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cooltom31
27-01-07, 05:35 PM
well since loosing my licence for having too many points in the first two years of driving,which i got for having an insecure battery! i have been looking for a good nova with a good shell for a project, finally i found one, its a j-reg 1.4sr, i done a straight swap for my corsa sri:

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/tomscar001.jpg

and this was the nova when i first got it 2 weeks ago:

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/tomsnova003.jpg

cooltom31
27-01-07, 05:42 PM
the car came standard apart from an ashley exhaust 60mm g-max springs and shocks and clear rear lights. and roof ariel conversion.

the plans are as follows:

respray in same colour
gloss black gsi bumpers and skirts
speedlines
standard rear lights
black gsi dash
black cobra monaco bucket seats with back seat removed and floor carpeted
3-4 inch outward rolled backbox
mk1 boot(the one with no grab handle)with mk2 'lip' spoiler
bonnet pins
astra mk5 side repeaters
astra gte bonnet vents
new doors with smooted locks
remote cl
custom recovered door cards

80mm rear springs
aftermarket stearing wheel and gearknob
chrome show cage

and eventually a 1.6 16v conversion when all that is done.

cooltom31
27-01-07, 05:47 PM
over the last few days ive been stripping the car ready to be painted, and removed the black vinyl, ive been to pick up a mk1 boot and 2 new doors for it today, also new headlights and rear lights. needs a new windscreen aswell because its cracked.

cooltom31
27-01-07, 05:51 PM
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/tomsnova003.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/tomsnova001.jpg

Mike
27-01-07, 06:09 PM
dont look look like an ashley exhaust to me lol

looks like a standard back box lol albiet one that looks like its gonna fall off hehehe

otherwise a pretty nice car, just watch out the hoodie in the 2nd pic, looks like he's gonna nick it :D

cooltom31
27-01-07, 06:30 PM
yeh the lad i got it off put that exhaust on to drive it to my house, the car has just had a new pront panel, bonnet grill and wings six month ago aswell, so the only rust is on the doors but i have new ones to fit. anyone know what red the paint is?

maccas
27-01-07, 06:37 PM
is it flame red?

matt_mph
05-02-07, 10:57 AM
is it flame red?

Looks like it to me mate

mikey14sr
05-02-07, 06:03 PM
so the only rust is on the doors

Think you'll find you need an arch repair panel on the drivers side too.

vaughanmc
05-02-07, 06:04 PM
wish we kept my mum's old Nova Flair -- it was that car i always wanted to be a Nova SR -- didn't quite make it

cooltom31
09-02-07, 01:36 PM
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/menova.jpg

cooltom31
09-02-07, 01:37 PM
will get some pics up soon of the progress. having bother getting the doors off though!

Ash
09-02-07, 03:19 PM
have you got the proper tool to take the doors off? its almost impossible without it, then again it's almost impossible with in lol

Also as its an SR it should have central locking as standard.

Ash

cooltom31
09-02-07, 03:22 PM
no im having problems finding the right tool. yeh i know it has central locking but i will need a remote kit as the doors i have bought have the locks smoothed. was going to do this anyway so its one less job to do.

cooltom31
09-02-07, 03:24 PM
any one know which red the corsa was? as i liked the colour and would like the nova that colour.

cooltom31
11-02-07, 04:31 PM
the new doors:
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/tomsnova010.jpg

cooltom31
11-02-07, 04:32 PM
new windcreen:
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/tomsnova007.jpg

cooltom31
11-02-07, 04:34 PM
no rust here!
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/tomsnova005.jpg

or here:
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/tomsnova009.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/tomsnova008.jpg

cooltom31
11-02-07, 04:35 PM
new boot lid:
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/tomsnova006.jpg

cooltom31
11-02-07, 04:36 PM
seats for sale,
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/tomsnova011.jpg

cooltom31
19-02-07, 11:19 PM
picked up some black cav gsi wheels yesterday, these will be fitted untill i can afford some speedlines. unsure whether to smooth the lock on the boot or not? what does evryone think? smooth it or not?

cooltom31
21-02-07, 05:53 PM
managed to find a bar the right size to knoch the door pins out, was chuffed when i finally got one out, then realised the bar was now stuck in the hinge! now i have another problem! its so hard to get in with a hammer aswell! good job its gettin resprayed cos theres scratches all over now!

vaughanmc
21-02-07, 06:37 PM
how much would u take for the seats (front and rear)??
..p.m me..
Vaughan

cooltom31
23-02-07, 07:27 PM
new wheels

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/any002.jpg

cooltom31
23-02-07, 07:28 PM
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/any001.jpg

cooltom31
24-02-07, 06:19 PM
got the drivers side door on today,

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/any005.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/any004.jpg

kevster
25-02-07, 01:56 AM
keep up the good work

NOV4_SPORT
25-02-07, 01:52 PM
looking good pall, keep it up,

cooltom31
09-03-07, 02:40 PM
some dick head set fire to it on friday night, absolutely gutted, lost everything including all my tools etc!

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/any010.jpg

cooltom31
09-03-07, 02:41 PM
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/any008.jpg

cooltom31
09-03-07, 02:44 PM
there is no roof let on the building either, i know who done it but i cant prove it aswell, thinking of giving up on novas now, as it was hard enough to find this one, so im gettin a mk2 astra off a friend to use as a runaround for now, its just a 1.2 but that can be changed, hes got gte 16v interior and bumpers to go on it and im getting it for ?80 so cant complain.

hagger
09-03-07, 03:17 PM
gutted for ya fella, looked like u was well on the way as well :(

cooltom31
09-03-07, 04:23 PM
yep it was going well had a gsi front bumper and skirts to go on, and the car was supposed to be getting painted next week, the tyres wer brand new and cos me ?202 just the other day! was a mint shell aswell!

Tarian
09-03-07, 04:48 PM
damn gutted!
you know who done it??

cooltom31
09-03-07, 08:05 PM
yeh i no who it was.

Dave.
09-03-07, 09:12 PM
jesus, gutted for you mate, why is there yellow on it though?

if you know who done it, tell the police

BigStan
09-03-07, 09:30 PM
Gutted,, dont lose heart in it all mate ! :thumb:

Pillar
09-03-07, 09:31 PM
CNUTS cant believe it mate gutted 4 ya

Pillar
09-03-07, 09:34 PM
how come your spare doors are burnt as well?

Dave.
09-03-07, 09:37 PM
well, if its been torched in his garage, someones done it on puropse, so theyve probabley wanted to destroy as much as possible

tom_beverley
09-03-07, 09:37 PM
Gutted for you mate, real shame.

cooltom31
10-03-07, 04:50 PM
everything in the building is burnt and theres no roof left, the police say theres nothing they can do, its like the lad who done it is under police protection or something cos everything hes does he gets away with, i live in a small village and the family moved up from sunderland they are rough as hell!

flashbang
10-03-07, 05:13 PM
gutted for oyu mate,

Dave.
10-03-07, 05:17 PM
gutted for oyu mate,is the no way you can still use the shell,if you sell can i have the wheels or are they totaly ****ed

do you have a brain atall

look at the pics, its completley gone!! itll have warped the shell and the wheels will be like paper. :cuckoo:

flashbang
10-03-07, 05:20 PM
cooltom,you know were the nearest stotgun to you is,and you know were that kid lives

Martin
10-03-07, 05:20 PM
Funk me..

ANDYRACER
10-03-07, 05:34 PM
Where abouts do u live? :eek:

Id be taking the ****er for a nice ride in the boot if i was u. ;)

cooltom31
03-05-07, 10:02 PM
i live in wooler in northumberland. looking for another shell, my cousin has 2 rotten gsi's so i just need a shell to switch the bits onto. including a fully rebuilt engine. seems to be no novas in my area though.

cooltom31
03-05-07, 10:04 PM
do you have a brain atall

look at the pics, its completley gone!! itll have warped the shell and the wheels will be like paper. :cuckoo:

the wheels were melted on the inside, the shell was completly f**ked was a real shame as it had a whole new front end on it.

big gra
03-05-07, 10:34 PM
if that was me, i would not be sat around talking saying i know who done it, id be out the ripping sumones ba*** off!!!

cooltom31
03-05-07, 10:36 PM
theres nothing i can do, the lad would probably stab me or something!

cooltom31
17-05-07, 08:25 PM
found my self another nova similar to the one i had, wen to pick it up last night cant beleive how quick it is!
it has: 1.6 8v engine with t40's ashley four branch manifold and full ashley exhaust sysem,
60mm gmax suspension,
quickrack,
came with mk1 sr seats which are for sale, also came with a load of spares, a set of black cobra reclining bucket seats, gsi skirts, laguna splitter and another splitter not sure what off, 1.3sr head and fast road cam(for sale) and lots of other mechanical bits.
heres sum pics.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/any031.jpg

cooltom31
17-05-07, 08:27 PM
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/any032.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/any034.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/any033.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/any035.jpg

cooltom31
17-05-07, 08:32 PM
plans are, gsi front bumper and paint bumpers gloss black, get the grey bottom painted red, fit the skirts, gsi interior and black dash, digi dash and a change of wheels not sure which ones. and clean up the engine bay.

cooltom31
17-05-07, 08:34 PM
and forgot to say get rid of that bonnet vent!

big gra
17-05-07, 10:15 PM
lmao at the drink bottle! will look good with bumpers and wheels changed!

J4MES
18-05-07, 11:42 AM
make sure its parked where pikey charv ****s cant find it!!!! good luck with this one mate!!!

draper
18-05-07, 12:25 PM
glad to here you got another one mate, shame about the scum burning your garage/shed down

cooltom31
14-06-07, 06:31 PM
a bit of progress.

full gsi interior including dash:
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/any043.jpg

cooltom31
14-06-07, 06:31 PM
gsi front bumper in primer
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/any049.jpg

cooltom31
14-06-07, 06:36 PM
just saving up some money to get the bottom of the car painted red and get the bumpers and skirts painted black. i have got gsi window surrounds to go on and one of them fancy matel fuel caps which i have painted black aswell as the door handles. really anoyed because all i need to have full gsi interior is the black parcel shelf! all i need after that is wheels then she should be just how i want her.

ThomasD
17-06-07, 01:04 PM
Very great Nova!!!

Greats from Germany!!

Ernie
17-06-07, 01:56 PM
good work fella but please take this 1 in with you at night if poss.

cooltom31
19-06-07, 06:44 PM
paintwork will hopefully be done sometime in the next week.

cooltom31
17-07-07, 06:12 PM
got some cesaros for it now which are going black and im going to put the 45 profile tyres from the astra wheels on. change of plan for the paint as the whole car is now gettin painted by my mate.

trial fitted gsi bumper:
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/SL270224.jpg

cooltom31
17-07-07, 06:15 PM
thought i would share a pic of my first nova, wish i had never sold it, just needed a new slam panel and a respray to be mint!
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/Image015.jpg

cooltom31
17-07-07, 06:16 PM
excuse the stupid exhaust! was just a spare as i got offered good money for my ashley one. the car had 56k on it.

cooltom31
05-11-07, 06:59 PM
big update, been using this car as my daily car for a few months now but now the mot has ran out i have taken it off the road, this is how it looked before i started stripping it.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/tomsnova015.jpghttp://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/tomsnova014.jpg

the car now sits as a bare shell and lots of progress has been made in the last week, me and my mate have prepped the new doors boot bonnet and wings so they are all ready for primer, and started on the shell.

cooltom31
05-11-07, 07:10 PM
drivers side old arch cut out ready for a new one.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/tomsnova020.jpg

cooltom31
05-11-07, 07:12 PM
front end, engine is coming out on wednesday night, then we can prep and seam weld the bay.
instead of replacing the whole top half of the front panel we are just going to replace the headlight surrounds.
just waiting on delivery of the new arch panel, headlight surrounds and new sills then we can get them welded in.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/tomsnova012.jpg

Dave.
05-11-07, 07:15 PM
looks like a good base. dont let novalad16 see that bumper. hes afetr one lol

fingers crossed this one lives :thumb:

Dave.
05-11-07, 07:17 PM
fancy sellin that gsi grill badge :thumb:

cooltom31
05-11-07, 07:25 PM
i have a spare gsi bumper i might sell but has been cut out in the middle. the plan was to paint it flame red which is still going ahead, but i cant decide wether to have colour coded bumpers and make it a gsi rep with decals and everything, or have the bumpers and skirts gloss black and go for an ultra clean and simple look (if i go for this one i will sell the gsi badge).

Dave.
05-11-07, 07:43 PM
ccol matey, let me know :thumb:

cooltom31
07-11-07, 10:11 PM
i wouldnt say it was a good base, its had new arches 2 times on one side, and 3 on the other, and the old ones have been left underneath, should be ok when finished though.

chrisnovaturbo
09-11-07, 01:08 PM
should be good when its done. looking good

cooltom31
09-11-07, 04:33 PM
anyone got any ideas to get more power from the engine? a bit bored tbh, was thinking a cam but the prices are a bit steep.

NovaLad
09-11-07, 04:48 PM
You have a spare GSi front bumper in standard grey???

How much including deliv?????

EDIT ... Colour code ya bumpers with the GSi cut out bumper and sell me the standard GSi front :)

cooltom31
13-11-07, 04:25 PM
the cut out one is white but i want to use the standard one for mine, ill sell the cut out one when mines finished. the grey one in the pic was white when i got it i just sprayed it with halfrauds medium grey bumper paint.

cooltom31
18-11-07, 10:33 PM
got the paint now so all the panels should be painted by the weekend and then the shell the following week.

moffat
01-12-07, 06:49 PM
do you still have the sr seats and how much

cooltom31
02-12-07, 08:23 PM
the sr seats were burnt out in the car mate.

cooltom31
02-12-07, 08:24 PM
new rear arches and sills now fitted will upload pics soon.

saloonwoody
03-12-07, 07:04 PM
lookin like a good project m8 keep it up , paint it a nice blood red then you can repeatedly run over the little chavvy no penis prick that fired ur last nova up ;)

stevenf
06-12-07, 01:06 PM
how is the carpets. have you managed to give them a good clean yet?

cooltom31
07-12-07, 03:35 PM
no gonna wait a while yet until i start building the car back up. aiming for it to be back on the road mid january.

cooltom31
14-01-08, 05:14 PM
car is now painted and i have started putting it back together, wheels are painted and fitted, started fitting interior, headliner and all windows are in aswell as rollcage. camera is playing up atm so will have to try another way to get some pics.

thought i would share a pic of the gsi i stripped for parts then scrapped.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/cooltom31/14870117a3898205481b379990750l.jpg
R.I.P

nova 1.4 sr
23-01-08, 06:02 PM
just woundering how did you loose your liesence from having a insurcure battery? I dont understand

cooltom31
23-01-08, 07:15 PM
because you get points for it and if you get 6 in the first two years of passing your test you get your licence revoked and have to resit your test to get it back.

nova 1.4 sr
23-01-08, 07:30 PM
well how did they know your battery was loose did it fall out your car or somin

Mikey_J
23-01-08, 08:04 PM
well how did they know your battery was loose did it fall out your car or somin

lol Are you for real?

cooltom31
23-01-08, 08:15 PM
the garage forgot to put the clamp on when they fitted the battery and i got stopped by vosa the next day.

Dave.
23-01-08, 08:18 PM
dam, unlicky..

any progress matey? loving this nova now :thumb:

cooltom31
23-01-08, 08:41 PM
yeh lots of progress but cant get any pics yet, it is pretty much built back up now apart from the bonnet which is getting louvres and front bumper which are still in primer. all the windows are in all window surround have been painted gloss black and door handles etc. rollcage is trial fitted but im gonna take it back out for the mot. tried to start the engine tonight but doesnt want to fire up, dont think theres any spark i must have done something wrong when putting it back together, ill get my mate to sort it for me though. hoping to have it ready for the mot in 2 weeks!

twistysnovagte
23-01-08, 08:54 PM
your doin a great job there m8 keep it up and make sure the cars secured in futre away those little scumbag bastids good luck:thumb:

cooltom31
27-03-08, 07:19 PM
well the car failed its mot on tues, the back brakes are shot, needs new handbrake cable and the headlights are insecure. alsothe driverside front wheel rubs on the chassis at the front when the steering is on full lock, can anyone think why it is doing this as i cant think of a way to sort it.

also sitting in my shed is s brand new set of 16" softstars jus need tyres cant wait to get them on!

cooltom31
28-03-08, 03:30 PM
does anyone know what size tyres to buy for my 16" softstars? im thinking 195/40/16 but not to sure on the width?

cheers

tom

adam c
28-03-08, 07:22 PM
yeah i would stick with 195 width tyres.cars looking good by the way any more upto date pics?