Nova Kitcar Subaru flat-six PPC magazine project car or scoobynova.

[steve]

[steve]

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[BlueNova]

Looking very neat Steve!

[Dirk]

We all love an angle grinder to solve a problem its solved lots of issues for me Looking good.

Dirk

[islandman]

Very neat solution, I've got that bracket and rack sitting in a cupboard as an option to redo my Alfa Nova's rack so very interested in your solution

[steve]

Quick update; I had the handbrake Tabs welded on and the handle black-zinc coated, I prefer this low-profle look.
I'm now looking for a suitable plasic handle (grip)...?

The protective coating on the brake rotors had worn off and I was seeing some light surface rusting, I cleaned with jenolite + wire wool and then painted with VHT caliper paint.
… then popped them in the oven for 1hr @93 degrees Centigrade... that is what it said on the tin and it seems to have hardened the paint.

[BlueNova]

Looking great Steve .... you deserve a prize for the Great Nova Bake Off!

[islandman]

Rotors looking very neat

[steve]

Looking great Steve .... you deserve a prize for the Great Nova Bake Off!

Thanks; Anyone thinking of selling-off household & kitchen items should retain their oven for this very purpose. Top-tip there.

[steve]

During the dry build it became apparant that the bushes between the Scooby Gearbox and the Subarugears crossmember had been cut down by a previous owner;

The correct bush is from a Holden Commodore, but I don't believe that the after-market Holden bushes fit properly (which is why the previous owner cut them down).

Anyway I found an alternative Landrover bush that is superior IMO.

Today the Crossmember, which had to be RE-powdercoated because of a dry-fit issue (fixed with an angle grinder) came together with the new bushes for the first time, some adjustment was required to reduce the height of the inner section of a bush (one on each side) see the pic, but the adjusted bushes 'clamp' together nicely above and below the Crossmember.

Sorry it's upside down - I don't know why :-(

Try https://www.dropbox.com/s/ss9ht0bcon...38260.jpg?dl=0
to see it rendered properly.