THE INSIDE SCOOP

ROB Zahabi is well known for his show-winning custom interiors, and this aptitude has certainly rubbed off on young Cooper – the Nova’s cabin is nothing short of radical.

“We designed it together,” says Cooper. “We get very creative when we start brainstorming. Both of us like to draw, so we sat down one night and sketched heaps of different ideas.”

Other than a handful of pieces like the VE ute seats, Flaming River column and Dakota Digital dash, virtually everything is custom-made. The dash started from nothing; the doors trims were just the factory steel top bits and the rest was made from scratch.

Then there’s the acres of Alcantara trim, complete with intricate diamond-stitching. “So much stitching in this interior – two solid weeks’ worth,” says Cooper. “It’s easily twice as hard and twice as much work as one of our normal full-custom interiors.”