Just seen this, A reg Nova 1.3 sr 37k miles Ebay

[Walshie_Loon]

Was very tempted by this but dont have the cash at the moment, This should be in the club though. Maybe of some interest to someone.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110353075733&indexURL=9#ebayphotohosting

http://i.ebayimg.com/21/!BM4ZYcwBmk~$(KGrHgoH-EEEjlLl)LvtBJm)14KdIQ~~_1.JPG
http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/s.gif

[Lynsey]

That's gorgeous :D

I wonder how much it'll go for? I bet some rich Irish bloke buys it lol

[Mike]

I bet some rich Irish bloke buys it lol

Dod?

[Benn]

Just sent the link to my friend, shes needs to own that.

[wilson_sri]

I heard amggsi has got so excited he jamp right to the guys door step.

[Walshie_Loon]

I offered £1400 he turned it down, Hes going to let auction run.

[Andy]

Wow thats nice,ive always wondered what mine would look like with a plough on........

[Walshie_Loon]

How much is this worth? bearing in mind the rust in door & the current car market £1800?

[Lynsey]

People are still goiong mad for them, even in this 'financial climate' lol

Dougie sold his Nova to the first guy who came to look at it, got the money he wanted for it too. We thought we'd be out in it at Castle Combe in April because it'd take a while to sell, how wrong were we?!

I think it'll go for just below £2k.

[muzzy]

Ohhh i need that in my life lol

I think ill be watching this auction

[GRUNT 16V]

Thats About 25 Mins Down The Road From Me !!!!!!!!!!!! And I Have To Admit That I Have A Rager Over It !!!!! Ha Ha Ha

[Lynsey]

Aww, I bet that's be just what you want eh G?
Shame it's towny red lol

[GRUNT 16V]

I Want A White One Though !!!

[Walshie_Loon]

I really want this but dont have the money.

just had another email.

Hi Kris,

Would you believe it, the car has been listed for only a short while and ive had 23 emails asking about a buy it now option.

I an certainly open to an offer and i was hoping that the car might reach £1500 - £2000, so £1500 is the bottom of what i was expecting but if you are serious then I would sell to you for that, but you need to let me know asap.


some one buy it before i get a loan lol

[krobinson]

It needs a full door, then you cannot get the Vinyl anymore, so you'd have to then remove all the vinyl and replicate it with Paint or another simaliar vinyl.

The rest looks good, but i'd be concerned as to why those inner arches are red - overspray?

If the door wasnt bad it would be worth 2k, but with the work involved £1500 is fair.

[Jack]

Well what do you know. Thats in my home town :D

Never ever EVER seen it about though.


[edit] In fact, I even recognise the location from those pics. Might take a look round there.

[Sloth]

i offered 2k for it and he flat refused. strange, but ive seen better tbh.

[bmw156]

bloody lovely car, but what annoys me is the person probably got it for tuppance, which really annoys me. maybe because im jelous. i dont know

hope it goes to a club member

[brainsnova]

hes a noob for starting at £1 and turning down 2k.

[Jack]

4 hours and 5 bids, up to £250 already. I don't think he's a noob, as someone will no doubt pay top dollar for it.

[edit] Certainly so as its now been posted on here.

[Novasport]

i offered 2k for it and he flat refused. strange, but ive seen better tbh.

It seems my predictions of future values of the Nova may come true!
Bulletproof pricing even in tough times.
Mk1 Escort prices anyone?

Think I'll just sit on my A reg SR, I can feel it appreciating in value already lol

[_JH_]

before you start running around, cock in one hand, wallet in the other, has anyone actually looked at it?

If the door has rotted out, what else is wrong? It looks like it's had some paint around the front turrets/inner wings and quite possibly rear arches too - panel work you could do to a £50 shell.

If someone pays £2000 for that, they're a chump

[dj_wudgey]

Ohhh i need that in my life lol

I think ill be watching this auction

i was thinking the same its a right car but i just dont have the pennys!!

[Cormac]

Thats not worth the money people are chatting about in this thread, As keith says when you replace door your going to have to replace all the vinyl plus that whole sides going to need resprayed to leave it right! Id pay top dollar for it if it didnt need paint work but in its current state £1k is around its money!

[dj_wudgey]

is say 1500 is fair myself!! but then if i had 2 grand id still probrably buy it!!

[John]

Thats not worth the money people are chatting about in this thread, As keith says when you replace door your going to have to replace all the vinyl plus that whole sides going to need resprayed to leave it right! Id pay top dollar for it if it didnt need paint work but in its current state £1k is around its money!

I agree totally cormac.

[craig green]

Ohhh i need that in my life lol



Me too. Only 30 miles away aswell. :roll:

[craig green]

It seems my predictions of future values of the Nova may come true!
Bulletproof pricing even in tough times.
Mk1 Escort prices anyone?



IMO what is going to favour the Nova in terms of classic value is the rarity of cars like this one purely because of the number of them ruined & wrecked by muppets when they were so popular back in the late 90's etc.

RS turbo's, Golf GTI's & the like all attracted more mature buyers (typically), therefore nicer examples still exist in larger numbers.

[dj_wudgey]

IMO what is going to favour the Nova in terms of classic value is the rarity of cars like this one purely because of the number of them ruined & wrecked by muppets when they were so popular back in the late 90's etc.

RS turbo's, Golf GTI's & the like all attracted more mature buyers (typically), therefore nicer examples still exist in larger numbers.

i agree with you mate but i still think it would be worth buying me as i said if i had 2 grand id probrably buy it!!!

[amggsi]

I heard amggsi has got so excited he jamp right to the guys door step.


Nah, I'm not quite that bad!!!

I do agree that it will end up over on this island somewhere though, and a silly price will be paid for it.

I personally wouldn't pay the money being asked for it - as others have said £1,000 is it's limit, and that is pushing it in my opinion!

Plus then if it comes over here you're talking the guts of another £500 to get it home, which would make it a very dear car!

[Andy]

I dont think its worth that money.You could build a damn good replica for that

[bmw156]

I dont think its worth that money.You could build a damn good replica for that

second that :thumb:

[dj_wudgey]

I dont think its worth that money.You could build a damn good replica for that

thats the thing for me though i wouldent want a replica id rather pay and restore a origional one personally!!!

[Sloth]

at the end of the day, its worth what someone will give for it. i liked it because its a very early red sr, one of the few novas id own. yep i could build a replica, but then again, id get the usual "its not real" comments. you really can't win.......

[ade]

Really nice car. keith I dont think its overspray - its an A reg so prob no rust proofing on the arches lol

This I'm guessing is tax exempt (25yrs old)

I'd buy it in a flash - but my wife would extract my gonads through my nose if I did!

[Southie]

This I'm guessing is tax exempt (25yrs old)

I think this is only on cars, pre 1974 iirc :confused:

[dj_wudgey]

Really nice car. keith I dont think its overspray - its an A reg so prob no rust proofing on the arches lol

This I'm guessing is tax exempt (25yrs old)

I'd buy it in a flash - but my wife would extract my gonads through my nose if I did!

i also agree that its worth it though id snap it up myself aswell but not enough funds!!

[amggsi]

This I'm guessing is tax exempt (25yrs old)



Tony Blair & Co. kindly (and quietly) froze the free tax to cars registered before 31/12/1972. Our Ascona A just makes the deadline by a day!!!lol

[SRimon]

£1000 imo

If it weren't for the door i'd of been tempted by a punt on it.

[Andy]

at the end of the day, its worth what someone will give for it. i liked it because its a very early red sr, one of the few novas id own. yep i could build a replica, but then again, id get the usual "its not real" comments. you really can't win.......
Yeah your right,but if you take a look,how many "GSi's" on here are genuine?

[Ash]

Ummmm, thats a stone throw from here... Might be back in a min (plus a snowplough! lol)

EDIT: Just seen your post Jack. It's that small garage on West Coker Road with the petrol price board, but no pumps.

[Jack]

I know the one. Might take a run past there tomorrow and give it a looksee :D

[Ash]

Just got back, couldn't see a lot tho. Well nothing - too dark. Think it's park round back

[noknok]

I am loving the seat fabric. A nice specimen

[areofall]

Spoke to the vendor, the car had a bit of patching on the cross member and battery box, need too much work to make a show car out off, it's an expensive project

[nova 2L 16V]

novas will be like the mk1 and mk2 escort in 10 years so there prices are only gona go up in my opinion well thats what i tell my mates and they laugh at me at the mo but theyll se lol

[offplot]

novas will be like the mk1 and mk2 escort in 10 years so there prices are only gona go up in my opinion well thats what i tell my mates and they laugh at me at the mo but theyll se lol

Very Very True :thumb:

[Pistol Pete]

Ended on £1300 or there abouts.

[Jack]

novas will be like the mk1 and mk2 escort in 10 years so there prices are only gona go up in my opinion well thats what i tell my mates and they laugh at me at the mo but theyll se lol
10 years ago, people were saying the same thing lol

[bmw156]

10 years ago, people were saying the same thing lol

about escorts etc?

so do you think the nova's are gonna rise up

and yeh it went for 1300 etc, think it was kinda a bargin for a very clean example. but he turned down better offers.

[Lynsey]

I thought it'd have made more than £1300. Wonder where it'll pop up?

[Jack]

No, about Novas.

Wasn't the guy after more than that, rebuffed offers from here for around that price?

[Pistol Pete]

£1370 it ended on.

[Jack]

i offered 2k for it and he flat refused. strange, but ive seen better tbh.
Ebay seller fail.


I offered £1400 he turned it down, Hes going to let auction run.
Ebay seller fail.


How much is this worth? bearing in mind the rust in door & the current car market £1800?
Ebay seller fail.


Hi Kris,

Would you believe it, the car has been listed for only a short while and ive had 23 emails asking about a buy it now option.

I an certainly open to an offer and i was hoping that the car might reach £1500 - £2000, so £1500 is the bottom of what i was expecting but if you are serious then I would sell to you for that, but you need to let me know asap.
Ebay seller EPIC fail.

Ho hum.

[brainsnova]

^^^^^^^^ lol

[bmw156]

yeh i thought so, what a **** lol.

[dj_wudgey]

ha ha could have taken more from one off the offers lol