with buying a house and thing's my nova has been sat in the garage for about 3 years waiting for me to get some time to sort it out!
but now with getting married next year i've been told that its going to be my wedding car so with that kick in the ass i've got the love back for the old girl and started work on her
how she used to look
it was running a nova sport engine with 143-144 real sport carb's loved the sound but want some more power so going for a red top with twin 45 this time around
arter a good poke around the van to seam's to be rotting from the inside out the arch's and engine bay are fine but from inside the legs are going likes its not been coated right when it was made i've had it 6-7 years and alway been paited or under sealed but once the rot is in its in!!!
so the hunt was on
great thread, just reading it from the beginning. the lump looks very tidy in there, not much room between the throttle bodies and bulkhead though! good work though, look forward to seeing it in the flesh at billing etc
Thanks chaps had to work fast as I'm running out of time till the wedding weeks are coming and going fast next weekend is a 12 till12 all dayer in Liverpool for one stag do and the weekend after is three nights in magaluf so going to be messy! Hopefully wheels and bumpers and running this week and not saturday morning before the piss up!
Again lads Thanks for the comments I'll get more up this week
you insult me TEA:grr:???? fosters all day long!! :lmao:lol
cheers pal,
but its back together and running:thumb: smoked of a good 20 minutes then cleared but did use alot of build oil when doing it, plus picked up the bumpers and wheels on thursday and the job on them is perfect! look like new will get some picks up when i get time
Agreed, a one of a kind - great to know she's got a good sense of humour, it'll come in handy for when she's stuck inside with the kids while you're playing with the cars :lmao:
count down to billing is on and to add to the jobs on the nova ive gone and bought a vectra super touring that the wife will be driving down to billing for me!!!!
just been doing little jobs on the nova
tomorrow is going to be a mad day of cleaning the two!!
hi mate just searching through the site and come across your thread just wanted to say i have just brought a nova van and hope to change it love what you have done both old and new look amazing hope mine turns out half as good very nice.
Cheers chaps the vans off the road for a few weeks now with fitting some new bits, kent cams, omex limiter, flocked some of the dash, and a painting more bits so I'll get Some up date photos up soon!
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