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Old 04-10-2008, 14:14   #1
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My nova Project (Track)

New to MIG should of joined along time ago seen as i mainly ever have vauxhalls any way here is my little nova project iv started also on PNG il post up what iv already put up on there hope you dont mind it will be copy n pasted

How she stud at YMS,





This is how she stands as of today,


Inside.


The bay, dont look to clean :cry:


The plans are to strip it out remove as much as possible and see were i stand condition wise and sort out any major problems and afew bits of rust.
My main goal is to have,
  • Wide kit and be light as possible replace as many body parts with fibreglass or (if i can find the funds) afew carbon parts
  • Strip it out, if its not needed then its not staying.
  • Roll cage
  • Bucket seats,belts
  • Polycarbonate windows (full set)
  • 16 Inch soft stars or maybe comp mo's in white
Then start to think about the engine, do i go redtop or c20LET
Im sure along the way il add to my list or change my mind as you do
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Old 04-10-2008, 14:30   #2
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Re: My nova Project (Track)

just a small update, didn't have much time today but made a start on removing a few bits from there rear,
was bit of a mess :roll:

well still abit of a mess, need to remove the glue and tar like crap.

needs abit chopping out and a plate welding in the corner


hopefully i will have bit more time during the weekend to remove more and have abit of a clean up and a sand down.
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Re: My nova Project (Track)

Well the weather was not on my side today but did what i could,
i removed front seats


then removed all the sound deadening and door cards aswell as wires/stereo and tv's



now for the bad bits

thinking about cutting the spare wheel area out and plate it up.

who ever did this area clearly did not master the age old art of silicone welding lol

and a plate some one has bodged in at somepoint in its life. cutting that out for sure.

next is to remove the dash at somepoint, then cut out all the rust areas start from fresh have a tidy up treat afew areas and give it a lick of paint.


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Old 04-10-2008, 19:12   #4
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Re: My nova Project (Track)

Sorry to butt in, just wanted to ask how you got rid of the sound deadning under the rear seats? I've stripped mine off and its left that black tar stuff which you can see in your pictures in the front footwells.

Looks to be a good project by the way

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Re: My nova Project (Track)

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Sorry to butt in, just wanted to ask how you got rid of the sound deadning under the rear seats? I've stripped mine off and its left that black tar stuff which you can see in your pictures in the front footwells.

Looks to be a good project by the way

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