rickygolf83
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Mk2 Golf 8v & 16v, VR6, Nova Antibes, Mk4 1.8t & mk4 Gt Tdi 130
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Had this thread bookmarked and just read from start to finish again!
Lovely car, I remember when these were everywhere and I was having fun with them in either my Nova GSI or 205 GTI!
Cant believe how rare they have become, just looked on HowManyleft and only 34 taxed Q3 of 2018, 21 of Q4.
Looks great in white, really suits the kit and the wheels.
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ianw
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Had this thread bookmarked and just read from start to finish again! Lovely car, I remember when these were everywhere and I was having fun with them in either my Nova GSI or 205 GTI! Cant believe how rare they have become, just looked on HowManyleft and only 34 taxed Q3 of 2018, 21 of Q4. Looks great in white, really suits the kit and the wheels. Thanks mate, they are very rare in GSi guise, oddly enough rarer than Nova GSi's. Lowered on 16's has always been the look I've loved, first show of the year on Sunday. |
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Last Edit: May 9, 2019 22:05:24 GMT by ianw
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rickygolf83
Scotland
Mk2 Golf 8v & 16v, VR6, Nova Antibes, Mk4 1.8t & mk4 Gt Tdi 130
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Best wheel for both gsi's
I sold my gsi then got the 205 gti. There was a perfect gsi for sale at crail raceway on a sunday i went up, clean, lowered, alessios.. perfect. Didnt end up buying it as i had the 205 and that escort in my profile pic. Wish i had, would probably still have it 😥
Get plenty of pics of it at the show, definitely gets more love than you realise. 90s to a tee 👍
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ianw
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May 15, 2019 20:07:53 GMT
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Last Edit: May 15, 2019 20:09:20 GMT by ianw
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CaptainSlog
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1995 Vauxhall Corsa GSi 16vCaptainSlog
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May 17, 2019 12:51:28 GMT
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Excuse my ignorance but WTF is a Nova? I see them mentioned here all the time but have never seen one. I am sure it is not a Chevy Nova.  |
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May 17, 2019 13:37:55 GMT
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It was the forerunner to the corsa  |
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Last Edit: May 17, 2019 13:38:25 GMT by Adambt
If at first you don't succeed........
....Don't try skydiving!
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May 17, 2019 16:02:53 GMT
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Last Edit: May 17, 2019 16:06:54 GMT by duggers
Needs a bigger hammer mate.......
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ianw
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May 17, 2019 20:05:11 GMT
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Was gonna come to this but weather was a bit off this morning so thought it may be a waste of time, clearly not  which club did you display with? Love to try get my Astra there next year. |
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ianw
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Was gonna come to this but weather was a bit off this morning so thought it may be a waste of time, clearly not which club did you display with? Love to try get my Astra there next year. Its a good show, nice and local which is always a bonus  I display with the Northern Nova Group, they kindly give me a space |
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rickygolf83
Scotland
Mk2 Golf 8v & 16v, VR6, Nova Antibes, Mk4 1.8t & mk4 Gt Tdi 130
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Looking perfect there 👍
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ianw
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Cheers bud, was actually parked right in front of a Antibes as it happens 😀 |
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rickygolf83
Scotland
Mk2 Golf 8v & 16v, VR6, Nova Antibes, Mk4 1.8t & mk4 Gt Tdi 130
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Cheers bud, was actually parked right in front of a Antibes as it happens 😀 No way! Any pics of it? |
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White E plate one? Lee I think his name is? Did the clutch and box on my Astra.
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rickygolf83
Scotland
Mk2 Golf 8v & 16v, VR6, Nova Antibes, Mk4 1.8t & mk4 Gt Tdi 130
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Between his and mine, that is 2 of the 6 on the road accounted for ! lol
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ianw
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Jun 10, 2019 19:08:00 GMT
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Cheers bud, was actually parked right in front of a Antibes as it happens 😀 No way! Any pics of it? Sorry mate, didn't take a single picture all day for some reason, there were some lovely Nova's on the stand though. White E plate one? Lee I think his name is? Did the clutch and box on my Astra. Yep, it was Lee and hes from up your way, North Wales? Between his and mine, that is 2 of the 6 on the road accounted for ! lol Always nice to have a rare car |
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ianw
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Jul 20, 2020 12:28:32 GMT
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Should really update this properly... Due to everything going on and the lack of shows, this has had virtually zero use this year, at no point have I just been for a drive in it which is frustrating but I have tried to turn the lack of use in to getting some jobs done. So far this year I've: 1. Had a full exhaust system built from the manifold back removing the terrible join that was on the manifold, this includes a performance CAT. 2. Fitted my short shifter which has dramatically improved the feel of the selector. 3. Re jigged the wiring loom so it is a bit tidier with less on show. 4. Had the inlet and camcover powder coated (sadly the cam cover was damaged when I went to fit it so a replacement is being done in the next few weeks). 5. Full service which has improved things, was well overdue tbh. I'm having fun and games with speedo cables at the moment, the fun thing about this car is that if the speedo cable isn't present, the car cuts out when the revs drop, not the easiest things to be fitting either, original one is not available so picked up a pattern part which ended up being very noisy. Tracked down an original which I fitted yesterday but obviously not run it correctly as the speedo has stopped working again, hoping to resolve this ASAP. A couple of recent pictures:    |
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Managed to squeeze myself, the wife, a 3 month old in his seat + my 13yo nephew into the car! Add to that a pram, coolbox and camping chairs and I think we did pretty well! 
which club did you display with? Love to try get my Astra there next year.
