Vauxhall Nova Swing

[vaughanmc]

As the title says

What bits from the Nova Swing can be used on the Nova Sport - Because i know where one (local to me) is doing nothing

My dad says its a whole car with no windows -- In a Scrapyard :)

Cheers, Vaughan

[Mike]

any mk1 panels, all glass, suspension, brakes are a possiblity (altho sports are prolly better anyway)

oohhh, and nearly every nut and bolt is interchangable if you want to be picky :thumb:

[vaughanmc]

i mean stuff you could possibly slip into the pocket without them noticing -- then asking for the big parts :)

[Mike]

i mean stuff you could possibly slip into the pocket without them noticing -- then asking for the big parts :)

well err anything that will fit in your pocket then :tard:

[vaughanmc]

again -- i mean bits that would go on a nova sport that could be (rare/hard to get) bits

not just anything..

[Mike]

again -- i mean bits that would go on a nova sport that could be (rare/hard to get) bits

not just anything..

virtually fcuk all tbh, sports are mainly different due to:

Graphics
Engine/Exhaust
Interior

All of which you aint going to fit in your pockets no matter how hard you try!

[vaughanmc]

yeah i was thinking like the radio blanking plate and so on

and i could always buy and sell the bigger parts like uncut door cards and so on...

only an idea..

[Mike]

swings dont have radio blanking panels tho

[vaughanmc]

ahh i thought they would 'cos its a base model??

[Mike]

ahh i thought they would 'cos its a base model??

nope

they dont have a ciggy lighter or ashtray, rev counter or clock tho lol

[vaughanmc]

anything from the Nova Swing any use on a nova sport then??

[Mike]

everything will fit!! But it wont be original looking

[vaughanmc]

i thought the MK1 Nova Swing came with a brown dash and door cards etc

[Mike]

i thought the MK1 Nova Swing came with a brown dash and door cards etc

if they did then youve answered your own qeustion :thumb:

[vaughanmc]

ahh yes -- pretty pointless but i was wondering incase someone could tell me otherwise..

[*cobra*]

Their isn't many Sports with the original radio blanking plate attached. I've currently got a Sport, my 2nd! plus I know a couple of guys who have one and I have never seen the blanking plate yet.:confused:

As for converting a Swing to a Sport my best advice is to forget it. I'd sooner bide my time and buy a bona fide Sport rust bucket and convert it than pump a shed load of money into a replica. Not because it couldn't be done but because I'd want the chassis numbers to be a Sport and Sport only. It'll never be a Sport unless the numbers say so.:thumb:

[vaughanmc]

yeah same here -- but see like the hard to get bits for the sport i thought they could be like taken from a swing (since its a base model) and put into a sport

like buy the bits then sell them to sport owners -- i'm not gonna have a sport anytime soon

just trying to help out and that :)

[Mike]

yeah same here -- but see like the hard to get bits for the sport i thought they could be like taken from a swing (since its a base model) and put into a sport

like buy the bits then sell them to sport owners -- i'm not gonna have a sport anytime soon

just trying to help out and that :)

swings arnt really base model's tbh

[vaughanmc]

i read in TV a few years back that the sport was based on a Nova Swing...

[*cobra*]

Oh absolutely it doesn't matter if you salvage parts from other Nova models so long as they look the same as the Sport. Something tells me that the Swing was grey chequered not brown but I'm probably wrong.:confused:

[burgo]

i thought the sports were based on nova stings

[vaughanmc]

i thought the sports were based on nova stings

some say base model
some say SR
some say Swing (like me)

what other conceptions is there?

[burgo]

i beleave most say base, but im sure i read somewhere that they were all converted from stings. could be wrong tho

[*cobra*]

Just double chequed an old 'Total Vaux' mag from May last year and you're 100% correct! the Sport was based on the Swing.:thumb:

[vaughanmc]

so there could be some valueables in that swing??

[Mint FRST]

5000 Mk1 swings were built supposedly with an Evo model of 10% ala Sport although not all these were built. Enough said do a search! Sorry, beers speaking after the game!

[vaughanmc]

^^^ makes some...sense

[*cobra*]

so there could be some valueables in that swing??
I'd say if you can get a good condition Swing with brown interior snap it up. It's gonna be as close to a Sport as you're ever likely to get without it actually being one.:thumb:

[vaughanmc]

it has no windows or anything -- i was wanting it for the parts that could go into the sport

see what interest they could get if i tryed to sell them...

[*cobra*]

As regards windows I wouldn't worry about that little matter! clear glass Nova glass is still out there.

[vaughanmc]

i don't know what kinda condition either and...i have my nova now

i just wanted to see what parts the nova swing had that the nova sport also had

[*cobra*]

If the complete interior is brown then gut it out and you're half roads there.

[vaughanmc]

i think my dad said it was grey -- not 2 sure though

[*cobra*]

If it's grey don't touch it because it's defeating the purpose. Like I already mentioned something still tells me that the Swing was grey chequered from previous memory.:confused:

[vaughanmc]

would the dash and so on not be brown?

[*cobra*]

If the interior is brown then so will the dash. What you found over the years is that people who had a Nova Base model whether it be Sport or whatever, butchered the car by taking the brown interior out and adding GTE/GSi etc. They never realised that some day the brown interior would be very much sought after.

[vaughanmc]

yeah -- i'll go down and see what that wee Swings like then tell you what could be taken for a sport restoration...

[*cobra*]

At the end of the day you can take body panels and all because they're the same and you'd spray them white anyhow! as for the interior, so long as 'everything' is brown carpets, dash, seats then gut the car out. You'll find that the dash may be slightly different because the Sport hadn't got the air vents at the sides nor door pockets on the door panels. Let me know how you get on.:thumb:

[Mint FRST]

^^^ makes some...sense

Fact mate not sense. Good night!

P.s Unless the car is a B or C plate this thread aint worth it;)

[vaughanmc]

B reg mate

can't remember if my dad said it was white or silver...

[Mint FRST]

Could be either.

[vaughanmc]

yeah could be

cheers for all the help anyway -- just need to see what its like now..

[krobinson]

If its got interior parts, steal everything brown!!

[vaughanmc]

i'll see all what i can get then...flog them :)

[Novasport]

Their isn't many Sports with the original radio blanking plate attached. I've currently got a Sport, my 2nd! plus I know a couple of guys who have one and I have never seen the blanking plate yet.:confused:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/NovaSport/DSCN0253.jpg
:D
I must have them all then, I have another 2 of them kicking round somewhere

[vaughanmc]

i'll need to check that nova swing then -- hopefully it has one :)

[novacabrio]

I need a radio blank!!

[vaughanmc]

i'll see what i can do for you Mark :)

[vaughanmc]

From the last time - I have went and seen the Nova Swing and its not too bad

I have got out of it the Radio Blanking Plate (sold) and the Passenger Mirror Cover (sold)

Is there anything else of any value i can get out it...?
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8573/novaswingtn9.jpg
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5008/novaswing1wz1.jpg
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4730/novaswing2hl4.jpg
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1187/novaswing3rl5.jpg
Vaughan!!

[J4MES]

depending on condition, the boot might be worth a few quid-no grab handle....

[vaughanmc]

i think a good old jet-wash and a clean-up would cure the boot

but theres some rust starting on it -- and what about the seamless rear bumper???

that worth anything?

[vaughanmc]

Theres also a MK1 Nova 2-door Saloon at that scrappy if anyone needs anything from it I could go back...

Vaughan!

[stevie78]

vaughan been there the day got rear beam and blower cover

[vaughanmc]

ideal mate -- me and my dad went a run round Mauchline to see if we could see your Nova but we had no luck..