Pete's A Reg E16SE

[Pete]

I bought this Nova off a friend of mine in May last year when he was short for money, so got it at a bargain price.
It's a 1984 originally a 1.0 and was converted by him to a 1.6 8v with 70k on the clocks.

The main parts to source were interior trim and a few engine parts, which i'm almost on-top of now

This is from when the car was collected from his farm:-
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So, got the car home and gave her a quick wash after having all the dirt from storage, and was pleases with results:-
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[Pete]

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[Pete]

So then i decided to start putting the last remaining peices that he had gave me with the car and build it up to where the interior looked a tad better:-

dash in
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After lots of purchasing the random bits and bobs after being uncessful in getting a donor for parts i got the interior looking good.
Seats are Vectra half leathers that had to be bolted/welded onto Nova runners but look the peice.
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Then came onto bits that popped up on eBay that tickled my cherry.

some bargain bonnet lifters off ebay, £6 inc free postage.
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Snowplough bumper, £38.
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Electric mirror setup, £8.00 off eBay
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bought myself some CF vinyl wrap to experiment with and was very pleased with how the mirror covers looked bar the little crease i got when clipping them back on-
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[Pete]

then decided to treat her to some new shoes and calves.
100mm coilovers and 50mm rear springs with platforms
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Cav Slab alloys
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And this is how she's left sitting for now-
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[turbojolt]

subscribed mate

[Pete]

Cheers mate. How's yours getting on?

[turbojolt]

its not lol if you ever want a 2nd pair of hands mate i dont mind lending my weekend

[Rickyb]

looking good pall.

[Pete]

Thanks Ricky,

Once I source some headlining TJ you can come help with that pending on my shifts at work, I'll supply beer etc ;)

[turbojolt]

sounds good mate

[Pete]

Not much of an update but dash is off to be flocked by a friend of mine so a nice figure. Bought an irmscher grill with lamps and few chrome bits like sump, header tank, rocker cover and oil catch which are all being picked up bed week.

And a few parts I have received.
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This is off to be flocked soon with a,b & c trim
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Another eBay bargain at 99p with £3 postage

And front and rear matts
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[istf]

Good catch and looks nice!

[DAVIDKEDENS]

Looks good, IMO it looked better on the 3 spokes but its your car mate. Keep it up! :)