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beggsy
23-12-10, 09:37 PM
i have just got one of these and just wanted to know whever anyone knows anything about them! I think they are meant to be rare but not really sure about it.
Edd
23-12-10, 09:40 PM
Not that rare tbh, pretty cool tho IMO
mowgli
23-12-10, 10:24 PM
i'm guessing you bought it off bmw156, cos he has been putting it about that they are rare so he can sell his stock of them.... the were mostly bought new by old codgers to fit them to saloons
Mazz
23-12-10, 10:27 PM
so old codgers had/still have saloon's Mike?

lol
mowgli
23-12-10, 10:28 PM
mostly....
Jack
23-12-10, 10:45 PM
I concur. lol

Not overly rare, they come up quite often. Only a select market for them too. Still, I quite like them - I keep meaning to get ahold of one when funds allow.
bmw156
23-12-10, 11:09 PM
i'm guessing you bought it off bmw156, cos he has been putting it about that they are rare so he can sell his stock of them.... the were mostly bought new by old codgers to fit them to saloons

FLOL..

i had 3 at one point.
and made big money on all of them!
two were bought from the parts day lol.

i think i sold one to edd. the BNIB one.
one was still on the car when craig had it.
not sure on the last one it was red. IIRC.
Asa-James
23-12-10, 11:11 PM
FLOL..

i had 3 at one point.
and made big money on all of them!
two were bought from the parts day lol.

i think i sold one to edd. the BNIB one.
one was still on the car when craig had it.
not sure on the last one it was red. IIRC.

i had one, the one with the "hella" gel sticker in the corner (the one that Beggsy now has) i was under the impression that they wernt common, as i havent seen many about.
bmw156
23-12-10, 11:14 PM
yeh they arnt common.

and i knew one had that gel sticker, the only one i had with that sticker. even the BNIB one didnt have it!
Jack
23-12-10, 11:26 PM
£40-odd quid isn't big money lol
bmw156
24-12-10, 07:15 AM
80 IIRC for the BNIB one.
and its good money when i bought them for 20!
mowgli
24-12-10, 09:15 AM
back in 1985-87, these grilles were not exactly considered cool, ok. usually the nova saloons that had them fitted also had towbars...

hella did a whole range of 'styling' goodies for lots of european cars, and especially gm stuff.... front & rear bumpers, skirts, and these grilles. and they were usually badly colour coded... they were truly hideous, and history has forgotten them.. i think i have an old hella catalogue in the shed, i might resurrect it
Mark
24-12-10, 09:31 AM
Had one, hated it, sold it.
Edd
24-12-10, 09:47 AM
80 IIRC for the BNIB one.
and its good money when i bought them for 20!
You sold me the new one for £45 :d

I then sold it on eBay.de for €150 :)
Graeme
24-12-10, 09:50 AM
Not to my taste either, I think its down to it being based on a poverty spec grill, imo it would of been a far nice addition if it was based on a sr/gte grill
Danny s-p
24-12-10, 10:41 AM
any pic's of one on a GTE
bmw156
24-12-10, 11:38 AM
You sold me the new one for £45 :d

I then sold it on eBay.de for €150 :)

bloody hell.

good margins.
Edd
24-12-10, 12:28 PM
Errm, it appears that's another one I sold lol as I've just seen the new one in the loft lol
mowgli
24-12-10, 01:05 PM
mk1 novas can look excellent with front 6" spotlamps. i had a set of hella comet 500's that i mounted on brackets from under the bumper, so i didn't drill anything, they also added to the lighting ability. most people fitted square fog lamps back in the day, cos they were cheaper
Jack
24-12-10, 02:23 PM
Errm, it appears that's another one I sold lol as I've just seen the new one in the loft lol
£44? lol
Edd
24-12-10, 02:52 PM
lol

Less than that iirc