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    Excellent write up, really interesting to see another side to a car's history...
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    really nice right up. look forward to reading the following instalments...

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    The main filming day

    This was due to be undertaken at Castle combe which was where we turned up at 6.00 on a damp Monday morning, however when the Rover was unloaded it was quickly discovered that it was far to noisy for Combe’s db limit, Jeremy did go a bit “Clarkson” about this and left a few of the Marshall’s quivering! So we had a quick relocate to Kemble airfield an old Top Gear favourite for Tiffs big power slides.
    As you can see in the following pictures it was a very wet day, which meant due to the cars colour myself and Ian spent what seemed like most of the day washing the car. This was done for continuity as many of the shots were fimed out of sequence.




    Vicki unveils the Nova








    Camera mounted to roll cage



    Vicki..



    Vicki awaiting more instructions




    This was the sequence after the drag race when Jeremy is sitting on the wing reading his book.



    A bit of Racing and the Rover trying hard to keep up






    Filming over for the day, Jeremy asked if he could have a go in the Nova! He did a few laps of the handling circuit one way, did a handbrake turn then did a few laps the other way.
    When he came back he said “take that bloody car to Vauxhall and tell them what you’ve done to make it handle and ask them from me why they couldn’t have done it!” He them said it would be perfect if we could tame the torque steer a bit, I remember thinking bloody hell you would want to drive a C20LET turbo one!!




    The final bit of filming was the bit when Jeremy gets his trophy for winning. The cars needed to be filmed driving in front of a crowd, so this was done in the arena at Max Power Live. In this picture Jeremy was warming the crowd up with a few donuts in fact at one point he got so carried away that Vicky had to reverse the Nova out of the way as it looked like he was going to hit it, you can see the smoke lingering.




    Jeremy and his trophy!
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    Nice write up Jon. (I'm browsing ony phone so is it only me who can't see the pics on page 2?)

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    Quote Originally Posted by John View Post
    Nice write up Jon. (I'm browsing ony phone so is it only me who can't see the pics on page 2?)

    I can see all they above pics an i linked the video from a phone, can't see any pics on page 2?

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    My bad, it's quoted on page 2 I can't see most of the pics in post 8. I can see one in primer and that's it?

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    cracking pics buddy

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    This is the best thread ever!!

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