My new mk1

[Jenks]

Managed, at last, to buy this. after constantly hassling the owner who wanted to sell it but wouldnt answer the phone or anything.
It's an early mk1 due to no grab handle, only one wig mirror, and no seat belts in the back! might be wrong!
Need’s a bit of TLC but its very clean, its even got the “Maid in Spain” sticker on the wind screen.

A few pic’s -

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa106/Aaron-nova/17092008501.jpg
http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumBig.jsp?PageNbr=1&MemberId=20690010&PhotoAlbumId=8920681791&PhotoId=8920687605http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa106/Aaron-nova/17092008504.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa106/Aaron-nova/17092008502.jpg
http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumBig.jsp?MemberId=20690010&PhotoId=8920687645&PhotoAlbumId=8920681791http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa106/Aaron-nova/17092008503.jpg

http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumBig.jsp?MemberId=20690010&PhotoId=8920687691&PhotoAlbumId=8920681791



Allready lower it and taken the mud flaps off, so I'le get better pic up soon



Aaron:thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Can't beat an early Mk1 Nova - Looks clean!

[Pistol Pete]

Looks pretty much rust free:eek: !!

Whats your plans for it?

[Andy]

Looks pretty much rust free:eek: !!
lolHow can you tell from those pictures
Nice find mate.A mate of mine has a copper Nova.Interiors are ghastly lol

[Pistol Pete]

I said "looks". Arches dont look bad apart from th obvious hole bottom o/s/r. As we all know with Novas, looks can be deceiving!

[Andy]

Too right they can!! Mine looked as good as that in pics (b reg swing i have)
and when i started taking it to bits i found rust lol Since then ive had new crossmember,wings,sill,and rear arches and as i say in the ebay listing 22thou 1 elderly owner (which is true) it looked very good lol

[Jenks]

cheers, plans ar 'euroish' look! i personly llike the cream chekerd seats lol!
its got rust in the usual places! but il get on to them soon!
pics after I lowerd it today!

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa106/Aaron-nova/18092008506.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa106/Aaron-nova/18092008507.jpg

and the wheels i hopfully will be puting on with original center caps off the steels

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa106/Aaron-nova/18092008505.jpg

Aaron:thumb:

[TIDGE]

^what rims are they?

[twistysnovagte]

nice buy there my friend mk1s are so much better than the mk2s:p as vaughan says its nice to see the early mk1s still out and about,wheels should look nice with colour of your car:thumb: btw what is the colour of the car???

[Jenks]

Rims are golf mk3 bbs, dont know what the fit will be like yet, hopefully they'l fit!!:(

I have also been converted over to the mk1 side of life lol, but still like the look of some mk2s

the paint code is E534, Ive had a look at RJ's paint code list, but its not there. my guess is copper/bronzish. any help at finding out what it realy is would be great!!

Aaron:thumb:

[Steve]

Looks pretty good, if only more people would see the light and get mk1s! lol

Whats the engine bay like?

[Jenks]

ile get some up as soon as posible!

[Jenks]

engine bay, it has been polished up and we found a little hole lol

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa106/Aaron-nova/19092008508.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa106/Aaron-nova/19092008510.jpg

Aaron:thumb:

[Steve]

Yeah mines bubbling up a bit there but tbh its nothing serious, it always makes me laugh when you see a b-reg engine bay looking really clean like that then when you you open up a mk2 bonnet and all the seams are just fukked! lol

Whats the overall plan for the car then?

[~~joycey~~]

Yeah mines bubbling up a bit there but tbh its nothing serious, it always makes me laugh when you see a b-reg engine bay looking really clean like that then when you you open up a mk2 bonnet and all the seams are just fukked! lol

Whats the overall plan for the car then?



Yeah dont i know it :( lol

[belly257]

smart nova mate, loving the retro speakers on the parcel shelf:thumb:

[Jenks]

Overall plan - staying like it is (i.e. no thing going to be added, only metal where the rust as eatenlol)

At the moment only changes I have done are removing the mud flaps, lowered 40mm, white multi spoke VW BBS wheels with the standard steel's centre caps to go on, and i need to order some German/euro style plates, hopping to get an euroish look at the end

Long-term plan - is to get a 1600 8v in but the insurance co. wont be happy at the moment if I did that

Aaron:thumb:

[Jim Mcrae]

not calypso red..?

[Steve]

It might be carmine red, ive got an old brochure on the 1983 models which i'll have a look at.

[Jenks]

Not a clule lol steve that would be great cheers

might open a new thread askin what it is!

Aaron :thumb:

[Dod]

Mate, leave it as it is and forget the Golf wheels, the off set will be gay anyway. That looks fantastic.

[Jenks]

cheers! I was a bit worried about the off set on those . So keep the steels then?

[Dod]

Yeah, The 13"s look fantastic especially when its lowered.

Whats the plans for it? If you're going for power ideally you'll need 14" to cover a decent set of brakes unless you want to go for m,assive spec and priced 4 pots.

Alco, its worth looking at Lynz's China Blue Nova WIP in the Projects page. Its kept minimal but looks fantastic.

[Steve]

Just had a flick through it and in 83 the two red options were carmine red and carnelian red, the latter also available in metallic, but they both look too red to be what you've got. Could always ring vauxhall and get the colour off them.

[John]

did you actually try the bbs's on? what did it look like?? Personally i would have thought they'd look good another colour.

[Jenks]

No haven’t tried them on yet, as I haven’t got any tyres to put on them! What colour would you suggest? I thought gun metal or a simillar colour would have been good!

[Jenks]

this is how it looks now

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa106/Aaron-nova/croped.jpg

[bmw156]

hey, its not carmine red as mines carmine red, i would say it was more a copper like some one already said

[Jenks]

just had a look on www.opel-corsa-a.com and this looks like a decent match http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Colours/Karneolrot.jpg

[Simon 1867]

loving the look of your car matey, Im a real fan of the mk1. Looks ace on 13's lowered.

[craig green]

It sure looks nice enough, get that rust hole on the innerwing plated from underneath.

I bet it must have next to no grip on those 13" steel wheels though. I say get some 14" steels fom a 2.0 Cav, 185 tyres & youre away.

Its not worth butchering the arches to get those VX whels on, if they are 4 stud.

[andrew1988]

it looks just like mine! I might sell it though as just bought a saloon lol

[dj_wudgey]

looks good mate!!

[Jenks]

Cheers for the comments lads, its not o the road yet as I’ve got a bit of work touching it up e.g. inner wing.

Spudly- that’s the plan with the inner wing, its just getting my mate to pull his finger out and come over and do it for me lol. I'm still thinking about what to do wheels wise, id love a set of banded SR steal’s or Borbet A's but I’ll have to wait till funds allow.

[calibra-keith]

looks nice and clean, iv not seen many that colour, to be honest i dont really see any nova around my end.