Jons Nova Sport Project C318YRW

[toymex]

[A11VXL]

I've not updated for a while so heres a little of what Ive been doing, to be honest with work being busy Ive not got very far.. but that said Ive been concentrating more on getting the bits I'm missing....




Part stripped





Fully stripped bar the stearing column






I bought this MOT failure Nova Merit of ebay as it had some good brown interior got a load of brown clips as very good gloove box as mine had been drilled for an alarm. It also had some very good brown interior rear wheel arch trims.












I had been trying to get some new inner sill / bulkhead genuine wiring clips but had failed, so as this beige gem was being scrapped I hole cut the sills so I could get behind the clips to release them without breaking them. Shame then that 2 weeks later Lee pointed me in the direction of some for sale










Managed to do a deal with Jezz (toymex) for this Many thanks Jezz hope the Kevlar Recaro looks good in yours.







New parcel shelf from Holland






New vacum unit and instrument printed circuit from Greece.






Box of goodies from Holland, new mirrors, weatherstrips, lock gaskets, advance retard unit etc

More updates to follow..

[scott.parker]

Nice, so your going to fully restore this then to as a Sport should be?

[A11VXL]

Nice, so your going to fully restore this then to as a Sport should be?

Yea but with a few mods...

[Deany1]

Very nice mate,love seeing shiny new gm parts!

[NathanKirkpatrick]

would you be able to give me the site for this stuff cause im mad after a few bits and bobs

thanks .....

[novacabrio]

I'm sure that box of bits is used in my spider build as well!

[Southie]

Nice to see your still progressing with this Jon even though your probably sorting out much newer products at work

Whats left to source on this then?

[A11VXL]

Nice to see your still progressing with this Jon even though your probably sorting out much newer products at work

Whats left to source on this then?

Yes most of the stuff we see nowdays is current, however the simplicity is along with the lightness of the Nova is a refreshing change. In fact part of the dicision in moving it back to the small block engine was made early this year, when for the first time in a long while we had a Nova SR in for a cambelt & water pump. The car was standard but the road test was still enjoyable and I was pleasantly suprised by the way it went. So with a bit more power from the twin 40's etc combined with a little less weight and a close ratio gearbox it should be entertaining.
Bits left to source.. some glass as some of my original had got some mig splatter on, unfortunately this happened when the roll cage was developed, I was hoping that the biege car would donate some glass but it had been etched I also need a pair of rear coat hooks as Ive not found any yet.

I'm sure that box of bits is used in my spider build as well!

Hey Mark, yes some of those box's and bits were yours.

[sport]

Nice collection of parts there Jon.