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vaughanmc
10-05-10, 08:29 PM
Which Nova is in it next month ?

'Classic Nova Turbo - The original Courtenay C20LET!'

Am I right in saying it could be A 16V TB ?

Tommy_nova
10-05-10, 08:31 PM
yea i think your rite there bud

vaughanmc
10-05-10, 08:32 PM
That will be an interesting feature if it is that motor then

Cheers :)

Tommy_nova
10-05-10, 08:34 PM
yea defo this months is pretty good nice to see png in there

vaughanmc
10-05-10, 08:34 PM
Shame it's full of VXR's etc lol

Nice Cav Turbo in it though :)

krobinson
10-05-10, 08:44 PM
Will be a good read, think it's still with the owner who purchased it off Courtenay back in the day.

sport
10-05-10, 08:51 PM
Which Nova is in it next month ?

'Classic Nova Turbo - The original Courtenay C20LET!'

Am I right in saying it could be A 16V TB ?


Or maybe Mark Watts old purple nova???

vaughanmc
10-05-10, 08:53 PM
I thought that too - Said to a mate it's either Mark Watt's old Nova or A16VTB

Should be interesting anyway - I wonder when the Crail write-up will be in it

AlexW
10-05-10, 08:56 PM
Im sure i remember reading somewhere about A16VTB being in TV

SRimon
10-05-10, 08:57 PM
Will be buying that if it is, then finding the owner, and offering obscene amounts of money for it lol - or not...but i'll buy the mag, one of the top Nova's ever.

Big_Chap
10-05-10, 09:02 PM
Iirc was h16vtb not the first c20let? The others where turbo'd c20xe's?

bazil
10-05-10, 09:05 PM
Iirc was h16vtb not the first c20let? The others where turbo'd c20xe's?



** runs off to check a 1996 magazine feature lol **

Graeme
10-05-10, 09:07 PM
I think it'll be the green one, didn't someone say Mark's had a hard life one he sold it? and I think the pink one could do with bringing back to it former glory before it featured again

SRimon
10-05-10, 09:07 PM
Big Chap is correct, A16VTB was originally a turbo XE, however it later had LET fitted.

H16VTB was a LET from the start - not bad considering that was 1995/6 when the Cally T had only been out 2-3 years!

sport
10-05-10, 09:07 PM
Iirc was h16vtb not the first c20let? The others where turbo'd c20xe's?


Think your right there but last i heard H16 VTB was in bits.

SRimon
10-05-10, 09:09 PM
H16VTB is owned by elgan - I thought about buying it a while ago.

vaughanmc
10-05-10, 09:09 PM
Didn't he sell it on eGay ?

bazil
10-05-10, 09:11 PM
the mag ive got here has both cars for sale H16 = £9500 but A16 = £10,500 lol september 1996

SRimon
10-05-10, 09:11 PM
Scan or it didn't happen!

bazil
10-05-10, 09:15 PM
Scan or it didn't happen!



ARGH!! pics via fotofookit kthnx:thumb: back in 5 mins but here is the group shot ive posted before

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy181/Bazil_2468/1a004.jpg
http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy181/Bazil_2468/1a003.jpg

Big_Chap
10-05-10, 09:16 PM
Yeah last I saw it elgan had it in wip, was just saying that it was c20let, not that it is the featured car next month, be very interesting to see what a16vtb is upto these days!

Benn
10-05-10, 09:18 PM
Think your right there but last i heard H16 VTB was in bits.

It was and was being sold off, so he could spend on his awesome red one.

No engine or anything in it.

bazil
10-05-10, 09:25 PM
Scan or it didn't happen!

me tells da truth :d
http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy181/Bazil_2468/pics/P5100069.jpg
http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy181/Bazil_2468/pics/P5100072.jpg
http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy181/Bazil_2468/pics/P5100071.jpg

vaughanmc
10-05-10, 09:30 PM
A16V TB is the boy :)

SRimon
10-05-10, 09:43 PM
£10,500 - i'm there!

vaughanmc
10-05-10, 09:44 PM
What did A 16V TB start out as ? A GSi or GTE ?

Graeme
10-05-10, 09:48 PM
Had a grey mk2 dash iirc so can't see it being a Gsi

SRimon
10-05-10, 09:53 PM
What did A 16V TB start out as ? A GSi or GTE ?

I thought it had a Mk1 dash

Its a reshelled Turbo Diesel shell though. Think the original car was a GTE. As was H16VTB.

Graeme
10-05-10, 10:09 PM
Your right Simon I knew it was one of the undesirables lol

Nick J
10-05-10, 10:16 PM
I saw it at trax a couple of years back and it still looked cracking! It may have had a freshen up though....... Be a good read regardless!
Here's how it did look before going dark green and running allesios........



http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k27/nj_photo/59e8958e.jpg?t=1273526308

Nick

craig green
10-05-10, 10:20 PM
Yeah A16VTB was a reshelled (red, plough) SR which went into a van shell.
Didnt it go off to ASW at some stage?

As for Mark Watt's old car, I saw it at TRAX a few years ago after all the talk of it being ruined & it looked well, only lacking a grille.

SRimon
10-05-10, 10:20 PM
You sure thats the same car Nick?

craig green
10-05-10, 10:22 PM
You sure thats the same car Nick?

Check the reg.

Btw Nick that A20LTB.. Different car again, which was a white GTE turbo & ended up looking like the above. It was owned by a greek guy, Paul Theodoffit. The car is seen in that MAX Power feature, hiding in the back ground on the Wolfrace Genesis wheels.

vaughanmc
10-05-10, 10:23 PM
A 20LTB is 'Off the Clock' ? IIRC

Nick J
10-05-10, 10:23 PM
You sure thats the same car Nick?

Im sure I was told it was...... not 100% though.

Edit ..... Craig green knows all, Rep added!

Nick.

SRimon
10-05-10, 10:24 PM
Craig, I want to rob your brain for a day for all your Nova trivia!

Lee H
10-05-10, 10:29 PM
Yeah A16VTB was a reshelled (red, plough) SR which went into a van shell.


I've also heard that it was a van shell as well and they cut and welded a new roof on for the tilt/slide sunroof.

craig green
10-05-10, 10:33 PM
Correct. All this info was in one of the early PNG News mags. It was featured accross 2 mags. There were pics of Jon Shields SR & when it was rolled. Apparently it sat at Courtenay for ages until being built. It was the 1st XE conversion they were going to build, but Chris Courtenay offered a turbo conversion for the engine if John got the XE in their to start with. LOL

craig green
10-05-10, 10:34 PM
A 20LTB is 'Off the Clock' ? IIRC

From REVS. ;)

hartley
11-05-10, 03:27 PM
did mark watts purple nova not get nicked nd burnt out

krobinson
27-03-16, 07:44 PM
did mark watts purple nova not get nicked nd burnt out

Nope :-)

DaveMarshall
27-03-16, 08:03 PM
Wasn't it Andy Hylands 1.6 turbo that got stolen and burnt out?

Dave.