Dan's L reg Td SX

[Balley]

hi all i am just going to tell you my story so far!

here it goes, when i was 14 i had my first proper road experience in a Td nova, it was my grandads five door. i was just amazed how fast it were for what it was!

i knew from this day on i had to have one!,.


... aged 16 i found a nice sx td, standard apart from the pink body work, bought it, stuck a starter on her and doubled my money1

aged 17, its now 2008, ive just passed my car test and wanted only one car, that being as am sure you could work out a NOVA! by this time nova had died out just about, i struggled to find any localy. then i had a strike of luck. my grandad gave me his moor door td, at first it were a nail and i didnt want to keep it but then i drove her and fell in love,... sadly 3 months down the line i spun in some ice, hit a ditch and tiped it over!

i have never been so upset, was like losing my grandad him self, i was pi$$ed off with my self for killing a nova and new i had to get a new one!

any way after 5 months of searching i found one, it was a 7 hour round trip to get it and it nearly wanted rebuilding but it was honnest and genuine, unlike the other tds.

[Balley]

the car needed:-
doors
respray
back axle
front brakes
back sill
the odd plate on the chassis rails
a spring
lock set
and a lot of other bits to get it to how i want it

you may think am silly for getting it but tds are so rare now and being a l reg with bilstein shocks puts the toping on the cake for me!

any way i will pop up some pics now

[Balley]

when i got her

[Balley]

looked a sh!t heap in really life

[Balley]

getting ready for paint

[Balley]

when i first painted (looks ok but needs a bit of a power polish)

and now













i have done so much to the car now, ive only had it 3 months.
i fitted the calibra leather tonight made the door cards with my mum!!

so what do you guys think, i will hopefully keep updating!

[stevie-p]

i want the doorcards i think they look ace looks alright fella well done

[craig green]

Cool. It's a shame you have erased the SX's defining features though. The seat cloth, the external badges & grey bumpers etc.

TD's do rock though. Easily Sr quick.

[Balley]

they were easy to make, got some fake leather, and swade, sitched together and glued around the originals:D
thanks dude

[Balley]

i still have the seats and the door card could be undone, i know what you mean but i prefere it a bit different

i do want some more sx badges though