Nova Sprint C Rebuild

[dan16v]

Loads of work going in to it then mate!
It?s still survived well over the years, were the seams starting to pull apart or all good?

Come along way from the picture


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[TWAG]

Loads of work going in to it then mate!
It?s still survived well over the years, were the seams starting to pull apart or all good?

Come along way from the picture


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Yeah theres been a reasonable amount gone in to it. Seems in the engine bay had started to go. Caught it just in time.

That pic is going back a few years. That house is up for sale at the moment, I made an offer but wasn?t excepted. They want 685k for it.


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[TWAG]

With the new intercooler sitting behind the bumper, I had to address the gapping hole in the bumper.




I have a spare bumper but it was in terrible shape compared to my original one.




I found a local company who specialise in fibre glass/ Carbon Fibre, at first they told me they were scrap but after explaining the rarity of the kit, they agreed to take on the job.

First step was to clean up the spare bumper i had, in preparation for taking a mould of the centre section










With the mould complete, they could use this to repair my original bumper.











New stainless brackets where fitted for the fog lights, the original where steel and they had rust jacked the fibre glass causing it to split.




Few more repairs completed and in to primer. The guy that done it has done an amazing job and it?s now so much stronger than it was before.








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[TWAG]

Next up was sort the rear arches, plan was to widen the inner arch so that it meets the wider outer arches.

I cut back both inner and outer watches and welded them back together. Had to cut back a bit more of the inner arch due to rust.




Then made a template,




All welded in, not the prettiest but plenty strong enough.






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[TWAG]

Had do deal with a bit more rust I found on the inner arch.







With that done, have a quick coat of etch primer to stop it rusting.






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[TWAG]

Last piece cut and test fitted.

Then repeated the same in the other side.










Really happy with how they turned out, I?ve been wanting to do this for years.


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[dan16v]

See the house still has the original kitchen!
And you know there is a swimming pool buried if you wanted it
Would be a decent buy at 650?

Arches look much better extended
Bumper looks amazing, they did a quality job, bet that wasn?t cheap!


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[TWAG]

Fast forward to may 2024 and the shell was ready to go to paint.







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[TWAG]

Unfortunately my bad luck with paint work continued, when shortly after the car left, the body shop shut down.

Luckily the painter started up at a new location and took the car with him but it ment there would be a delay whilst he set up a new Bodyshop.

Eventually things started to move again and the shell was sandblasted and flash primed ready for metal work to begin. On the whole it wasnt to bad but the shot blasting did reveal a few repairs.

Most i?d already accounted for, like new seals and rear panel.

[dan16v]

Not too bad at all considering the age
Did at any point you consider putting standard arches back on?


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