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    thats what i thought but they arnt 60mm springs they were standard and went through the chasey so it looks likeit was lowered 60mm

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    1.2s arnt too much quicker than 1.0s

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    As we proved at our drag race last night!

    Over 1/4 mile, he was about 10 feet infront!

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    Wel did you by that in cavan , im from ireland to just bought a nova to as a project mine is same at the sills , can ya get thes sills new do they go full lenght of sill ???
    Good luck with project

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    i got it in mullingar in offaly. i think you can get new sills to go the full lenght but i dont know where. i am just going to cut out most of the rust in the sill then weld in a bit of 2mm or 3mm steel plate

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    here is a few more pics. i still have to take the drawbar off. the bolts are fair rotten holding it on under neath.

    just a bit of surface rust on the back pannel


    very clean under wings.


    bit of rust


    front pannel looks ok just a bit more surface rust!



    i got this 4" 1/2 backbox off a friend for free!


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    who did you buy this off and what did they tow with a 1 ltr? Lol also looks like you got your work vut out good look with project and will you be doing a respray>?

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    de-badge the tailgate FTW

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    i dont know what the owner used to pull with the drawbar but i dont think their is much of a clutch left in it . the car is getting a full respray but i dont know what blue colour to go for. i will debadge it

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonn
    i dont know what the owner used to pull with the drawbar but i dont think their is much of a clutch left in it . the car is getting a full respray but i dont know what blue colour to go for. i will debadge it
    fine man, go for the same colour as my nova cosmo blue.

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