novavan back to life!

[GRANT !!!]

alright lad's not been on here for a while so wanted to share my storie .....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
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/billing3.jpg

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!!!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/sad.gif
so the hunt was on i drove everywhere and seen load's of nova and this is what i came home with out
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/newvanoldnew.jpg

out with the old in with the newhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gif

[GRANT !!!]

one of the first job's is to remove all sound deadering and re moved the re seat mounts and weld any where and everywhere it could be donehttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/02082009774.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/novashell4.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/novashell3.jpg

H.H engine bay strenghtening kit fitted

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/novashell5.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

work from the last few week's now spent all the time trying to get the shell ready for paint, http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/10082009870.jpg

the red paint is red oxide the gray is zinic based paint don't want the same happen to this one!http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/015.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/007.jpg

stripped everything off it and needed a way to move it so made a dollyhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/011.jpg

now with the old nova looking sorry for its self needed somewhere to keep bits and with two garage's full only one more placehttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gifhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif P.S the misses was out when i moved thing's up ha she'll never know

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/28072009698.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

few more pic's a sad day took the grinder to the old novavan and cut the panel's out!!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/sad.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/newvancut.jpg
could of cryed!! after many hour's work got my boot lid like this!! all welded up ans smoothedhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/cool.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/newboot.jpg
also got some stone chip for the air gun got some of the lad's coming next weeked to turn it on it's side so i can do the floor( but thats next weekend cause of pvs fridayhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gif)
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/newvanarch.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

around the van panels are about 40 to 50 spot welds my hands where killing after doing the two!!!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/sad.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/phonesantapod039.jpg
i marked where the van panel sat and drilled the window lip to match i put panel seal in and clamped them down then set about welding!!http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/cool.gif

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/phonesantapod049.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/newvanweldinpanel.jpg
the shell was looking sorry for its self so thought i'd give it a smile
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/phonesantapod028.jpg
when i stood back and looked at this it made me smile too now it a van !!!!!!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/smile3.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/phonesantapod037.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/phonesantapod038.jpg
a few hours later and a new reel of wire! both side's are now in. now it dent finding time
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/newvanp-1.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

it was time to sort the floor pan as the painter is booked so have to get a move on i striped the floor with a wire brush and nitromors, red oxide became my best friend!!http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif and with a old matress this is my new bed!!!!
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/phonepicyures222222009.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/phonepicyures222222013.jpg
with thiss looing good the next plan was to stone chip it and prime it!!!!!!! only to find out the hard way that stone chip and red oxide don't get on so reactedhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/doh.gifhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/doh.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/newnovareact2.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/newnovareact1.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

after the problem with the red oxide this is what i've got done

two days three wire brush heads a bottle of nitromours!!!!!http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/phonepicyures222222027.jpg


http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/phonepicyures222222028.jpg
and now it has paint!¬!!!!!http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/nod.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/phonepicyures222222028.jpg
and now with stone chip only two week after i'd planned and late for the painterhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/doh.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/billing2011thursday001.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/billing2011thursday002.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/billing2011thursday003.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/billing2011thursday004.jpg

with that done i was getting fecked off with dust in the seams inside the car to so out with the seam sealerhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/phonepicyures222222001.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/phonepicyures222222002.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/phonepicyures222222004.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/phonepicyures222222003.jpg hope you like

[Alex J]

looks like a lot of work has gone into that new shell, but why a van??

[GRANT !!!]

right then chap's this week was a good one with a few job done http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif

i've got a disc rear beam but to get the nova on the road i'm going to put my old one on to get a mot then start playing with the disc beam later so was down and my mum and dad's and she was jet washing the decking so just dropped it back there and knew it would take long for the old girl to have a go!!!!http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/novavan004.jpghttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif
so striped it down to give it a paint
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/novavan012.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/novavan020.jpg

one night i cut back the rear arch's and primed the inner archs
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/novavan006.jpg
http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/novavan007.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/novavan008.jpg
so the night after i stopped off at the paint shop and picked the paint up!!!! as white as white get's i picked no added colour just bright white!! so one night was spant spraying!
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/novavan013.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/novavan014.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/novavan011.jpghttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gif

[7ova]

looking good mate

like the photo with the nova manual and the hammer next to it

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/10082009870.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

looks like a lot of work has gone into that new shell, but why a van??

just cause that's what the old one was and a little differant, i've had two sr's a gsi.. but there was just something about the the van i liked more?

[GRANT !!!]

started with a trip to see the old nova i can't put any pic's of it up it would make me cryhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/sad.gif but got the next lot of parts off it to clean up and paint fot the new onehttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/nod.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/novavan017.jpg
the old nove was clean on the out side but ....how shall i put it .. user friendy underneth so it was covered in waxoil and underseal which i have now come to hate i was black as after taking the tank and fuel line's offhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/novavan018.jpg
and after an hour and some thinner's
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/novavan019.jpg
so this week's job's are to get the tank painted and fitted and the beam back on.

and find a new filler neck as it was fecked.

[GRANT !!!]

this week has been slow http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/sad.gif after cleaning my old tank up and and painting it i held it up in to place .......... it just didn't look right the edge's had been a little rusty and the paint didn't look right so thought i'd give it ago again! till i went home and went on ebay now i have thishttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0674.jpg

a new 1 ltr nova tank..... with only one fuel outlet thats why i thing it was no good to anyone else but with me running twin 45 webers WINNER !!!!!http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0675.jpg

the last job was to re-build my spare rear beam i've had the brake line's and bush's sitting in the garage for years just never fitted them to the old nova
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0666.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0667.jpg

i had to get it fitted back on cause my dad works in italy but home sunday and always give's it me in the neck if his garage is like a sh$t hole!!! didnt want to fit the srings as they are in the powder coating pile.
so some 2inch s\s pipe is doing the job for now just to move it out to clean uphttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0672.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

alight lads not got to much done this last week but done a jod i've been putting offhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/sad.gif i was going to mount the alternater on the front of the engine and not cut the leg but with time in mind and only ten months to go i had to do it didn't get many pic's when doing the leg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0715.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0716.jpg

got a box of bits in the post tuesday but couldn't remember ordering anythinghttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif so looked in the box and found these
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0728.jpg

checked my ebay and seen and i paid for them at 2am saturday nighthttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gifhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gifhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gifhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gifhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif

so looking for where they are going to live
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0726.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0727.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0724.jpg

oh also put my fuel tank bank on just waiting on samco to sort my filler pipe
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0714.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

alight chap's got a move on yesterday was in the garage from 9 till 6 so a full shifthttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif
of sanding and spraying and prep'ing after spray the floor plan i thought i'd have a go at some more....... how bad it could be if i f$£k it up! lol so with my 20 pound gun this is what its come out like!!!!http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gif


http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0746.jpg

now spraying in here was a right pain in the ass!!

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0748.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0749.jpg

this was the hardest to do by far http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/nod.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0750.jpg
front panel painted to!
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0751.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0753.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0754.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0755.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0757.jpg


i'm not a painter or any where near!!!! i'm a welder.. but would tell anyone to have a go your self. i've been loving trying to do this myself!!!

but monday i'll be wet and drying some bit's lolhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif

[GRANT !!!]

right been a few weeks but i've not stopped not had a day to myselfhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/sad.gif but i've tryed to get a bit donehttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gif one of the wing's had rust behind the bumper so after week's of looking for a gm wing with no luck!!!! i had a friend with some bits and bob's and a spare rep wing so off with the end and now my wing look's like this.....
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0787.jpg

also the fleet in the back ground the every day landrover........http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/sad.gif the weekend type r.......http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/smile3.gif to be up for sale once the nova is donehttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/sad.gif

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0788.jpg

now waiting for the bodyshop for room to fit the nova in i've been looking for job's to do to make my self feel better i'd sort the carpet job done no carpets just mat's no sound deading eather done easy......
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0789.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0790.jpg
also i thought it was time to pull the loom out of the old nova
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0793.jpg
please note the hammer rash from fitting the radio at the top of the dash where the heaters where..... not going back there this time
so after an hour or so this is what i ended up with plus the alarm is still wired in too!!!!
never to work againhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/doh.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0794.jpg
when it came to the refit i've pull out the radio wire's and one or to others throught i'd start with this and then pull it in to the car as i go
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0796.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

the loom is now fully fitting just to help me every wire end has tape with what it is on the end just incasehttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif i've fitted and peddel's and heater box too
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0797.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0799.jpg
in transit from garage to garage my dash had took a beatinghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/sad.gif one of the bolt that hold it in place had worked free?
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0803.jpg
so armed with some epoxy glue
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0804.jpg
and to make sure it was going in the right place i came up with this little number
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0805.jpg
http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif

[GRANT !!!]

just a few more went the garage the weekend and to take the door's off and get the engine crane in ready to take the engine out my old nova first time its seen day light in over a year or so some nugget (me) has taken the steering column off so had some mole grip's on the steering rack to get the wheels straighthttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0808.jpg

still looking good under here, i'm going to have to find something for this to go inhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gif i fancy a mk 1 sr or a standard nova just with it in???
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0809.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

this week is not going wellhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/sad.gif i was hoping to drop the nova off for the out side spraying wanted it doing this weekend cause i'm going away next week so was hoping it would get done then (kill two bird's with one stonehttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/confused.gif)
but still had to get a move on so some good bit's .... bit's back from powder coating and a box of bolt's ansd bit'sdipping and plating!
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0818.jpg
got more bit's going in a few week's but not bad for 50 squids
took my nova TD servo a once over and got my buffer on the mount for it toohttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/smile3.gif

p.s had the servo bottle in the dishwasher!!! but what she don't know!!!http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0832.jpg

took the hub's in to work and had the dia grinder on the to remore as much sh~t as possible, after i removed the bearing and painted the hub.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0826.jpg
more bit's back on, it's getting bad now don't like putting dirty bit's back on so been using stianless steel bolt to put back togerther
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0834.jpg
http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/nod.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0831.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0833.jpg
when the H/H plate where fitted the front anti roll bar bolt hole need drilling but my drill is to bighttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/doh.gif it hitting the slam panel so going to to the 45" drill from work ing the morning so more tomorrow

gutted i'm going to miss a week but got to keep the boss happy lolhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/cool.gif

[GRANT !!!]

got a few little bit's done got the rear brake line's off the old nova looked good just covered in underseal which is now all over my landy's seatshttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif got some wheel to put the nova on.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0843.jpg
was really hoping to keep the steel(green) brake line's the front lines are line new cleaned them up with thinner's also did the back one's to start with but the soon ended with finding a few rotton place's gutted http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/sad.gif so can't have two steel and two copper so my next big job when i get back is four new copper brake lines http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/confused.gif

me being me and having to much to do in work forgot to bring the 90 degree drill homehttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/doh.gif
didn't want to waste last night ....... with a make shift centre pop ( shapened 12mm bolt ) i popped the bottom plate and drilled the panel from underneth a 4mm drill and prayedlol.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0844.jpg

looking good so in with the 12mm
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0847.jpg

[LEWI007]

Looks really well this mate, LOL @ the drunken ebay buy.

Looks like youve done well on the sprayjob for not being a painter, but id be really careful with the wet n drying if your not experienced or you might end up wrecking your paint job.

Keep us updated.

[GRANT !!!]

so with last night being my last night for over a week i had to go out on a highhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/smile3.gif so for the first time properly got nova down and rolling on 4 wheel's (tear to the eye its been so long) lolhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/nod.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0850.jpg

so with so bits lying around i got carried away i put some on
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0849.jpg
this give me a smile soooooooo why stop http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0852.jpg

putting the door's on, on my own near killed me lol. but to stand back and see a little bit of the old nova in it and now knowing its the new nova and i've had a good go at doing right just want's me to do more, shame i plan on putting it on the track now and using it,
but now she sit wait to go for paint and i'm off to drink beer for a weekhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0855.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

right thats it thats where i'm up to the minute the last pic was thursday night, the boss has made me come away for the week so can't see the nova. just waiting for the bodyshop. if i could find a bigger garage i'd have a go. when its away i'm going to make a start on the engine.

hope you like.

[7ova]

have some rep mate
great project

[pikey1986]

nice project buddy :thumb:

i wish i had the space to do a proper job like this

[pie]

hats off to you buddy

great work :thumb:

[boss]

very clean shell shame about the van wot id are you goin to use

[GRANT !!!]

very clean shell shame about the van wot id are you goin to use
its going on the shell's reg it's going to be G reg, the real van was J reg. but i'm going to cut the vin number out the van cause you never knowlol

[boss]

a would put the van id on it some people mite bitch that its a ringer but at the end of the day there both yours to do what you want and it will be a van on log book still

[simonm]

That is a brilliant project with an excellent out come on it it's mint well done

Also it's an old car I wouldn't worry much about the vin stick which ever you want on it I've used the same vin on 3 different cars lol few laws against it but they were all mine and not for sale so

[NOV4_SPORT]

That looks really good mate, i can remember seeing the van at billing a few years ago and it looked really nice, i can only imagine, how good the new van will be when you are finished with it !

+rep.

iain

[Balley]

Truly amazing build!

[Damo]

good work mate keep it up.

[GRANT !!!]

with being away all i'm doing is drinking beer and spending hour's on the lap top thanks to the british weather. so been on ebay alot looking for bits for the van's new engine, so today's shopping list is 30mm rampipe's, 60mm air fliter's and a service kit for the twin 45s:p http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/newvanengine.jpg

found a pic of what the inside look's like i'm not going to fit any carpets the sound deadering is removed i've run the rear half or the loom in the sill's.
had a 50/50 time with the roof at one point there was going to be no roof lining and paint it.... but didn't and have left it to fit a new roof liner but wish i'd paint it now:cry:
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0801.jpg

not sure which engine i'm i'm going to use yet i've got two red top's but not going to make a start on them till the shell is off being sprayed then get them in bit's and see which is best, cause i've not got the room to do it all now.

Grant

[simonm]

Are you leaving the carpet out of it that looks mint there

[GRANT !!!]

Are you leaving the carpet out of it that looks mint there

yeah pal no carpets just the mat's thats it

[Benn]

Wow dude, fantastic job. I didn't know the van window panels where welded it.

Bay has a great finish.

[gary_126]

leave the roof lining, bare roofs can cause nasty head injurys! (fine in track/rally cars when your wearing a helmet)

[matthew172]

love vans! good work mate, new shell looks clean as funk

[GRANT !!!]

love vans! good work mate, new shell looks clean as funk

the shell was good use to own by chis ashley he fitted the h/h kit, i did some work behind the back bumper and the bottom of one arch a little in the bay. but nothing big.

[GRANT !!!]

looking good mate

like the photo with the nova manual and the hammer next to it

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/10082009870.jpg
lollollolthats strange it's normally a beer and a hammer:thumb:

[mowgli]

lollollolthats strange it's normally a beer and a hammer:thumb:

i find a beer is better than the later haynes book.....

[GRANT !!!]

hello ..... everyone love's an update and today's up date is this i'm a broken man i've not stopped the last few weeks between the nova and work i'm feckedhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif, but i've just sat down with a beer cause i've just dropped the nova off at the painter's http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/smile3.gif so a night off till saturday till i start on the engine!

so this is the last two week's work,,,, hope you likehttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gif
it started with a trip to see my mate and usher at my wedding (which i keep getting told well so be herehttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gifhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gif )
he is also part owner of Wrexham motoring, so popped down down his shop to get some bit's..... but this came with the same answer as i get every time i go ..... YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS DO IT YOUR SELF. so this is what i gothttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0876.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0883.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0878.jpg
i made a full set of brake line's, with the back brake line's i made the end's up and bent and taped the new to old as i went
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0881.jpg
just got to fit them now, stopped of at the old nova to. got some bit's off to clean
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0872.jpg
so after a chat with the lad thats going to paint it he said he could fit it in tomorrow so the race was on to get it readyhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/sad.gif so the misses has not seen me, the last tonight's have been late one's as i said i'd do all the prep wok on the shell
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0896.jpg
rear of the shell was sorted so moving forward door's wing's and bonnet after abit of flating
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0886.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

this is what i found...... some time in it's live someones had a grinder/sander to ithttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/doh.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0887.jpg
after a few hours it got to this, just a few dents to sort
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0893.jpg
another bit that needed some work was the top of the boot lid one of the job's that you never do
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0894.jpg.
so this ran in to last night got back to work on the bonnet and got it to this
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0895.jpg
and other bits which soon seen me working and flatting in to last nighthttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/nod.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0899.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0901.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0898.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0897.jpg
last thing last night had to swop one of the wheel's as the tyre was flat so got some underneth pic's hoping not to get to much over spray on to,
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0903.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0904.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

so on to tonight........ she's off to get paintedhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/cool.gifhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/cool.gifhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/cool.gifhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/cool.gifhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/smile3.gifhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/smile3.gifhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/smile3.gif so thanks my mate darcy (his rat look kaddet was in 'ten of the best' this year)came to help move her
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0907.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0908.jpg

nova no the move
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0911.jpg

[7ova]

looks like you have been busy,
great work mate
good luck for the big day!










getting the nova back from the painters!!!!!!!!!!!
stu

[turbo-boy]

looks very well some time spent on it, keep up the good work

[Rickyb]

minter i love novavans shame its having a bigblock but she'l still look the same :D

[stupot89]

reading this thread makes me want my old van back :( . looks great though mate keep up the good work

[Connor]

Great work and dedication, bet your neighbors love you lol

[windfreek]

glad to see another van :thumb:, keep up the great work, I'll be keeping an eye on this beaut

[GRANT !!!]

cheers lads........been a while a few pic's to get you up to datehttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/cool.gif

back from paint looking good
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0932.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0931.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0929.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0927.jpg
boot, bonnet and door's where still getting painted so wanted to crack on so head lining was next armed with some spray glue and a hour this is how it came out, was surprised how well it came out too been in a box for a long time.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0937.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0935.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0939.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0940.jpg
found the box with door rubber's and lights in so next
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0941.jpg
also some new door pin's borrowed from vauxhall e-port when my mate was working there

[GRANT !!!]

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0951.jpgi'm so in love with th boot lidhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/redface.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0952.jpg
the seats and brake line fuel lines are back on/in the car the last part i'm going to fit is the engine as, as it is i can push it out the garage on my own so trying to do as much as poss before thenhttp://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0963.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0982.jpg
evan fitted my fuel pump,
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0985.jpg
next i need my bumpers and maybe the wheel's painting don't know what to do with them keep them white or paint them the same as the bumpers??????http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/confused.gifhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/confused.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0961.jpg


so this i how the old girl sat on saturday http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/nod.gifhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/beer.gifhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/smile3.gif can't wait to get it out now http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0983.jpg

[16v Nova Kev]

looks mint. loving the prep and paint work.

[MattBrown]

Looks good pal:)

I don't know where to put my pump after my recent fire lol

[GRANT !!!]

Looks good pal:)

I don't know where to put my pump after my recent fire lol
lol yeah mate gutted for you, i've aways kept a fire extinguisher in the car after trying to put one of darcy's nova out on the side of the road one night:cry::cry::cry: lol

[Connor]

That is looking very nice :cool: Keep the wheels white ftw ;)

[gary_126]

Agreed on the white wheels. Looking great!

[GRANT !!!]

alright chaps been a while and a little more has been done but where to starthttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/facepalm.gif
started with a little few job's to do in work welded a 10mm plate and extra plate in the back plus machined down my bottom pully
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo1011.jpg

with the engine back together with a good clean and some paint the next big step was the big pushhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif
also tried my SR samco hose's on few extra needed one being a 40>36 mm could not get it to stretch that big

so in she went, all engine mounts where painted any anything else i could think ofhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo1012.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo1014.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo1013.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

later that night tried the carb on for the first time in the car not a lot of room for the filterhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/veryhappy.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo1017.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo1020.jpg

one thing i did find is that i have no vacuum feed for the brake servo off the inlet so a trip to work for the on let and .......
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo1043.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

next i wanted to look in to the alternator with two to pick from my idea was to use the one with the smallest pully for more in the cut out
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo1024.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo1019.jpg
but to my luck the one with the smallest pully has bolt's that run the width of the alternator which stop the swing on it bottom arm by hitting the under side of the webershttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/facepalm.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo1026.jpg
popped down down to tweeks to get myself some christmas prezzy'shttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif
new filter samco 16mmx1m 2ltr's of race gear oil and a load of new fitting for the webers!
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo1050.jpg

[GRANT !!!]

so what was left?........ not a lot and this is how it looked look
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo1052.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo1054.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo1055.jpg

so after many a try the engine would not fire uphttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/sad.gif had spark..... fuel to the carbs....... but no gohttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/sad.giftook the plugs out and all where still dry so must be between carb's and the head so back down to tweek's armed with what they had in stock to fit weber 45s new idle jets and bit's only thing they didn't have where main jets(good job i get good discounthttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif)

so.... still no gohttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/sad.gif
till my back up planhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo1056.jpg

and good news she is alive http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/thumb.gif running on my GEN nova sport weber 40's http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif so sort of a nova sport on drug'shttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/lmao.gif pop and a bang woo hoo

but now out of money as some wedding stuff to pay forhttp://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/sad.gif so no new part for now

[conad]

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i216/NOVA-VANMAN/Photo0904.jpg

whats the red bit?

[conza123]

whats the red bit?

rear anti roll bar mainly fitted to sr, sri, gte and gsi's

[conad]

rear anti roll bar mainly fitted to sr, sri, gte and gsi's

well feck me, i didnt know that!!