After 10 years of ownership, it's time for the Nova to get a bare shell rebuild. The main reason for this is its needs painting. Over the years I've got the car pretty much how i want it, so there wont be to many major changes, just putting everything right.
Fot those who haven't seen one before the kit is the Irmscher Sprint c kit. The plans For this rebuild are as follow.
Fit door bars to roll cage And weld in spreader plates for rollcage.
Cut out old seat mountings and weld in new stronger rails.
Remove all unwanted brackets from car
Strip and re-seal underneath.
Strengthen around the Corsa brake servo as it tends to flex the battery tray
Fit braided fuel and brake lines
Fit quaife LSD
Replace the drivers side wide arch
Respray the whole shell
Clean and paint all parts before refitting
Plus there will be a few more purchases as it progresses
The whole build has to be finished by the end of may, so it ready for my yearly trip to lemans.
Here's how the car looks currently
The first task was to build a shelter to work under as I don't have a garage at the mo.