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    Had the opportunity in the F1 delay today to tick the Nova over and took the opportunity to take some more photos for perusal.

    The car as i've said is very clean but it's not mint mint, but then I didn't pay anywhere near that sort of price.

    The brown stuff is mainly very old sure guard, which thankfully seems to have kept it right til this day.







    The drivers turret shows some surface rust, and lots of brown staining! There's no rot there, in fact I've yet to see any rot on the car anywhere yet, outside of rear arches!



    Genuine new GM battery and a tidy tray underneath it!







    Boot is mint, but has some chips on the leading edge which means i'll need to paint it sadly, meaning I will need a new graphic, any experience of the eBay graphics anyone?



    Doors are both like this and near mint.





    Boot floor is also near mint...





    Original dealer plates and surrounds...



    Rear panel seams look good...



    The main reason the old boy sold, his elderly wife had a wheel chair and they struggled with it and the Nova, clear to see here...it's ok it's gonna be painted!



    Til next time....
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    So after Billing I really wanted to get the SR out, it actually wasn't insured until today, but with Tax and MOT seemed a shame not to use it over summer!

    So a spick and span wash showed it like this;



    Another sign of the matter of how well looked after its been, all 4 tyres are original specification Michelins, no crap was put on this one....!



    And the less pretty bits....

    New wing then;



    And both arches;





    Took some chav stickers out of the rear window (the young lad i bought it off took it to Run to the Sun), but kept some originality...





    Spent some time on the interior, the outside had a mere wash as its being painted I didn't see the point in extra effort...its quite good, need a drivers bolster, going to try and procure a passenger seat...a wet vac and I think it'll be fine, the velour still has pile in it.



    Need and have a new one of these...



    Anyone with any ideas how to clean this???



    More to come, think i've decided to use it as it is now til the end of summer when it'll come off the road and visit the body shop. He was there at Billing so I showed him Nick J's old one and said I want that....! I'll try, but it'll never do as well as that i'm sure..!
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    Great car! I would try to clean the sunroof blind with a small steam cleaner.

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    Love it!

    Count down own now till you sell it... I give you a year max

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    Very nice find! Looks like its got an after market headunit, are you going to try and find an original one?

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    I bought ebay graphics the gte/gsi boot vinyl and it was very good quality as there exact copies of the originals if you do decide to get some for the sr

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    Quote Originally Posted by krobinson View Post
    Love it!

    Count down own now till you sell it... I give you a year max
    Speaking to you at weekend you didn't seem like a seller

    Surly this ones a keeper and if all else fails and you loose the love just let it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by krobinson View Post
    Love it!

    Count down own now till you sell it... I give you a year max
    I hope not. I've no reason to sell this, I have a double garage now, it's a good car! But granted my reputation precedes me !

    Thanks for the update on the vinyl I think I'll buy one and try it against standard to see if I'm happy with it.

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    Nova was spotted at a recent classic show by a couple friend - few photos.

    It's in storage at the moment whilst I'm moving house! But once I've moved hopefully in October it'll go out to the body shop from there.

    Few photos of it how it is now;





    Need to start collecting some parts!

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    Looks lovely.
    All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi
    Far from suicidal
    Still I get them tendencies
    Bringing back them memories
    That I really miss when I reminisce

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