1984 Nova 1.0 Spin Minto

[Cormac]

Took a few pictures of my new weapon the other night thanks to Keith Robinson, She is a 1984 Mk1 nova, totally standard and orignal with only 11,000 miles from new with fully stamped service book, car was owned by a school teacher who only drove it a few miles a day to and from work, she retired in 1996 and its been garaged ever since, hard to beleve how good a condition this car is in, i dont think youll find a more original one anywere, this car has never been touched up and is rustfree, Time Warp!!

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:D

[novabex]

Wow. Thats amazingly clean.

Pretty!

[coochiSR]

Im in love! thats gorgueos

[nova ste]

that is absolutley mint pal

[vaughanmc]

Minted mate :D

[Lee-1984]

that is mint

[vaughanmc]

Whats the plans mate?

[greg1.4]

keep it the way she is.. there is not so many mint novas like this. (although alot of you boys find these minters nowadays)

[muzzy]

all the minters are in Ireland!

[wisewood]

I would keep it like that. Definately. Wouldn't change a thing. Not even that freaky early 80's drivers mirror.

[Cormac]

from the moment i bought her i knew that i had to keep her standard and original, far too clean to mess about about with like keith has done with his too low milers :D Im looking at a few out door airboubles as my garage space is limited, getting rid of those wheel trims and under sealing are first on the list, so anyone with minty hub caps give me a pm..

[krobinson]

I'm making good use of my two :)

[kevster]

sweet mate leave it as it is dude :)

[shy witness]

forkin hell...............

thats clean............seriosuly clean.


great find mate......

[Novadex]

I cant belive how mint that is, looks like its just come out the showroom!
exelent find!

[Nick J]

Very nice, I wonder how long it will remain standard,especially with keith around lol!

[Novasport]

Hate to be picky buddy but its a Swing not a Spin:thumb:
The big badges on the door not give it away a little:roll:

Mint car tho mate, at least it will be looked after! Think it needs a 1.3 or 1.4 on DCOE's to finish it off

[Sonny Jim]

yeah as said above, a 1.3 would be better and stil keeping with it.

[Cormac]

Only just realising what i wrote, of course i know its a swing just old age kicking in lol

No plans to mod it atall, it would only reck one of the last remaining original novas in Ireland/Uk Imo

[Novasport]

Nice one, we'll hold you to that.
Get the thing filled full on Dinitrol cavity wax to stop the thing rotting away & keep it polished, you've got a nice motor there. It can only go up in value now.

[*sr-sam*]

thats gorgeous!!!!!

[g111mds]

nice find!

[Cormac]

Im keen to buy some sort of carcoon to store it in as my garage space is limited, A carcoon is basicly an air bouble which keeps moisture away from the car to protect it from rusting, anyone have any experence on these and any recommendations ?

[Freak]

Post on passionford and ask the concourse boys what they use... Ive seen a few on there.
No-one does concourse like the ford boys:thumb:

[kevster]

Very nice, I wonder how long it will remain standard,especially with keith around lol!

:thumb: lol lol

[dave.gsi]

Im keen to buy some sort of carcoon to store it in as my garage space is limited, A carcoon is basicly an air bouble which keeps moisture away from the car to protect it from rusting, anyone have any experence on these and any recommendations ?


snore!.....jesus you sound like my grandad. keith has got the right idea,find a mint one then use it as a base car for a decent nova. i couldnt think of much worse than driving around a standard b reg nova swing, gimping on to anorachs about how my novas got original paint and wheel trims and no wear on the original 80s interior blah blah blah. the reason 90% of novas are modified is because there utter **** as standard. keep that car like that and it would be an utter waste of a mint shell.never understood people who polish every nut and bolt on a car,keeping it in a protective bubble,its a car for fcuks sake,its there to be driven not bloody pampered.you must be a right laugh as a mate,'sorry lads not coming the pub tonight i want to strip down my original 80's carburettor and polish the insides'

snore zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzz:thumb:

[Cormac]

I dont know if to be insulted or to laugh at your comment, You either dont own a nova or the one you have is a rust bucket and not worth keeping in mint condition, Im far from being an anorach, my other nova is a fairly modded 2L 8v re-sprayed rosso red with raffinhos i just feel this spin is too good to ruin just yet!! nuff said!

[JSeymour]

i can see where your both coming from.

but why use words like 'ruin' to describe moddified novas?

so you have ruined you 2.0 8v?

[Cormac]

Maybe ruin aint the word im after then, With every passing year there are less and less low mile original novas about, my latest one is alot cleaner than i had expected, On the trip over to get it me and keith discussed possible ideas for it, Let it, Put my 2L 8V in it, etc but i just feel now that its far too clean in standard for me to change anything on it, I would agree that a standard nova is nuffin much to get excited over and subtle modifying has gained the nova its name with most ppl but me is keeping this one as it came out of the factory!! For the time being anyways..

[dave.gsi]

keeping this one as it came out of the factory!! For the time being anyways..

you know you'll start fiddling:thumb:

only old ladys would be able to drive that around thinking 'hmm what a lovely car to drive'

[muzzy]

if i already had another modified nova i would keep one totally standard, look at the prices mk1 escorts, mk1 fiestas, golfs etc are going for nowadays and alot of them are totally standard.


nice car very impressive how clean it is for its age

[scottvec]

looks mint

[vallanc3]

think it would realy suit a kingdom front bumper.

[Breeny]

Where does everyone find these... lol

Someone point me in the right direction !

[burgo]

to me it seems ireland is the place to get them

[craig green]

Phwoar!

I dont lame you for keeping it std. You have a modded one as you say.

That will fetch a mint in 15 years time. A rust free door would too. LOL

[Driver]

good find pal

i know its rude to ask but if you dont mind me asking what you pay for her ??


im glad i havnt foudn any of these minters as the 1st thing i wold do is strip it and burn the standard interior lol

[Dose]

Stunning matey...absolutley stunning....i love mk1's....started fettling my mk2 but just not a mk1...so just bought this little number:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290126889659

No where as clean but hey...stilla standard unabused mk1:thumb:

chris

[Cormac]

Nice one mate, another low miler.. sweet

I know the interiors prity youck looking for 2007 but when you see it in the flesh its not as bad, really retro,

I paid ?1450, a flight to london and the boat + petrol back ?240, Grand total of ?1690, big money for a non nova person but well worth i think!

[Dose]

Nice one mate, another low miler.. sweet

I know the interiors prity youck looking for 2007 but when you see it in the flesh its not as bad, really retro,

I paid ?1450, a flight to london and the boat + petrol back ?240, Grand total of ?1690, big money for a non nova person but well worth i think!

cheers:thumb:

Yeah it is rather big money for a nova but we all know its worth it in the end...cracking example:thumb:

chris

[Dec16v]

Awesome find fella!!

If you start boying it up you'll devalue it's mint original condition. I think the way forward is to keep your eye out for some mint old/new stock gen vauxhall performance parts, tweak the 1.3, uprate the brakes and get her to some shows :)

Dec

[SRimon]

Yep fully agreed

20 years time of whatever it'll be worth more than it is now than boy'd up, or even GTE repped or whatever IMO

[Cormac]

Picture Update time.. Binned the **** wheel trims only to find a nice set of sr steelys lurking behind.. decided to get them sandblasted as they were minging and didnt want hassle of rubbing them down by hand,

When getting them painted i had 2 options.. a standard mat silver or a more modern silver metalic.. I opted for the metalic as i thought it would give the wheels and car a really fresh look.. im really pleased the way they've turned out, you cant really see the metalic effect off the rim but they look great in the flesh.. Few pics below..

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb281/Cormac_2007/SS8502742.jpg

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Opinions very welcome..

[sport]

Nice looking motor but as already been said maybe slight modification but keeping it sensible.

[krobinson]

Looks perfect now cormac, just need a bubble now!

[vaughanmc]

Absoultely mint -- Only thing I would do is put the front number plate up a bit so it sits on top of the red stripe :)

[shy witness]

absolutely gorgeous

they dont really come any better than that

[Cormac]

nxt on the list is getting her fully waxoiled and polished up round the engine bay, Im also on the look out for a carcoon to keep it in now, need an outdoor one.. i know of the main company in england who make them but wonder if theres any others...

[peester]

very sweet.. so if youve got this as well as the project one - your doing ok. lol

[smcgsi16v]

Very nice.
Can't get over how shiney the front valance is, no rust or anything. They've normally got holes the size of the grand canyon in them by now.

[shy witness]

is it just me.................or is the bump strip below the petrol cap.............sitting lower than the rest?????

[SRimon]

Purely gorgeous and soooo mint!

Could I suggest cleaning up underneath and then clear underseal used rather that plastering it in black muck?!

[Cormac]

Goos sugestion simon.. I will look into clear underseal, the stuff there at the moment is in prity good shape i just wanted to freshen it up a little, dnt really want to plaster it in the rought black stuff either tho..

[Cormac]

Managed to source a brand new set of headlight protectors, pics below arnt great but give you an idea of how they look on her, will have some better pics for the weekends NI vauxhall meet..
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/1760/protectorsbk6.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5295/protectorsfrontjw5.jpg

Have genuine rubber floor mats in post too which will finish the inside off nicely too..

[Elstro1988]

OMG that's criminally mint. Keep it standard, seriously. If youve got a modded one already, no need to change this one. Mk1s unmodded are seriosuly rare nowadays.

BTW a tip - get a silver felt pen and retouch the griffin badge on the front and on the hubcaps. I retouched the rear badges on mine and it looks brand new from the back now.

[wilson_sri]

I just had a major sex wee

[Cormac]

OMG that's criminally mint. Keep it standard, seriously. If youve got a modded one already, no need to change this one. Mk1s unmodded are seriosuly rare nowadays.

BTW a tip - get a silver felt pen and retouch the griffin badge on the front and on the hubcaps. I retouched the rear badges on mine and it looks brand new from the back now.

excellent tip about the bandge, was bothering me a little being all faded..

few recent pics..





http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb281/Cormac_2007/SS850355.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb281/Cormac_2007/SS850343.jpg

Cheers for comments/ideas guys!

[vaughanmc]

Early MK1 SR Clocks & a Snow-Plough :)

[SRimon]

Ignore that

As is....forever!