86' Nova Antibes

[meach86]

Hello everyone been on here a while now so i thought it was time i showed you my car, iv had a few Nova's in the past il put a pic of then up first them go onto my current one which i had for nearly 4 years

Previous Nova's -
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/VauxhallNova5.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/ThePrimeredVan.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/Gem122.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/IMG00039-20090719-1108.jpg

Right onto my current one, I bought this car Feb 2007 with a 1.4 8v carb in it i drove it for a month and took it off the road as i wanted more power.

Few pics from when i bought it -
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/DAS13.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/DAS12.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/DASRedBay.jpg

So the strip down began, Engine was removed,
Archs were stripped, cleaned and painted red,
All lower arms, anti roll bars etc were removed, cleaned and painted,
Engine bay seam welded and painted

Here's the pics -
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/ReadyForGrunt.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/PaintedDriversArch.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/WeldedandPrimered.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/PaintedBay.jpg

WIth all that done i stripped the carbs and exhaust manifold etc off the engine block and fitted the block into the bay.
I also fitted a set of EBC Turbo Grooves

http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/DASEngineBay.jpg

http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/ECBTurbogrooves.jpg

Next was to fit the carbs, Exhaust wrap and fit the exhaust manifold etc.
Its also got a facet fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator which arent shown in this pic.

http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/FinishedBay.jpg


So at the moment im fitting the interior here a pic of how its going,

http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/IMG00573-20110201-1532.jpg

Im not very good at doing things like this but hopefully iv put enough pictures in that you understand whats going on and all comments are welcome

[RossRog]

Your purple mk1 SR i think it was, with a 1.6 was owned by a mate of mine, steve his name was, always called it purple ronnie i think.

its just gone into a local scrap yard!


Tidy Nova's mate!

[meach86]

Your purple mk1 SR i think it was, with a 1.6 was owned by a mate of mine, steve his name was, always called it purple ronnie i think.

its just gone into a local scrap yard!


Tidy Nova's mate!

Yhyh i always called it Purple Ronnie aswel lol please say he removed the engine before he sent it to the scrapyard. That engine had just been rebuilt before i sold it and was quick for a standard engine

[RossRog]

afraid not mate, he had it a few months then had to sell it on, i remember him fitting 2.0 injectors an somthing else. don't think it was running right after that he sold it on, i then noticed it in a local scrap yard i took a pic but i don't think you'd like to see the state of it now! Engine is still sitting inside it!

[meach86]

afraid not mate, he had it a few months then had to sell it on, i remember him fitting 2.0 injectors an somthing else. don't think it was running right after that he sold it on, i then noticed it in a local scrap yard i took a pic but i don't think you'd like to see the state of it now! Engine is still sitting inside it!

Gutted mate if youve got a pic though id love to see how it ended up :thumb:

[RossRog]

i'l try pm you it later tonight mate

[meach86]

Cheers mate nice one :thumb:

[meach86]

Just a little update, Fitted the carpet, cleaned and fitted the front seats

Dirty -

http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/1Dirty.jpg

My cleaning formula -

http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/2Mmmmm.jpg

Clean Seats -

http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/3Cleaned.jpg

Then fitted the carpet and the seats :thumb:

http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/Carpetbackin.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/IMG00585-20110206-1119.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/IMG00586-20110206-1119.jpg

[AdamK]

Looking well mate good work

[peester]

big fan of antibes' and good work done on the car; awesome with the webers.. but i guess its too much aggro to hunt a genuine red antibes interior..?

[Andy]

nice car mate,i have a blue antibes
What did you use to clean the seats?

[meach86]

nice car mate,i have a blue antibes
What did you use to clean the seats?

Well iv been telling everyone it was piss lol, but it was lemon juice, vinegar and warm water, worked ok to be fair.

[Andy]

interesting,cant say ive heard of that before lol

[Southie]

I want your numberplate, it's my initials on it and would go on my car with it being also a D reg.

Some tidy old novas btw :)

[meach86]

Haha can you sell orginal number plates?

[Southie]

Haha can you sell orginal number plates?
Not sure but we could just swap if your initials are ysa lol

[meach86]

Not sure but we could just swap if your initials are ysa lol

Yeah funny enough my names Yousef Soloman Ancheivea lol

[Mags]

nice car mate is that a black carpet

[saloonwoody]

big fan of antibes' and good work done on the car; awesome with the webers.. but i guess its too much aggro to hunt a genuine red antibes interior..?

dont say that ! iv not long binned an interior lol

[burgo]

carpet looks odd against the rest, need grey or red carpet imo

[meach86]

Thanks for the comments lads :thumb:

Yeah i am gonna change the carpet but my main concern is getting it on the road for the summer but it will be changed eventually.

I would love some Antibes interior but like you say finding some would be a nightmare

[meach86]

Right eventually i have decided to pull my thumb out my **** and carry on with the Nova. Iv got some early 13inch Sr wheels being refurbed and painted as we speak. They should be finished in next few days.

Im still looking for suspension so if anyone has any let me know i have cash waiting.

All the dash in now in properly i just need to put in a few switchs for the fuel cut off and the fan.

Not far away now, I will get pics up in the next few days of the wheels and hopefully il have some suspension by then as well.

[meach86]

Right quick update - Went picked up some suspension off novasrikev on Wednesday Gmax -60mm kit

Fitted that on Thursday along with some calibra wheels as im still waiting for mine to be painted
Also wired fan and fuel pump on switchs

Its booked in at the rolling road on Wednesday.

Still need to get some fuel line, Fit Gsi ARB, change cambelt and fit vernier pully

I keep forgetting to take pics so her is a couple of how it stands at the moment.

http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/Sandwell-20110721-00440.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/Dudley-20110722-00442.jpg

[simonm]

That looks a cool project what's that black carpet out of never seen it before I've a red carpet in my project took about 5 years to come across one and didn't come cheap but does look awesome is that flame red looks nice and shiny

[Plug]

what happened to the brown check sr seats mate ?? you still got them?

I may have a red antibes interior up for sale soon,

Looks like a tidy motor none the less mate

[meach86]

That looks a cool project what's that black carpet out of never seen it before I've a red carpet in my project took about 5 years to come across one and didn't come cheap but does look awesome is that flame red looks nice and shiny

Its brown carpet mate out of an early Sr/Sport


what happened to the brown check sr seats mate ?? you still got them?

I may have a red antibes interior up for sale soon,

Looks like a tidy motor none the less mate

Cheers mate, you will have to let me know about that interior when the time comes

[meach86]

Update-The beast has just passed MOT, in the last few days iv put the early Sr wheels on and sorted out some minor issues. It went on the rollers Wednesday and made 129bhp at the Flywheel and 112bhp at the wheels which is a little less than i was told by the person i bought the engine off but im just happy its on the road. The sound of the carbs are keeping a smile on my face so its all good

Few pics of how it stand and i will be at TV Live tomorrow in it :-D

Comments welcome
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/Dudley-20110723-00443.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/IMG-20110727-00450.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/Sandwell-20110727-00451.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/Sandwell-20110727-00452.jpg

[Mazz]

christ, those optional 13's look more like 10's!

Looks smart on them though..

[Connor]

Retro-styling ftw :thumb: . Get a vid up of those carbs on full chat :wisewood:

[meach86]

How do i upload vids is it same as pictures?

Went TV Live on Saturday. Its first day out and on the 250ish mile round trip it ran perfect only problem the occured is the little oil leak running down the block, Think its cam seal.

[Iain]

They do look small! You found quite a low profile tyre for them? Looks good though :)

[meach86]

They do look small! You found quite a low profile tyre for them? Looks good though :)

Yeah i thought they were small at first but they are growing on me and i wanted to go for the standard look. The tyres are 165/55/13 im quite surprised with how well they grip to be honest.

[meach86]

Right, Bit of an update. When i had the car setup he did say the carbs would need servicing so on Wednesday i took them off and dropped them down to be serviced.
I got them back this morning all fresh will new seals, gaskets, jets etc

Gonna try and get them fitted Monday, Hopefully the car will run a bit better now from cold.

http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/Dudley-20110817-00519.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/Dudley-20110817-00520.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/Dudley-20110820-00523.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo21/meach86/Dudley-20110817-00521.jpg

[scott.parker]

This is cool as mate! love it!

Scott

[meach86]

This is cool as mate! love it!

Scott

Cheers Pal :thumb:

[White Nova Man]

looks good mate