Steve_loon
10-06-13, 10:34 PM
Hi, first post here is to introduce my project, the Nova saloon!
http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r737/hs8bb/IMAG0256_zps59a5e072.jpg (http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/hs8bb/media/IMAG0256_zps59a5e072.jpg.html)
A bit of history.
The car is a 1985 GL with the 1.3 engine. I bought the it from its first and only previous owner last week, she had the car for 28 years and at 89 has decided to stop driving. It seems to have led a fairly pampered life, it has done 83000 miles and has supposedly been garaged at night for all of its life. Always been serviced and had never failed an MOT!
The car is not quite as clean as it looks in the picture; a few rusty bits; leaky sump plug and the paintwork is a couple of different shades of brown. Oh and it really needs the callipers re building at some point fairly soon!
Project may well be a bit slow to start with as I have two kids and a new house to contend with but the plan is to replace the door bottoms, tidy up the inside a bit and maybe a little drop on some nicer wheels. Very open to ideas at the moment as I am very new to Novas!
The plan was to only use this car occasionally but I seem to have managed to commute the 20 miles a day since I got it as well as all the local running arround. :thumb:
One more picture from the work car park in celebration of it now having a full MOT, only needing a new fog light bulb. :)
http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r737/hs8bb/IMAG0254_zps9ae429de.jpg (http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/hs8bb/media/IMAG0254_zps9ae429de.jpg.html)
I hope I have not bored you too much, let me know what you think!
Steve
http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r737/hs8bb/IMAG0256_zps59a5e072.jpg (http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/hs8bb/media/IMAG0256_zps59a5e072.jpg.html)
A bit of history.
The car is a 1985 GL with the 1.3 engine. I bought the it from its first and only previous owner last week, she had the car for 28 years and at 89 has decided to stop driving. It seems to have led a fairly pampered life, it has done 83000 miles and has supposedly been garaged at night for all of its life. Always been serviced and had never failed an MOT!
The car is not quite as clean as it looks in the picture; a few rusty bits; leaky sump plug and the paintwork is a couple of different shades of brown. Oh and it really needs the callipers re building at some point fairly soon!
Project may well be a bit slow to start with as I have two kids and a new house to contend with but the plan is to replace the door bottoms, tidy up the inside a bit and maybe a little drop on some nicer wheels. Very open to ideas at the moment as I am very new to Novas!
The plan was to only use this car occasionally but I seem to have managed to commute the 20 miles a day since I got it as well as all the local running arround. :thumb:
One more picture from the work car park in celebration of it now having a full MOT, only needing a new fog light bulb. :)
http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r737/hs8bb/IMAG0254_zps9ae429de.jpg (http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/hs8bb/media/IMAG0254_zps9ae429de.jpg.html)
I hope I have not bored you too much, let me know what you think!
Steve