First car Yellow nova project

[Nova-nation]

I bought my very first nova for £700 with no engine
It is the cleanest nova i have ever seen, it has no rust, anywere!
it came with the full conversion kit for a c20let (mounts, shafts etc) and the shell is already seam welded.

came with a gte steering wheel, digi dash, half roll cage, set of 5 cesaro wheels, lowering springs all round (looking to get coil overs in the future)

it also came with a cat 1 alarm and tracker (fitted)

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/Nova/Nova.jpg

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/Nova/Novarear.jpg

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/Nova/IMG_0412.jpg

GTE (astra i believe) steering wheel & digi dials.

i then bought a second nova as a dona car for the sr engine & gsi seats

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/Nova/301555_10150440963135337_638135336_10041600_143825 7147_n.jpg

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/Nova/IMG_0432.jpg

i am planning on putting the sr engine in the yellow nova.
it is running on a 1.6 astra carb i have been told and it could have an uprated cam?
obviously i shall find this out but any tips on tuning an sr engine up a bit more?

(not sure if 1.3 or 1.4)

i am planning in about a years time to either saab turbo or c20let the nova, however as its my first car, i dont want to crash to early lol

pics of engine etc to come and hopefully start building the car soon!

any suggestions on what other things i can do? :)

[Damo]

Nice project mate its a well known car on here the yellow one it was a c20let and belonged to shaun iirc.

[Nova-nation]

Thanks! i found the thread, would love to build it back to its former glory, but dont have the money to do it right now... or the balls to drive it yet! lol

[ryansnova]

thare gsi seats mate and the yellow car looks nice;)

[Nova-nation]

I knew it was either gte or gsi, thanks for letting me know :) and cheers! :)

[Copers]

this looks familiar, i owned this in between shaun and the previous owner, but i had to sell on due to money situation

[mexicoredmk2]

the yellow ones nice and white dont look to bad

you keepin the alloys on the white 1?

[Benn]

I know the guy that built it, was a very fast car.

Very clean shell.

[tony k]

As benn said above,I know the owner that had it before Shaun,his name is Matt,(game1 off here),is a really tidy shell,I bought the engine out of it,bloody quick aswell,when Matt took me out,nice shell to start off again with,will be nice to see it back on the road again

[Nova-nation]

cheers! i just cant wait to get it back on the road!

[tony k]

ive got the engine up for sale,that was out of this,just thought i would tell ya lol

[Nova-nation]

thanks for letting me know! i would love to buy it! but i havent got that sort of money to spend on my first car lol or the balls to drive something that fast as a first car lol

[Nova-nation]

heres a shot of the engine im planning to put in the yellow one :)
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/IMG_0466.jpg



At the weekend, we decided to make some progress, so it had to be on the white nova.
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/IMG_0471.jpg

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/IMG_0485.jpg

we the stripped the rest of the car for spares,
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/IMG_0489.jpg

Before you all jump to conclusions, the doors were rotton completly, and so were the wings :/ so we left them there.
the car was the scrapped for £68.30 with nothing left on it.
not bad for two days work! :D

[shed-on-wheels]

the arches and rear arches looked clean you shold have put it up on here first :(

[LEWI007]

Oh noo, youve left the gte split rear bench in, the cloth rear parcel shelf supports and full rear wheelarch carpets and the rest of the boot carpet bits which i would of bought off you.

And you left the rear windows and GSi window frames in it which someone else would of bought.
Was that a GSi or GTE or something ? or just had the bits on ?

Should of put the shell up for sale on here you would of got more.

P.S Was the yellow nova the one with the FIDO DIDO sticker on the back window ? lol

[Nova-nation]

the arches and rear arches looked clean you shold have put it up on here first :(

I put it up for sale on here, but i wasnt sure what it was worth :/ and i needed it gone fast. it was sad to scrap a nova :(

[Nova-nation]

Oh noo, youve left the gte split rear bench in, the cloth rear parcel shelf supports and full rear wheelarch carpets and the rest of the boot carpet bits which i would of bought off you.

And you left the rear windows and GSi window frames in it which someone else would of bought.
Was that a GSi or GTE or something ? or just had the bits on ?

Should of put the shell up for sale on here you would of got more.

P.S Was the yellow nova the one with the FIDO DIDO sticker on the back window ? lol


Damm!! i wish i would have posted more pics before i stripped it :/ it was a 1.4 club with gsi/gte parts on it, got the big main parts off though.

yeah the yellow one was that one, c20let i believe.

[LEWI007]

Damn shame kid, salvage every single nut and bolt next time, someone always wants something.

[Nova-nation]

Damn shame kid, salvage every single nut and bolt next time, someone always wants something.

yeah i know :/ wish i would have had more time really

[TeddyThom]

Damn shame kid, salvage every single nut and bolt next time, someone always wants something.
Crock of shiit mate. If that was the case my Mk1 would've flown apart in bits by now.
Always sad to see a nva on a scrap truck, but needs must, my old mk1 will be goin on one soon.

Any more progress??

[shed-on-wheels]

ahh gay i didn't see t for sale :(

[Nova-nation]

UPDATE!

Spent the last 2 days putting the sr engine in it!
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/Nova/IMG_0604.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/Nova/IMG_0633.jpg
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http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/Nova/IMG_0653.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/Nova/IMG_0649.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/Nova/IMG_0646.jpg
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After some wiring issues, finally got it running!
i was pleasently surprised with the speed of it and how well it went!

anyone got any ideas what else i can do with it? putting it on the road Beginning of next month, so i have time!

[Connor]

put a black gsi dash in, and paint bits on the engine, car looks mint compared to the engine lol.
Good work putting it in though

[Nova-nation]

Dash is being flocked in black so no need! plan is, to polish the rocker cover up, tidy the engine bay up a bit, and just clean a few things up.
cheers!

[Liam]

Looking nice, makes me wish I had my Nova painted yellow when I had the chance! One thing I would maybe change is put a GSI front bumper on it then it will look perfect.

[Nova-nation]

Yellow wouldnt have been my first choice if i was respraying it, however it certainly different and i would never want to change it!
i think i will have to get a gsi bumper at some point, just to finish it off, will look smart then!
cheers!

[mexicoredmk2]

what you done with the wheels off the white one you had

[Nova-nation]

what you done with the wheels off the white one you had

Still got them! for sale! pm me if your interested!

[pastry]

Nice car m8. Good luck with it.

[L33 LEG]

Glad you got it running. Looks a mint shell, you should of cleaned up and painted the engine before you put it in though, would of been easier.

If i was you i would get that done, fit the flocked dash and front doorcards and carpets and find some decent buckets for it. Lovely car by the way :)

You should of kept the rear frames off that white nova aswell and fitted them :thumb:

[Nova-nation]

If i was you i would get that done, fit the flocked dash and front doorcards and carpets and find some decent buckets for it. Lovely car by the way :) :thumb:

Cheers! thats everything i want to do it really! lol
however im taking the carpets out, just because i like the look of the yellow floor :)

i wish i would have kept the rear frames :/ but too late now.
just need a set of bucket seats, and looking eventually for a full cage just to finish it off.

cheers!

[shed-on-wheels]

i love this car not a fan of mk2 novas but this is stunning dude well done!

[Nova-nation]

i love this car not a fan of mk2 novas but this is stunning dude well done!

Cheers mate!

[L33 LEG]

I have some rear frames spare if you want to make me an offer :)

[pie]

llooking good buddy :thumb:

needs a gsi bump imo lol

[Nova-nation]

I have a spare bumper that was cut out for an intercooler when it was a let, I might try mesh the back and see how it looks! :D

Has anyone else noticed that its e reg and a mk2? I'm almost certain it's a mk1 that's been converted to a mk2.

[pie]

by the looks buddy ya its had a facelift

[shed-on-wheels]

yh i noticed that dude lol

[Connor]

Yep it will of definately been a mk1 originally

[Nova-nation]

I thought so,

Another thing is I would like to make a set of stumpy mirrors, but I would rather buy some,
Also looking if some come up for a set of wheels with some nice dish, I like the ceaseros, but I would prefer something different :P

[pie]

cersaro's sound good buddy in gloss black :)

dont want to follow every one else and have speedlines or fuking softsatars lol

[shed-on-wheels]

lol as pie said they are to common but keeping it vauxhall sounds good bud

[Nova-nation]

Yeah I suppose lol I did fancy getting a set of sr banded steels? Black centres polished lips, think it would look quite good!

[Nova-nation]

Time for an update!!

havent really done a lot :/
got it running right now, just been doing all the little bits for the mot!
but here is how it looks now;
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/99b984d9.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/55601845.jpg
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http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/76ef0ad2.jpg

[Bubba]

lol you shall freeze with no door cards :p

[Nova-nation]

lol you shall freeze with no door cards :p

tell me about it, and some mong has put little threads in the holes for the clips in the door, think it will have to be ply and leatherette!
oh, and my heater is broken...

[Bubba]

the heater or the motor? mine wont even have heaters :/

[Nova-nation]

the motor, well, plugged it in, no go, havent bothered to go into depth yet as why it wont work, dont need it for the mot so i havent bothered

Yeah but yours will have plenty or breezes anyway wont it? lol

[shed-on-wheels]

needs door cars but you could always get the carbon fiber cards made up i think with the cage buckets and the steering wheel that would finish the track ook right off buddy!

[Nova-nation]

would love carbon fibre... quite alot out of my budget tho :/

got the bucket seats! just need to put them in!
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/64db882b.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/2bec4de9.jpg

[calibra-keith]

i am liking the yellow, yellow and black hmmm got me thinking again lol

[Nova-nation]

i am liking the yellow, yellow and black hmmm got me thinking again lol

iirc before i owned it, it also had a carbon fibre bonnet, enough yellow and black for you?

[shed-on-wheels]

lol im sure you could get a paper round or somthing even sell your gsi seats for them :)

[calibra-keith]

i do like yellow and black, but normally looks bad, yours is about right and sometime this year im hoping to buy some nice carbon parts

[shed-on-wheels]

i just need another nova in my life

[Nova-nation]

lol im sure you could get a paper round or somthing even sell your gsi seats for them :)

to be fair, i have quite a few nova parts stacked up in the garage, ill post them up soon, when i can be bothered lol

[tommy8252]

I will definitely be following your progress fella.

[Nova-nation]

Not much progress, just been sorting all the bits and bobs out for the mot,
Oh and bought new suspension, front coil overs and 110mm rear springs

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/d91e191f.jpg

How it sits with one flat tyre and the suspension just in
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/dd97cba4.jpg
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http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/35ff928f.jpg

I think I'm going to have speed bump issues lol

Today's job, fit the gsi bumper, and tidy up the edges!

[Nova-nation]

Bought a set of compomotive mo5 16's as well for it!

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/b9042e82.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/1c4d12d0.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/d07db5e3.jpg

With some camber and stretched lower profile tyres they will fit a treat on the rear!

Thanks to Bubba i have my rocker cover now polished :P
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/8a06e220.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/3fb66485.jpg

[pie]

nom nom mo5's in 16s :thumb:

looking good dude

[Connor]

Nice, what offset are they? I got some white comps, if you use abit of tfr they will clean up like a treat.

[Nova-nation]

Et25 mate, I've camberd the front in to tuck in the arch, and ill have to get my freinds arch roller out I think

[Connor]

Ohh yea you will need camber with et25, might need a tad flaring tbh, they 6j?

[Nova-nation]

They're 7j, the front ones are fine once cambered, the backs hit the inside of the arch, roll my arches, stretched tyres, lower profile, I think I should clear it, but I am running 110mm springs, so if that dousnt work, I'll put the 60's back in

[Connor]

Hmm yea just see how they sit once you rolled it, just make sure you take it for a test drive and make sure its alright on bumps etc, as you dont wanna ruin your arches.

[calibra-keith]

Bought a set of compomotive mo5 16's as well for it!

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/b9042e82.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/1c4d12d0.jpg


i hate you lol

[Nova-nation]

i hate you lol

You'd hate me even more if you knew how much i paid for them! lol

[JJL]

Was an awsome car nice purchase. Just one thing though, this car ran with an f28 so what are your plans for the gearbox mount with the 1600?

[Nova-nation]

its a 1.3, it bolted straight up on the mount that was there, i belive it was changed before i bought it.

[JJL]

Ah ok no idea where i got 1600 from lol

[Nova-nation]

I wasn't thinking, I meant to say when I bought the car it came with a f** king thick adapting plate to go from the f28 mount to the f13. I'll get a pic one day lol

[Vinny-NOVA]

Nice clean shell, well worth the money! Good luck for your project

[Nova-nation]

Cheers bud!

[Nova-nation]

Got a Gsi bumper courtesy of Bubba, its got some ****ty vents, no towing eye cover and it needs a spray, but hey ho, i thought i would trial fit it first to see what it looked like.

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/c5223a12.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/07b2f291.jpg

At the moment the ceaseros are off and for sale, so i went to put a set of 3 spokes on that i had, just so i could move the car around, unfortunatly, the front ones dont fit over my brakes. so ive got 15's on the front and 14's on the back.

makes the back look even lower though :P
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/a0f478d8.jpg

[Iain]

Argh ditch the vents in the bumper!

[Nova-nation]

It was kindly given to me, so i cant complain, im going to try and do something about it.

[VXRNuTTA]

Very nice and tidy mate, Sounds like my Mk1 Saloon body shell wise, mines not got a hint of rust anywhere on the body what so ever ! :D

[Nova-nation]

Very nice and tidy mate, Sounds like my Mk1 Saloon body shell wise, mines not got a hint of rust anywhere on the body what so ever ! :D

I said that as I first got it, I've got a bit behind the headlight, and the size of a 5p on the floor

[Nova-nation]

Was an awsome car nice purchase. Just one thing though, this car ran with an f28 so what are your plans for the gearbox mount with the 1600?

This is a crap picture, but hey ho, if you look closely you can see the metal plate going from my mount to the gearbox,
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/df5a0703.jpg


Not really done a lot, just cleaned up the engine bay with degreaser and put my shiny rocker cover on!
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h423/Charlie-Macklin/baf594d7.jpg

[Benn]

Ah awesome, a big block to small block mount, good work on that.

[Nova-nation]

Ah awesome, a big block to small block mount, good work on that.

Got it with the shell, might as well use it.

[pie]

looking good dude :)

[Nova-nation]

Hoping to get some cash from selling all 4 of my mopeds this week, that'll pay for my tyres, then the comps can go on :D

[Nova-nation]

Long time no update.

Had a big push to get it ready for the mot, took it down there after a few problems, and it failed :(

List as long as the page, just annoying small things though! So about a day playing with it and it should be done.

But the fcuking nob who put my tyres on took the paint off my wheels, not impressed!

as soon as it is mot'd the engine is coming out and the 20seh out of my astra gte is going in :)