From Spain with two novas

[cuatrolatas]

Hello, my name is Jaime, i'm from the south of spain and i have 2 corsas, nova for you

First a 85 swing special with 12st engine, with SR frontspoiler, rear spoiler and wheels. Also have the skirts from the gsi.

The interior have the instrumental from the SR and it has some small modifications

I have the SR recaros, that are waiting at the moment.

Second, a 83 TR Luxus, also with the 12st engine. I bought this the last year and his future is a 16sv engine, coilovers, recaro seats and red cherry for the exterior colour

I cant put images because i dont have 15 post, sorry

Waiting for your comments and sorry for my english, its too basic

[Damo]

Hi mate welcome to the PNG get 15 non spam posts and fire some pics up will look forward to seeing them.:thumb:

Damo.

[Pete]

Welcome to the forum buddy, do you have MSN or anything to send emails on?
if so send them to me or someone and they can fire them up for you?

[Royston]

Hello and welcome;)

[ben doodar]

Welcome to the club mate. Look forward to your pictures.

[Edd]

welcome

[Hoochie]

Hello and welcome to the mad house.... :)

[Southie]

Welcome to png, your English is fine.

Note to all that he even got bought right and not brought lol

[vaughanmc]

Should be good to see some pics :)

[nova*bitch]

Hello to you in sunny Spain :)

[WILSEN]

welcomeeeeeee!

[Danny s-p]

welcome enjoy your stay

[Deanosri]

Welcome. I spent the most of my week in Ibiza last year Corsa A spottinglol

[draper]

welcome - 4pages

[Edd]

4 pages of what ? lol

[LEWI007]

4 pages of what ? lol

+1

[blue_peg_16v]

welcome matey

[Novasport]

Hola

[cuatrolatas]

Thaks at all for your reception

I have sent many photos of my cars to Pete, soon in this post XD

[Pete]

sorry about late reply for pics-

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[Pete]

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[Maka]

Welcome buddy! Your novas look great :d

I love continental novas, will be keeping an eye on these two! :thumb:

[nova_niek]

Mmmmm hardly any rot - makes me want to move to sunny Spain. Oh and welcome here! :-)

[zeifer33]

Welcome to this crazy club, did not know you were around here. As you always say you have two nova's (Corsas) fantastic and I am sure that here are many ways to make them even better. Get comfortable.:thumb:

P.S:Seguro que no te entran ganas de un XE?:d

[cuatrolatas]

Thanks Pete for the photos

nova_niek, yes, my novas doesnt have rust, only little details under the battery and the swing under the front seats.


Zeifer, jajaj, sabes que con el 16sv tengo suficiente, gracias también por el recibimiento, como ves llevo bastante registrado, pero estaba en la sombra

[Graeme]

TR is excellent, do they not have opening rear windows in southern Spain? I'd love a set for my two door

[Balley]

Hello mate

[NOV4_SPORT]

Hello and welcome mate, that makes me want to go back to spain ...........

Nice collection of novas mate.

iain

[corsamalaga]

Hey cuatrolatas till you come here you eh, well I'm glad to see you here a greeting and hugging partner.

[cuatrolatas]

Thanks at all for your comments


TR is excellent, do they not have opening rear windows in southern Spain? I'd love a set for my two door
sorry, but in spain are very difficult to find opening rear windows, i also want a set or two.

[Novasport]

sorry, but in spain are very difficult to find opening rear windows, i also want a set or two.

:roll:

Prob more set over here than in Spain then!

[ToTa_CR250]

Hay media España en el foro, jaja.

Bonito tr ;)

[zeifer33]

Coño tu tambien por aqui?:d where better than in PNG.:thumb:

[corsamalaga]

Not if the end did not come here all the Spanish tota eh :-)

[ToTa_CR250]

Not if the end did not come here all the Spanish tota eh :-)

That well you use the translator, corsamalaga eh !!!

[cuatrolatas]

Hello again, many updates from the TR

First, his "new" engine. A 16sv whith only 44k miles

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9192/imagen0205.jpg (http://img834.imageshack.us/i/imagen0205.jpg/)

Old engine out

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3888/dsc06152f.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/i/dsc06152f.jpg/)
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/5047/dsc06158q.jpg (http://img408.imageshack.us/i/dsc06158q.jpg/)
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5006/imagen0239v.jpg (http://img819.imageshack.us/i/imagen0239v.jpg/)
http://img574.imageshack.us/img574/4635/imagen0240w.jpg (http://img574.imageshack.us/i/imagen0240w.jpg/)

And new parts

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4923/dsc06628k.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/dsc06628k.jpg/)
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/8486/dsc06636p.jpg (http://img211.imageshack.us/i/dsc06636p.jpg/)
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/6677/dsc06643ta.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/i/dsc06643ta.jpg/)

[ryansnova]

thats the best nova shell i have ever seen lol

[Nobby]

big block 1600 rare over here not many people use them matey, engine bay looks clean!

[cuatrolatas]

thats the best nova shell i have ever seen lol

thanks, but need a lot of work to looks really good

[cuatrolatas]

big block 1600 rare over here not many people use them matey, engine bay looks clean!

Yes, i know this swap isn't very usual, but it's my first swap and i prefeer to start whith one easy.

[kevster]

welcome to png , enjoy the banter lol ,nice clean shell you have there !!!
i would love to work on my nova in the sun .
not the bloody rain :(

[cuatrolatas]

Hi guys, this proyect is very slow but i don't have much time to work in.

However the swap continues. Few photos of the process

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/4955/dsc06899.jpg (http://img845.imageshack.us/i/dsc06899.jpg/)
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And the wheels
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/5558/dsc06924w.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/i/dsc06924w.jpg/)

[Rickyb]

im liking this thread small block all the way.
rick

[Vlietje]

Love the wheels! They look todo bien!

[Balley]

Lovely build

[cuatrolatas]

A long time without posting updates, but there are a lot.

16sv swap was finished, next came the coilovers, fk street, wheels are ronal turbos on 165/55/15 tyres. The exterior is complete with a retro roof rack, red tinted rear lights, white indicators, aluminium fuel cap and a polish

The interior is done with sr recaros, sr speedo and a ranz steering wheel.

Some pics

http://i.imgur.com/V7ybV.jpg
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Next are the brakes, the plan are 256 discs with a gte servo. Also needs to be lowered.

For my swing only a few updates, rear gte bumper is the most obvious and i finally found a set of rear opening windows. But several months ago the head gasket broke again (for 3rd time) and i decided no repair because i found a very cheap saloon with 14nv engine in very good condition so i'm going to swap it. It's the white saloon who appear in the photos with my other nova.

I hope you enjoy with the updates

[Simon 1867]

Very nice matey really enjoyed reading and looking at the pictures. All your mods suit the TR in my opinion. Keep up the good work

[novadave24]

welcome mate love the novas nice and clean what part of spain you from if you dont mind me asking ?

[cuatrolatas]

Thanks for your comments

No problem to answer novadave, i'm from a small village in the north of Córdoba

[novadave24]

ok looks nice were you are you got good weather there as well but good job on the novas :thumb:

[cuatrolatas]

Long time since my latest update.

Firstly my red swing, it has finally the 14nv in, with new head gasket, water pump and all the usual stuff to fix it. Pierburg 2e3 converted to manual starter, it doesn't work so well but better than automatic starter that I hate a lot. Finally the SR recaros have been installed, they look perfect but for daily use they are replaced with their original seats.

http://i.imgur.com/BF4DfIV.jpg
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Second my beige pergament saloon, no many updates, I bought 256 ventilated discs, goodrid brake hoses, cavalier calipers, new pads and dot 5. I'm still working on it because the gte servo has a leak.

http://i42.tinypic.com/2wc4s9t.jpg
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Also I installed an omp strut brace
http://i40.tinypic.com/6h01no.jpg

And finally, two months ago I bought another 2 door saloon. It's a first year production base model with 12st and 4 gears. It was the most basic saloon avalaible in Spain, here saloon has never offered with 10S.

It was very cheap but with a lot of interior and exterior work cleaning. My plan is to keep it standard, firstly I found the original hub caps on ebay and the original 4 speed knob in a scrapyard. I'm searching the original headrests and the righ mirror

http://i.imgur.com/LVw5uRh.jpg
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http://i.imgur.com/tWBoSus.jpg

I hope you enjoy this thread

[millworm]

So jealous of all your novas! can't believe how clean they all are. hope to see lots of progress on the red saloon :)

[zeifer33]

Nice new car, you have a good colection on here, jejejje

[mk1nova_rich]

Nice collection you have there :) are Corsa As still a common sight in Spain?

[cuatrolatas]

Nice collection you have there :) are Corsa As still a common sight in Spain?

Thanks, I'm glad to have the three oldests corsas A in so many miles around xD

Yes, there are a lot of corsas A still on use, even in my area more than superfive or fiestas i think

[nova_niek]

And finally, two months ago I bought another 2 door saloon. It's a first year production base model with 12st and 4 gears. It was the most basic saloon avalaible in Spain, here saloon has never offered with 10S.
It was very cheap but with a lot of interior and exterior work cleaning. My plan is to keep it standard, firstly I found the original hub caps on ebay and the original 4 speed knob in a scrapyard. I'm searching the original headrests and the righ mirror

http://i.imgur.com/tWBoSus.jpg

I hope you enjoy this thread

Wow! A very early Mk1 saloon and not a spot of rust in sight. Love this! :d

Speaking of saloons: according to the Opel EPC (electronic parts catalogue) 2-door saloons were made with a factory fitted sunroof. Have you ever seen one in Spain? Or has anyone in the UK ever spotted one? Must be ultra rare!

[cuatrolatas]

Wow! A very early Mk1 saloon and not a spot of rust in sight. Love this! :d

Speaking of saloons: according to the Opel EPC (electronic parts catalogue) 2-door saloons were made with a factory fitted sunroof. Have you ever seen one in Spain? Or has anyone in the UK ever spotted one? Must be ultra rare!


Yes, I know what are you talking about.

Here in Spain to have sunroof isnt very popular specially in small cars so see one in a corsa is very very rare. I've never seen the type of sunroof you say, only the modern version which slides on the interior. I have one of these from a steffi special edition waiting to be installed in the beige saloon xD

Recently I found a good pic of the early sunroof, I dont know if the owner is member of png

http://i.imgur.com/MPYrqAr.jpg

[Southie]

Love the fact that you've come onto an English forum to show your builds ;)
always nice to see corsa a's / Novas from over seas IMO.

[cuatrolatas]

Happy to write here again.

Well, like the last time i'll begin with the red swing, last year the spanish equivalent of MOT revealed that rear breaks have seen better days, anyway I passed. But to an easy pass this year they have to be inspected. The results were obvious, original factory shoes completely wear out, and the drum scrached by the rivets and also leaking brakes cylinders.

So, everything change and refurbished and prepare for other 29 years xDD

http://i61.tinypic.com/29zsym1.jpg
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Sorted that the next step was fit, 7 years later of buying them, the oem electric windows and central locking. No many photos of that and unfortunately due to miss the brakets of the door motors, central locking doesn't work yet (7 years are too much time to remember what i did with them xD) Not a big problem, a mate has a 91' gsi and if i can't find them i would make a copy from his set.

http://i57.tinypic.com/2u8ijbn.jpg

And finally last week the rotor was changed, really made the difference, know the engine runs smooth.

Second, the beige saloon. No much to talk about it, last week arrived the new master cylinder, it's on place, only need a purge of brake lines.

And finally my last toy, the red saloon. Many many changes, and many many hours of cleaning it xDDD

I replace thermostat, a driveshaft gaiter and a full service on the engine.

http://i.imgur.com/ZJ1ipq3.jpg
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As you can see there is a huge difference between previous photos. I've changed many broken/bad look things, like the steering wheel frontal, the gear knob, glovebox, light stalk switch, headlamps, rear lights, indicators, front bumper and added passenger side mirror, hube caps, nuts caps, and i'm sure i forget more things.

Finally I discovered rust in the rear quarters, due to an old poor repair.... But doesn't matter so much, it will pass the winter in the garage.

Find the upholstery for the driver seat and a pair of beige headrests it's getting harder than I spected so if anyone have that spares I would appreciate contact with me.

And thats all, hope you enjoy that massive update from overseas

[nova_niek]

Nice update! Love the clean interior! :thumb:

[Stuart]

Out of interest, is there any difficulties with someone from the UK buying a Spanish car and then taking it back to the UK, I guess its export but here its easy for a foreigner to buy a car and take it out of the country lol

[cuatrolatas]

I'm sure is harder (mainly more expensive)to buy a car in UK and make it road legal in spain than from spain to UK

[Stuart]

but is the physical act of buying and filling in vehicle agency forms straight forward enough?

[craig green]

Taking foreign cars into Spain is complicated, I have friends of the family there that are thinking of getting hold of a cheap LHD car from the UK. Cars are expensive in Spain, although they could take a British car to spain (as they did with their Accord when they left) it has to be converted with correct headlamps etc in order to remain beyond a certain time frame. But it is far more complicated taking other nationalities of car. There are plenty of LHD/Polish cars for example here in the UK, but it's too expensive/awkward for them to take one back to Spain apparently.

[cuatrolatas]

When you buy a car in spain the buyer have to register it in his region in the delegation of DGT (Dirección General de Trafico), when the buyer is foreign i'm not sure what change in the process because obviously without an spanish adress is quite hard to do that.

But when you want to export a car from spain the only thing you have to do is to de-register it in spain (in the delegation of DGT) so I imagine when you buy a car to export it the first step I said is unnecesary.

Anyway when you buy a car in spain, a contract between seller and buyer must be done, there are a lot of models on the internet.

[nova_niek]

Taking foreign cars into Spain is complicated, I have friends of the family there that are thinking of getting hold of a cheap LHD car from the UK. Cars are expensive in Spain, although they could take a British car to spain (as they did with their Accord when they left) it has to be converted with correct headlamps etc in order to remain beyond a certain time frame. But it is far more complicated taking other nationalities of car. There are plenty of LHD/Polish cars for example here in the UK, but it's too expensive/awkward for them to take one back to Spain apparently.

According to the founder of the company I work for, it is piss easy to have a Dutch car registered (imported) in Spain. Please understand that this applies to Dutch people who also live in Spain (the ones who own a second house down there).
All a person needs is a NIE number (social security number) and an address and Bob's your uncle. you have to deal with some bureaucratic steps which I am not familiar with (Cuatrolatas, can you give any info on this?) and after that, you get Spanish plates. Dutch MoT applies in Spain as well, so there's no immediate need for a retest.

For those who live in Spain but decide to stick to Dutch plates (which is possible if you live there for less than a certain number of months) it is possible to have their car MoT'ed by a Dutch test facility in Spain. Cool.

I have toyed with the idea of buying a Nova in Spain but could not find any information of how to export a car from Spain. Again, Cuatrolatas, is it really hard or is it a piece of cake?