1999 Nissan Almera. Automotive porridge.

[NorthernMonkey]

5 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

Made a friend at the station... 

Cat looks in good order so the emissions will be fine

[DoctorRetro]

Been tidying up some of the rust... 

 

Done the arches / back of sill too, but definitely a 20 yard job. Wrong silver for starters. 

[DoctorRetro]

Just some pics. 

[95 quid Peugeot]

Worst spray job. However in timescale 10/10. Top bodging. 

Thought you said you were spraying it silver?

Gutted ref the galaxy you could of driven it to mine and I could of driven it back to newark   keith777 could of picked it up from there.  56 min on train. Doh

Btw nice to meet you

[DoctorRetro]

15 minutes ago, 95 quid Peugeot said:

Worst spray job. However in timescale 10/10. Top bodging. 

Thought you said you were spraying it silver?

Gutted ref the galaxy you could of driven it to mine and I could of driven it back to newark   keith777 could of picked it up from there.  56 min on train. Doh

Btw nice to meet you

And you.

As for the spray job, my main goal was to stop the rot from spreading too much, so it was a case of sand back, kurust, spray. 

 

[Bren]

Back of inner and outer sills - I presume they are still there?

[DoctorRetro]

10 minutes ago, Bren said:

Back of inner and outer sills - I presume they are still there?

They are, but rusty. 

[gm]

7 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

 exhaust needs a bodge 

if I can correct you there, exhaust needs ANOTHER bodge ! 

nice to see mother gm’s Almera still going strong and getting a bit of tlc, she will be happy

 

[DoctorRetro]

Just now, gm said:

if I can correct you there, exhaust needs ANOTHER bodge ! 

nice to see mother gm’s Almera still going strong and getting a bit of tlc, she will be happy

 

I was originally planning on doing something like we did with the Rover to it, but so far I've just been cleaning and sorting bits. It's weird, as I normally wouldn't care, but it's like a stray dog that just needs some love and a good home. 

I've fixed the boot catch, it was just the cable had stretched. Once I finally got into it, was a simple fix. 

[gm]

there may be a spare ignition coil in the glove box, I ordered one online but mother gm was impatient and took it to scaryoldcortina to fix before mine arrived

 

[95 quid Peugeot]

On way down on friday

[DoctorRetro]

Another journey, more to report. 

Wiper self park has fixed itself. Faulty relay? 

Feels a tiny bit strangled when pushed, symptom of older owners all its life or exhaust issues?

 Exhaust blow isn't too bad actually, more of a sporty rumble ?

 

Next things to do are just cleaning...

 

[Kiltox]

These are ace. Had one as my first car in 2008 and have had a couple of others for brief periods since.