Old school Ex png member car ?

[Nick J]

Hi All, I was just browsing pistonheads and came across this......http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/330785.htm Im sure many of the older school members will remember it? I saw it at billing many years ago and it was quite a trick car with a fare few unique modifications done to it. I also saw it at ten of the best last year and I must say it was still looking awesome! I'd say if its still in good order its a bargain a lot of car for 2k.. Must tempt someone? I must say If it wasnt for my recent huge purchase I'd be there already! Nick.

[adam c]

yeah i had a look at it in bradford a couple of month ago and it looked very nice and it was absolutly spotless!if i had extra storage space i would be very tempted by that

[peester]

i think that oldskool/ex.png owner struggled to sell it for what he wanted on ebay.. well over a year ago?? two years ago??
Then it was concours..
It isnt now, bit it is a wee piece of heritage/ well known nova over the years..

[RJM25R]

It's not that nice, bit of a mish-mash of styles I think personally. . . .

[novacabrio]

excellent car and it won the modified class at national day in the barn

[krobinson]

Stuart Tauntons old car, spoke to him at trax 2002 and 2003 when he still had the car. Its very very well built and worth that money all day long.

[shy witness]

love that car personally



and its not expensive

[NOV4_SPORT]

Very sexy nova i liked the idea for the airbox on this one

iain

[craig green]

Agree, fantastic one off mods & fabricated bits.

Certainly justifies a carb'd XE or any other big power motor tbh.

[philthepill_389]

there was some good pics of it on here in its prime can anyone post them up as i cant find them

thanks

[Riggy]

i have some mint pics of this on my other PC , think it might have been from a national day

there is a few small bits that aint ot my tastes , but id still love to own it :thumb:

[philthepill_389]

i trying to arange a viewing on fri or sat has any one got any info on the car befor it had a full rebuild

[DTR-DEVIL]

It's not that nice, bit of a mish-mash of styles I think personally. . . .
agreed. Speedlines and Mk1's dont go Imo


[Edit] Opps Ment Softstars

[vaughanmc]

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/Image000.jpg

[Rick Draper]

Overpriced for a sr imho.

[krobinson]

The car's got alot of expensive toys (seats, coilovers, wilwoods etc) and is well worth the 2k IMO

[draper]

Overpriced for a sr imho.


agreed, even with the bits krobinson mentioned i dont think it justifies that price tag

[Rick Draper]

Would give him ?1.2k for that. Anymore and i would be expecting to see a XE in it.

[vallanc3]

my mate used to own this car..i love it personaly. and the fact it isnt an XE makes it better imo

[craig green]

Worth it to break for ?2k IMO

Easily worth it. Why would installing a smokey, 150k XE make it worth any more?

[BEN187NOVA]

stueysss lush nova i raced this very motor to Trax in my gte and it was quick for a 14 high spec .

his old man worked for saftey devices and helped him knok up the massive cage and header tanks.

craking ca one of the beast ever built no expense spared , painted by Jez who is also a master and now runs a very succesfull company Carrera.

stuey is Jezs cousin , and i worked with there best mate Scott small world

[craig green]

I took this pic at PV 2002 IIRC. (scanned photo)

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/HOT%20METAL/img092.jpg

[BEN187NOVA]

i agree great car worth all the money iv got 2k in my back burner now

[craig green]

Some anthracite Compomotive MO alloys & some std Nova mirrors would have that looking mint.

I see its got an aftermarket sunroof which is a shame.

[letvalva]

well worth the cash imo, peeps pay a fortune for mint standard shells,and i think ya could prob drop and xe in it and sell the engine st up thats in there now for more or less the same price as the xe conversion would cost if you go about it the right way, been thinking about buying it my self to transfer my let in to

and whoever said speedlines dont suit mk1 nova's yes they do but it dont have them on it any way there soft stars lol........should have went to specsavers pmsl

[craig green]

That man corrected himself.

Its all down to taste, there is no definitive answer & if you look up an E reg Nova SR's value in the Parkers price guide they'd laugh into next year if they heard what the asking price was....

Personally I love it. One of the most unique Novas I've seen without being ruined.

[SRimon]

Love it too, and ?2000 as long as condition is on par is a good price.

?1200 is the price for a 1.2 in that condition with lesser spec IME/O

[BIGS]

Love it too, and ?2000 as long as condition is on par is a good price.

?1200 is the price for a 1.2 in that condition with lesser spec IME/O

Yea your right. And i think you should buy it we need another decent nova down this way

[craig green]

ch-ching!

[SRimon]

This is one as well I think isn't it? Old School PNG that is...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-NOVA-1-9-GTE-TWIN-45s_W0QQitemZ140196050979QQihZ004QQcategoryZ9858QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[craig green]

Love those old SR seats... Love the engine... but what happened to the exhaust recess on the bumper & why oh why stick a CD to the rad fan? (which is usually behind the rad) LOL

[SRimon]

I love those old SR seats too!

CD is a Ford RST thing isn't it...unless its got a fan grill side of the radiator.

Nice looking car that, in pretty reasonable nick from what I can see :)

[vaughanmc]

I've seen a couple with that CD, looks pish really lol

Any point in it?

[letvalva]

I've seen a couple with that CD, looks pish really lol

Any point in it?

its meant to stop speed guns thats why ya see truckers with loads right along the front windown of the cab, i wouldnt wanna test it though lol

[vaughanmc]

Aye theres one where I work like that lol

[Riggy]

lol bembo stickers on the brakes , and in the discription "revs off the clock" az it got vtec then lol

other then that it does look quite good

[5T1G]

A close friend of mine bought the SR at the weekend, defo worth the 6 hour round trip. The attention to detail on the shell is un-real and i have no doubt in saying that it is the best nova i've ever seen.

A couple of niggles with the interior and i would probably ditch the sound system (personal choice with that one) but overal a very very nice nova.

I didn't know gearbox casings could be so clean!!! Hopefuly said person will upload some current pics.

Good buy my man, you'll struggle to lose money on it!

[5T1G]

Also the car has a PNG members sticker in the back window although the background of the sticker is gold as apposed to white? Could this be a Vintage PNG sticker?

[sport]

Also the car has a PNG members sticker in the back window although the background of the sticker is gold as apposed to white? Could this be a Vintage PNG sticker?

The gold sticker was issued after 2 or 3 years membership

[krobinson]

I didn't know gearbox casings could be so clean!!! Hopefuly said person will upload some current pics.



Yeah I remember seeing the gearbox at Trax 2003, it was mirror polished!!

Keith

[smcgsi16v]

Also the car has a PNG members sticker in the back window although the background of the sticker is gold as apposed to white? Could this be a Vintage PNG sticker?

Gold was issued after 2 years and a Platinum (silver) one was issued after 5 years.

[adam c]

back up for sale!
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/511358.htm

[hc coupe]

Yes i've put her up for sale.


well spotted by the way.

[draper]

didnt it have bigger brakes than astra GTE the first time it was for sale ???

[hc coupe]

Nope,I haven't changed a thing except oil plugs ect......it did used to have better brakes but the chap removed them before i bought the car, putting the normal bigger brake conversion back on.

[draper]

sorry, my mistake then, good luck with the sale