Nova's from the past.

[A11VXL]

This year sees our 30th anniversary so we were digging out some old photo's for some press stuff and came across these so i thought I would share, many are from old Courtenay dealerships days...

http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n402/a11vxl/Nova%20Sport/Novasport_zpsd8ac5255.jpg (http://s338.photobucket.com/user/a11vxl/media/Nova%20Sport/Novasport_zpsd8ac5255.jpg.html)

This is Neil Crofts Nova Sport that we supported in the Willhire 24 hour at Snetterton,

http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n402/a11vxl/Nova%20Sport/Novasport2_zpsad13146b.jpg (http://s338.photobucket.com/user/a11vxl/media/Nova%20Sport/Novasport2_zpsad13146b.jpg.html)

If my memory serves correct the car did well only suffering from one minor fault in the 24 hours and finished if I remeber right 1st or maybe 2nd in class.




http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n402/a11vxl/Nova%20Sport/Nova18_zpsefc4105a.jpg (http://s338.photobucket.com/user/a11vxl/media/Nova%20Sport/Nova18_zpsefc4105a.jpg.html)

This wide body Nova was fitted with a 1.8 16V big block engine from a MK Astra Ceasaro.




http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n402/a11vxl/Nova%20Sport/Novaturbo_zpsfb154d15.jpg (http://s338.photobucket.com/user/a11vxl/media/Nova%20Sport/Novaturbo_zpsfb154d15.jpg.html)

This Nova was built for Chris Courtenays wife and was 1.3 Turbo on a carburettor, as you can see it had the Hutchinson treatment along with irmscher headlamp kit, bumper and side skirts, with 2 tone paintwork also featuring early Cavalier SRi wheels.

http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n402/a11vxl/Nova%20Sport/novatbrr_zpsd40a8d87.jpg (http://s338.photobucket.com/user/a11vxl/media/Nova%20Sport/novatbrr_zpsd40a8d87.jpg.html)

From the back.. the bumper was a standard saloon bumper that the bdy shop spent along time sanding and smoothing to match the Irmscher front bumper. I think we could have made a bit more of an effort and managed a few more stickers on the back!




http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n402/a11vxl/Nova%20Sport/moodie2sml_zpse3ef5e7a.jpg (http://s338.photobucket.com/user/a11vxl/media/Nova%20Sport/moodie2sml_zpse3ef5e7a.jpg.html)

This is a Nova we supported in Jamaica that won many many championships it was driven by the owner/ dealer principle Peter Moodie who was also a handy rally driver as well.

http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n402/a11vxl/Nova%20Sport/Moodiesml_zps42f856e0.jpg (http://s338.photobucket.com/user/a11vxl/media/Nova%20Sport/Moodiesml_zps42f856e0.jpg.html)

The car also featured aload of Titanium valve gear as it blew the top end a few few times due to the revs it was pulling on some long straights.




http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n402/a11vxl/Nova%20Sport/NovaGTEsml_zpscd77f9e4.jpg (http://s338.photobucket.com/user/a11vxl/media/Nova%20Sport/NovaGTEsml_zpscd77f9e4.jpg.html)

This was the second of our Nova GTE Turbo demonstrators a G reg running Astra GTE wheels. Seen here as a coarse car at the Thunder saloons at Snetterton.




http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n402/a11vxl/Nova%20Sport/Topgear_zps12dd4d0c.jpg (http://s338.photobucket.com/user/a11vxl/media/Nova%20Sport/Topgear_zps12dd4d0c.jpg.html)

Lastly some then young man having a chat with Steve Berry on Cromer pier A16VTB in the back ground for the Top gear shoot.

[Southie]

Nice to see some old nostalgia Jon, are many of those cars still around then?

[John]

Fantastic Pics! :)

[sport]

Nice bit of history there Jon.

[A11VXL]

Nice to see some old nostalgia Jon, are many of those cars still around then?

Sadly I dont think many if any are.

[novacabrio]

The hutch looks like it's came off the road in 1999 looking on the dvla site. Im sure I remember you telling me in Belgium one year about a car you did that was running twin 40s with a turbo?

i have a magazine article some where here that had some of your cars in

[craig green]

Thunder saloon pace car, I like the sound of that!