A few pics of my LET

[R1CH]

Thought i'd stick a few pics up for those that are interested, not the best pics but there all i've got at the minuet.
Cars off the road now, all nicely took'd up in my garage untill next year, might even spend some ??? on some engine mods over the winter as well !!

How i bought it, for ?150 !!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Richspics001.jpg

Then started collecting bits
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova%20build%20pics/DSC00108.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova%20build%20pics/DSC00109.jpg

Bought a Calibra to rob the LET & F28 from
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova%20build%20pics/DSC00039.jpg

Seam welded the shell, fitted HH plate kit, new sills, arches, wings then started to prep it for paint (in my mates wood shed !)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova%20build%20pics/Nova%20-%20Prep%20and%20Paint/DSC00002.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova%20build%20pics/Nova%20-%20Prep%20and%20Paint/Nova006.jpg

Then off to the paint shop
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova%20build%20pics/Nova%20-%20Prep%20and%20Paint/cd31e114.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova%20build%20pics/Nova%20-%20Prep%20and%20Paint/8ba25e4d.jpg

Got it back like this ( 7 month later !!)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova%20build%20pics/Nova%20-%20Prep%20and%20Paint/DSC00343.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova%20build%20pics/Nova%20-%20Prep%20and%20Paint/DSC00340.jpg

[R1CH]

Then it was just a case of putting all together
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova%20build%20pics/DSC00384-2.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova%20build%20pics/DSC00566.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova%20build%20pics/DSC00365-1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova%20build%20pics/DSC00405.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova%20build%20pics/DSC00421-2.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova%20build%20pics/DSC00422-1.jpg

And thats it, one A reg LET'd, Stripped, Caged, Coilover'd, 5 studed Nova !!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova/DSC00685.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova/DSC00672.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova/DSC00930.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova/DSC00929.jpg

[R1CH]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova/DSC00918.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova/DSC00923.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova/DSC00922.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova/DSC00926.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova/DSC00947.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Nova/DSC00928.jpg

Rich

[Novadave06]

****ING GERGOUES MATE

Dangermouse

[Martferguson]

nicest nova ever. well subtle and just well nice.

doesn't look over the top either, very nice mate.

i'm guessing you've got a pretty good job to be able to get the shell completly re-done and afford engine sprays, brand new coil overs, etc!!

keep up the good work, long live the nova!!

Mart.

[Mike.]

fabtastic, that would be my dream nova. plus white novas rule :thumb:

[fearless]

plus white novas rule :thumb:

Time to adjust your monitor colour :)

[Benn]

said it before,
looks funking ace dude!

[Mike.]

Time to adjust your monitor colour :)

lmao just read his wip thread on roybacer, its blue isn't itlol

[Matt Pickering]

Saw this in the flesh a couple of weeks ago !!
(was talking to you in the worksop of K' Mtb shop)

Good job nice and subtle.

[acnova]

Thats you minter u've got there, Would you sell it ???
Or have you any idea how it cost you to build ???

[Stoo]

Pretty similar to what im building at the moment, with a few differences!!

Looks awesome!

[nova ian]

That looks Spot on, love it!

Nice project and finished to a very high standard by the looks of it.

Ian

[barkeybooster]

this is briliant! :thumb:

[lj]

yum

[Adam]

Does look awesome, nice one.

Lol @ mike, yep its that light Seat blue i think.

[Kev Turbo]

great work mate very well done great end product!

[45_CB]

No messing about there then, only decent parts and new at the look of it all!

Good man! well done on a bloody nice project!

[SRlew]

thats spot on mate! what more can i say, some nice touches, well all of it actually. perfect

[draper]

i love this car !!

[NickWalliams]

Nice nova mate, what intercooler are you running?

Nick

[Ben]

Nice car.

Just out of intrest what paint did you use on your gearbox?

[Nova_Houch7]

Lovin this nova. Such a difference from how it was when you bought it.

L

[R1CH]

Cheers for the comments guys.
To answer a few Q's ...

* No i wont sell it !!
* Don't wanna know how much it cost !!
* Pretty much all the parts where 2nd hand, just spent a lot of time cleaning them up and gave them a lick of paint !!
* I'm using a 2.8 Frontera Intercooler, fits really well.
* I just used Silver Smooth Hammerite on the box.

Rich
:thumb:

[Ben]

Did you use the Smoothrite on the Block as well?

[R1CH]

Yeah used rattle cans on the box and brushed it on on the block, used rattle cans on the head & inlet to.
Done a few miles now and it all still seems ok.

Rich

[philly]

looks really really mint!

but how come it took 7 months to get ti back?

[burgo]

very impressive indeed

[R1CH]

but how come it took 7 months to get ti back?

Because the guy who painted it was a lazy f**ker !!!
Not the best job in the world either, but i only ended up paying ?500 to get the exterior, engine bay, roll cage & window surrounds painted, he also filled & shaped the rear arches after i'd put some repair panels in. So can't grummble to much !!!

Rich

[The Simps]

This is the first time I've seen those finished pictures Rich and the car is very impressive! Attention to detail is what I like to see on a car and there's bundles of it on yours. Like the way you've added the interior panels. Tidies it up no end.

Simps.
:thumb:

[RJM25R]

Custom cage? looks well....

[tom_beverley]

Looks top class! Very impressed with all the time and effort spent to get it to that standard! Well done, looks well worth it :thumb:

Like the rear coilovers and a turretted rear, where can I get hold of some because that is on my job to do list!

[R1CH]

Custom cage? looks well....

Nah, Its a Roll Centre cage with a double diagonal, supposed to for a Nova without a dash ... just had to chop a bit out the back of the dash & mod the speaker grills to fit round the cage, looks better imo than when it comes down in front of the dash.

Rich

[draper]

^^ i agree R1CH - looks factory fit

[stuartp]

Looks good now its done and cheers for letting us know about your cage all those months back i finally own a ROLLCAGE CENTER CAGE!!

[draper]

is there still the long waiting list !!

[rc]

stunning engine bay! where's ur rad header tank? is it in ur battery compartment now, see some pipes running round.

[Benn]

rick any gen on what clocks your using?
look like astra or cav or something...

[R1CH]

Header tank & washer bottle is in battery tray, battery is behind passenger seat.

Benn, there Calibra clocks, have a look here .... http://www.novaload.net/forum/showthread.php?t=63363

Rich
:thumb:

[Benn]

looks ace dude,
have u added me to msn?

[craig green]

I love this car. really deserves a feature in Total vauxhall IMO.

[Benn]

really deserves a feature in Total vauxhall IMO.
2rd'ed

[Big_Chap]

no pics!?

[Daniie]

Nice One!
Its Not Over The Top And It Looks Gorgeous.
Your Buckets Are Nice Too.
Some People Have Told Me Not To Bother But I Want Some !!

[Big_Chap]

2year old thread! How did you even find it?

[belly257]

awsome nova:thumb:

[L14MNP]

http://www.sonic.net/%7Eatomicow/necropost.jpg

[elgan]

glad someone knocked this thread back up. now know who im buying some bits off. name to a face (car) and that. get some pics of it up, 2 years on.

[Big_Chap]

^^^ aye, it is a cracking car! Let's have some pics and an update please Rich!

[R1CH]

Almost 2 year ago, christ !!

Updates ? ... pretty much just giving it a thrashing !!

Competed in a couple of Sprints with a local motorclub earlier on in the year, ended up with a few bumps and scrapes after hitting the tyre wall, not to bad tho.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00037.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00105-1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00174.jpg

Only other changes were some Polycarb windows and some 3" Sabelt harnesses.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00204.jpg

Was supposed to be n Total Vauxhalls Aniversary Nova stand thingy at PVS but it melted a piston on the way down - about 30 mins away !!
AA took it home and its sat in my garage ever since !!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00219.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00226.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00230.jpg
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Sourced another engine for it, just a std one with about 90k miles, started to strip it, fitted a new front panel due to the old one having a couple of cracks where the IC mounts, tidy'd up the engine bay abit, then decided to 'freshen' everything else up on it.
All the running gear / brakes were removed / blast cleaned / repainted / re-assembled, new ball joints, front dampers rebuilt, re-undersealed the new front panel / arches / floor pan, fitted another set of ultra-sonicly cleaned injectors and a new Bosch 044 pump just incase those caused it to melt !
The cars still sat in the garage with the rear beam / fuel tank off, just needing to underseal the rear 1/2 of the floor pan & arches, clean the beam and tank up, bumpers are away getting painted, still need to get the tailgate re-painted after the tyre wall incident, then it should be all sorted.
Then its going up for sale !!!

[R1CH]

Few other pics ...

Trax 07
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Traxpic1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/Traxpic5.jpg

Total Vauxhall Nova Thrash @ Bruntingthorpe
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00119-1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/P1000537.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00629.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00115.jpg

Ready for a 12 car rally last december ... ended up in the hedge, not much damage tho.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00052-1.jpg

Crail / Pod
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00033-.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00083.jpg

Thats about it really !!
:thumb:

[Big_Chap]

you were at crail? You'd have driven past my house to get there! Did you head up just for the that? Vaux/mag day? Good to see it getting driven to it's limits (and possibly a bit further lol!)

[R1CH]

Nah wasn't at the Vaux day, was up there a few times at the start of the year tho, March / April ??
Been up a few times to run it up the 1/4 mile, bit of a trek like (about 370 mile round trip) but its good fun.
It was built to be thrashed ... no fun in polishing it all day !!

[krobinson]

Why you going to Sell it Rich? You leaving the Nova scene for a while/for good? Or planning on building another? Or something different?

Keith

[Adam]

Good to hear it gets a hammering, even if it did get a few scars in the process.


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00230.jpg
FOOOK, how high lol

[Matt]

Snap of the GTE he's recently got. Soon to be a grass-tracker I think...

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff60/mattmdavies/18082008149.jpg

[R1CH]

Why you going to Sell it Rich? You leaving the Nova scene for a while/for good? Or planning on building another? Or something different?

Keith

Just sick of spending loads of £££ on it, i'm wanting to buy a house so keeping the Nova on the road isn't an ideal way to save money really, should get a 1/2 decent price for it tho.
As Matt posted, i bought that GTE (got an XE in it) the other month for next to nowt so gonna turn it in to a Grass tracker (Class 6), should be able to get it all sorted ready to run for not a lotof money, plus the local club track is only about 15 mile from my house, costs about £40 a year for a licence ad about £9 to enter each event ... bargain if you ask me !!
Still like 1/4 mile racing so i'm thinking of getting a cheap Nitrous kit for it and taing it up to Crail now and again, 450 - 500kg car with an XE and Nitrous ... should be good !!

Slighty better pic of the GTE
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00014-1.jpg

[RSTChris]

Quality mate, i like to see its getting some abuse!

Id hate to have to part with it!

[Adam]

Liking the rims :cool:

[stuartyj21]

awsome car chris goodluck with the sale...

[Mike]

Sell me one of those rims Rich!!!

[J40NOV]

Sweet job, just recently got my Sri back on the road after a year of renovation, think it would take me another 10 to make it look as good as yours!

[R1CH]

Sell me one of those rims Rich!!!

Haha, nah their the best thing about the car, it'd be ****e without them.

[021-bennettt]

This is an absolutely mint project!!
The inside of the arches make my mouth water lol