Polar white MK1 1.0 L [Archive] - Performance Nova Group

dannymcc

22-01-12, 03:25 PM

I sold my last SR Nova in September and I purchased a Corsa Sport as a stop gap while on the hunt for another Nova. I spotted this for sale and took a bit of a chance by buying it over the phone and got it left off to me last night. Overall I am very happy with the car it is very very solid and no rot. The car was registered on 27 02 1984, the first owner kept the car for a few months and the current registered keeper had it for almost 28 years. The tax expired nearly 12 years ago and has been stored away since. :)

Not sure how far too go with it because of it having such low miles (3,486) But anyway, over the next few months I plan on getting it as clean as I can. For now I am going to Refurbish/repaint the steels and try and source new caps. New number plates as the current plates have been on since it was new and have gone a bit dirty. Few other bits and pieces need doing also.

Here's a few pics from last night:
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_0574.jpg
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mk1nova_rich

22-01-12, 03:27 PM

Nice solid original car :thumb:

dannymcc

22-01-12, 03:28 PM

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/DSCN0984.jpg
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dannymcc

22-01-12, 03:31 PM

After a bit of cleaning (crap phone pics lol)
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/IMG-20120122-00066.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/IMG-20120122-00067.jpg
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http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/IMG-20120122-00074.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/IMG-20120122-00064.jpg

Unused spare
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/IMG-20120122-00072.jpg

dannymcc

22-01-12, 03:32 PM

Nice solid original car :thumb:
Cheers. :thumb:

LEWI007

22-01-12, 03:48 PM

Looks mint, love the interior.

Will F

22-01-12, 04:44 PM

I have always liked the idea of owning a car like this - but then I would never know what to do with it!

To do it justice, you would have to just garage it and take it out a few times a year to keep it concours and I could never bring myself to do it! lol

Tim

22-01-12, 04:48 PM

xe it lol.

nice find

floydy13

22-01-12, 05:05 PM

nice find there mate, was it crazy money?

Nova-nation

22-01-12, 05:09 PM

Good buy! I seen this for sale on pistonheads, Bloody cheap for what it is!! Good luck with what ever you want to do with it buddy.

cormac81

22-01-12, 05:46 PM

Seen it advertised too, looks like the gamble paid of! love it!

What did you use to clean it up?

dannymcc

22-01-12, 07:42 PM

Looks mint, love the interior.
Thanks Lew, your the first person to say that. lol

I have always liked the idea of owning a car like this - but then I would never know what to do with it!

To do it justice, you would have to just garage it and take it out a few times a year to keep it concours and I could never bring myself to do it! lol
Lol cheers Will. It's ideal what I want it for as I don't have the driving licence yet so plenty of time to clean it up! :thumb:

xe it lol.

nice find
Thanks Tim. :thumb:

nice find there mate, was it crazy money?
Cheers floydy, by the time I had it home etc I was happy enough with what I paid for it.

Good buy! I seen this for sale on pistonheads, Bloody cheap for what it is!! Good luck with what ever you want to do with it buddy.
Thanks, I am very happy with the car as said. :thumb:

Seen it advertised too, looks like the gamble paid of! love it!

What did you use to clean it up?

Cheers Cormac. I just used "Gunk" to degrease the engine bay then polished it with autoglym super resin and done all the plastics/pipes etc with their rubber dressing. :)

Edd

22-01-12, 09:27 PM

Looks very nice Danny

I like the interior as well lol

If you cant find the caps, I have these forsale

http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr359/EDDRODGERS/2011-10-18132513.jpg

marc69

22-01-12, 10:31 PM

Absolutely lovely car, at least as good as my 84 L.

For your hubcaps, clean them, then use loads of wd 40 to bring back the colour. Leave for a few days, then make sure the emblem bit is clean and hand paint with silver wheel paint. I used cotton buds and aerosol paint as it was thinner than tinned paint. Two coats. After a day or two cover and rub in linseed oil to trap the original wheelhub colour.

Regarding the number plates. Try to just clean them up, thye charm of the original plates will always be more attractive on an old car than new plates even if they are nice and shiny.

If you really wand to go for the original look, try to get one of the "MADE IN SPAIN" windscreen stickedrs that the early ones came with, mine has the original and I actually think it's cool.

Is it 4 or 5 speed? The little 1.0 ohv engine is a great engine for your first car, nippy enough without being fast. Simple engine and extremely reliable if well maintained, and very economoical. I still love my 1.0 swing.

Lovely to see such an original rare car.

amggsi

23-01-12, 09:06 AM

Looks well, and can only get better with a bit of a clean up!

Will get this e-mail sent to you tonight hopefully, phone keeps crashing everytime I try to send it, so will get pictures onto computer later!

mk1nova_rich

23-01-12, 09:17 AM

Set of Bilsteins, then a C16XE on TBs :d

NOV4_SPORT

23-01-12, 09:52 AM

Looks good and original Danny iam sure you will take the time and make it as mint as all your past novas. Good find mate

jafanan

23-01-12, 12:18 PM

Another good one danny.... Lookforward to seeing the little Improvements you do to it

dannymcc

23-01-12, 12:53 PM

Looks very nice Danny

I like the interior as well lol

If you cant find the caps, I have these forsale

Cheers Edd. I would prefer the flat caps but I will keep you in mind. :thumb:

Absolutely lovely car, at least as good as my 84 L.

For your hubcaps, clean them, then use loads of wd 40 to bring back the colour. Leave for a few days, then make sure the emblem bit is clean and hand paint with silver wheel paint. I used cotton buds and aerosol paint as it was thinner than tinned paint. Two coats. After a day or two cover and rub in linseed oil to trap the original wheelhub colour.

Regarding the number plates. Try to just clean them up, thye charm of the original plates will always be more attractive on an old car than new plates even if they are nice and shiny.

If you really wand to go for the original look, try to get one of the "MADE IN SPAIN" windscreen stickedrs that the early ones came with, mine has the original and I actually think it's cool.

Is it 4 or 5 speed? The little 1.0 ohv engine is a great engine for your first car, nippy enough without being fast. Simple engine and extremely reliable if well maintained, and very economoical. I still love my 1.0 swing.

Lovely to see such an original rare car.
Thanks Marc. The number plate on the front has cracked and the water has got into it, the rear is OK but it's gone dirty around where the screw goes into it. I will get exact copies of them made anyway along with a dealer sticker for rear window and a Made in Spain sticker for the front. The caps are in ok condition but the griffin has faded on them but I will paint them though using your method to see what they turn out like. The car is a 4 speed and it could probably be doing with a service just to leave it right. But as you say they are a really easy engine to maintain and stacks of room in the bay!

Looks well, and can only get better with a bit of a clean up!

Will get this e-mail sent to you tonight hopefully, phone keeps crashing everytime I try to send it, so will get pictures onto computer later!
Thanks Adrian, there's still a good bit of moss on it yet lol. No problem cheers. :thumb:

Set of Bilsteins, then a C16XE on TBs :d
Don't know about an engine conversion but would very tempted to lower it a bit on a set of nice white wheels. :cool:

Looks good and original Danny iam sure you will take the time and make it as mint as all your past novas. Good find mate
Cheers Iain, had a good look around it yesterday and it shouldnt take much to leave it right. :thumb:

Another good one danny.... Lookforward to seeing the little Improvements you do to it
Cheers Jonny. :thumb:

blindside-retro

23-01-12, 10:30 PM

Seen this on pistonheads and guessed it would turn up in N Ireland, looks quality!

gary_126

24-01-12, 03:32 AM

Looks stunning! Always amazes me how the irish seem to find all the mint examples.

dannymcc

24-01-12, 03:23 PM

Seen this on pistonheads and guessed it would turn up in N Ireland, looks quality!
Thanks. When talking to the seller they said that there was someone else ringing about the car from over here. lol

Looks stunning! Always amazes me how the irish seem to find all the mint examples.
Cheers Gary. :d

amggsi

24-01-12, 03:58 PM

Was trying to figure out why I thought the reg was familiar, and it's just struck me - our silver hatch Manta was A391 UUU before we put an NI plate on it.

NoVaBoOt26

25-01-12, 05:49 PM

Looks like a minter, great find :thumb:

Nick J

25-01-12, 06:05 PM

Nice find Danny! :)

Nick.

nova_niek

25-01-12, 06:14 PM

Nice find indeed! Congrats and have fun with it.

dannymcc

25-01-12, 07:00 PM

Thanks for all the positive comments. :)

dannymcc

25-01-12, 07:23 PM

Started compounding the car this evening, the paint seems to be coming up pretty well. Also put it up on axle stands to sort out the brakes as there sticking like mad. :eek:

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_0588.jpg
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Will have better pics up at the weekend when I have it back on it's wheels and outside for some decent pics.

blindside-retro

25-01-12, 11:37 PM

[QUOTE=dannymcc;1983481]Thanks. When talking to the seller they said that there was someone else ringing about the car from over here. lol

Yea, was trying to organise the garage to see if I could squeeze another nova in. Keep the standard look.

dannymcc

28-01-12, 06:13 PM

Took a lot of pics, hasn't stopped raining all day so just took a them in the garage. lol
Started to take a few things off as well to clean up.

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Spare wheel jack etc never used.

dannymcc

28-01-12, 06:16 PM

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dannymcc

28-01-12, 06:17 PM

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dannymcc

28-01-12, 06:54 PM

Found this as well, think it explains why there was so much moss on it! lol

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/UUUinLondon3-1.jpg

pie

28-01-12, 07:07 PM

looks sweet buddy :thumb: looks super clean

i demand more pics of the RS tho f lol

AshleyC

28-01-12, 07:23 PM

Looks very clean fella great find :D

dannymcc

28-01-12, 07:26 PM

Thanks for the comments :thumb:

Here's a few of it a while back, there is different wheels on it now though..

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r144/seanmcco/cil979027.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r144/seanmcco/cil979031-1.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r144/seanmcco/cil979024-1.jpg

Nova-nation

28-01-12, 09:33 PM

Love the nova, prefer the escort!

dannymcc

28-01-12, 10:26 PM

Love the nova, prefer the escort!
lol Cheers

pie

29-01-12, 01:09 AM

nom nom f lol me likey the escort buddy :thumb:

dannymcc

29-01-12, 12:22 PM

I love the escort as well, but I have no choice. The gearbox in it is nearly worth more than my Nova. lol

cormac81

29-01-12, 05:06 PM

Love your dads escort! that google picture is brilliant!

dannymcc

04-02-12, 05:26 PM

That's the second nova i've had that's on google maps. lol

dannymcc

04-02-12, 05:39 PM

Few new pics, painted the calipers and drums. Free'd up the front calipers a bit but didn't make much difference. Took out the heater and wipers etc to clean up and found no nasty surprises.Also stuck a different plate on the back to confuse the neighbours. lol
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_0678.jpg
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Nick J

04-02-12, 07:40 PM

dannymcc

04-02-12, 08:21 PM

Looks like your slowly getting it cleaner and cleaner fella! Is it yourself thats been touching up the battery tray or was it like that when you bought it? Id be cleaning it up and seeing whats under their if so. ;)

Nick.
Cheers Nick. Yea there was a wee bit of surface rust along side that tray thing on the left hand side. I had a good look at it when I got when I got the car and it was solid so I sanded it down and treated it then dabbed a bit of polar white on it. Thankfully it wasnt rotten. :)

Nick J

04-02-12, 08:38 PM

Good call fella!

Nick.

kevos08

04-02-12, 09:07 PM

Cracking wee retro nova danny lovin that terricotta interior coming on lovley . Would love your wnd deflectors on the windows great touch thair .

EwanG

04-02-12, 11:25 PM

Lookin braw and clean Danny:d! I suggest you keep this little mint example for when you pass your test as it will be insurance friendly:thumb:

marc69

04-02-12, 11:29 PM

That engine bay with the wee 1.0 looks so good!
Are you going to put some sort of laquer on it so it stays looking mint?

dannymcc

05-02-12, 12:13 PM

Cracking wee retro nova danny lovin that terricotta interior coming on lovley . Would love your wnd deflectors on the windows great touch thair .

Cheers Kevin. It took me a while to find those wind deflectors but they come up the odd time.

Lookin braw and clean Danny:d! I suggest you keep this little mint example for when you pass your test as it will be insurance friendly:thumb:
Thanks Ewan. I got a quote there now for when I turn 17 and the cheapest is £6,060.98. lol

That engine bay with the wee 1.0 looks so good!
Are you going to put some sort of laquer on it so it stays looking mint?
Cheers Marc. I didn't think of putting any on the engine bay, might put some sort of clear waxoyl on it though just to be sure. :)

willb

06-02-12, 02:10 PM

dannymcc

06-02-12, 04:06 PM

Saw this on pistonheads and I must say it is far better than I thought it would be. I think in the listing thay said it would need a respray to be immaculate?????
doesnt look far off that condition to me, as it is !!!!
Cheers. The paint was a bit flat but it has came up well, other than there is only 1 or 2 very very small parking dints. Not to bad I suppose for being over 28 years old. :)
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_0665-1.jpg
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Steve

06-02-12, 04:19 PM

Lovely find mate, I wouldnt change a thing! Just keep it clean and don't be afraid to chuck a few miles on it!!

binty2k8

06-02-12, 04:31 PM

id get the standard steels banded a little bit and lower it a little bit and leave it at that wud look standard but still so cool

Edd

06-02-12, 04:37 PM

Looks loads better now

Whats the plans for it ? Keep cleaning and sell for profit ?

dannymcc

06-02-12, 07:04 PM

Cheers for comments. Don't know whether to keep it or not, but I suppose everything has a price..I still have a few things to do and after that who knows. :confused:

dannymcc

11-03-12, 11:06 PM

Notice anything different. :confused:
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_0714.jpg

scott.parker

11-03-12, 11:22 PM

Rear wiper

dannymcc

03-04-12, 07:21 PM

Painted the wheels on this recently and should have a new Firestone tyre here tomorrow to match the other originals. :thumb:
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_0783.jpg
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Murray

03-04-12, 08:45 PM

Good work on tidying up.

Nice to see a totally standard example.

kevster

03-04-12, 08:54 PM

very nice car there

Acerliam

03-04-12, 09:01 PM

Looking Nice mate !

dannymcc

03-04-12, 09:27 PM

Cheers lads. :thumb:

Will be ordering a set of legal pressed plates soon and also a dealer sticker. :)

dannymcc

22-04-12, 08:25 PM

I got the pressed plates last week and put one on today (forgot to get the small triangle fittings to fit the front one)
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_0863.jpg
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I had removed the interior panel behind the bootlid to remove the fixings were the old plate where. Here is what was behind:
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And in the sun ;)
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Next thing to do is to clean up underneath, literally. lol
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/100_0045.jpg
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Acerliam

22-04-12, 09:33 PM

Love the plates mate

cormac81

22-04-12, 10:18 PM

Looks well, get a mk2?

dannymcc

22-04-12, 10:27 PM

Cheers guys, yea I think the plates suit it. Few pics of the Mk2 in the General chat Cormac. :)

Steve

23-04-12, 07:15 PM

lovely example of an early nova, not many around with that interior, my a-reg used to have it and I think I was the only person that actually liked it lol

dannymcc

24-04-12, 03:59 PM

lovely example of an early nova, not many around with that interior, my a-reg used to have it and I think I was the only person that actually liked it lol
Thanks Steve. I don't really like the terracotta interior but theres not much I can do about it. lol

istf

25-04-12, 10:14 AM

Still amazing how clean is it! A true time capsule, very nice!

dannymcc

14-06-12, 10:13 PM

Since the last update I fitted a new fuel pump;
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1360.jpg
Got another tow eye cover thanks to nova gem 1970.
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1368.jpg
Replaced the spark plugs too. Old ones where quite bad.
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1370.jpg
Started cleaning underneath:
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1371.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1219.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1225.jpg
Also painted the griffins on the caps. Quite a fiddly job but looks a lot better.
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1363.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1364.jpg
New backbox waiting to be fitted. Couldn't get the other one off today but I put some WD40 around the joint so hopefully it will come off tomorrow. lol
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1369.jpg

dannymcc

14-06-12, 10:15 PM

Just ordered new discs,pads,cylinders and rear brake shoes. So just have to get a mechanic to check over it for the MOT next. :)

dannymcc

23-07-12, 07:38 PM

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/Strabane-20120723-00398.jpg

Plug

23-07-12, 07:40 PM

I want this sooo bad :)

Tidy motor mate

Edit: you've sold it?

dannymcc

23-07-12, 09:13 PM

I want this sooo bad :)

Tidy motor mate

Edit: you've sold it?

Cheers. :thumb:

Na I haven't sold it, guy came to collect it to give it a look over and MOT it. Keeps the miles of it instead of driving it to his garage. lol

novadave24

23-07-12, 10:54 PM

that is clean mate like that ;)

dannymcc

04-10-12, 06:58 PM

Got the Nova back the other day.. it got new brake cylinders, new pads, oil change etc. It also needed a replacement carb which I got from Vessey. The person I got to check the car over for MOT doesn't know that much about carbs but I found another person that could have a look at it and set it up properly. Thankfully it doesn't need anything else now apart from the carb needing set up.

Anyway here is a few photos of how it is now (more or less finished) :thumb:
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1926.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1923.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1924.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1927.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1935.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1933.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_1936.jpg

chris862

04-10-12, 08:02 PM

This looks lovely! proper time warp Nova, hope I can get mine to look this original one day :)

sport

04-10-12, 09:28 PM

Stuff the nova, nice house :thumb:

Spudly

04-10-12, 09:46 PM

Is that your house....:eek:

johnd

05-10-12, 12:02 PM

looking good danny loving that a lot :thumb:

dannymcc

05-10-12, 07:23 PM

Yes it is....cheers everyone for the comments. :thumb:

Elstro1988

06-10-12, 08:34 PM

Acerliam

06-10-12, 08:35 PM

Looking clean Danny!

dannymcc

06-10-12, 09:23 PM

Been readng every page of this thread and I am both jealous and impressed. Cracking motor, and it's a real credit to you that it literally looks like a time capsule of 1984, right down to that push button radio.

As a fellow 1.0 MK1 owner I'm glad someone else out there is giving the old pushrod some love too :) Underrated engine but hates neglect (as I've found out over the years)
Thanks for the comment. :thumb:
Yea most people probably would have have took the engine out of it straight away as it was a non runner when I got it. Didn't need much to sort that though. :)

Looking clean Danny!
Cheers Liam. :thumb:

DAVIDKEDENS

21-10-12, 11:32 PM

I'm amazed at how clean this is. If someone gets a hold of this and sticks a bloody XE init I hope I'm not the only one but I'll be very displeased! Hats off to you!

dannymcc

22-10-12, 07:35 PM

I'm amazed at how clean this is. If someone gets a hold of this and sticks a bloody XE init I hope I'm not the only one but I'll be very displeased! Hats off to you!
Haha cheers David. :thumb:

I got another mechanic to have a look at the car and the new carb I got for it is also not too good :(. So it looks like the only thing to do is rebuild it and save anymore hassle. Not to bothered when though as I have another project that I want to finish first. :)

dannymcc

23-12-12, 12:42 PM

Put on new plug leads, new distributor cap and finally got a new standard Weber carb for the Nova! The car seems to be going really well now and I should have it MOT'd in the next week or two. I can't believe I nearly have it a year now. lol

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_0367_zps88b2b91d.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_0382_zpsb57c474d.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_0383_zpsbacf8393.jpg

Some pics beside my Civic VTi.

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_0386_zps741d1ad8.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_0385_zpsfe9c7248.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_0389_zps6189c2c7.jpg
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h431/DMcC97/SAM_0390_zps49db125f.jpg