Nova Turbo Build!

[KeithRobinson]

Tiny update today, spent most the day clearing out the garage, I've now stripped the LET of its inlet, and bolted the 6 speed on.

Should be easy to trial fit it now in the coming weeks when i get a lend of an engine lift. Then its off to Steven Gault for a rebuild.

Also notice the lovely storage boxes bought to try and make this a tidier build.





Keith

[Benn]

sounds good, going in fromthe top then,good man.

[KeithRobinson]

sounds good, going in fromthe top then,good man.

For the trial fit, probably, it doesnt really matter if i scrape the paint! When the shells painted i'll access whats best then!

Keith

[alistairolsen]

bottom

[Benn]

For the trial fit, probably, it doesnt really matter if i scrape the paint! When the shells painted i'll access whats best then!

Keith

why would you scrap the paint?

[Chris Astley]

I'll be back later in the build for shafts, lowering brackets etc etc. Thanks mate, awesome service you offer, stuff always arrives next day!

Keith

Sounds good mate, will have to throw you some stickers in with the next order!

Chris

[KeithRobinson]

Well, its stripping time!
My folks are going to england at the weekend, so all the important bits people have bought from me had to be stripped off ready to be shipped over. This is also prime opertunity to trial fit the LET (coming in next week/2)
Please do now look at the below pics if you hate me for ripping apart a mint, original nova.

































Keith

[novacabrio]

I spy rust lol

[Chris Astley]

Looking good mate, looking forward to seeing the progress on the build!

[Benn]

very nice dude,
very clean, and only a tiny bit of rust,

cant wait to see it as a minty let,

[KeithRobinson]

Its in stunning condition, its the first i've ever stripped and found no shocks or nasty supprises. Not bad for being 22 years old in a month!!

[Benn]

yeah is damn clean,
she'll be a beast!

[CraigGreen]

I dream of owning a shell like that!

[KeithRobinson]

I dream of owning a shell like that!

£3k lmao

Keith

[The Simps]

You make me sick....













....with your stupidly clean garage floor!! grrrrr

Simps.
lmao

[Mazz]

I hate you! j/k

[Spankee]

Dam that nova is clean ... good work mate

[KeithRobinson]

Cheers guys Just back from the garage!

Me and my dad have been rushing to strip off all the bits i'm selling for thursday when he leaves for england to see his mum. I've swapped the axel over to my rear disc beam from NDZ 1331, just so i can throw some speedlines on and measure how much arch work needs done (hopefully very little as i want complete arches)

The brake servo and fuel tank are now off too, and once again no nasty supprised, still minty mint. Should be awesome once its dipped and e-coated next year.

Fingers crossed i can borrow an engine lift this weekend and trial fit the LET and sort the mount for the F28.

Keith

[Benn]

pics? and sounds good dude!

[Kev_cav]

how much does the dipping and coating process cost and where do you get it done?

[KeithRobinson]

how much does the dipping and coating process cost and where do you get it done?

Its done in a place called surface processing and cost a bloody fortune. My last quote from them was £1475+vat, that includes all panels.

Keith

[Benn]

dipped and 3 coated?

whats that? cant be acid dipped surely,

[KeithRobinson]

Yeah, its totally acid dipped, removed all sealer, rust etc, back to clean bare metal. Then its e-coated which is the process new shells get.

Keith

[Byron]

can only applaud that shell and your attention to detail.

[Benn]

christ!
not many places that will be it anymore...

very cool, watch the bits up in the chassic rails, have hear horror storys from the camper van guys at work,