It's like a giant airfix kit crossed with a nova.....(56k unfriendly peeps)

[Trevor]

Bloody hell, for the amount of little bottles you could have bought a regulator and hired a big bottle from BOC! Everything is looking good so far though!

[Barnes]

true he could, but the going to halfords trip also often involves a mcdonalds trip so its much more entertaining this way

[Jimbo]

lmao True! Nah I was borrowing a big ass draper welder for the most of it and as that's gone back to it's owner (thank Jock! ) I went out and bought a halfords cheap ass thing. The thing is it's magic! It's very very good for what it's designed for and is a dream to set up and use When your welding clean metal for all them odd jobs it is truely ****hot best thing I've bought for the money in a long time. Plus I'm only on my 2nd bottle of chuck away gas can you tell??lmao

[ashtal]

You should of invested in some argoshield light, its so much nicer than welding with co2. You also get less spatter which is nice so you dont get welding burns all ova you !

[RJM25R]

What Colour You Plannin' This Time, Monkeyboy?

[Jimbo]

Errm........... 65L mean anything to you??

[Benn]

Errm........... 65L mean anything to you??

does to me,
wanna say green.....but not sure...

[Barnes]

does to me,
wanna say green.....but not sure...

shockingly yes, rio verde green i believe (not like jim has told me many times what colour its going.....)

[Ghost_Walker]

nice choice of colour, but it's not black is it?

[alistairolsen]

there is only one colour for cars, and ford got that right years ago

[Benn]

there is only one colour for cars, and ford got that right years ago

escort brown?

[alistairolsen]

henry ford " Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black."

[Gordon Livsey]

that is truely awsome a propper bareshell rebuild that is

[Jimbo]

Been doing a bit of filler...........




Then a fair amount of stopper...........






Then started to clean up under here for a wee bit of welding etc.......




Then knocked the stopper off. I noticed whilst doing it that the was a 'ickle warpage further up from the heat of welding so had to add a little...







Then I tackled the rust with some strange voodoo magic...

Before..



Woohoo magic gunk..



Woo ooo wash it of with magic neutriliser stuff and scotchbrite......



Whip a bit of etch on double quick good as new...




Finally some primer over the repairs to see wht they look like..




I aint quite happy with this one though lines are a bit "wrong"..



That's it kids feel free to try this at home........

[Gordon Livsey]

feckin hell, is it only the roofskin thats original or is that also getting replaced, you have fairly went to town on that nova, one of the best work in progress threads ive read yet

[CraigGreen]

I was gonna say looks good, but it doesnt!

In the nicest way you understand. I'm not gonna fall into the trap of spraying my man muck over some filler & primer. LOL

Looking good though! Damn!

[Rich M]

Looks to be a top job fella !!
Turns out its just down the road from me as well & the car used to belong to a mate of mine, its a small world !!

Rich

[Dave Broomfield]

thats looking really good mate

[Jimbo]

Do-be-do-be-doo....... Did a bit of this...




La-de-lar-de-dodo-DAR...... welded this...




You can see where the water has got in round the top of the shocker.. Treated it like this....



Ends up looking like.........




Slap a bit'o'dis on...




Rolled and welded lip...



Second coat......




You know an old timer once said to me "Boy have you ever seen a rusty fecking run??" With that in mind.........



The other side







Weldy weldy.......





Clean up.......



You can see the same on this side where the shocker was.....Shocking eh? Bit of chemical action..




Treated..



Have some...




'till next time bad boys........

[The Simps]

What's the pinky stuff? Some sort of sealant?

[Jimbo]

It's some stuff I got off the galvanizer near me. You brush/dip on leave for a bit then wash off with a neutralizing fluid and a bit of scotchbrite (like a scouring pad) prime within 3 hours. Dunno what's it's called as I'm not meant to have it ahem....... It just eats the oxidization back to metal. It's a alkaline or summat I was just nodding a lot thinking "just give me some fool" when I got the lecture It looks like skimmed milk wouldn't recomend drinking it in your tea though and it fizzes as well when you put it on

[spanishfly]

I It's a alkaline or summat I was just nodding a lot thinking "just give me some fool" when I got the lecture

lmao
How many times have I done that, I don't wanna know what it is, just give it to me! Science lessons at school were like that lmao

[Benn]

looks funking ace dude!

good job on the bandc pillars,

[Trevor]

It's a alkaline or summat I was just nodding a lot thinking "just give me some fool" when I got the lecture

lmao
How many times have I done that, I don't wanna know what it is, just give it to me! Science lessons at school were like that lmao

Yep, tell me about it. I was like that when I was in the Army and they gave me guns and explosives...

[Jimbo]

Do-be-do...



I want to be like you-hoo-woo..



Do-be-do-woo...



I wanta walk like you.....



....talk like you.....




woo ooo hooo ooo...



You see it's true-ooo...




Some one like me-ee-ee...



doob-be-do-eee...


B0ll0x I've ran out of pics! @r5e! Any how all of the above took me 6 fecking hours! I'm high-de-funking-aye on fumes. Ace. By the way do you like my rear chassis leg repairs? Don't care if you do as I think they're a bit niffty so 'till next time crazy kids..........