Hello. Not posted on the forums in a while,.. well nothin about my car-goings on anyway..
To bring those interested, up to date.. i owned a tidy Nova Gsi for nearly 4 years..
But i sold it on feb '06 as i needed to sort my finances out and the car needed a fair bit £££ spending to get it back to near mint. After that i bought this as a cheap replacement but sold it soon after as i got good offers for it, made a buck or two on it. By this time i signed up to the site - was going to do a long, rolling project on the car.. so some of you may remember it..
Then oddly for me left the vx stable for this, Jun '06:
It was fun, funky and different, but too unreliable n not-what-I'm used to for an everyday car and the mood i was in at the time.. so sold that for virtually no loss, then got (aug '06) what has proven to be a good daily chariot for me:
(Pic @ recent PV07 @ 'pod) Its not as tidy as it looks on pic, but i aint bovvered as i have a new luv.. lol.
Anyways kinda managed to sort my debts to a manageable state-so my crazy antics of car buying of last year seems over.
Finally to the car in topic, a slightly de-stripped Nova mk1.
It was (2 years ago) a finished, mag featured example, half interior, caged, 1.4 16v.
But the owner ended up buying a different project and started to take some of the good bits off.. so by the time he advertised it and i bought it, it was like this..
(mobile pic)
I normally buy standard, as nice/new as poss cars if I'm planning to treasure/project it. (This car has barely any history, originality with it) But i couldn't ignore this with its 'as if its just been painted' appearance, so it was just a matter of finishing it off, rather than start from scratch. Plus i want a car to go to nurburgring next year, it should do an ok job, plus fancying getting into trackin/sprints a bit so its up the right street.
Now, the project..
I'm not a mechanic at all, so progress has been slow considering there's not really much it needs.. Also i used to have loads of nova spares, but spent '06 selling all of it off, so having to kinda re-stock up there too..
Quick basic/some of the spec:
Non-sunroof shell, headlining, heater removed plus more..
1.4 16v Tigra Engine (This stays for now, may 'bike tb's n nos it over winter, or replace it with 2.0 16v xe redtop)
Bilstein Coilovers
Poly/Nylon Mix of bushes
Stitch-welded Engine bay, Inner wings.
Some rally-spec suspension components.
Digi Dash
Blue Antibes-edition Carpet
Blue Cobra Daytona Seats & Sabelt Harnesses
The rest i can't remember, or have yet to add/fit to the car lol.
Enjoy.
A few Project pics as its gone along..
got it home..
Interior, as it was...
had barely any wing bolts holding it, so..
no clocks, so fitted these..
Cleaned drivers' floor up a bit..
Carpet and Seats then trialled..
to be continued... (sorry if a little long..)
To bring those interested, up to date.. i owned a tidy Nova Gsi for nearly 4 years..
But i sold it on feb '06 as i needed to sort my finances out and the car needed a fair bit £££ spending to get it back to near mint. After that i bought this as a cheap replacement but sold it soon after as i got good offers for it, made a buck or two on it. By this time i signed up to the site - was going to do a long, rolling project on the car.. so some of you may remember it..
Then oddly for me left the vx stable for this, Jun '06:
It was fun, funky and different, but too unreliable n not-what-I'm used to for an everyday car and the mood i was in at the time.. so sold that for virtually no loss, then got (aug '06) what has proven to be a good daily chariot for me:
(Pic @ recent PV07 @ 'pod) Its not as tidy as it looks on pic, but i aint bovvered as i have a new luv.. lol.
Anyways kinda managed to sort my debts to a manageable state-so my crazy antics of car buying of last year seems over.
Finally to the car in topic, a slightly de-stripped Nova mk1.
It was (2 years ago) a finished, mag featured example, half interior, caged, 1.4 16v.
But the owner ended up buying a different project and started to take some of the good bits off.. so by the time he advertised it and i bought it, it was like this..
(mobile pic)
I normally buy standard, as nice/new as poss cars if I'm planning to treasure/project it. (This car has barely any history, originality with it) But i couldn't ignore this with its 'as if its just been painted' appearance, so it was just a matter of finishing it off, rather than start from scratch. Plus i want a car to go to nurburgring next year, it should do an ok job, plus fancying getting into trackin/sprints a bit so its up the right street.
Now, the project..
I'm not a mechanic at all, so progress has been slow considering there's not really much it needs.. Also i used to have loads of nova spares, but spent '06 selling all of it off, so having to kinda re-stock up there too..
Quick basic/some of the spec:
Non-sunroof shell, headlining, heater removed plus more..
1.4 16v Tigra Engine (This stays for now, may 'bike tb's n nos it over winter, or replace it with 2.0 16v xe redtop)
Bilstein Coilovers
Poly/Nylon Mix of bushes
Stitch-welded Engine bay, Inner wings.
Some rally-spec suspension components.
Digi Dash
Blue Antibes-edition Carpet
Blue Cobra Daytona Seats & Sabelt Harnesses
The rest i can't remember, or have yet to add/fit to the car lol.
Enjoy.
A few Project pics as its gone along..
got it home..
Interior, as it was...
had barely any wing bolts holding it, so..
no clocks, so fitted these..
Cleaned drivers' floor up a bit..
Carpet and Seats then trialled..
to be continued... (sorry if a little long..)
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