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    Rightly firstly i am aware that i have once again got a french car and well its not exactly nova related is it but like this is the only forum i really post on now as to be fair most " cruise"... sites are just full of **** etc... right so anyway....

    Erm yeah after the sale of my beloved 106 - Ive being " project-less " ) soo basically the car belongs to the mother ( i will be the 4th owner but it has being in my family since day one ) but as she is still not yet on the roads and the car is out of tax and MOT she has decided that it would be of more use to me - now to be honest i really do not like these cars and well there not great to drive either but being only 14 im not exactly going to turn my nose up at a free car and well it will hopefully give me a year of fun hammering the absolute **** out of her and running her into the ground :D
    ( however i actually think i am going to enjoy AX ownership and i can see me learning alot from this car because well i know it wont be going on the roads like the 106 so i can basically do whatever the funk i want and i can see me learning alot from working on this car )

    So basically im not really looking to spend all that much on the AX and will be getting the majority of little bits and pieces from the scrapyard and egay etc

    And erm i dont know what else to say about it really - its an AX.. end of :D

    Sorry for the awful pictures but its only being mine since last night and ive only now just started really bothering with it :P im off to get that nasty interior riipped out in an hour or so so i'll have to get the old camera out ont job

    Corey








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    that looks pretty clean, id flog it for a profit, then buy a nova

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    well it was clean ( immaculate even ) up until these past few months but its looking sorry for itself now etc plus i couldnt get more than say 300 quid for it soo i think im best off keeping it ( even though i really want a nova or mini )

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    I have had loads of these and i would have one again tomorrow ( if the g/f would let me)just for a run around. For a 1.0 they plod on well and p reg was one of the last ones. Don't see that meany now put the gt engine init and the interior. be careful going round a sharp corner to fast they fall over

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    Quote Originally Posted by ellwood
    be careful going round a sharp corner to fast they fall over
    What's the point in having one then?

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    yeh there not so cleaver on the corners and i plan to get in abit lower to the ground when i work out the crack with torsion bars and can maybe take all the stuff into college and use there spring compressors etc
    Mechanically its pretty sound and does pull well for what it is ( 4 speed box :D ) like but it really could do with a mini service which i will also do when i can be ****d :P

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shaun_O'Donnell
    What's the point in having one then?
    was fun to drive just if you do a u-turn the back wheel comes of the road

    plus got 2 of them for free

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    well erm.. slight update-ish

    all thats being done is for the interior to be binned, i am being really really lazy and cant seem to get motivated but i will finally crack on and get some bits and bobs for her this week - providing the weather holds up .. also there appears to be watter in the oil... but only very slight so i'll give her an oil and filter change and see what the crack from there is but i can see me needing to have a crack at the head gasket... oh and finally... can any one think of a really nice supportive seat that would'nt be too much of an pain to fit to an ax subframe
    cheers

    Corey

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    were axgt seats half buckets like nova sr/gte/gsi's had ??

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    gt's were ever so slightly ' bucketed ' but there look fair ****e to be honest

    the only standard seat i would consider would be from a ' spree ' but even then there still not the best

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