My Nova's Rebirth

[Benn]

£32 each i think..

[barryj75]

fantastic car mate makes me want another one in my life

[Benn]

Thank you very much Sir.

[Benn]

Thank you very much Sir.


Cracked on this morning getting my mirrors re-fitted





Much better.

Painted the inner part of the door hand too, as it had red over spray on it.



With the wing off i found i was using side repeaters with the orange cups still in them.. Eeww couldn't have that.



Got them out right away..



Much better..



Pick these up from Ebay, 4LED "super Xenon bright side light" bulbs, perfect as they look clear and clean but flash orange.



Also pick up my door cards this morning. Now these have cost more to have made than buying the leather seats at a steal.

Now i wanted something simple, with a standard kinda feel, but made better, but i needed away for the sound to come thru from the speakers behind. Spent ages looking at other people doors cards and came to this design as it was simple and nice. I'm happy with them..

Put the pockets back on, with a lil trimming on the rear for speaker clearance.



On the car..



Fitted with new stainless screws and washers ofcorse..



Done to match the seats.. With the martial the headlining made from as the speaker cover part..





Door closed..



Now had this a few weeks, have been waiting for LED lit window switches to be finished before i fitted it..



Again matching the seats.



Check out my stitching...




Fitted new leads to day, but still having the missing/bogging down prob. GGrrr

[Steve!]

YOu need a new knob now, as it looks rather out of place in that cabin......

[corsadonk]

No last minute panic for the weekend then?

Gives it a much more modern look, I like.

[Benn]

YOu need a new knob now, as it looks rather out of place in that cabin......

But it says 4 speed...

No last minute panic for the weekend then?

Gives it a much more modern look, I like.

Just waiting on my front bumper to be paint.

[alistairolsen]

Looking good Benn, how on earth are you still on A539's, I thought they were extinct!

[Benn]

Cause i got them over a year ago, they are only on my polished rims. My painted ones have the better tyres on (Toyos) Thank you too

[Coopy]

beautyfull panels and box...

very good job

[brad35]

The best just keeps getting better.

[Benn]

Cheers guys.

[Gaz86]

really like that interior work, can't help think you're due a new carpet though.



Cream FTW!!?

[Benn]

Some one else said that.. Prob is you can't get them new and finding a mint one isn't easy. But with the mat in it looks a lil better.

[Jack]

**** off, that's tasty.

I've always used carpet cleaner on my carpets/seats. Brings them up well enough, and mats over the top FTW.

[Benn]

They've been cleaned, steamed them before i fitted them (ok it was a while ago) Mat normally covers it tho.

[simon_nova_mad]

benn why not get a carpet made by someone. even though really you dont need too as car is stunning no matter what

[Jack]

benn why not get a carpet made by someone. even though really you dont need too as car is stunning no matter what

Carpet was custom made by Coverdale, pre cut with markings showing location of bolts (not glued down yet)

Dooooooo it, look how sexy this one looks!

[Fow16v]

looking good benn, i am a massive fan of getting the interior right

[Benn]

Simon/Jack, getting one made is gonna be mega money...

Cheers Fow, me too.

[Steve!]

You don't know until you ask for a price.....

[Benn]

lol true.

Car's been...

Snow foamed,
Washed,
Clayed,
Glazed,
Waxed.


Fitted my new door handle on and hot glued them both on.
Fixed my exhaust rattle too.
Bumper and boot trim back from the bodyshop both having been re-painted.

[DaveBlackburn]

Absolutley love your Nova Benn!! The attention to detail is unbelievable!! What way did you do the side repeaters to make them sit flush with the wing? As I don't recall seeing anything about them early on in the thread

Keep up the stunning work mate, it's definately worthy of a feature in TV! How much more work do you think you have to do before you class it as complete?

[Benn]

Thank you very much Dave, the wings are done with two plates with a small strip welded in the middle to space it apart. One plate has the shape of the repeater, the other has a hole the shape of the repeater.

Tbh i don't think i'll ever class it as complete.

[simon_nova_mad]

Simon/Jack, getting one made is gonna be mega money...

Cheers Fow, me too.

i had one quoted a long time ago by a company near me they were going to use carpet that is used in either jags or maseratis's the price was the same at about £200 if i recall right with sound deadening backing aswell. they wanted my car for three days.