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20 years in a Scottish garden and the Nova looks a bit forlorn and down at heel with weeds growing through the floorpan, flat tyres and seized brakes. |
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A service stop on the way back from Glasgow |
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Part way through the 700 mile round trip to Scotland to collect the Nova I stop for coffee and Red Bull top up. |
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Back home the Nova gets inspected. |
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Wife and son give me a technical appraisal of my newly acquired Nova. |
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A bare cockpit |
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The side windows are missing. |
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Floor, what floor? |
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Tin worm has had 20 years to digest the floor pans. |
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A 'Flintstones' floor |
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Not much metal left |
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On the central tunnel the gear lever and handbrake have been moved and shortened. |
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Engine corrosion |
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Tin worm has been at work here too. |
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Plants growing in exhaust |
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Top view of engine |
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Is that a birds nest in the carb? |
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A sorry state |
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A solid mass of steel and alloy corrosion. |
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Pile of rusty bits |
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Dismantling begins and the rusty pile begins to grow. |
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Central spine looks solid |
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Body off |
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Front end is mostly intact. |
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Front torsion bar has surface rust and one upright is holed at the bottom. |
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Frame fork |
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The left rear frame fork has more holes than a collander. |
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The hydraulic pump, pipes and rams all work OK. |
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