Rotten as a pear

[RETRONOVA]

Picked this up today, got it from an old chap local to me who had owned it from new’ it has only done 14000 miles (genuine) but unfortunately it is rotten as a pear. He stopped driving five years ago and it has sat in his garden ever since. He asked me if I could take to the scrap yard for him, but somehow it fell of the back of the truck into my garage on the way lol
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/kempstar/DSC00361.jpg

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/kempstar/DSC00359.jpg

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/kempstar/DSC00360.jpg

[Benn]

Seen worse on the road. Sunroof?

[Nebbz]

oooo quite like the colour of that (under all that mold!) why scrap what you can use!

[RETRONOVA]

Seen worse on the road. Sunroof?

no sunroof. but it has got nice black seat runner covers thou benn :thumb:

[bazil]

Save it, LET it and it will be in total vauxhall in a rust to richies feature lol

[RETRONOVA]

oooo quite like the colour of that (under all that mold!) why scrap what you can use!

Indeed i call it nova recycling

[mowgli]

14000 miles??? what was he, a stunt driver???

[Nebbz]

tis all good!! i likes the idea!

starting to think serious with mine now! haha

[RETRONOVA]

Save it, LET it and it will be in total vauxhall in a rust to richies feature lol

Come and get it then if you fancy the challenge lol

[bazil]

Come and get it then if you fancy the challenge lol

have you seen my project thread lol I've already got a challange. What's the plan? Save what you can?

[Iain]

Rotten as a pair of what?

[mowgli]

rotten things i guess

[Novasport]

A pair of pears?

[88ESR]

Picked this up today, got it from an old chap local to me who had owned it from new’ it has only done 14000 miles (genuine) but unfortunately it is rotten as a pair. He stopped driving five years ago and it has sat in his garden ever since. He asked me if I could take to the scrap yard for him, but somehow it fell of the back of the truck into my garage on the way lol
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/kempstar/DSC00361.jpg

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/kempstar/DSC00359.jpg

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/kempstar/DSC00360.jpg

Nice find!

But where's all the old blokes round here giving Novas away?

Not fair (chucks toys and storms off)...

Is that caribic blue?

[Dod]

Rotten is only the offer of a challange.

[Will F]

I seriously doubt that only has 14k on it!?

Need engine shots - that should look give us a better idea tbh - arches shouldnt rot like that if it has only done those kind of miles...

[Bubba]

garden for 5 years would probably destroy the arches...but the floor...it could be beyond help

[bazil]

Meh get the welder oot lol

[brainsnova]

mk2's defo rust faster than mk1's . fact lol

[RETRONOVA]

Rotten as a pair of what?

Well spotted, my English teacher would have been proud of me lol
Edited an corrected

[Ernie]

as myself and Spud would say.
"That has shat look written all over it" lol.
Good find just a shame he hadnt left it in a garage for 5 years.

[JordyzNova]

looks a good shell :tumble:

[mowgli]

garden for 5 years would probably destroy the arches...but the floor...it could be beyond help

mine was in a garden for more than that..... and it is rot free.......



to be honest, if someone gave me that car, i'd feel conned

[dj_wudgey]

nice colour like what are you useing off it then??

[kc_08]

nice colour like what are you useing off it then??

hopefully not the rust lol.
go and throw a bucket of water over it, and grab some detailed pic's so we can see how bad she is?

[peter gsi]

wounldnt think it would be that roten with 14000 miles did he launch boats with it lol fix it up mate if engine bay and floor pan good

[Will F]

wounldnt think it would be that roten with 14000 miles did he launch boats with it lol fix it up mate if engine bay and floor pan good

Exactly - if it has only done that mileage the boot floor/chassis would be spotless - need pics!

[Graeme]

Is that the same colour as Keith's NDZ?

Fit some bbs RS' and it'll be on the front of Max power next issue

[MattBrown]

Is it rotten, or just scabby?

Few hours and you can put arches in.

Few more and its washed and stripped down.

May look bad from the outside, but be really clean inside:thumb:

[CoolTiger]

lol same as my first nova same colour aswell

lagoon blue :)

[Dom]

I reckon it could be that rusty with only 14000 miles. It all depends how he looked after it for instance if he hardly ever washed it arches could be full of crud thats been there all its life it would easily rot out. My old college tutor used to do the rust warrenty work at vauxhall back in the 80's 90's and all the cars that were still under corrsion warrenty first thing he would do is feel in the arches and if they were full of mud then vauxhall wernt liable as you wernt looking after it propley:thumb:

[dj_wudgey]

hopefully not the rust lol.
go and throw a bucket of water over it, and grab some detailed pic's so we can see how bad she is?

id say the same mate get it washed and show us how bad!!

[RETRONOVA]

Had a better look round this sh.t box today and the floor pan and rear chassis legs and boot floor are rot free, but the rest of the car is beyond help. couple more photos for yer all
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/kempstar/DSC00364.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/kempstar/DSC00366.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/kempstar/DSC00365.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/kempstar/DSC00361-1.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/kempstar/DSC00362.jpg

[Rysee]

Surely that's 114k

Why have the inner wings gone so bad?

[mk1nova_rich]

thats a shed lol im with Rysee on the mileage

[General Baxter]

if it had 14k on the clock, would it not still have the orginal vauxhall battery ?

[Iain]

At least you got a working mk2 hazard switch out of it.

[Rysee]

if it had 14k on the clock, would it not still have the orginal vauxhall battery ?

And probably original oil filter and stuff

[mowgli]

a 14k car hasn't got rocker cover leakage like that either

[Rysee]

a 14k car hasn't got rocker cover leakage like that either

I thought a none leaky rocker cover was/still is an optional extra from Vauxhall

[Dave.]

NOW THATS RAT! lol

[burgo]

lmfao thats has deffinetly been round the clock, my engine is mint compared to that and its done 50k.

scrap the ****ter but save any "good" bits first