pics of sleepers

[london_chris]

i kno sleepers are sleepers for many reasons but im sure we can all trust each other

[draper]

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/draper01/sleepers.jpg

[london_chris]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p47/london_chris1987/P1220194.jpg

tidy mk1 SR 1400 1990, half an engine at the moment but still in debate on what conversion to do so soon to be a sleeper in a sense

[london_chris]

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/draper01/sleepers.jpg


hahahah what power is that running at? are we talking in bhp or volts

[simon_p]

im thinking that could be about 3.3kv at the rails! lol

[stuartp]

Draper....
Ha ha

[wisewood]

http://farmerburns.com/images/sleeper.jpg

[SRlew]

Pmsl

[hendrix]

nah cant be 3.3kv, there is no 3rd rail and also no OHL catenary either. most trains run at 650 to 750 vDC through a 3rd or fourth rail or 25kVAC through overhead lines....
lol
sorry i work in the rail industry!
i also have thousands of pics of sleepers

yes im sad lol

[dannyb]

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i246/dannyblo/Euroclusteroff.jpg

I'd like to say something really macho like "thats the last thing other drivers see before I'm gone". But in reality they are watching that rear end for quite a while. I have plans to get either a warm 1.4 or a 1.6 t40 (depending on how much loan I can save) set up in this 5 door,i'll still run it on steelies (15 inch ones) and keep it looking standard as.

[Lee H]

Mine

http://www.novaload.net/images/car_images/575big.jpg

http://www.novaload.net/images/car_images/575big7.jpg

Not the best sleeper but quite stealthy. Also in its latest incarnation its going back to two wipers and i've got rid of the bonnet vents.

[london_chris]

nice turbo there lee, as you say its not the sleepiest looking but its definately unpredictable and i guess provides a few shocks with the local XRpoos

[loggyboy]

http://www.loggyboy.com/images/nilly/Phase1/SantaPod1_05-06-05a.jpg

http://www.loggyboy.com/images/nilly/Phase1/FlushBadge2-640.jpg

http://www.loggyboy.com/images/nilly/Phase1/FlushNjin.jpg

[Aamir]

Mine

http://www.novaload.net/images/car_images/575big.jpg

http://www.novaload.net/images/car_images/575big7.jpg

Not the best sleeper but quite stealthy. Also in its latest incarnation its going back to two wipers and i've got rid of the bonnet vents.

Lee, your car looks amazing, always been one of my fave's that's why mine look 95% like yours :D vents don't spoil it at all, single wiper looks good just get it pointing to one side instead of straight up ;)
Actually, the only thing i'd change is wing repeaters; smoked instead the clear/white they stand out so much on a black car :s
Headlight washers would also look quite classy on your car ;)

[Lee H]

Lee, your car looks amazing, always been one of my fave's that's why mine look 95% like yours :D vents don't spoil it at all, single wiper looks good just get it pointing to one side instead of straight up ;)
Actually, the only thing i'd change is wing repeaters; smoked instead the clear/white they stand out so much on a black car :s
Headlight washers would also look quite classy on your car ;)

Cheers, comments much appreciated. Its being resprayed at the moment and the vents have gone now as has the single wiper so bit late to change my mind now but think i've made the right choice. Thats quite an old picture, had the smoked Astra mk4 repeaters on it last time it was on the road.

[saloonwoody]

http://www.loggyboy.com/images/nilly/Phase1/SantaPod1_05-06-05a.jpg

http://www.loggyboy.com/images/nilly/Phase1/FlushBadge2-640.jpg

http://www.loggyboy.com/images/nilly/Phase1/FlushNjin.jpgits sleeping now

[Ste L]

my old nova

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/5031/pict0048.jpg

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/5031/pict0055.jpg

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/5031/dsci0003.jpg


then became not so stealth

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/5031/PICT0066.JPG

[SRlew]

yours was always the king of sleepers ste!

[KPautomotive]

its sleeping now

lol lol lol lol lol

He's crashed two of them now! ****

[valvercorsa]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/valvercorsa/100_0144.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/valvercorsa/100_0145.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/valvercorsa/06032005.jpg

my little sleeper

1.2 swing shell 23.000 miles

engine 0.2 miles lol

[Lozzie C]

And you're learning to drive in that? Lucky sod!

[Philsutton]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/philsutton/retrocar050.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/philsutton/retrocar049.jpg

sadley its looking a lot less sleeperish now

[JSeymour]

imo stripped out, subttle wheels, lowered standard bodywork isnt sleeper, i axpect a nova to be fast if they look like that. its if they've had the money spent on looks/bodywork and fancy wheels...so on...then your not gunna think its runnng 150+bhp, therefore making bright lairy novas real sleepers.

[JSeymour]

imo stripped out, subttle wheels, lowered standard bodywork isnt sleeper, i axpect a nova to be fast if they look like that. its if they've had the money spent on looks/bodywork and fancy wheels...so on...then your not gunna think its runnng 150+bhp, therefore making bright lairy novas real sleepers.

[Philsutton]

what you need is something that is falling apart, and the doors open above 40mph then it gets funny

[Mike]

ill put my forward for a contender for this lol, Merit badged, Spin shell, now having a 1.6 8v engine transplant but looks like an other 1.0 nova with alloys :D

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/PICT0069.jpg
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/PICT0058.jpg
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/PICT0051.jpg
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/PICT0053.jpg

[Martin]

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a50/novaco/bdabce3e.jpg

[draper]

FPMSL at novalicious, not very quick tho id guess

[Martin]

Nah i'm abit slow of the mark now'a days matey

[Dan]

lmao i have a very similar picture of a sleeper all be it from many years ago.

Imagine it, 3-4am, everyone busy working and huddled away was the brummie flat out lol lol our very own nova---chris lol lol

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/carp/sleepyhead.jpg

[Mike]

lmfao at chris!!

[Martin]

lol lol Pmsl

[loggyboy]

imo stripped out, subttle wheels, lowered standard bodywork isnt sleeper, i axpect a nova to be fast if they look like that. its if they've had the money spent on looks/bodywork and fancy wheels...so on...then your not gunna think its runnng 150+bhp, therefore making bright lairy novas real sleepers.

Thats only cuz you see them everyday on here and other sites.
Its not about surprising nova enthusiaists, its the 99% of other drivers that dont expect a merit badged, unkitted nova to leave there clio 172/CTR 4 car lenghs behind in a few seconds.

[Martin]

Thats only cuz you see them everyday on here and other sites.
Its not about surprising nova enthusiaists, its the 99% of other drivers that dont expect a merit badged, unkitted nova to leave there clio 172/CTR 4 car lenghs behind in a few seconds.


Got it in one..


By CTR you mean civic type r?

[JSeymour]

Thats only cuz you see them everyday on here and other sites.
Its not about surprising nova enthusiaists, its the 99% of other drivers that dont expect a merit badged, unkitted nova to leave there clio 172/CTR 4 car lenghs behind in a few seconds.


yeah, can see what your saying.

[london_chris]

not only are they the best suprise for people who spend loads of cash on powerful cars but also the billains dont seem to pull you over so much compared to having a huge bodykit,a set of spinning chromes and a ripspeed exhaust trim

[alan b]

just out of curiousity do the lads here with sleepers get pulled much in england? and do the coppers ever lift the bonnet? ridiculous over here, guard sees an induction kit and says that you have an illegal turbo device!! its hilarious!

[Ste L]

never pulled once in my old one

[draper]

i never go tpulled once in the 1 in my avator, that wasnt outrageously kitted but did have smooth boot, novadose rear, tinted windows, and metalflake paint that shone blue, red, green, white lol

and being my first XE i did tend to drive like a tw@t !!

[allan d]

the old nov
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2273/20nova001sn9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8742/20nova005zb1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
and the new
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4076/novaturbo001en9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8500/novaturbo009ad7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[KPautomotive]

That turbo'd one looks so aweful on the outside i dont think anyone would think that would have more than a 1.2! lol

[Tom_]

it wants a 12v badge to finish off the boot lid :p

[loggyboy]

just out of curiousity do the lads here with sleepers get pulled much in england? and do the coppers ever lift the bonnet? ridiculous over here, guard sees an induction kit and says that you have an illegal turbo device!! its hilarious!

I got pulled twice, once for driving like a ****, once for driving like slightly less of a ****, neither copped queiried the engine, l one did mention he noticed some modifications (wheels, cav shifter, no interior etc) and asked if they were delcared, which i replied yes and thats as far as it went. I think being slightly older helps tho.

[Spudly]

Here`s mine, was a pretty good sleeper i think, bought it as it stands in thepics but added the 1.2 badges to upset sh1troens lol, and as previouly said i tended to drive it like quite i tit really as it was my first one, but decide wasnt mature enough to have it so i got rid in the end :-(

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/valver1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/valver8.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/valver6.jpg

[Driver]

just out of curiousity do the lads here with sleepers get pulled much in england? and do the coppers ever lift the bonnet? ridiculous over here, guard sees an induction kit and says that you have an illegal turbo device!! its hilarious!


ive owned a nova since friday night and been pulled 3 times lol i have got limo black back window and no rear reflectors mind lol

only ever been pulled once in other cars and it was for speeding

[burgo]

hows this for a sleeper??
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/DSCN1781.jpg?t=1171414234
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/DSCN1780.jpg?t=1171414283

oh and it still has the 1.2 merit badges of course and i havnt cleaned it since i got it lol
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/DSCN1760.jpg?t=1171414404