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well, ive had many stupid ideas and this one has finally taken shape lol.

I'll just post a few pics, and if i get much interest ill copy the slightly longer thread ive got.

It started out as a 1.3GL 1985 nova lol with 12 doors.

was stolen few years ago, got it back. was far too good to scrap but 12 doors dont sell so ive gone and done this.

i expect ill get the usual "why its a nova" or something like that. haha ah well.

Are you feeling ok?

i feel great whys that :p

Never been into Novas but interested to see where this goes. Would be best in the other marques section though.

yea i wasnt sure where to put it...if a mod wants to move it feel free

i like these kind of projects, if you got the skill then use it. rather a nova being butchered than an E30. Nice to see what this ends up like.

rather practice on this before i start the touring :p


im joking. lol wouldnt cut up my e30. i actually have no idea what im doing, im just going along as i go.

heres a few 3dr examples

heres how it stands today



using the scrap front wings lol

Ninja_Penguin wrote:
It started out as a 1.3GL 1985 nova lol with 12 doors.

How many doors ?

5 lol...but i call them 12 doors

What lump you putting in?
Not what i'd do to a Nova but why not.

I still get turned on by a sorted nova redtop thats done properly.

its having a C20XE on R1 carbs.

well it got stolen, and i got it back but no-one would want a 5 door matt black stolen/recovered nova. so i though id do something different.

basically just doing it to practice my welding, fillering, and spraying skills. plus its fun haha

Nice to see there is stil a boy amongst us lol

Come on ninja.............this things crying out for a rwd conversion

kingludba wrote:Come on ninja.............this things crying out for a rwd conversion

dont be silly. its too short for a rwd conversion. 4wd maybe, but the vaux 4wd setup is made of soft french cheese and breaks

but since this was bumped ill add a few pics

both rear arches were cut and rebuilt using my old front arches



front wings sprayed in zinc phosphate primer



inner wings hammerited



stainless tubing used to make the tops of the back bit (half welded in now but pics not uploaded yet)



valves polished and lapped back in



cam cover and spark plug covered repainted in OEM colours



pocketed Omega 86.5mm pistons need to buy the 4th one



also have a set of Kent AST1603 rally cams.

cleaned the rods up too using a wire brush in a drill

Ninja_Penguin wrote:well it got stolen, and i got it back but no-one would want a 5 door matt black stolen/recovered nova. so i though id do something different.

Fair point, may as well

Ninja_Penguin wrote:basically just doing it to practice my welding, fillering, and spraying skills. plus its fun haha

This is a very good idea actually!! Most of the reason I don't have a go on my car is that I'm worried I'll f**k it up completely!! But on some old scrap like this, who cares

I had a Nova that I was rebuilding but got bored and sold it all. (Made a profit too) And went back to my BMW.

I'm also building a Corsa Redtop for a customer at the minute.

Looks a fun project.

its been 3 months, you havent got very far,
come on we want to see it finished !

its actually taken two years but its been in work since Xmas. I do polishing for people in the evenings so only have weekends to do it...and we been rather busy, along with the weekend I had free being taken up ny a dead e30 daily...I'm just slack