1985 Nova Saloon

[rysee]

I recently purchased my very basic 993cc Saloon on 30k miles with some service history, she's not mint but not that far from it. I plan to put a 1300cc in at some point but just keep her standard...ish for now...



How I got her

Cobwebs









Nad yes the pen tray is staying


More Cobwebs haha

[rysee]

I treated her to some Spax RSX after a 320miles round trip that she was supposed to make but couldn't due to having no will to start then stay running in the rain

So we had to strip the standard suspension and leave it on blocks until we returned




Levitating nova





Elliot's trusty DERV




After getting back far too late to fit sunday night i set my alarm for 5:30 adn set to work at 6 with the hope of driving her to college

And Made it

She's low


Absolutely love her handles brilliantly apart from a lack of grip which some wider steels and new tyres should sort

[rysee]

Quick update for new wheels. I think i'm going to soften the coilovers as my teeth hurt haha'

She now starting 1st time too which owns

[rysee]

The backs are placed in until I possible get the material sown onto the standard bench seats as I've seen others achieve great results. I never have passengers so I'll wait

[stealthstylz]

Needs to go lower but will be a cool car.

Matt

[Mark]

Good work mate.

I used to work at Demon Tweeks back in the day and every weekend we'd get loads of people in scouse accents saying ''got any lowered springs for me Nova mate?'' lol

People often run their springs far to hard so softening them up a bit will probably be a good idea FTW.

[ishan]

Excellent car, love the interior. Those steel wheels banded two inchs would make it the perfect Nova saloon for me

[tidge]

love that interior fella

[rysee]

Cheers guys, I am considering getting some -80mm springs for the back and winding the coilovers at the front down as currently i think it's 60back 40front

The wheels are ET33 so i can't slam it without mods

[cortinamike77]

Loving this, Got a huge softspot for Nova's now they have shaken off that boy racer image and saloons are the don!

[Neil]

awesome! banding the original steel rims would be full of win!

[octagonalpaul]

looking superb, really like what you're doing
banding the steels would be brilliant

[rysee]

I would love some banded steels and wider arches, we'll see what the future brings, a more modern engine is what i'm dreaming about atm, I currently get 50miles to £10 on a run from the pushrod

It's got the same dash as a Sport as it's a base model

[rysee]

I forgot these from before christmas

They won't be hiring me for the Swedish rally this year

[tri]

Lovely mate. Amazes me how much I disliked these as a kid, contrasted how much I love them now. Loving the wheels, too.

[charnock]

ha ha nice loon and spot on wheel choice for it. don't think id change anyting on that but the engine . allso you live in aberaeron?

[Lawsy]

bringing back memories, i had an A reg saloon about 12 years ago, hated the loon then as all my mates had hatches etc - boy do i wish i still had it.. gotta love a retro witha boot

[lemmingzappa]

I'm looking forward to seeing more from this !

[rysee]

Jan 23, 2010 18:52:23 GMT charnock said:

ha ha nice loon and spot on wheel choice for it. don't think id change anyting on that but the engine . allso you live in aberaeron?

No Shropshire mate, Aberaeron was our little stop off for Relentless and diesel, we went to A place just outside Haverfordwest for the coilovers

Yeah the saloon is coming back, my uncle drove it and was like eughhhhhhhh never thought I'd ever be seen dead in a loon

[leigh]

Long 12's are cool,much prefer these to the hatchbacks. Looks like your enjoying it!