1992 1.4i Merit plus.

[areofall]

Hi, been meaning to get something up for ages now but really nothing really had progressed!

The car is 1992 Merit plus, 1.4i, 3 dr, which I bought in North London about 4 months ago and brought back to N Ireland. It's a 1 owner car with 28,000 and a Vauxhall history. Only phone pictures but I'll take some later today. The shell is near mint with only a little surface rust on the battery box bracket and a bubble on the bottom of a door, under the bonnet and boot floor are MINT with all seams perfect, I've a brand new door on the way from Steve with a few other nice bits.:thumb:

So the plan is to basic make a mint Nova, the car is going in for painting once I get the door home, with removal of the wings and painting under neath all arches and the under sides of the wing too, going to lower with the Courtnay Clubman suspension kit and fit these (once they have been fully restored). Heres bits I've aquired too.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2589.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/Cesaros.jpg

Big thanks to Tom for collecting these for me:thumb:

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/Mats.jpg

Still looking for genuine mats.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/GutterStrip.jpg

Have both sides but they are for the earlier model, best I could get, locally.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/SwitchLighter.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/WeatherStrip.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/Mudflaps.jpg

[Jay]

Will be keeping an eye on this thread, nice choice of wheels. :thumb:

[areofall]

Will be keeping an eye on this thread, nice choice of wheels. :thumb:

Guess who I'm copying lol Though doing something different with them.
Can you get new centre caps for them, had a link to vauxhall car parts for them but not listed any more.

[Jay]

Hehe, fair play. Not sure about the centre caps though, they look ok to me why not just get new badges? :thumb:

[Jay]

Also get some pics up of the car.

[AlexW]

Looking good, but we need pics of the car!!! :eek:

How much did the hazzard switch and ciggy lighter set you back?

[areofall]

The switch is about £27 retail and the lighter £12, with discount just over £30 for the pair.

[AlexW]

Not bad, might have buy myself a new ciggy lighter, i got a hazzard switch brand new in gm box off ebay for a tenner lol

whats your full plans for it? leaving the 1.4 spi?!

[krobinson]

Looking forward to seeing how you get on with this :)

[areofall]

As Promised, but she's really dirty (no wise crackslol )

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2589.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2610.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2609.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2611.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2590.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2591.jpg

[areofall]

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2598.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2597.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2599.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2596.jpg



http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2593.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2601.jpg

[vaughanmc]

Looks feckin tidy though :)

How can you say its not clean ? lol

[Jay]

Looks mint! Look forward to seeing this progress, get some t-cut on her. :thumb:

[areofall]

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2596.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2595.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2605.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2603.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2605.jpg

[areofall]

The only one bad bit on the shell, it's not as bad as it looks though.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2592.jpg

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[vaughanmc]

Some surface rust ?

[areofall]

Just the fixing bracket has bubbled up, took the power washer and cleaned it all down, and the rear arches have each a 5mm rust spot on each side, this will get sorted once I get the new door home, the skin has bubbled on it two.

[Jay]

Not bad at all really.

[Leeboo]

Scrap her! I see some surface rust on an engine mount bolt! lol

Novas don't come much better than that though seriously, health to fix!

[areofall]

Think I've saved her just in time though, might look too for a new filler neck,

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2606.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2604.jpg
wonder is this palce still about?



http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2602.jpg

[vaughanmc]

Does look clean mate, nice find :)

[Rich]

That is very clean, especially for a mk2 they usually rot like anything!

[areofall]

That is very clean, especially for a mk2 they usually rot like anything!

It's got a rust free Hazard light switch ;)

[Jay]

Whats the mileage on it?

[amggsi]

Looks a good one, looking forward to seeing it out and about next year!!

[areofall]

It's got 26 or 28,000, it belonged to a old dear and when she died her husband drove it for a while. It's got a Vauxhall history to 20k, but it's going in to my local dealer for it's next service tbh it's really sharp, it would eat the ass of my old GTE.

[Jay]

I really like it :)

[Novaboi_1991]

looks like we gonna see a mint project,

good luck mate

[areofall]

I really like it :)

Stop it your making me blush :gay:

[NOVA13SPORT]

nice find,looks a very tidy one, will be nice to see it out and about next year

[Rickyb]

looking good buddy :thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Any more updates fella ? :)

[areofall]

Nothing yet, all is at a stand still until I collect the door of Steve this month, though if I wasn't so lazy I should be stripping her:roll:

[novaowner999]

minter

[dalenova]

sweet ride:)

[areofall]

Thanks guys, it's very clean and original, the comment are really helpful as I've been considering selling her:cry: to fund a E30 M3, E36 M3 or C43 AMG.

[vaughanmc]

Keep the Nova subtle but drop a 1.4 SRi engine in it or even better an old 1.3 SR with a cam and 40's :D

[areofall]

I had a drive in a E46 M3 the other day and have fallen in love but love the E30 M3, the Nova already owes me a fortune and I can have 300bhp for under £8-7k and if I sell the nova I could strech to a E30 M3 but I love my nova, what to do :confused: Can't believe the price drop on cars for the same price I paid for my Type R civic last year I could have a 05 e36 M3 :eek:

[kyler000]

keep the nova, see you found a set of the wheels, good man. Cant wait to see her a tided up. Get a nova day out lol!

[areofall]

This:

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/e30m3.jpg

VS

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/areofall/100_2589.jpg


The Nova is in trouble :cry:

[chimp007_uk]

as much as everyone loves a nova, I wouldn't think twice about selling one for an e30 m3

[areofall]

Kind of Highjacking my own thread but I've always dreamed of owning a 325i Sport and never though I could even get near a M3.

[chimp007_uk]

a mate of mine owns a e36 328 sport, nice car.

The performance garage i worked in after uni had a e30 m3 alpina ;)

[kyler000]

And then i saw that pic, sell the nova!

[krobinson]

The Nova's worth very little, and I cant see how selling it is going to do anything more than put a set of tyres on an E46 M3.

Keep the Nova and Get the BMW, there's no way that getting the BMW means the end of the Nova.