WIP my nova snap (long term project)

Since everyone is doing WIP threads i thought that i would jump on the bandwagon and start one for mine.

Not much is going to be happening to the car on the outside as i like novas the way they are. the only plans are for a splitter on the front bumper and some vents in the bonnet.

Inside the car is undergoing a full stripdown and replacment of pretty much everything exept the dash.

Enginewise i am undecided at the moment but the main idea is a 1200 with a 1400 SR carb as i already have the carb here.

The car is going to be lowered 60mm but i havent decided on what alloys she will be dropped.

She is booked into a bodyshop for the beginning of november to have new sills, arches, some work on the passenger door lock, doorshuts resprayed, 1/4 panels resprayed and some welding under the bonnet.

Anyways here are a few pics of the car so far to show the areas that need work

http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/4...0061731dv9.jpg

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/488...0617321iq1.jpg

Now for the rusty bits

http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/4...0617311so1.jpg

http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/4...0617322xz2.jpg


http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/6...0617312ok3.jpg

As for the sound system i will give you a liitle hint, no headunit just this

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/640...0061737mr8.jpg

Right now as some of you may know from other threads i have issues with the paint, well today i washed it, then clayed it and them used the mequiers 3 stage system on it cleaner, polish and then wax. i think it came out pretty nice, here are some pics.

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/4...0061623hl9.jpg

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/1...0616231fg5.jpg

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/7...0616232ua8.jpg

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/344/p1510061624ed0.jpg

lol, the guys at the bodyshop are gonna love you now youve put all that polish on it!

Looks like a good base for a project though pal!

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Originally Posted by Bottlethroddy

lol, the guys at the bodyshop are gonna love you now youve put all that polish on it!

Looks like a good base for a project though pal!

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it needed doing really, the car hasnt been polished in a long time and the paintwork was ****, so it needed to be done for when it comes to him matching the colour.

Got a new drivers door today, it has a small amount of rust at the bottom but its easy for the bodyshop to sort out when it goes in. I spent all day getting sticky ****e off but its all done now.

Got a new splitter aswell which i trial fitted, it needs some chopping about but it looks pretty good.

I will get some pics up tomorrow as its dark now.

Mate, its missing a baby seat!!;)

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Originally Posted by Saloony

Mate, its missing a baby seat!!;)

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lol mate that will be going in mels GTE, mines only got 2 seats :thumb:

not a bad project.

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Originally Posted by Mr-G

lol mate that will be going in mels GTE, mines only got 2 seats :thumb:

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Fine.. roof rack or box, i aint fuss'd.

couple of cable ties on the front bumper, sorted!! lol

Mels laughing and she said sod off lol

Cable ties now your talking my language. Why stop there, i got some string. Will need some foam tho to stop chaffing.

Now come on we know mel and she wouldnt of just said sod off.

lol she said she promises thats all she said, she has just asked what you are doing next saturday as we havent seen you and Kira in a while, gives me a chance to drool over the saloon aswell.

Fancy a road trip to the harvester?

Result. The nova tax runs out soon so it'll almost be its last run.

lol that a yes then

A few more pics as the project goes on, i decided that i wanted these new flashy battery clamps we have at work makes life a lot easier when it comes to working on the car :thumb:

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2...0061754im7.jpg

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8...0061755vv5.jpg

And here is one of the clamp itself, they are quick release jobbies :D

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/2...0617551yk4.jpg

As said in a previous post i have got another door for the nova as my drivers side door was close to meeting its doom here is a pic after i took the sde moulding off.

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4...0061650gm5.jpg

And here is the door after its finished, it still needs a really good polish up but it looks a lot better then it did to start with.

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/245...0060928bl5.jpg

that petrol cap looks a tad rotten around it!

The petrol cap is fine, its where i had resprayed the 1/4 panel with a rattle can so its a matt finish and then spilt some petrol down it lol.

The body shop have had a look at it and they say its pretty solid around there she is just rotton around the edges not to worry though only 2 weeks to go before she is in the body shop :)

I would like to share a couple of teaser pics of an idea thats been racking in my brains :thumb:

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/2...0061120rk8.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8...0611201vw1.jpg

Enjoy :D

bad idea

splitter would look better moulded in a gsi bumper

something liek this.. http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...cious/pic1.jpg

theres also a white gsi bumper in the for sale fourm ;)

Hmmm dont really want a GSI bumper on mine as a lot of people do that, I am thinking a standard black bumper with that splitter on it and a line of sppedholes but i am not sure.

The car is being picked up monday morning by the body shop so over the weekend i will take some pics of the areas that they will be working on. I will also take some other pics of various areas of the car for everyone.

Well the car is all stripped out and ready to go :), there is no interior in the back and the doorcards have been taken off,

She is being picked up tomorrow morning and hopefully i should have it back in 2 weeks :))

Got my new lockset last night and managed to get the doorcards from my old mk1 out, they are retrimmed in grey carpet.

I will get pics up tonite of everything so far :)

Will Take Some Work But Will Be Worth it (Y)