lovely project, cheep as chips

 

Yes it is Ali Fab, Pete who makes the tanks only lives down the road so we popped in last night and got that tank.

He's superb with a tigset and is also making loads of alloy mk2 escort bits which is good for me !

 

Do it...

 

Looks the part

Cant wait to see this go!

 

quality bit of weight saving there mate.

 

this is EXACTLY, to the last nut and bolt, what i would LOVE to do when i get a house with some land/a garage etc

cheap/free nova, completely gut/lighten it, valver it with laughing gas.

weld in a length of scaffolding bar (vertically) to replace the rear springs...the arse wont squat much then, i'll tell ya! LOL

 

Ryan- Oh yes ! possibly a little more to come yet although were seriously in need of putting it together asap.

Paint finish will be erm interesting

Oh well, certainly going to be a lot of fun.

ForeverWhite- I'm going to try a set of those bars myself but I have been told they made my mates handle a bit strange.

Standard springs with koni adjustables locked out should be fine though tbh

 

Punkie - Are you stalking me

 

In your dreams

 

nightmares?

 

I cant ever remember any dreams I have by the morning

Must start going to bed at a sensible time and not 3 am to be up for 6 Then I might !

 

Burning the candle at both ends is not good for you lad!

You could always leave the car alone

 

jonny, try a little block of cheese before bedtime...

livens your dreams up a treat

 

Proper cool little project, I'd still love to do a 16V Nova.

 

ForeverWhite- Not had time to try the cheese thing out but I will do another night

Updates !


Had a lot more progress tonight, infact so much so it will be in its new colour by tomorrow

Pics :





















I'm onto sorting the nitrous setup tomorrow night whilst the other finish painting the car, after that it will be ready to have the engine fitted !

 

did you paint that yourself mate?

 

No mate, a friend of ours did, He's a Carpenter by trade

Should of had a go tbh but don't want to wreck it at this stage !

It would of needed a week on prepwork alone to get it looking right so we just thought fook it and put it in primer, however it looks painted will be miles better than it was 10 days ago when we picked it up

 

Needs to be done Cam Grey

 

 

im suprised u dint cut the spare wheel well out ! save a few more k's!
Loving the progect lads ! i think most people on here have a special little place in them for novas!

 

We did consider cutting it out but tbh we just never bothered.

The car is now painted, we have a sneaky suspicion that Stevie Wonder mixed the paint up as its not quite the same shade as it came with













I'm not quite sure the pic above makes it look so flat but trust me its not lol

Well done to Gav and Ady for doing the paintwork, its not something I have ever done before and I'm only any good with a can Just the doors need doing and the bonnet (once we have picked it up) then all the painwork is done

By tomorrow evening it should have an engine back in it although we do need a clutch from somewhere !

 

Don't look to bad mate



Kermit-nova though

 

LOL

 

Lookin good mate

 

Looks good. certainly wont lose it

 

 

Awesome project guys, looking really good!

when the whole well bottom and sides were pressed from the same panel as the boot floor, and is stiffer then a flat panel, which would hence need to be thicker, or reinforced, what makes you think it would be lighter (hint, its not)

 

how quick. Good progress, looking good.

 

Really good progress there mate, well done

Colour looks ok, just need to put a 'Novadose' front bumper on it for the chav sleeper look

 

well impressed with the result in the tiny time its taken just the colour thats not quite right really , but it may well look totally different when all built up....

 

We never thought the colour would look "right", It was free and even cheap ass rattle cans cost money

The finish is far from perfect but who cares, its a laugh and its not got holes everywhere anymore

Anyway more updates !

The engine is now in, just everything else to do now !











Time to wire it tomorrow ! oh what joy

 

Top man for the pics! it looks like its going to be ready now! hope you all like Even with my £30 perspex windows (came out better than i thought)
crack on tommorow with the old shed theres plenty to do,Then get my ass kicked on sat at the rolling road o what fun

 

quality

 

love it

 

SNOT MOTORSPORT

fucking lovely

 

how did you mount the engine in and drive shafts . gots start a corsa for my boy soon with the same engine

 

Amazing project - just goes to show actuallt how little you need to spend sometimes to go fast

 

You can buy the mounting kit for the c20xe/let engine on ebay for nova/corsa/tigra etc for as little as £36.99 for our car! on the corsa you need an extra mount so i think its about £70.Shafts are up to you,best to buy a set of big hubs and shafts for approx £150 for peace of mind, Jonny or i will help you along the way as will doing searches on migweb/vauxsport/corsasport for conversion threads! also on ebay for 99p is a fitting guide i dont know how good this is but for 99p its worth the risk of it being useless any probs just ask

 

cheers gav