut away arch on passenger side to access inner wheel arch so it can be welded :-

Some rust cut out of inner arch, also has rotted the chassis leg so need a small section on that too, it's amazing how much rust can spread when there's nothing to protect the metal :-

Some more of the arch cut away to get in about the inner arch for welding :-

Rust on the inner wheel arch :-

Started cleaning up the underside of the car :-

Started seam welding the engine bay, decided just to do it now incase I ever want to fit a 2.0 at any point :-

Did a bit more smoothing of the firewall :-

Started removing some interior bits :-


	Vauxhall Nova SR - Peugeot 206 S

Sheedy1592

Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:23 am

Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 557
Trade Rating: +18
Location: Newport

this is excellent work, keep us updated! top class!


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Muzzy

Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 3:14 pm

Joined: Sep 18, 2010
Posts: 8
Trade Rating: 0
Location: Aberdeen

Thanks very much! Nova is being moved out of the shed so that the 206 can go in it. Went out to steal some pallets for the Nova to sit on while it's outside with it's car cover It's a bit of a backwards step fitting stuff back on but needs must. Axle, spring and shock fitted back on :-


	Vauxhall Nova SR - Peugeot 206 S

Muzzy

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:00 pm

Joined: Sep 18, 2010
Posts: 8
Trade Rating: 0
Location: Aberdeen

Replacement driver's door fitted complete with underseal :- Cleaned up :- Replacement passenger door half fitted, top pin is being a total b*****d and won't go in properly :- Interior a.k.a skip/storage shed! :- Dusty!!!!!! :- Painted strut back on so that I can move the car about :-


	Vauxhall Nova SR - Peugeot 206 S

hobnob48

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:24 am

Joined: Sep 03, 2010
Posts: 143
Trade Rating: +3

Good progress mate. Just about to start something similar with my mate. He has a red top nova that he ripped in half. He has a 3 door saloon to chuck it in so getting that ready like you have done. If you need any parts for you Nova pm me as he has a garage full of them. Including full tinted windows that he wants to sell should you be interested

Jordan_xsi

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 6:22 am

Joined: Mar 25, 2010
Posts: 2670
Trade Rating: +11
Location: Ipswich

Looks good mate nice work


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