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1990 UK Vauxhall Nova SR20DET Space Framed Trackcar
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Originally posted by The Simps View PostThanks for checking in!
No completion date, gets done when its done.
Frame will be powder coated yeah.
Thank you
Originally posted by The Simps View Post
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Originally posted by ChanceTheNapper View PostThis is the greatest build thread I've ever seen. Keep on keeping on man, this thing should be awesome. Any idea on power goals?
Originally posted by PurpleDrumstick View PostWhat colour are you thinking? its nice not giving yourself a completion date, means it gets done properly
this, this does not look like a nova right now lol
Its "a little" un-nova like right now lol
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I just went through this thread. I am now sitting here and scratching my head trying to comprehend the level of dedication to pull off something like this. The amount of patience and calm you must have is uncomprehandable to me. I tried to roll my own fenders once and butchered them because heating up the paint was taking too long in my opinion, Lol. Btw. the red hatchback on the first page was killer.
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Thanks Helmut
I went into this project (many years ago) knowing it may never come to fruition. I had an initial cost outlay buying the tubing, the donor vehicle and the Vauxhall Nova, thats it. I then set about doing as much work as possible without having to spend much money other than on grinding discs, gas & welding wire. I wanted to throw myself in at the deep end and learn new skills. If I ever had to abandon the project or I well and truly fudged it, I could always sell the donor car/parts and swallow the small (comparative) loss on the rest.
I'm soon approaching the point where I need to put my hand in my pocket to buy the coilovers, uprights, control arms etc, coming to several thousand. Trying my best to get as much done 1st though!
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Tonights progress!
Both rear turrets are now welded and finished, if only welding in straight lines was easy!...
Started masking out the remaining pieces of tube work so I can get it ordered while at the same time finally making a decision on how I will do the floor, tunnel, exhaust route and gearbox mount...
Thanks for looking,
p.s. The prop is floppy and in two pieces incase you were wondering why it looked wonky!Last edited by The Simps; 06-17-2019, 06:09 AM.
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While I wait for an opportunity to go get my tubing and some sheet metal Ive just been working with the cardboard and making up the panel template, such a tedious job but I'm getting there, slowly!
Black felt tip lines are where I will add bead lines to the sheet metal.Last edited by The Simps; 06-17-2019, 06:10 AM.
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This is awesome , great work mate. it reminds me of engineered to slides hilux but smaller looks the tits with the body off cant wait to see more progress.
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Originally posted by The Simps View Post
Certainly going to need to run some pretty wide flares front and back! The turret tops sit proud but I'm not concerned by that at this point until I know the height the rails/engine will sit.
On to the next task - levelling out the rails. With the rails laid on top of my horizontal tubes I squared them up and tacked it into a square. A lot of measuring & tweaking later they were perfectly centralised down the car. Next step was to determine their height and movement front to back. To aid the process and to help keep things true, I tacked in 4 uprights where the box meets the tubes so that a i lifted the rails they would keep more or less centred...
I love that pics, make it look like I remotely know what I'm doing!
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Does your mate have his bollock out or am i seeing things?!
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^^lol dafuq is that?Lucas
Former daily: 2002 CLK 500 AMG - (sold) . . . . . . . . .
Project: 1986 W124 260E rebuild - (3.0 swap) . . . . . . . . . Follow me on IG : @loekaazDaily: 2004 Pontiac GTO. . . . . . . . . Daily Econobox: 2009 Mini Clubman CooperOriginally posted by LCGHigh 21! It's like a high 5 but includes both hands, both feet and a boner.
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Originally posted by STU? View PostThis is awesome , great work mate. it reminds me of engineered to slides hilux but smaller looks the tits with the body off cant wait to see more progress.
As for the bullock in the photo - yes it is, my bro's. Cheeky git. Didn't notice it until the photo was uploaded and posted. Oh well.
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