Project "Euroturbo"

at last i pulled my finger out and have actually started a thread on the car, its taken me 3 hours to sift through photos and i still aint finished.

most of you have either seen the car at previous shows or know it through photos or cruises. H101USA started life as a 1.0 Merit with a wide arch kit and the trademark borbet A wheels, at the time i had a Nova GSi XE and my good friend craig (eurosbd) had this car. from the first time i saw the shell i could see the potential...

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...n/h101usa1.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...n/h101usa2.jpg

I actually swapped the shell for my XE nova having had fun in the car it was time to start a new project and with the wide arch shell it was a good start so obviously i knew after having redtop power i had to do a similar thing maybe more....

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...n/DSC00210.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...2032007327.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...0320073221.jpg

Is that a house radiator in the back?

That looks cool! More pics!

cool its black now running a c20let isn't it ?

I always wanted to do something similar to my old red turbo but running azev a's instead.

I love this car keep the pics comeing! :)

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Originally Posted by novadoneitthistime

Is that a house radiator in the back?

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I thought the same lol but it might be the fact the car use to be a van,and thats part the flloor pan/van backing to the seats?? not sure though.

More pics, as this cars awsome!

Bretts old car?
Love this! can't wait for this project :D

is it just me who thinks that he spent hours writing out a thread and after posting it realised you can only post 10 pics at a time and gave up? lol

anyway, im sure he'l post up the most recent pics and it is pretty much my best nova out there! :)

In love with this car its even my wallpaper the picture in his avatar.

that looks the nuts... whats the plan for it?

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Originally Posted by twin40s

In love with this car its even my wallpaper the picture in his avatar.

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i can make prints in A4, A3 and on canvas lol.

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Originally Posted by novait

that looks the nuts... whats the plan for it?.

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im sure theres enough finished pictures around to show this lol

the car then went upto Lee Mitchell at LM Styling and lucky for me hes just around the corner. originally it was going to be a 2 grand project no respray and just an engine swap but what started as that is now a fully redone show car...

heres some pics of it at LM Styling...

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...9082007278.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...3092007285.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...3092007284.jpg

Love it!

Have you reversed over anyone recently? lol

Looks like they grabbed onto your bumper before getting squished!

I like it alot :thumb: Looks almost identical to the black one on here.

once the car was up LM styling the car was stripped inside...first i wanted to re-carpet the whole car and re-cover the van floor in the back... the reason for this in the back as well as the look was to help with the weight and lower the rear some more... heres some pictures of the original bay in primer...

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...3092007286.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...3092007287.jpg

original cut out for alternator was later redone because it was too small.... it was one of those "i told you so situations" as some of you knoticed originally on here...

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...3092007288.jpg

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Originally Posted by steve

Love it!

Have you reversed over anyone recently? lol

Looks like they grabbed onto your bumper before getting squished!.

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lol thats where the tape was attached for the numberplate of the tow truck..

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Originally Posted by Cle

I like it alot :thumb: Looks almost identical to the black one on here.

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either your being sarcastic or your squinting lol, its the same car mate....lol

More Pics!

[quote=EUROTURBO]i can make prints in A4, A3 and on canvas lol.



so can the shop next door to my work and i know the owner so prob cheaper than you can get them thanks for the offer thou lol lol

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Originally Posted by EUROTURBO

either your being sarcastic or your squinting lol, its the same car mate....lol

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Thought it got painted Black ??? :confused:

Its a nice car anyway :)

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http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=112848

Ahhhhhh it is the same car lol

Pictures of the original bay painted....

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...5092007297.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...5092007291.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...5092007296.jpg

lol lol lol @ Lee Mitchum, there was a thread about him before on here. Turned into a lol fest :D

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Originally Posted by Mike

lol lol lol @ Lee Mitchum, there was a thread about him before on here. Turned into a lol fest :D

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Lee Mitchell... and i know about the thread but hes done wonders with my car and a few other magazine cover cars and to see it now im certainly not going to start to complain...lol

that a really decent job theve done on the wide arch kit. and its looks really nice mate cant wait to see it finsihed

Looking really good, get some more recent pics up :thumb:

Funk me i didnt kjnow it was this one, saw it at pv 2years ago and loved it!
Have loved and wanted a set of the wheels since.

Finally you have a WIP thread lol.

Top work fella any pics of the engine yet?

i have no pictures of the original engine in but this video on youtube...this is when i realised after a few starts that the oil pressure was not correct and the compression of the XE conversion plate was wrong...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5aYkGD8UAPE

after this the car was put onto my drive to be stripped down completely and i mean completely.

previously the cars owners had painted first white hammerite inside, then black hammerite so out come the DA sander and some 80 grit and started to make a dent on the massive job of smoothing the entire inside, outside and bay of the car. not only that but the more cleaner and smoother i wanted it the more dents, high spots, brackets, bolt holes etc started to show there face.

inside all of the rear seat posts, bracketry and hangers have been removed, all dents filled and smoothed and the roof had been de-glued and smoothed to get a final mirror finish both inside and out when painted...

pictures to follow...

I absolutely love this bodykit. I dont know why but it looks so much better than any other wide arch kit i've seen. Just seems to fit so well. Really really nice car!!

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Originally Posted by novadoneitthistime

I absolutely love this bodykit. I dont know why but it looks so much better than any other wide arch kit i've seen. Just seems to fit so well. Really really nice car!!

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It's the wheels mate!

More pics!!:D

wooop i am loving this car! looks awseome and nice to see a project thread of how it got the way it is :thumb:

heres some pictures of the car once i decided to get the whole thing done professionally. Motorfix Dartford did all the work and specialise in restoration so really used all of there expertise in the cars bodywork...

rear bench with brackets now removed and filled.

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i.../Photo0121.jpg

NSR arch with top post removed and smoothed.

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i.../Photo0122.jpg

OSR arch with top post removed and smoothed.

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i.../Photo0123.jpg

inside of car with all prep work complete.

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i.../Photo0120.jpg

and again...

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i.../Photo0118.jpg

and again...

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i.../Photo0119.jpg

my close friend brian work his absolute **** off skimming all of the arches to get the final finish. my intentions were to make the fibreglass panels look metallike and he has done an amazine job.

Luckily i am an expert on car finishing materials because of working for Loctite/Teroson/Plastic padding as an engineer so the correct material was chosen and finished before paint in 800 grit!!!!

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i.../Photo0113.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i.../Photo0114.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i.../Photo0115.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i.../Photo0116.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i.../Photo0117.jpg

lovin all the expanding foam!

Do I see expanding foam filler in the rear arches? What's that there for? Is there no inner arches or something? :confused:

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finished before paint in 800 grit!!!!

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What?

Love these wheels!

the expanding foam is a mystery to be honest but the only thing i can think of is its for the vibrations and hasnt done any harm so far so im not going to change it lol.

and as for the 800 grit...knew some one would say something lol...wanted to finish in the highest grade i could before primer for the smoothest finish to dry flat back...

Primer will fill any sanding marks..
Primer should allways be finished by hand with 800wet*.



*anless a good finish isnt really needed.

dont mean to be nasty but the primer that we put on the car was chosen by a technical advisor at ICI paints and he recomended doing it dry for a sharper finish...!!!