Found some pics of my old Novas (thought i'd share em !)

[R1CH]

My 1st car !
B reg 1.2 swing, bought it as a ****ty silver thing, had it resprayed bright yellow (i was young !) still had the standard plastic bumpers & that on it, had it on the road 4 days and put it in a ditch, got it back on the road after another respray & colour coded the bumpers (GTE front) 15" TSW Stealths & some lowering springs !
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00300.jpg

J reg GSI, Astra GSI vents & some Speedlines, wasn't a bad car untill some kamikazi japaneze tourists drove in to me with ahuge camper van !!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00306.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00307.jpg

C reg 1.2
Bought off a mate as a ****ty beige wreck for ?150 !
GTE interior, Tints, 15" Calibra alloys, GSI bumpers skirts & spoiler, respray in bright Red
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00304.jpg

H reg 'Spin'
Bought as a standard 1ltr, then fitted all the parts off my dead GSi ! (Engine, running gear, interior, wiring loom ...)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00303.jpg

H reg GSI
Bought as a standard GSI then .... XE conversion, 16" MO's, Bilsteins, 16v Brakes, Louvered bonnet, SEAT splitter, Meshed bumper & grill, Pioneer install inc 7" monitor - TV Tuner - PS1 - sound proofed, MOMO wheel & knob, DIY Brushed alloy dials. Belter of a car !!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00308.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00318.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00319.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00312.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ricmetcalf/DSC00315.jpg

Done all the work myself as well (apart from the resprays).
Hopefully have some pics of my new project (LET'd Nova) next week if i get it back from the bodyshop.

Rich

[dhdev (Oli)]

Some nice motors there! :thumb:
But do u have a dodgy scanner/camera cos the front camber on a couple of them looks ridiculous :eek: lol lol

[R1CH]

Some nice motors there! :thumb:
But do u have a dodgy scanner/camera cos the front camber on a couple of them looks ridiculous :eek: lol lol

lol
There pics taken with my camera phone of the origional prints.

[lj]

just owned one or two then? lol

[novamadcars]

some nice novas thair mate

[dan16v]

nice mate! one of my friends was going to buy that black one off you a while ago i think, well years ago! take it you know paul hev?

[Nath]

the black one is awesome, was it featured in max flower or one of those mags at some point as im sure ive seen it before

[R1CH]

the black one is awesome, was it featured in max flower or one of those mags at some point as im sure ive seen it before

No, it was in 'Readers Rides' in Fast Car though.

Dan yeah i'm mates with Paul, i sold the car to Paul then bought it back off him without the stereo / TV, i got blagged in to fitted the TV and that in his white 16v Nova 2 days before the PVG national - then he sold it to you !!

Rich

[krobinson]

Sweet, glad to see you've still got the bug!

Remember that black one, did novatec do some bits to that? I think they used your car to advertise louvres!

Keith

[craig green]

Great pics. Love the SPIN.

I remeber seeing the black one in my pics of PNG national day 2000. Had std 8v power then.

[R1CH]

Sweet, glad to see you've still got the bug!

Remember that black one, did novatec do some bits to that? I think they used your car to advertise louvres!

Keith

Nah NovaTech didn't do out to it, other than the fuel cap !!
The bonnet was done by Cool Louvres.

Rich

[jbowman]

Nice! wouldnt look out of place today.

[dan16v]

No, it was in 'Readers Rides' in Fast Car though.

Dan yeah i'm mates with Paul, i sold the car to Paul then bought it back off him without the stereo / TV, i got blagged in to fitted the TV and that in his white 16v Nova 2 days before the PVG national - then he sold it to you !!

Rich

you done to good a job fitting that tv! took me a day to strip the bugger outlol as i sold it to a mate as soon as i bought the car from Paul! wish id kept it now though! was a nice install!

[Give it some rev]

are the wheels on the fourth pic down off a 5 stud cav v6??? or are they CDX cav wheels, 4 stud