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  • Toymex
    Pit Crew
    Decade Plus User
    • Jan 2004
    • 1337

    #31
    Re: my new nova

    a few smaller pics








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    • dangerousdave
      Way too much free time
      Decade Plus User
      • Oct 2002
      • 15132

      #32
      Re: my new nova

      Looking good jezz with regards to the kit, there was a white nova round my way a few years back (i think bigrod off osf may have owned it, or would definately know of it as it was at the end of the road where his vauxhall breakers is!) but that had a massively wide arch kit on it, maybe a rallycross one and the rear lights were mounted in the arches and the boot was filled in where the old light holes were!!

      More pics of the outside and the new tubs please
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      • Toymex
        Pit Crew
        Decade Plus User
        • Jan 2004
        • 1337

        #33
        Re: my new nova

        Hi Dave i am getting the rallycross kit but i still dont think it will be wide enough,as it is at the moment before we have fitted the wide track lower arms the wheels stick out about 4 inches allready,so by the time the longer bottom arms are on that will be 6 inches
        I think a decision will have to made,standard track,8 inch wheels or extend the arches even more,
        How easy is fibre glass to work with Carlos vandango here we come
        I cant get any pics of the outside at the moment as it is wedged in my back garden under a gazebo

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        • flatout
          Spanner Monkey
          • Oct 2007
          • 231

          #34
          Re: my new nova

          Awesome nova fella

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          • Toymex
            Pit Crew
            Decade Plus User
            • Jan 2004
            • 1337

            #35
            Re: my new nova

            Thanks m8 i hope to have a few pics at the weekend as the wide arch kit has arrived

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            • Toymex
              Pit Crew
              Decade Plus User
              • Jan 2004
              • 1337

              #36
              Re: my new nova

              Well i have been busy fitting the wide arches





              but i am not sure what to do with the rear lights as the arches half cover the existing hole and if i cut the arches back i am not sure how to finish them any ideas
              i have also fitted the console and clock pod i had made


              any opinions or advice gratefully received as building a race car is all new to me

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              • antman
                Tyre Kicker
                • Dec 2005
                • 33

                #37
                Re: my new nova

                nova looks better in the flesh dude and wouldnt let your hansom younger bruv drive this one

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                • flatout
                  Spanner Monkey
                  • Oct 2007
                  • 231

                  #38
                  Re: my new nova

                  get yourself over to www.vauxsport.com fella a few of the lads have experiance with wide track nova's.

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                  • Toymex
                    Pit Crew
                    Decade Plus User
                    • Jan 2004
                    • 1337

                    #39
                    Re: my new nova

                    Well we have been busy we got the car blown over last weekend to tidy it up and have put the windows back in and mounted the bonnet and tailgate,we have also fitted the front bumper and started on the rear ,mounting the rain light and picked the engine up so we are going to fit that on saturday we are also going to fit the gearbox once Andy has fitted a different cwp ,it should also be ready for the weekend so we are getting there slowly




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                    • dangerousdave
                      Way too much free time
                      Decade Plus User
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 15132

                      #40
                      Re: my new nova

                      Nice one jezz, looking good buddy

                      Are they the windows and engine/box from the sport?? If so lets hope they arent full of bad karma!
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                      • Toymex
                        Pit Crew
                        Decade Plus User
                        • Jan 2004
                        • 1337

                        #41
                        Re: my new nova

                        Yes Dave left overs from the sport heres hoping theres no bad karma

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                        • Toymex
                          Pit Crew
                          Decade Plus User
                          • Jan 2004
                          • 1337

                          #42
                          Re: my new nova

                          Well i bit the bullet and bought some compbrake 4 pots ,discs and bells but they dont fit, the pads hit the caliper mounting brackets



                          I have been waiting to get a new cwp ,this came on thursday so i got it fitted on friday so we could fit the engine and box on saturday




                          i feel as though we are getting somewhere now ,a couple more weekends and i might be ready for some testing

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                          • MCURZON
                            Mechanic
                            • Nov 2006
                            • 743

                            #43
                            Re: my new nova

                            Looks a beauty, got a few more fancy bits than mine!!

                            Matt

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                            • Toymex
                              Pit Crew
                              Decade Plus User
                              • Jan 2004
                              • 1337

                              #44
                              Re: my new nova

                              Cheers Matt ,did you have any luck fixing yours

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                              • david_white
                                Pole Position
                                Decade Plus User
                                • Nov 2004
                                • 4831

                                #45
                                Re: my new nova

                                Thats coming along lovely Jezz, and I suspect it will be very competitive

                                Looks like you are a bit ahead of me, but hopefully I'll be getting a bit nearer to catching up over the next couple of weeks

                                Sierra cosworth turbo race car
                                QMN saloon car championship

                                RETRO Motorsport

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