project timewarp 2 door loon

[chrisd1986]

so ive finaly got myself a nova after being dicked around by 5 ebay sellers and im well chufft with itits bog standard with a beige interior. i picked it up from mountain ash near cardiff yesterday and drove it 220 miles back to merseyside without any problems however she dose tlc but its the 1st nova ive driven in 7 years and its my 1st ever loon. i will let the pics do the talking.

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even tho im the 3rd owner and the previous owner got it from his dad there is no paperwork and it was the 1st time it had been out the village and done more than 40mph since new it had always been garaged and he even polished it for me. appart from the usual rust on the exterior the paint is spot on with minimal swirls in it and yes it was a quiet drive home as it only has the original sharp tape player in it aswell as having the original dealer plates and rear window sticker. i dont know what my plans are for it but my 1st mission is to sort out the exterior rust and give it a full service with a cambelt and shampoo the interior even tho it might be getting changed and looking at the breaks as the pedal is rock hard and getting a lockset as it has 5 different keys for it but for now im going to use it for work for a few weeks 1st as i cant complain at my insurance being £160 for 12 months after the last nova i insured cost me £1300

[jafanan]

looks a good project, black loons will be rare in future years!

[nova_niek]

Nice! Like the original interior, should come up lovely after a bit of a wash and shampoo. :)

[chrisd1986]

I plan on restoring instead of modifying, its a shame about the drivers bolster wear tho as it will be hard to find a early interior and im after bumpers and grill but i want the earlyer grill for it

[davo18]

similar sort of state as mine neds a bit of tlc, with no history lol, but totalt original and unmolesterd :)

[chrisd1986]

I love it, ive ditched my mk4 golf daily and im using the nova for work now

[Novasport]

Looks good. Don't know if it's just the photo but it looks like the drain hole for the battery tray in the inner wing looks to be blocked

[chrisd1986]

Its just my crap photography ive been keeping an eye on it, it was garaged all its life and has done 70k it runds spot on but im going to vet a cambelt kit and service parts from autovaux and get a timing light on it to keep it running sweet. The only thing i cant do is body work which is a ballache as it is expensive

[chrisd1986]

so today i had a spot of good weather and decided to break out the t cut, claybar and polish and here are the resutls.

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb368/chris_d_1986/20121009_182404.jpg
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my next mission is to fit my mk1 astra gte interior, get a spare dash and door cards to be flocked and slam it on bbs splits then over the winter a 1.6 conversion. i know i said i was going to keep it standard and restore it but now its on the road i just cant help myselflol

[Steve]

Looks lovely mate, black novas just look the best imo, plans sound good for it, you going for a nova gte engine?

[chrisd1986]

Ive got a 1.4 sri engine lined up for it with the full sri loom so i can have leccy windows and c/l and im fitting a digi dash aswell as 2L brakes and 14" sr steels which will be banded to 7j oh not to mention the beige burberry sr seats to go with it

[chrisd1986]

right so yesterday i started to refurb my £50 sr steels after getting some near new tyres on fleabay i got impatient and just did it. the centre caps are brand new genuine ones that were still in the packet and i couldnt find the right colour till today so i got the paint shop to make me a rattle can up and its a perfect match so i dont have to spray my new caps aswell. here are the wheels just after removing the old and perished tyres off after they had been sat outside for 7 years

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and here are my shiney new caps
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so here they are after ribbing down with plumbers wire wool, i know sand paper is usually used but this was effortless any it worked realy well
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in primer
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and the outer rim in halfords aluminum paint i know that the original colour was diamond siver but i already had this spare along with thw primer
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outers coverd up ready to paint the centres
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hopfully these will be finnished tomorrow and i will have them on the car for tomorrow night along with it being lowerd 60mm aswell.

[chrisd1986]

well i finnished them early so here are the pics
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[Balley]

I like the wheels, remind me of doing mine :)

[chrisd1986]

thanks, the colour has dried darker than the caps tho grrrr so it looks like im not finnished

[millworm]

I gotta spray mine soon, but i'm thing of going satin black as I cant find the right graphite colour

[chrisd1986]

I used star grey colour code 114, it was a perfect match in the paint shop when it was mixed but they came out darker proba ly because i never primed the inner rim

[chrisd1986]

Here is the finnished product, finally got them sorted and lowerd 60mm

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb368/chris_d_1986/20121130_121027.jpg

[millworm]

I used star grey colour code 114, it was a perfect match in the paint shop when it was mixed but they came out darker proba ly because i never primed the inner rim

Thanks think I'll pick some up on the weekend

[DAVIDKEDENS]

Plans sound good, subscribed. :thumb:

[Steve]

Looking good now.

[chrisd1986]

Looking good now.


Thanks mate and thanks for the springs you saved the day

[chrisd1986]

Gave it a clean today and noticed that the back end is a tad lower with a full tank
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And the seats i will.be.picking up in a couple of weeks
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[chrisd1986]

Picked up these seats kn wednesday and it turns out they are 60/40 split rear bench so i might cheat with a seat cover in the back and never remove the baby seats. They didnt come with the runners either so i will have to swap them aswell, should get them in if it stops snowing, raining or stayig temp staying below 0c all day. They also turned out to be grey so ive now got to change the whole interior

[Steve]

Loving it mate! Looks good as it is but i reckon if you had the steels banded and it was a tad lower i'd say job done!

I'd like some banded sr steels for mine but they're a bit pricey. :eek:

You could recover your rear bench with those if your handy at sewing, and the fronts you can take the seat apart and put the sr cushions etc on your old frames.

[chrisd1986]

Thanks mate, im going to be getting some alloys for the summer and keep the sr steels for the winter only need 14's for the bigblock brakes. Would it not be easyer to sorce some runners and fit them, im scared of ripping the vinal on the back

[Steve]

Yeah that would be easier, trouble is trying to find someone that has just the runners for sale.

[chrisd1986]

Al buy seats with fcuked bolsters on the cheep, im hoping to get a gte motor in jan after my so called mate sold the sri motor on me. The plan is to rebuild it with p&p head and cam it with 4-2-1 manifold (which is in the post) and a red nova sport ashley backbox ready for a roling road day im going on in april

[paulyb]

Like the sound of the red sport exhaust , needs the red tape on the front bumper, looks spot on with the drop and Sr wheels :) nice Job

[chrisd1986]

The front bumper is getting changed after is has been bodged in the past

[Graeme]

16s and Gsi rep ftw
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[chrisd1986]

Tbh with having new mk2 wings in the garage its looking tempting but with 15" compomotive mo's, wind deflecters and tinted windows

[Steve]

Mk1 all the way!!

[chrisd1986]

Im torn, i cant sell the mk2 wings so it dosnt make sense to buy mk1 wings and have the mk2 wings just sitting there

[Calamity Josh]

don't mk2 it, would be such a shame :(

[chrisd1986]

These turned up today

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Bit later than i would of liked so i will have to fit them tomorrow now :-(

[chrisd1986]

So today i set about fitting my 256mm brakes to my nova in the pissing down rain (so i didnt have to go shopping) but ive got a lockup so wasnt too bad. Altho when i got there the pull start on my generator fell to bits so i had no light or heat but it was still better than shopping lol so i removed the shonkey old brakes with crumbling pads

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New ones fitted, could of done with painting and i wanted to paint the vents on the disks but i had no access to caliper paint but i will probably do it in a week or so

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All fitted and bled up with no leaks and a good stiff pedal so was made up so i went to put the wheels on and the offside fouled the caliper but the nearside didnt which i thought was odd. I did put a thread up a while ago about them fitting and everyone said they should

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So after some digging through some boxes of bits ive hoarded over the years i found 2 Universal 5mm spacers and problem solved but ive now got a excuse to need new wheels lol. Next mission is to do the ball joints and buy a engine till next time merry christmas and happy newyear

[chrisd1986]

i finally got round to fitting my clear front indicators today, ive got side repeaters to match but it looks like my o/s one has been superglued at some point
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[Balley]

Very nice, looks a bit different. Never seen a black loon before!

[millworm]

Car is looking good, Thought about clear indicators for mine but decided against it, they look good with black cars.