Sean
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All the welding materials are free going to cost me about £30 to get it through mot plus no mot charge just about 10 hours of welding be silly to buy another car
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1999corsa b
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should of had a £40 all was ok mot
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Sean
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I like to know its safe haha and is £40 an exspensive mot up your way? We charge £45 trade lol £54.85 to normal customers
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1999corsa b
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ye be safe that just makes it more fun knowing it will bend better in a crash
£40 is an all ok one.
A trade one is £25 and customers £30 or £35
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Sean
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Had the nova dropped back to me today, cage looks amazing!! going to get cracking and want the engine bay all stitch welded, strengthened and the underside stone chipped before January then it's going to my garages to completely strip it down of the steering rack/column, rear axle, doors, wings and pretty much anything else that unbolts get all the bits ready for powedercoating will update as and when I make progress as usual.
[Edited on 12-12-2012 by Sean]
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ArdenblueDan
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Sounds good buddy
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kev
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looking good sean nice work on the welding!!
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Sean
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Cheers kev, I do enjoy welding my plans for tomorrow are entirely up to the weather.. It's shit at the moment if its raining ill be stonechipping the underside, if its dry ill shotblast the engine bay and tackle the welding then make a start on underside.. Can imagine it to be shot weather though
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Sean
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as the weather was shit today i decided to start on protecting the underside, got the main bits done up on the ramp ill leave it as it is for now and do the rest when its in my garage on axle stands so i can take the rear axle and suspension off 
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Sean
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[Edited on 15-12-2012 by Sean]
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Kieran
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Do you ever work at work?
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Sean
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were not open saturday or sunday im here on my own on the weekends my boss would chop my balls off if i was doing this in work hours
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Christopher
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I hope your not getting underseal on my lovely steels haha! Looks good buddy! Really need mine done to be honest :/
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Kieran
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Ahh fair enough then lol. How's the engine coming on?
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Sean
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I'm not mate, may have got some stonechip on them though ummm not very fast Kieran not done much engine work at all if I'm honest
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ArdenblueDan
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Looking good bud bet you can't wait till its in your garage can you lol
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Sean
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I am really looking forward to it being in the garage the main reason is I can get everything powdercoated nothing better than a freshly powdercoated part I am cheating a little bit, painting the underside with rattle cans
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craig55
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Looking good are you not replacing the brake lines
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D0NN3R
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looking good mate
did you strip the old standard under seal off first and what did you use to do it
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Sean
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Not all of it, all lose parts were wire wheeled off and around all the seems, then re seem sealed and stonechipped 
[Edited on 15-12-2012 by Sean]
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moffat
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just read the whole thread sean top work mate, cant wait to see it finished
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Jed D
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RATTLE CANS WHAT!! OMG  
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Sean
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Cheers Craig, hurry up with the turbo! I know jed was meant to stay behind work yesterday and today but we are chocka and I couldn't get the nova in I will be tackling the engine bay this weekend! Need to get it over and done with
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Darryl H
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Good work Sean!
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Martin W
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looking good sean, great progress
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