This is what happens when chavs get their hands on nice Novas

[Mieran]

Before:

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/2645/snv84121.jpg


Now:

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/3898/31991085.jpg


:cry::cry::cry:

[reevie1987]

not good at all :-(

[Pete]

Ouch, the new trend for Chavs then ....


Suppose it's better than kingdom bumpers etc, that can all be repaired without scrapping it lol

[paul james]

Looks very sorry for itself now, how much time was it between those two photos?

[Mieran]

That pic when I had it was taken on 12.6.10

[Iain]

And the doors were solid when you sold it? Amazing

[Mieran]

Had a bit of rust on the bottom

[pie]

funny just looking at that on PH to

what engine was in it when it was sold?

[rubachuk]

There's another example in Cars For Sale too

[Iain]

Shouldn't have sold it, I blame you fully for it's condition lol

[Spudly]

Karl's old SR, was really tidy when he had it, then Lomas fitted a new front end and xe'd it iirc, shame was a nice looking little thing a couple of years back!!

[Mieran]

funny just looking at that on PH to

what engine was in it when it was sold?
Was a XE but with powercap and not that gay orange rockor cover, had strut brace and few other things that arent on it anymore

[Curtoise]

what the hell looks like it should be the other way around! like the after pic should be before.

[NOV4_SPORT]

Bad times mate, looks a right state now imo

[Jackroadkill]

Ouch.

[lomas]

looks like a piece of **** now, shame as i put alot of work into that car 4 year ago

[Alex J]

a valet and a new door and it will look the same, looks better as it is, used and abused is what i say!!

[mowgli]

once you sell a car, you have no say in what happens to it.. ok its sad, but the car is old & this is what happens

[Bubba]

thats true...but its even more depressing watching someone strip it and scrap it :(

[Pete]

My mate now owns this car, paid 1400 for it.
Way over priced IMO
But he's swapping it for a van soon

[Mieran]

what a tit lol, I would have not gave more than 500 how it is now

[Pete]

Haha very true lol
It looks worse than what it does in pictures, bottom of the door is held on by gaffer tape etc

[swedge]

£1400 for that bloody hell lol

[boss]

what a shame a remember that it was mint i tryed to buy it about three year back

[craig green]

1400 quid!! Christ.
people bin off better Novas that wont sell. Chav's indeed.

[TeddyThom]

I guess the bay is better for selling sh!t shells than I thought. Might try my Mk1 shell on there once I've stripped it lol

[ste porter]

A guy called tom bought this from somewhere in newcastle about mid last year and it looked like it did in the first pic but only from 10 yards.
It photographed well but was showing its age on closer inspection with rust showing up in various places and a few other bits and pieces. he had a fair bit of trouble with it aswell mainly engine woos like airflow meter packed in icv playing up cv joint giving in. As you can imagine he didnt have it long proberly 6 weeks max and moved it on again. This i know first hand as it was me who sorted the bits on it that went belly up. It left his hands looking more or less the same as he recived it and if i remember corectly did a deal on a 106 rallye with it i think.
Whats happened to it between then and now is another question. Its defenatly a shame as it was more than salvagable and would have made a nice project base when tom had it. Now it looks like its destined to be made into dog food tins in china like the rest of them

[Pete]

I'll try and find the missing info Ste :)

Does anyone know what bhp it was running? Or is it pretty much standard?

[Nova_Tek]

Used to look lovely and now just looks tatty and unloved :(

[Mieran]

The car was already kinda destroyed by a chav/mackem when I bought it which brings me back to the orginal thread title. When he bought it of my pal Steve, it was pristine!

I spent a few quid on it and original plan was to to do a full restoration and put a LET in but blue Nova came up for sale and it made more sense to buy that and sell the red SR, because there was no bodywork or respray required on the blue Nova.

I also don't know what Tom did to it, because when I had it, it never ever missed a beat even when it was driven hard! Only time I broke down was when battery died.

Only reason it fell into chav's hand in the first place is because Steve sold it way way too cheap, £1200 which was nothing for a mint XE Nova in 2008.

[w_wall_2001]

i remember when it first came to sunderland used to see it all the time, looked a nice car, still wont take that much to get it back to how it was

[rednova]

I remember when I had D18 RRN It was a minter apart from the ground back rear arches - looks sorry for itself now, fond memories of that car!!!!

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c259/ballgrapes/philyssri.jpg

[matt_vaughan]

Mowgli's right.

My old nova, it wasnt the best in the world but a half decent car, it now has massive 17s (of the wrong offset), an abyss front bumper and limo tints. no engine and it's off the road. it's at my girlfriends house too because her brother bought it off me. its sad to see it going to waste and not being enjoyed, but maybe one day ill buy it back and restore it. but still, it's up to him what he does with it now, whether i like body kits and 17s or not. Thankfully, after going to PVS this year, he's swaying more towards a mint OEM look so hopefully he'll follow through with that :D

[PVG]

In desperate need of a rescue :(