My Nova 2 Door saloon

[lenney]

Purchased this on the weekend as a winter project

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Plans

2 New doors
2 New wings
Tidy rear arches up as there welding done on them is a mess

Already has a digi dash in
corsa c front seats
5 stud conversion
1.2 head with 1.4 bottom end running on carbs

I will upload more pictures as i take bits apart :)

anyone local to newcastle with any bits forsale drop me a message

[lenney]

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New front bumper needs painted

[lenney]

Rear bumper of to check for rot

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[hotrod]

Welcome to the club dude! Best chances of finding the parts you need on here! Still recon you should of kept the plough on mate! lol lol

[lenney]

Cheers mate

And the plouge has huge cracks in and was screwed onto the bumper

I plan on plastic welding it to repair it then get shot :)

Just need to find wings and doors local all seem miles away

[boss]

Are you or did you buy it from Newcastle/ Gateshead coz am sure av seen this at team vally

[hotrod]

Yeah seen the plough was badly damaged! Gutted for you mate! :(

[lenney]

yeah its from durham

[chrisd1986]

I seen this on fleabay over the weekend, i was a bit gutted as i had just picked up my loon when i seen it

[lenney]

was on less than a hour and i was onto him for it :-) not two bad i am third owner

[millworm]

Nice car, hope to see more pics soon :)

[chrisd1986]

was on less than a hour and i was onto him for it :-) not two bad i am third owner


Im 3rd owner of mine aswell, im just going to restore mine as its a unmolesterd example

[burgo]

Where abouts are you?

[lenney]

newcastle

[christurboo]

dont look to bad lenny lad, needs the plough back on though

[lenney]

why does everyone like the plough i hate it lol

[hotrod]

Lol its all about being that little bit different mate!

[Benn]

I like that. Looks great on the turbo rims.

[lenney]

it looks worse now sitting on axle stands no wheels or nout on

[lenney]

well had a good morning under the car with a wire wheel cleaning it up ready to underseal :-)

got to say its so clean compared to some i have seen

[lenney]

just picked a one peice rear bumper up :-)

[Graeme]

All rear bumpers are one piece pal

[lenney]

this one covers all the rear valance where as the old one never

[paul080803]

Mk2 saloon rear bumper then.

[lenney]

well been under the car all day grinding it back and shes nearly all undersealed

[hotrod]

You need to get some more pics up mate! ;)

[lenney]

i no but i only use my mobile so its a nightmare

[lenney]

Rear arch work starts
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[lenney]

started to prep the underside for underseal

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[lenney]

Cowboy front end i need to sort out
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the other side
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And how she sits looking sorry for herself :(

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[hotrod]

Getting there mate :thumb: You got any time scale for the work? and planning on doing any shows with her next year?

[lenney]

i want her looking half decent for next year and i will attend shows then she will be of the road for all new arches in the rear and a full spray

so a few years yet but i WILL be using her next summer

[hotrod]

^^^^cool!^^^^

[ash.blue]

Hey lenny, welcome to png .. Nice lookin base to work with from what pics youve uploaded. Only 3 owners too, thats a blessing :) .. Whats the plans ? doin mild mods and keeping it clean ?

Quick question though, how you uploading from mobile mate im stuck and need to get pics up
Inbox me with info if you could :)

Keep up the good work and look forward to seeing more pics soon
Ash

[lenney]

am not am using my laptop as i dunno how to use a mobile to add them

plans are just to tidy her up and drop a 2.0 8v in as this engine ia a dog in my eyes

[lenney]

just picked two doors up there not mint but much better than mine

[lenney]

well today i cut away my wings and found some serious rust ill upload pics durin week

also collected new doors which are all electric so need to workout how to fit this lot then paint them

[lenney]

Test fitted the new wing
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Driver side new light built in
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passenger side mess
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driver side welded in
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bit bad bodging
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Thats proberly it till after winter now

[Graeme]

Any idea how the front five stud conversion has been done is it still on factory shafts with it being small block

[lenney]

its got fat shafts in with v6 brakes and its a 1.4 block with 1.2 head

[hotrod]

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Love the range of adjustment tools there! lol lol

[lenney]

No updates for a while but have been collecting parts for a few weeks including a 2.0 8v engine which will go in once painted up

old engine out http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/8235/16183101512588067386322.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/16183101512588067386322.jpg/)

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running low on storage so the bairn lost her wendy house :)

looking for a new front panel strut braces poly bushes and gsi rear door cards if anyone knows of any bits

[chrisd1986]

If you ever plan on goi g mk2 front wing ive got a pair of brand new ones there

[lenney]

will never happen i have mk1 wings here trying to get it as standard as possible other than 5stub and engine

[Graeme]

Has the conversion on the front been done with conversion shafts or meriva hubs?

[Graeme]

Just seen your reply in the previous page thanks