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LittleMissNova
06-08-12, 01:15 PM
Hello!

I'm a new starter to forums and also to Nova's!

I've always had a soft spot and was adamant I’d get one as my first car!

The new addition is a standard Mk1 blue, G reg 1 litre.

It's done just under 38k and is in sweet condition.

It has a few issues such as lacquer peel, a few dints and a slight rust patch on the door bottom but they'll soon be ironed out and ready for showing.

It drove perfectly from Bedford to Suffolk and sailed straight through it's first MOT with me not a problem!

Lizzie

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i439/xLizzie-Rx/Noddy/251993_496471310379882_1981748311_n.jpg
^^^having it's MOT

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i439/xLizzie-Rx/Noddy/251831_496470700379943_605539506_n.jpg
^^^clean interior

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i439/xLizzie-Rx/Noddy/553560_496471790379834_239467302_n.jpg
^^^after playing with a heat gun

Hopefully they're in the right order :P

novalew
06-08-12, 01:26 PM
welcome

looks like a lovely little nova ;o)

Plug
06-08-12, 01:28 PM
Welcome to the mad house,

Tidy wee looking nova you have there aswell :)

Graeme
06-08-12, 01:31 PM
Nice hopefully see it at one of our meets

Pete
06-08-12, 01:42 PM
Nice Wee motor :)

& sorry but going by your username, 6 pages.

Edd
06-08-12, 02:04 PM
Welcome along

Nova looks a clean one :)

NOV4_SPORT
06-08-12, 02:08 PM
Hello and welcome to the mad house lol, very nice clean looking nova

Iain

paul james
06-08-12, 03:09 PM
Nova looks in very nice shape, make sure it gets some kind of security on it though.

mk1nova_rich
06-08-12, 03:19 PM
Nice looking Nova :) I wish more birds liked Novas lol

Yorkie
06-08-12, 05:35 PM
Awww i like it :D and welcome!

Mike
06-08-12, 05:56 PM
Hello.

Connor
06-08-12, 05:59 PM
Welcome, nova looks a nice example :)

clemo
06-08-12, 06:36 PM
looking loverly just like the owner ;) hehe see told you it would be welcomed on here.

Nobby
06-08-12, 06:38 PM
Welcome along!!

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TeddyThom
06-08-12, 06:45 PM
Tasty nova. Welcome to the madhouse, straight jackets are on the left, and the club membership is top right :thumb:

Hobbit
06-08-12, 06:55 PM
Welcome along, nova looks tidy :)

Spudly
06-08-12, 07:22 PM
Good evening, looks clean but shows signs of a small ding on the NSF corner?


Im probably going to get slated here but the white trims look good on it....... (nooo, im not going to paint my wheels white lol)

Bubba
06-08-12, 10:30 PM
tits? lol

mk1s rock looks rather clean too

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LittleMissNova
06-08-12, 11:27 PM
Nova looks in very nice shape, make sure it gets some kind of security on it though.

totally! i'll probably need some advice on what security is best for them as well if you're able to help :)

LittleMissNova
06-08-12, 11:30 PM
Nice looking Nova :) I wish more birds liked Novas lol

I bet there's more female nova lovers around than you think! They just wouldn't join here as they know they'll get told to get their baps out.....LOL!

Spudly
06-08-12, 11:31 PM
Damnit, bubba's scared them all away :cry:

paul james
06-08-12, 11:40 PM
totally! i'll probably need some advice on what security is best for them as well if you're able to help :)

A cat1 alarm/immobiliser installation would be ideal, a few hundred to have properly put in, but it will reduce your insurance premium. If you don't have the funds for that, then a steering wheel lock would be good, the ones that cover the entire wheel are best and make a good visual deterrent. Actually its a good idea to have a steering lock device even if you have an alarm/electronic immobiliser, as its less likely that someone will even bother trying to get in the car then.

LittleMissNova
06-08-12, 11:48 PM
A cat1 alarm/immobiliser installation would be ideal, a few hundred to have properly put in, but it will reduce your insurance premium. If you don't have the funds for that, then a steering wheel lock would be good, the ones that cover the entire wheel are best and make a good visual deterrent.

Thanks. That'll definitely be next on my list of things to do. A secure Nova is a happy Nova :)

It then means i can go visit my sister at manor top in sheffield with a little less to worry about, even if they do have land and a big fence round it, an alarm is a must have!

Jack
07-08-12, 01:23 AM
Dislike the wheels - needs some proper wheels or normal coloured hubcaps IMO

There's plenty of female nova lovers on here, even Hayley loves the v6 lol

nova_niek
07-08-12, 11:53 AM
Welcome and don't be offended by the sometimes testostorone-driven comments on here. We're a nice and helpful bunch, really. :d

As for females loving Nova's... my significant other half loves my Nova over most other cars, including some premium makes. Should tell you something. :thumb:

MK999
07-08-12, 12:02 PM
As for females loving Nova's... my significant other half loves my Nova over most other cars, including some premium makes. Should tell you something. :thumb:

It does, tells me she's a keeper lol

LittleMissNova
07-08-12, 12:11 PM
Dislike the wheels - needs some proper wheels or normal coloured hubcaps IMO

There's plenty of female nova lovers on here, even Hayley loves the v6 lol

They won't be staying. They're just over up untill i decide that i trust myself with alloys! Ha! lol

Yeah there is. A few of my friends were rather jealous!





Welcome and don't be offended by the sometimes testostorone-driven comments on here. We're a nice and helpful bunch, really. :d

As for females loving Nova's... my significant other half loves my Nova over most other cars, including some premium makes. Should tell you something. :thumb:

I was expecting it to happen if i'm honest. Another reson for not uploading any pics! (and perhaps not going to meets just yet lol)

Yeah i love them too :) much more character than recent cars!

LittleMissNova
07-08-12, 01:01 PM
Good evening, looks clean but shows signs of a small ding on the NSF corner?


Im probably going to get slated here but the white trims look good on it....... (nooo, im not going to paint my wheels white lol)

Yeah it has a few dings in it as it was an old guys before i got hold of it.

Blue car's do suit white wheels! Alessio 2's are awesome in white you know :P lol

Spudly
07-08-12, 05:05 PM
Blue car's do suit white wheels! Alessio 2's are awesome in white you know :P lol






Damnit, youve been reading my wip thread havent you lol

peester
07-08-12, 09:01 PM
hi little miss, you sound quite decent and sensible. Well done.

Southie
07-08-12, 09:04 PM
A very lucky lady to find a Nova in decent condition, the guys on here are extremely helpful even if they seem pervy lol

Welcome to the club :)

LittleMissNova
07-08-12, 10:11 PM
Damnit, youve been reading my wip thread havent you lol

Perhaps i caught a glimpse of it ;)

Just a photo to show what they look like white on a blue car. It's neptune blue though so not quite the same as yours would be

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i439/xLizzie-Rx/alessios.jpg




hi little miss, you sound quite decent and sensible. Well done.

lol thank you....i think?!? lol

never been complimented on that before! there's a first time for anything i guess ;)



A very lucky lady to find a Nova in decent condition, the guys on here are extremely helpful even if they seem pervy lol

Welcome to the club :)

Yeah i've talked to a fair few decent people on here, i definitely won't be put off by the few pervy ones :)

Thank you :) Nice to meet you!

Hayley
07-08-12, 10:25 PM
Hello and welcome from one of the laaady contingent. :thumb:

welshman
13-08-12, 11:00 PM
Perhaps i caught a glimpse of it ;)

Just a photo to show what they look like white on a blue car. It's neptune blue though so not quite the same as yours would be

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i439/xLizzie-Rx/alessios.jpg





lol thank you....i think?!? lol

never been complimented on that before! there's a first time for anything i guess ;)




Yeah i've talked to a fair few decent people on here, i definitely won't be put off by the few pervy ones :)

Thank you :) Nice to meet you!

That be my car Mrs, we'll get the nova looking tidy no worries :-)

Yorkie
16-08-12, 10:22 AM
Yay another person who will have white wheels!!!! :D Get in! Blue do look ace with white wheels!

Tanya.
16-08-12, 10:46 AM
Nice looking Nova :) I wish more birds liked Novas lol

There are plenty of us that do :)!


Love the car and looking forward to hopefully seeing it at some meets next year. Welcome along.

novadave24
16-08-12, 11:28 AM
white wheels look good but take a lot of cleaning tho.

MK999
16-08-12, 01:22 PM
white wheels look good but take a lot of cleaning tho.

No they don't :)

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/images/uploads/watermarked/wheel_sealant[1].jpg

LittleMissNova
18-08-12, 10:48 PM
Yay another person who will have white wheels!!!! :D Get in! Blue do look ace with white wheels!

But which white wheels to pic now! Thaqt's the only issue! Too many choises lol


There are plenty of us that do :)!


Love the car and looking forward to hopefully seeing it at some meets next year. Welcome along.


Thanks Tanya :) Hopefully i'll be zooming round in it next year so i'm sure you'll see me round!

I go to Billing every year if you're there :)


Lizzie

Yorkie
19-08-12, 10:58 AM
Mosy wheels look good in white with blue cars ... red cars too i think. just pick your faveroute ones lol

novaload88
19-08-12, 12:25 PM
my lass hated our nova when we bought it now she won't let me get rid haha probe a good thing :-)

stupot89
19-08-12, 02:01 PM
hello and welcome hope to see you at the north west region meet on the 2nd of september

LittleMissNova
22-08-12, 05:27 AM
hello and welcome hope to see you at the north west region meet on the 2nd of september
Unfortunately I won't be able to make this one. Seeing as though my nova is in Suffolk at a friends and a tiny issue that I haven't passed my driving test yet lol.

LittleMissNova
22-08-12, 05:31 AM
my lass hated our nova when we bought it now she won't let me get rid haha probe a good thing :-)

There's nothing wrong with that! It was a fella that got me into cars too well, into old vauxhalls!

My mum tries to say it's because she had an E reg 1litre china blue that I was nearly born in that my nova obsession started, but in fact it was a man I'm afraid lol

Lizzie

LittleMissNova
22-08-12, 05:38 AM
Mosy wheels look good in white with blue cars ... red cars too i think. just pick your faveroute ones lol

I'll have to look into those :) although I think I'm having a little change of heart. I'm trying to keep him as standard as possible with him only having just under 38k on the clock. It'd make it much more disirable to show! Cause it's never going to be as nice of some of the mint examples on here.

Was thinking of finding some standard 13" early 90's tidy steel wheels if you or anybody else knows where I could find some??? Just some that would make the car look tidyer but still standard. Bit of a long shot I know! Lol.

Lizzie

MK999
22-08-12, 11:16 AM
Get some 14" SR steels, at least then you can fit the 256mm brakes behind them and avoid possibly killing yourself with the quite frankly, scary, Delco's.

Mrs Hobbit
23-08-12, 04:06 PM
Really like this looks so tidy, very good find indeed :thumb:

Would also like to see this cropping up at the odd show, there is quite a few of us that camp it out at Billing yearly, so maybe then? :d


my lass hated our nova when we bought it now she won't let me get rid haha probe a good thing :-)

^^^Ditto with Hobbit although I may have caught the bug this week lol

LittleMissNova
03-09-13, 01:17 PM
Wow, been a long time since I checked out this thread! The nova has a slightly different look now and also has a new home :)

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i439/xLizzie-Rx/nova9.jpg

This is how the little fella looks now :) bonnet needs some love but it's already underhand as I have a new one waiting for paint.

Lizzie

brainsnova
03-09-13, 03:39 PM
Still looks good yay

Nova00
03-09-13, 06:45 PM
:) looks great the blue

Ernie
06-09-13, 07:06 AM
Looking good and welcome to the mad house.