Mk3 Astra

[seanmooney]

Been watching this for an age

Perfect car and perfect colour and fair play

Altho it's crying for 5 stud and cav turbo wheels

Cheers ,I did go looking a 5 stud conversion at the time but they are hard to get and can be expensive .

I think at the time I wanted to keep it standard as I could but I already have notions of different wheels .

 

[KeithRobinson]

Looking great!

 

[seanmooney]

Started buffing the car over the last few evenings.

There were a lot of wet sanding marks in the paint which was causing a haze in the paint .

So a few different pad combinations later and have it in better order.

Few before and afters

Still have to run round with the finish coat yet but the hard work is done.

 

[seanmooney]

Haven’t done a whole pile to the car recently as I’m still waiting on my seats . Went up to the factory last week and made a bit a scene but don’t think I’m any the better for it .

Might end up going and lifting everything from them in January and trying somewhere else to get them finished .

Had hoped to have the car MOT’d by now . Not the end of the world .

Got the scuttle panel cleaned up , wipers fitted and new wiper nut covers . Couldn’t believe you can still get these bits but there’s a crowd in England selling them

Needed a set of plates and had been looking at retro dealer plates . The car originally came from Balylis dealers in gloucester. Had the original key tag with the font used so got the local guy to whip me up some plates based on a few other dealer plates I’ve seen .
Had asked for the writing to be done in black but he done red . Doesn’t look too bad on .

Still on the hunt for a spare gsi alloy to have in the boot . Have the standard steel wheel there for now.

The more I look at side pictures makes we want space the rear wheels a bit. Might look out for spacers in the new year

 

[Tufty]

This is basically a better than brand new car.

In the above picture it just looks so clean and clear.

 

[seanmooney]

This is basically a better than brand new car.

In the above picture it just looks so clean and clear.

Cheers tufty.

Very happy with how it turned out . It’s not perfect , have a few bits I’m not happy with but will give me something to work on in the future but yeah anything that I could get my hands on that I could replace got swopped out .

Hopefully it does another 20 years .

 

[seanmooney]

Bit of a nostalgic buy this week. Always remember these air fresheners in my uncles nova . They stopped producing them a long time now , old stock is hard to come by and is silly money. But I happened to see a guy reproducing them but with no fragrance in it though.

Also ordered some mats and was surprised when I ordered them on Monday thinking I’ll see them in the new year but they came yesterday

Just need bloody seats now .

 

[Dorno]

class!

 

[ossy2004]

My dad had the same air freshener in his nova also!

 

[seanmooney]

Doing a bit of work to a feature wall i want in the garage for some Car stuff and Led lights so the MK3 and Vx220 had to move out for the day.

Also allowed me to give the garage the once over with the hoover.

Definitely think there is something wrong with the passengers rear spring as it looks higher than the drivers. Going to have to have a trawl through to see what i can get.

really cant wait to get driving this thing and get some decent pictures somewhere

The exhaust on this is mad.. may have to tone it down slightly




Started to rain in the end up so back in it goes

 

[carmad.]

is the spring in the seat correctly ?

 

[seanmooney]

is the spring in the seat correctly ?

Yeah ive checked that .

I took it out and checked that i was in the exact same way as the drivers side but hasnt made any difference.

I had a couple springs that looked similar blasted at the time and unless ive painted the wrong ones or miss-matched them possibly.

 

[carmad.]

Yeah ive checked that .

I took it out and checked that i was in the exact same way as the drivers side but hasnt made any difference.

I had a couple springs that looked similar blasted at the time and unless ive painted the wrong ones or miss-matched them possibly.

yep done that

 

[Dorno]

They look great lad. Must get called down with you soon. The GTE is looking class. Soon be time for a photoshoot!

 

[seanmooney]

After nearly 10 months and serious amount of phone calls and calling to the workshop I have 90% of my seats at looonnngggg last

They have to finish the smaller rear seat base and the 2 front headrests .

I’m not fully happy , there’s a stain on the seat which I’m going to have to get sorted .

they lost this cover

And any eagle eye man will notice the seatbelt pre tensioners have went off .

But im just relieved to have them home and they are exactly the look I had in my head that I was trying to achieve .

 

[carmad.]

After nearly 10 months and serious amount of phone calls and calling to the workshop I have 90% of my seats at looonnngggg last
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They have to finish the smaller rear seat base and the 2 front headrests .

I’m not fully happy , there’s a stain on the seat which I’m going to have to get sorted .

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they lost this cover

And any eagle eye man will notice the seatbelt pre tensioners have went off .

But im just relieved to have them home and they are exactly the look I had in my head that I was trying to achieve .

how did they set the tensioners off pull out the wee key ??

 

[seanmooney]

Yeah must have . The passengers side doesnt even have the wee red key now .

I noticed a part of the sub frame where it bolts to the car is bent so they mush have been throwing them about .

 

[big_pete]

You really need to name and shame them so no one else gets caught, that is disgraceful!

 

[seanmooney]

You really need to name and shame them so no one else gets caught, that is disgraceful!

I'm going to wait to I get everything back before I do that.

If I even got the last seat base from them I would take the head rests to someone else to do .

The head rests are the ones with the holes in the centre and they are making a massive deal out of it

 

[Boydie]

I would be livid tbh but also would be glad to just have them back - not good at all

 

[Nazor]

That thing is stunning Sean. I always liked these back in the day. Pity about the issues with the seats.

Kudos dude - looks great like I said.

 

[Eamo_vxr]

That looks absolutely stunning buddy.

Seems increasingly difficult to get anyone to do anything with abit of pride and honesty these days. Cowboys everywhere

 

[seanmooney]

Well after 4 years on and off restoring this car I had MOT this morning . Never done a full build like this before and I dont know why but goi g for MOT always leave me a nervous wreck .

So on the way to the test centre I’m on the Portadown road from armagh and at the Go station it decides to throw up the EML

Went on up the road and and to do a quick bush fix

I was having a problem with my temperature gauge not working when the car was running , so o think that links to fuel someone said to me so could have effected the emissions or something . Will have to investigate further .

But got a clean bill of health thankfully

It’s a handful to drive , just wants to light up in most gears, didn’t help that today was greasy.

Stopped for a quick pic on the way home

Now to get it taxed and try and enjoy all summer .

 

[big_pete]

Amazing! That must feel like a real achievement

 

[Nazor]

Great work Sean. Time to enjoy!!