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Rob_Lee
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The other halfs dad has had it in the garage since 2000 and always said id get it sorted!

Well after the awfulness of the nova santapod its now been put under cover and im gonna work on the Spartan.



Its all ally panels and apparantly has a vitesse straight 6 and RWD

Anyway... havent got it out the garage but here's some pics to begin with.



Hasnt been running since 2000.... no chance of this starting first time! lmao

Twin SU carbs







Holy **** look at the antique wiring!



Stop for tea



Then got the old dash out from the rafters and made a nice new alloy one








Oh and just for a laugh




and the normal thumbs up



[Edited on 11-06-2007 by Rob_Lee]

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Kurt
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this is gonna be intresting cant wait for another update, any pics of what they look like restored?
Rob_Lee
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[Edited on 06-06-2007 by Rob_Lee]
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need to change that blow off disk on the nos bottle for a safety valve or it could be popping in the summer losing all your gas in the process
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nos bottle looks familiar
dont give up on the nova rob!!
the other half says your a lovely lad if you ever want any advice blah blah give us a shout

and good luck with the project x
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what kerry said dont give up on the nova. but good on you for starting this project. id just look at it and go ah screw it cant be bothered lol. (short attention span haha id want it finished and not want to do it lol) but good on ya
Rob_Lee
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Kerry

Dont worry im not giving up on the nova... just staying away from it at the mo.... other wise ill end up selling it or breaking it!

Next show for the nova is Trax so got ages to decide what to do to it. In the mean time im gonna try get this running

Been trawling through the darkest corners of the interweb for wiring diagrams and as much Startan info i can.

Should be some nice "out in the sunshine" pics of it this weekend when i attempt to clean millions of tonnes of nova stuff thats blocking it in!

Rob_Lee
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IT FUCKING RUNS!!!

Cant believe it.... done an oil change as the old oil is about 7 years old... replaced some perished hoses and fuel lines, put some new plugs in, whacked a battery on it and it started!

loads of effort to keep it running but its out there running on 7 year old leaded fuel! lmao

Well happy
Matt L
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haha as if. lets hope the rest is as easy .
Rob_Lee
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it does!

Ive got a video of it running and fuck me does a the straight 6 sound monsterous!
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Rob!

Looks like a wikid project, keep up posted . I should think that wiring digrams are few and far between - but dont give up. Dont give up on the Nova either!
Rob_Lee
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Fuck the nova... after hearing the sound of the straight 6 ive falling in love!

Got the gearbox all sorted and clutch bleed too!

Im WELL happy!
Rob_Lee
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Pow
Rob_Lee
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Ps.... did manage to flood the passenger footwell with oil after forgetting to connect to oil pipe to the temp gauge! whoops! lol
Rob_Lee
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBPpj1mTLUo

haha also check out the melted jump leads in the video too at about 0:20 seconds

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Matt L
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sounds nice
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FAIR PLAY MATE

definately fuck the nova if you got a sick project like that hahahaha
Rob_Lee
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Drove it tonight only about 50 yards... back end steps out quite easy

Got the dash in and stated wiring everything in.

pics coming
Rob_Lee
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Taking shape v quickly Rob!
Rob_Lee
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Really looking forward to weekend

Mot getting closer
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you've got some junk in your trunk

very nice, how much more is it having done to it?
Rob_Lee
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haha the car's been sitting in garage for years as a storage facilty! haha

Gonna be doing loads to it.



Ill upload some more pics of todays work
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BEFORE





AFTER
Rob_Lee
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Mega happy with it

Its almost ready for MOT... Just need to buy a rear view mirror and some silly small switches

Rob

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