My Nova Rebuild

[CoolTiger]

get a set :P you know you wanna :)

[vaughanmc]

lol I might

Going to put those Astra 15" alloys on once I'm back from PV :)

[Ste L]

they look sooo much better than the crappy corsa wheels by far...

still should of kept the multi spoke thingys on though

[greg1.4]

the nova 3 spokes look awesome!

think you should get a set!

[Adam]

They suit it better than the corsa gsi wheels. :cool:

Corsa gsi wheels dont look good on any car.

[NovaLad]

3 spokes FTW!!!

[vaughanmc]

My dad reckons I should get a set as well :)

I'm tempted

[Steve Barker]

speedlines are the only wheel i would ever have on mine !

[vaughanmc]

Everyone has them though...

Not that theres anything wrong with that but I like to be different :)

[Neil 08]

get some 3 spokes, they look well

[vaughanmc]

Big thanks to Ade for coming all the way down to fit my sideskirts

Its much appreciated mate :)

I'll upload some pics later

[vaughanmc]

Got my sideskirts fitted today - Thanks to Ade from the Performance Nova Group

It was much appreciated mate

Heres the pics of the sideskirts fitted :)
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Painted/PIC_0258.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Painted/PIC_0259.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Painted/PIC_0260.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Painted/PIC_0261.jpg
Vaughan!

[boyle_46]

skirts look well vaughan mate , your cars comeing on well fair play mate . Nath

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate :)

I can't wait to get it out and about, next year though...pfft

[ade]

aye - skirts look good - not bad for a couple of hours work and done properly too!

Ade

[Royston]

Looking good Vaughan, would look better with a square front number platelol lol lol only kidding;)

I quite like the Corsa alloys, although I prefer the std SR/GTE/GSi rims personally, have a set for the SR for full sleeper look:D

[SRimon]

Alloys i still dislike lots

But skirts, and spoiler look good.

Window frames?

[CoolTiger]

looks really well :)

[vaughanmc]

Window surrounds - Maybe in the future :)

Wheels - They'l be changed once I'm back from PVS

Cheers for the comments ;) Much appreciated

[sport]

Colour code the bumpers, never thought that grey sideskirts worked with grey bumpers.

[Adam]

Nice job there :)

[vaughanmc]

I shouldn't really say cheers - Thank Ade lol

He done a class job on them and quickly as well

Not long till PV now :D

[NovaLad]

Please! Colour code them mirror caps they will set the car off nicely.

[vaughanmc]

Aye maybe once I'm back from PV I'll do it

Take my time this time and do them right lol

[NovaLad]

Yeah because it's extra hard spraying mirror caps lol... oj

[vaughanmc]

lol Mirrors are the least of my worrys - I want to make sure the car makes the near 14 hour round trip to Santa Pod and back lol

[greg1.4]

looks good with the skirts!

after having a look inside your nova the other night it made me want to tidy mine up..yours looked minted!

so i am on the hunt for gsi seats! :thumb:

[greg1.4]

the wee nova will make the journey no problem!!

[vaughanmc]

lol Aye but yours went through much more work than mines

I would sell / swap you the interior like if you had 2 good bucket seats and a Fearless roll cage :)

[liam944nova]

looking good mate a think the rims suit the car even though a dont really like them lol a would keep them on there different

[vaughanmc]

Aye they do suit it IMO as well :)

Going to try those Astra LS alloys on it too, see what it looks like :)

[vaughanmc]

Some pics of the Nova from PVS 2008

The car done the 700 mile journey without a problem - We were really happy with it

Going to keep it clean and improve it for next year hopefully

Heres the pics:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/PV%202008/PV0850.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/PV%202008/PV0851.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/PV%202008/PV0849.jpg
Vaughan

[Adam]

Looked very nice at PV mate, well done :)

[big gra]

looks nice, wasn't sure about the spoiler but looked ok at pvs!

[AlexW]

Ill have to agree with other people, not a huge fan of the wheels but like you say... That spoiler is growing on me, Really like it

[sr jack]

theres my car lol

[wilson_sri]

Its looking really good mate. Next thing i think you should do is get a steem cleaner and clean the underside of the bonnet, get rid of all the grime around the catch.

[vaughanmc]

Thanks for the comments - I'm going to put the Astra wheels on it and do them Grey :)

I was well happy with how it went at the show - The white SR/SRi beside mines was awsome and Stuart's Nova at the other side was clean as well

[CoolTiger]

vaughan its a truly stunning car its a shame ill have to wait a year to see it again :(

[vaughanmc]

Aye it is a shame - Going to try and make it a wee bit better and a bit cleaner for next year :)

Thanks for the comments ;)

[vaughanmc]

Been doing some work over the past couple of nights

Started out with my new alloys:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/NewAlloys.jpg
Had a wee muck about rubbing them down then a couple of coats of etch primer:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/DSC00608.jpg
And then tonight I hit them with some colour, Rover Hurricane Grey:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/DSC00609.jpg
One down, 3 to go - Along with 4 centre caps.

Vaughan

[liam944nova]

i think they would look good white ive always liked white wheels on red cars

[vaughanmc]

Aye well the next set of wheels I get will be going white - My dads fine with that so let the search for more wheels begin :)

[liam944nova]

Aye well the next set of wheels I get will be going white - My dads fine with that so let the search for more wheels begin :)

what you going for keeping it vauxhall or aftermarket

[vaughanmc]

Most likely keep it Vauxhall

I'd like a set of Wolfrace Voodoo's, Mim Raffino's or Revo RFX's :)

[Adam]

Noce job on thatn painting, looks nice

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate - Two of them are done now and another is in primer

Only one more to rub down, prime then paint :)

[vaughanmc]

Got all 4 of my alloys done and the centre caps

They have came out really well

Sorry about the lack of pics

Need to start saving for new 195/45'/15's now...

Never ending lol

[vaughanmc]

Heres a pic of one of them - This is how they all look:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/SV206871.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/SV206870.jpg
Vaughan!!

[vaughanmc]

Another wee update

Got my strut brace fitted that I got for my b'day back in May lol which meant I needed to fit a Corsa SPi intake system and a 'K&N' style air-filter
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/SV206888.jpg
Sounds not too bad, not really what its on for though, its on so my strut brace goes on as well

Vaughan

[NovaLad]

Not keen on the filter but them rims looks mint mate!

[vaughanmc]

Aye the air-filter was a freebie and in not bad condition - No one will really see under the bonnet anyway

Might see about a proper K&N or Pipercross in the near future though :)

[vaughanmc]

Mini update:

My 4 brand new 195/45/15's are here

That means my Astra alloys should hopefully be on at the weekend, but saying that no rush

Vaughan

[Riggy]

looking good fella , just been catching up , its come a long way has'nt it

[vaughanmc]

Aye its getting there now mate - Thanks for the positive comment

Still needs a couple of wee touches - I'm excited to see these new alloys on :)

[vaughanmc]

Another wee mod that I done lol

Had the console but didn't have any switches at all

Then I realised that the middle blanking plug came off so I came up with this:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/WindowSwitches2.jpg
Looks not too bad and fills the space

Vaughan

[vaughanmc]

Another wee update

I got my carpet on the back of the seats fitted before PVS (excuse the dirty carpet lol) and today I got my boot arch carpets fitted

Really does tidy the boot up, thanks to Colin Smith:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/BootCarpets.jpg
Vaughan

[Adam]

Cool :)

[GTE999]

the boot carpts make a big difference mate, get them wheels on and get pics up asap!

[vaughanmc]

They'l be on tomorrow

Can't wait to see them either, might take it out for some pics somewhere once there on :)

[~~joycey~~]

Do you want to sell me the 15" astra steelie?

[Rick Draper]

Sell me the blanking cover you took off please.

[Benn]

Another wee mod that I done lol

Had the console but didn't have any switches at all

Then I realised that the middle blanking plug came off so I came up with this:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/WindowSwitches2.jpg
Looks not too bad and fills the space

Vaughan

I might have a spare pair of seat button...

[vaughanmc]

Awsome mate I'd take them :)

Rick and Joycey, you both have PM's

[Benn]

I'll have a look in a few..

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate

PM me if you find them etc :) :)

[vaughanmc]

Took some pics of my Nova with the newly painted alloys on it

Looks much better than the old Corsa alloys I must say

I'll get some better pics tomorrow with it all cleaned and the alloys polished:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Recent/SV200018.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Recent/SV200017.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Nova%20Recent/SV200019.jpg
Vaughan

[NovaLad]

Love um!

Take ya flash off next time for the day pics.

[vaughanmc]

The pics would have went all blurry, don't worry lol I tried

I'll take some better ones tomorrow after a wee clean-up, might try and polish the wheels :)

[Benn]

Tis very nice.

[vaughanmc]

Thanks mate :) Did you get those heated seat switches ?

[Adam]

They look very cool indeed mate. The colour matches the skirts and bumpers too, nice :cool:

[wilson_sri]

Those wheels look much better bud.

[NovaGuy1400SRi]

big improvement with the new wheels Vaughan as i told you on msn! :thumb:

now sell the corsa GSi ones, dont put them on the car again lol

John

[moffat]

vaughan they look amazing mate:thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Thanks lads I'll upload some more up to date, clearer pics tonight :)

[vaughanmc]

Some clearer pics with the new wheels fitted - I'm slightly in love with them lol

Let me know what you think:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/New%20Alloys/NewPics5.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/New%20Alloys/NewPics14.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/New%20Alloys/NewPics7.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/New%20Alloys/NewPics22.jpg
Vaughan

[Dave.]

it needs red mirror covers and afew tweeks

may have a go on ps if i can be ****d lol

[vaughanmc]

Grey mirrors match all the other grey extras I thought

The mirror covers are brand spankers also ;) lol

[NovaLad]

You colour code the caps and it breaks it up a bit because you will still have the black around the coloured bit.

Best mod you will do lol

[vaughanmc]

Done red mirrors before it got all stripped

Some of the old skoolers will remember the car 'PNG 1' that gave me the idea of the grey mirrors and also Chris Thomson's Nova 'K6 CDT'

[NovaLad]

Quicky.

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i319/MD_Crew/colour.jpg

[vaughanmc]

I still prefer the grey ones lol

[Dave.]

this is what you want:

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/x_novadose_x/sub%20album/hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh66666666644444444444.jpg

:thumb:

[vaughanmc]

lol Minus the GSi badge - Put a red stripe in the bumper, make it more of a grey colour, keep the grey mirrors

Sorted!!

[dan16v]

I still prefer the grey ones lol

deffo grey!:thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate lol

Its hardly ever that someone agrees with me :)

[GTE999]

looking good vaughan keep the mirrors grey and go for the gsi front bumper.

[vaughanmc]

I'll keep a look out for a GSi bumper :)

Hows your GTE coming along ?

[GTE999]

I'll keep a look out for a GSi bumper :)

Hows your GTE coming along ?

hi mate

the gte's coming along great, picked it up from the bodyshop yesterday. It looks excellent. I ended up getting a load of work done. It now having a new battery tray welded in. Im gonna put some pics up in my wip of the exterior. Ill have a busy weekend building up all the interior. Then its finished and i cant wait to drive it again. Need to come up and see you mate. Ive got a mint gsi interior if your interested???? beer token prices!

cheers
craig

[vaughanmc]

Aye mate come up and see me I'll PM you :)

[vaughanmc]

I noticed my air-filter was getting a bit warm once we had been out and about in the car

So my dad got me a Mk4 Astra intake pipe from a scrap-car and we cut a hole out the plastic/rubber bit that surrounds the radiator on the Nova

We then routed it so it was coming directly from the front of the car and leading right inside the air-filter

Hopefully this should make a difference to the temperature going into the filter

[vaughanmc]

Went to the scrappy today to be greeted by a 1993 K reg Nova Spin in white with, wait for it, 15k miles on the clock - Unbelievable!

Interior mint, boot mint, engine bay mint - Passenger door mint!! Which came home with me for £30

I also got the parcel shelf out it which is as new condition and the boot strut as mines was leaking

There was a Calibra there as well and I nabbed another set of Heated seat switches and an original Grundig 303 radio

All of the above came to £50 for me and I thought it was money well spent

Till the next time, Vaughan :D

[moffat]

nice wan lad

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate :)

Get yours legal!!!!

[moffat]

get mine legal lol. get some pics up of that door

[vaughanmc]

lol Aye I will later lol

Me and my dad are going to have a crack at stripping the windows out

[moffat]

no bother

[ade]

yur new wheels are 100% better than the old ones!

Did you lacquer them?

[vaughanmc]

No mate I didn't...

Don't know if I should though - Been all polished up though

[vaughanmc]

Mini update:

My new / scrap door - Its about 98% mint

I was rubbing down some of the surface rust on the bottom of the door and there was an odd looking patch kind of in the middle

Rubbed it down a wee bit more and it became a wee slight hole *as will be shown on the pics below*

Kept cracking on with the rest of the door and its truely mint - Needs a good dust out from the inside but heres some pics - Still a bargain for £30 I'd say:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/PIC_0001.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/PIC_0002.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/PIC_0003.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/PIC_0004.jpg
The hole:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/PIC_0005.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/PIC_0006.jpg
Cheers, Vaughan

[moffat]

loooking good neihbour

[vaughanmc]

Cheers fella :)

[NovaGuy1400SRi]

door looks pretty good, get the rust all away and get the welder out :D fill up the hole, problem solved :thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Aye I think we will do it - Most of the rust has came off with a light sanding :)

Put some Etch Primer on it today to stop it getting any worse

No doubt when it goes for paint it will be sanded off and done properly lol

[ade]

bullet hole - car it came off was probably a pimp mobile owned by a gangsta granny! Giving it large in Tesco carpark - got into a "ting" wid one of the homegrannies on isle 3 and she got a cap popped in her door!

Looking at the angle i reckon the shooter was all bent over - I plame the zimmer frame...

lol

The holes an easy fix matey. If you aint got a welder you could clean up both sides really well (make sure absolutely NO rust), etch prime it then make up a small metal patch for the back and epoxy resin it in place. Then just skim over woth filler...

Alternatively if you can wait till the meet and can hang fire fitting it I could pop down with me welder...

[vaughanmc]

Aye it won't be fitted for a good while yet mate

You can come down and weld it if you want - Would be interested to see how it would be done :)

[ade]

also - I'd lacquer the wheels. Just a couple of coats - it'll protect them from stone chips and other scratches.

No probs - will pop down the Sunday morning...

[vaughanmc]

What time at mate ? Pop down to my house and then we can convoy to the meet ?

[greg1.4]

vaughans wee nova looks the part in person..was really impressed with it at the weekend..nothing too fancy but its certainly clean enough and well looked after.:thumb:

cant wait til we are 17 lad, get out and about in the novas..will be awesome!;)

[vaughanmc]

Aye will it - Will be mega :)

Cheers for the comment mate, much appreciated

[stuartyj21]

that was a good find vaughan for £30..

[vaughanmc]

Aye it was so mate, well happy with it

Going to wait to get another one

Send them both away for paint and job should be sorted - Might get the full car done while I'm at it but I'm not sure yet

[moffat]

looking forward to seeing you at the wheel

[vaughanmc]

Aye mate will be awsome

My Nova, mates silver Nova if its painted, Ade's SR, Iain's Nova Sport, Big_Chap I think as well, Craig (GTE999)'s GTE, another guy off here with a red SR/SRi I think too

Should be some crack

[AlexW]

That door come from Gay-bay? Although i think most nova doors are spin ones! lol

[vaughanmc]

Nope came from my local scrappy - Nova Spin with 15k on the clock :)

[vaughanmc]

Mini update:

I should be picking up a 3" Magnex S/S backbox at the Scotland meet for the Nova

Should set the back end off nicely and sound not too bad as well

Nothing too big as that would be overkill on the 1.2 - Will be good to see it fitted

Vaughan

PS - Thanks to DaveC for the backbox :)

[ade]

I'll bring me socket set down - fit it there and then...

[vaughanmc]

lol Ade your some man if you do you'l be a life saver :D

[g111mds]

Nope came from my local scrappy - Nova Spin with 15k on the clock :)

which scrappy are you using? Been up to shewalton recently but not much doing...

[vaughanmc]

Aye its Shewalton I've been using - All base model's really nothing too good now like

[g111mds]

seems to be the only one which has them. Last time i was in there was a five door in white an also a mk1 2 door saloon. Got some interesting old classics in there as well...

[vaughanmc]

Aye some old Porsches in there and Capri's as well :)

They do deal with the older sort of cars mind you

[vaughanmc]

At the Vauxhall Meet today I picked up my Magnex S/S backbox and centre section from a lad off the PNG - Nice one

I also picked up a set of 'indicator tinted' Twin Fog lights from Iain Talbot from PNG as well - Money well spent

I need to get a bigger exhaust clamp to fit the backbox on but that shouldn't be a problem

Got the Twin Fog's fitted when I got home and they look so much smarter

Heres the pics:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/SV200542.jpg
Bit of both:http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/SV200539.jpg
Fitted:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/SV200540.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/SV200541.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/SV200543.jpg
Vaughan!

[NovaGuy1400SRi]

them euro back lights with the smoked bits look really good on it Vaughan :cool:

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate :)

Has to be the best set of lights for a Nova ;)

[Adam]

Very nice indeed.
That magnex backbox will look sweet, and finish off the rear end nicely :cool:

[vaughanmc]

Aye it doesn't seem to want to go onto the original centre section...

When we slide it over the original section it pops the two rubber mounts off for the centre section

I thought by cutting a slight hole in the bumper it would all sit even but my dad thinks otherwise...

Can anyone shed any light ???? :)

[g111mds]

Had that same back box on my SR. Cut a very slight oval out the bumper to help with the clearance and sat perfect...

[vaughanmc]

See Jamie I thought that as well but my dad thinks some other crazy s*it lol

Need to wait and see though

Hows your Nova coming along ??

[vaughanmc]

A wee pic from the meet that I quite like!!

You better believe I was loving it lol - My dad asked 'Where we parking the Nova?' - I was like 'Beside the Sport'

Absolutely loved it - Definately a pic to keep!
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Second%20Meet/SV200522.jpg
Vaughan!

[g111mds]

See Jamie I thought that as well but my dad thinks some other crazy s*it lol

Need to wait and see though

Hows your Nova coming along ??

Mine had a Courtney suspension kit on it (clubman i think) and the exhaust just wasn't going fit properly with the mk2 bumper. Was fine on the mk1 bumper though before it was changed.

not a lot of progress on the nova. Pretty much stripped bar the engine and gearbox. Long long term project and will need to get a garage built before too much happens with it. Still going mk1 sr look in carmine read with c16xe...

[daz42]

thats real nice, i'm liking those back lights

[ade]

Looks good Vaughan...

TBH I think you'll need to trim a small section from the bumper - the underside is probably hitting the top of the tailpipe. The fact that the centre section rubbers are coming off indicates the pipe has been raised closer to the underside so you'll need to either extend the hanging arm on the tailpipe or chop the bumper the accomodate it.

[vaughanmc]

Aye I thought that as well - Probably cut a small section out the bumper sometime then adjust* everything else accordingly

Adjust* - Get the hammers out lol

Jamie - Would be nice to see your Nova sometime as it looks minty clean in the pics :)

Cheers for the other comment about the back lights - They are mean as anything on the back

[moffat]

looking good vaughan

[vaughanmc]

Cheers man - Did you enjoy your wee spin round the carpark ?

[moffat]

aye man.

wait to you see the plans for mine

[vaughanmc]

lol Well...tell us

[moffat]

euro gsi.

but the rest is a suprise lol

[vaughanmc]

Nice one lol I'll look forward to it!

[moffat]

get some pics up mate

[vaughanmc]

I'll need to take some mate, runways a bit busy at the moment and moving cars about is a pain lol

[moffat]

took me ages to find this btw

[vaughanmc]

lol It was on Page 5 I think...

[moffat]

aye i couldnt see it anywere not even on yer profile thing called all posts started by you

[vaughanmc]

Its in my sig mate lol

Been there for weeks - Unless the link doesn't work...?

[moffat]

aye it does

[vaughanmc]

Nice one :)

[greg1.4]

seen vaughans wee nova again the other day.

was at a rally and followed him up the road, got to say the nova looked the part going up the road. looked really low and old skool compared to the other cars on the road. car looks spot on, a few of my mates were impressed too!:thumb:

keep it up, cant wait til we are on the road mate..wil be great!:)

[vaughanmc]

lol It was really low - Down 60mm all round and 3 people in it

We had the centre section of the exhaust clip a speedbump coming out of Drumlanrig Castle lol

Cheers for the positive comment mate, much apprecaited!!!

[greg1.4]

yeah, we were loving looking at it from behind..mudflaps were just about scraping. but got to say, it sat pretty even going up the road. it wasnt just the back that was down..did look really good.

that magnex makes it look alot better now also..last time you were down at mine, you still had the standard exhaust on..thats what was letting it down imo.

[Martin]

Update? lol

[vaughanmc]

Cheers Greg mate :)

Aye the wee Magnex looks and sounds nice and completes the car, what about the tinted euro lights ?

What update Martin ? lol Nothings been happening with it

[greg1.4]

aw i never even noticed the euro lights tbh mate..looked good anyway so sure they are fine..

[vaughanmc]

Shocking! I thought you'd have noticed them lol

Cheers anyway, much appreciated all the positive comments

[vaughanmc]

Long time, no update!

This time its the doors again!

A local guy to me had a mint pair of doors that were for his car but he unfortunately had to sell the car, so I snapped up the mint doors and my mate snapped up the mint shell!

I thought my other door was mint until I seen these boys!
£100 for the pair and I also got some black GSi sill trims and GSi polished kick-plates

Heres the pics of the lovely doors; Passenger side 1st:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/MintDoors.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/MintDoors1.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/MintDoors2.jpg
Drivers one now, bonus its red:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/MintDoors3.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/MintDoors4.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/MintDoors5.jpg
Next thing will be getting these rubbed down and then painted - Then fitted etc etc

I'll keep the updates coming

Vaughan!

[Leeboo]

I want your driver's door :( lol .

I never noticed you had rusty doors?

[vaughanmc]

lol Oh aye mate there shot through

I need the drivers door, I might have a passenger door spare though!

[vaughanmc]

Decided to paint my mirrors the other day - Finally got round to getting some pics of them fitted

Still got the doors to be done lol

Never ending!
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/Nova1.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/Nova2.jpg
Vaughan :)

[John]

Good progress Vaughan, you've come a long way with this project! Needs an unpainted gsi front now imo!

[Martin]

Looking good Vonny, should of bought my Red1s with the audi handles lol

[AlexW]

Good progress Vaughan, you've come a long way with this project! Needs an unpainted gsi front now imo!

That was what i was thinking the other day!

[krobinson]

Looks great, I bet you can't wait till you get your licence now.

[vaughanmc]

Good progress Vaughan, you've come a long way with this project! Needs an unpainted gsi front now imo!

If one came up cheap I'd snap it up no problem, cars got the next MOT at the end of Feb - I know thats a wee while away but I want to make sure it sails through it, it should like lol

Cheers for all the comments people its very much appreciated!!!

Keith, next year will be the buisness once I get my license aslong as the driving age doesn't go up :D

[wilson_sri]

Wouldnt worry about driving age going up, they have been saying that for years now.

Looking good, painted mirrors make a whore of a differance.

[vaughanmc]

lol Aye mate they do so :)

Not too bothered about the driving age going up, if it does that gives me more time to improve the car!

[CoolTiger]

got any pics of the exhaust yet ??

[vaughanmc]

Aye mate heres a couple from yesterday - I thought I had posted up pics of the backbox fitted ?
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/Nova3.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/Nova4.jpg
Vaughan :)

[Leeboo]

The Nova's looking really well now Vaughan, back box looks nice and neat!

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate :) Much appreciated

Sounds perfect as well as you'l see by the replies on RMS

[Dec16v]

Nice back box Vaughan, I recon that rear number plate is about 1-2mm high on the RHS though ;-0

Dec

[vaughanmc]

lol...

It is mate it doesn't sit right - Only you and the rest of the PNG know about it though

Not to worry lol

Cheers for the comment Dec! Feels good that people like yourself take notice

[GTE999]

looking good vaughan!

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate :)

A mint GSi interior really helps as well ;)

[vaughanmc]

Found out today that the Nova made it into the Total Vauxhall 'Hall of Fame' and it also was the £25 winner

Absolute over the moon with it - Magazine hits the shops on Friday but managed to find someone who subscribes to send me a pic of the wee feature

Awsome!!!
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/P221008_1716.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/P221008_1719.jpg
Vaughan

[Cle]

lol i might go and buy this months TV now

[Ernie]

Thats cool mate.
I should have something for you either tomorrow or friday after work.

[vaughanmc]

Nice one mate be sure and let me know :)

I think I have your mobile number as well :D

[Ernie]

you should have as sent me a text the other day lol you fail.

[vaughanmc]

lol Had a look through the phone and realise I don't have your number

PM me it again if you can mate, sorry about the confusion...:D

[Ernie]

You have a text on route mate.

[vaughanmc]

Sorted mate :D

Top fella!

[Ernie]

i know lol.

[vaughanmc]

lol Just reminding you, thats all :D

[Ernie]

I still know lol.

[vaughanmc]

lol

[greg1.4]

well done in getting it into the mag (certainly a nice enough car) and even better for winning the £25. Good on you! :thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Cheers fella :)

Need to get yours in there now!

[vaughanmc]

Cheers to Ernie for this one :D Much appreciated fella

Finally some pics of another wee update!

Tracked down a red Nova Antibes carpet on the PNG, a couple of PM's and texts later it was mines for a really good price

No pics of the WIP stages but some of it fitted - Will need to give it a clean/hoover at the weekend and clean up the mats as well:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/AntibesCarpet3.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/AntibesCarpet2.jpg
Cheers, Vaughan

[Novaload_Nick]

i think it would look awsome with red SR interior! :D

[nova123]

looks smart

[vaughanmc]

Going to try and get a black GSi dash or paint the original one and make it a full on black and red mix

The grey kills it a wee bit - Looks good though :)

Cheers for the comments

[Andy]

Paint the original,2 tins of halfords black flexible vinyl paint and it looks brilliant.Ive just done mine.No way was i paying what people are asking for a genuine one.2 tins=£20.Will look really nice with that carpet

[Pistol Pete]

Red carpet looks goos. Black dash would finish it off.

[adam c]

looks nice but i would of thought that it would get mucky really easy?nothing a set of mats wont sort out though!was it easy enough to fit?

have you got your cheque off tv yet?lol

[vaughanmc]

Old carpet out - Make a slice in the Red carpet for the bolt at the bottom of the Mk2 dash and in it went - Also had to make a wee cut for the 60/40 seat bracket - Simple enough though :)

Got a brand new set of rubber Nova mats for it that I picked up for a bargain - There in now!

And no, no cheque from TV yet lol - Dave (xxx_Nova_xxx) is still waiting on his from last year as well ;)

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

And no, no cheque from TV yet lol - Dave (xxx_Nova_xxx) is still waiting on his from last year as well ;)

I am pretty sure you just get a £25 voucher, was talking to Dougie from TV about this during the photoshoot. PM Lynz and ask her to ask Dougie or email TV direct: totalvauxhall@futurenet.co.uk

[~~joycey~~]

Red Antibes carpet ftw! :D

[AlexW]

Carpet looks good but deffo needs a GSI dash or yours painting.

[vaughanmc]

Cheers for the comments :)

Shaun - I'll email them later on about it, not too fussed about the money though tbh - Least it got in the magazine :)

[Southie]

I'm liking the Antibes carpet :thumb: Not sure it suits the GSI interior though, it looks out of place imo. Maybe will suit better when you get a black dash in.

Keep up the good work thou :)

[Ernie]

That looks sweet mate also looks much cleaner than when it left mine.

[vaughanmc]

lol Haven't even hoovered it yet

Been too much happening with school work etc - I'll do it at the weekend

Black dash might be on the cards next year

[Mike]

Carpet looks good but deffo needs a GSI dash or yours painting.

Painting? Get it flocked ;)

[vaughanmc]

Tempted - I might treat it to a Flocked dash if it passes the MOT on Feb, which it should :D

Cheers for the comments! :)

[ade]

For the love all all things Nova - please dont 2 tone your dash with red bits! That's really old and IMO tacky.

Stain the grey dash with black vynil paint (needs a couple of coats) - make sure you degrease it thoroughly 1st though otherwise it'll fail and leave it at that. Red plastic bits is just wrong IMO.

You planning on matching the door cards?

[021-bennettt]

Those alloys suit it a treat:)

[sport]

Red carpet takes me back had one in my GSI back in the day, would look better with a GSI dash.

[vaughanmc]

Dash would be done fully black like a GSi Ade :)

Might need your assistance for the taking out of the original and re-fit of the newly painted one

Everything else in the car is from a GSi - Rear 1/4 panels, parcel shelf supports etc

[dougie_boi]

car turned out really nice mate and shows the work you have put into it! really liking that back spoiler lol suits the car very nicely keep up the good work fella

[vaughanmc]

Cheers fella, positive comments make it all seem worth while

Possibly take a drive up your end soon with these doors and u can have a wee look

The doors are the only thing letting it down at the moment really...

[vaughanmc]

Picked up some new alloys the other night, no idea why I wanted these but I did lol

4 Nova 3 spoke alloys - 2 are 5J and 2 are 4.5J, but I have one spare in the garage which is a 5J also

Going to pick out the tidiest 4 and put them on the car when I have money for tyres

That means the Grey alloys are up Forsale if anyone's interested in them - PM me and theres a set of 4 clean and tidy Astra Sport steelies as well Forsale if anyone's interested...

Now, the wheels:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild117.jpg
Next update should hopefully be painted doors

Cheers, Vaughan

[Adam]

Why the swap mate? the astra wheels suit your car well IMO

[vaughanmc]

No idea really, wanted a wee change

No doubt these will be on for a couple of months and there will be another set put on it

8th set of wheels I've had on it and I'm no even 17 yet...

[Cle]

Wheels are looking good :thumb:

The grey ones did look good thought :)

[AlexW]

No doubt these will be on for a couple of months and there will be another set put on it


Set of SR steelies :thumb: I wonder who has them forsale? :roll: lol

[greg1.4]

i recognise them wheels..lol

i agree with adam though, astra wheels suited your nova very well..

[vaughanmc]

Grey wheels are now sold - Might do another set in the future

I'll put the 3 spokes on as it will be awsome looking :)

SR steelies could be an option though as well

[Rich]

Gte 3 spoke rims in gun grey would look good i reckon. Shame you cant get decent brakes under them easily

[vaughanmc]

I really like them in silver but I may alter the colour once I've had them on for a while

Would do them another shade of grey as well :)

[John]

Picked up some new alloys the other night, no idea why I wanted these but I did lol

4 Nova 3 spoke alloys - 2 are 5J and 2 are 4.5J, but I have one spare in the garage which is a 5J also

Going to pick out the tidiest 4 and put them on the car when I have money for tyres

That means the Grey alloys are up Forsale if anyone's interested in them - PM me and theres a set of 4 clean and tidy Astra Sport steelies as well Forsale if anyone's interested...

Now, the wheels:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild117.jpg
Next update should hopefully be painted doors

Cheers, Vaughan

How many sets of wheels has this car seen now vaughan?? lol

[vaughanmc]

lol If you include the original set of wheels those will be the 8th :)

How many did Nick Caro have on his Nova through the years ?

[John]

lol If you include the original set of wheels those will be the 8th :)

How many did Nick Caro have on his Nova through the years ?

That has to be a record for a guy who doesn't have a licence!lol

Nick caro? pass.

Tbh i still think the expression wheels were by far the best on your car.

[vaughanmc]

lol Once I pass my test and need to pay for petrol/insurance etc it will all stop

But its only a bit of fun atm - Might get another set of those and do them the same way Shaun O'Donnell has done them on the saloon :)

[DW-Nova]

Havnt checked back on this in ages ! Looking very good mate, fair play you have put alot of work into this. So just got to sort out the new doors and paint your dash then hey, get it out over the crimbo holidays, will give you something to do and it'll look so much better. Dont know why you wanna put those 3 spokes on tho ? awful things at the time and even worse now ! get some nice 5 spokes on there. Best of luck anyhow.

[vaughanmc]

Hopefully the doors will be painted whilst I'm off on my x-mas holidays

Which means I can get them filled with Waxoyl and then put back on and built back up :)

That will be another thing ticked off the list - I'll do the dash next year if I get round to it...

[browne174]

very impressive, like i've said before :)

[vaughanmc]

Cheers fella :)

Can't wait to see it on these wheels

[vaughanmc]

My 2 doors are finally painted, thanks to 'dougie_boi' from the PNG

Done a great job of painting them, had them done in a week as well - For the money I paid the job is outstanding

Can't thank him enough for painting them for me

Should be fitted up in the next couple of weeks

Heres a couple of pics to show the finished article:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild135.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild126.jpg
Vaughan!

[Adam]

Looks a top job, good stuff

[vaughanmc]

Cheers Adam :)

Also got 2 sets of door pins brand new from Vauxhall - £3 for the set

[Cle]

Doors are looking good :thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Out in the natural light they look so much better :)

Need to get some money together and buy a 2.5l tin of Waxoyl

[John]

looking good fella, whats the colour match like?

[vaughanmc]

Aye its spot on :)

The car needs a really good polish and wax anyway

Should be near enough seamless once the doors are on as the wings and back 1/4 panels are fresh anyway

[dougie_boi]

anytime matey will be good to see it with its new doors it will look ace polisher is here if you ever need it mate

[vaughanmc]

Cheers mate I'll let you know how I get on with it

You could give it a whole machine polish for me as they look like dangerous weapons lol

[moffat]

looking good vaughan

[vaughanmc]

Sure do lad - Can't wait to see them on

Need to get some Waxoyl as well but I need to strip the old doors down 1st

[Dec16v]

Nice clean doors there mate.... I'd think twice before filling them with Waxoyl TBH.

Dec

[vaughanmc]

Why's that Dec ?

[dougie_boi]

no probs mate with a nice t-cut and wax it will be spiffing lol there ok to use just as long as you dont lean on an edge to long end up burning through the piant lol

[vaughanmc]

You seem to know your stuff - I'd leave that one to the experts lol

[dougie_boi]

only one way to learn big boy lol plus you can turn the speed down so you should be safe but a could run over the car with it for you no probs

[vaughanmc]

Aye a think that could be a plan for when its all put back together :)

Would be ideal having it done before a meet/show

[vaughanmc]

Doors are now fitted thanks to 'dougie_boi' from the PNG again and his mate James who came all the way down to help me out, cheers again boys!

I'll let the pics do the talking:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild136.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild137.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild138.jpg
Inside the new doors caked in Waxoyl:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild139.jpg
Now, the old doors...lol:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild141.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild142.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/NovaRebuild143.jpg
Next update will be the windows and rubbers on then I'm going to give it a good wash, polish and wax to get it all to one shade of red

Cheers for looking, Vaughan!

[novasportc550]

looking good chum.:thumb:

[vaughanmc]

Cheers fella - If it looks and feels anything like the same quality as your Sport I'll be happy! Your SR's really coming along now! :)