Joff's Nova Turbo Project

[RobMorris]

Sh*t the bed!

Dude, im off sick today and spending the last 1.5 hours has lifted my spirits!

You have just given me the inspiration to perform a whole restoration, missus wont be happy with that!

Keep up the good work...

Rob

[jbowman]

Shweeet! How much did the chroming cost for those bits? and how much prep work did you have to do to them before sending them to the chromers?

[draper]

just read this again, in the nicest possible way joff, your a fuking nutter !! that dash is crazy ! i was thinking about corsa dash's last night at work but youv'e just gone 1 step further (again) when you planning on having it ready for ?

think we should have novaload unveiling, all meet at joffs house for beer and cucumber sandwiches

[Jules]

think we should have novaload unveiling, all meet at joffs house for beer and cucumber sandwiches

You can't have a beer and cucumber sandwich! The bread will go soggy straight away!

[joff-turbo-nova]

Here's a bit more flocking I've done tonight - the A and c pillars - the drivers side A pillar has also 3 guage pods grafted onto it.



Enjoy

Joff

[Iain]

Making good progress Gonna be a beast.

[doherty]

absolutly*outstanding mate just read the whole lot start to finish an all i can say is WOW you got balls ... fair play to you for doin most of the work yourself itll mean more to you when finaly finished

cant wait to see this completed







now were do i start to smooth my bay

[Timmy]

Looking good joff, have to be honiest not a fan of the twein dash but still looks like one cool nova

[lee02]

ive read this whole thread mate and im inspired ive got a wrote off nova so im now intending to re shell it but i might have to do a full restoration including the shell youve proven that nothing is impossible even on a nova keep up the good work

[joff-turbo-nova]

As my engine is nearly ready to be installed - just got to rebuild it first - I thought I would get the gearbox situation sorted .

It was all covered in cr@p after 5 years in my nova -



So set about stripping all the crud off with some gnuk type stuff and after a few hours work and some new gunmetal grey paint we have a nice clean ready to install F28 six speeder :-



Also have been working on the shell to get all the runnin gear sorted. I now have a full working brake system including hand brake !!! The coilovers have been adjusted at the front to clear the tops of the tyres and we are ready for the flat bed - the wheels are my trackday set with Yokohama A539's :-



Plan is to transport shell to my mates garage and put shell on a two post and raise up into air. Place engine and gearbox on a big box under shell. Lower shell onto engine & gearbox and do up the mounts!

Enjoy

Joff