View Full Version : Colin McRae's Nova!
boffer8
12-01-08, 06:43 PM
Heres just a few piccys of it, i know there is already a thread with some on but thought i would post some more beacuse it looks soooo nice! Plus a few of some other vauxhall's and family cars that were there too!
http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1505396_P1110256.JPG
http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1505397_P1110257.JPG
He was even running coilovers and disc brakes on it! (sorry for the shakey camera!)
http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1505398_P1110261.JPG
http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1505395_P1110255.JPG
http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1505393_P1110254.JPG
http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1505399_P1110266.JPG
NOV4_SPORT
12-01-08, 06:49 PM
very nice, and like the btcc cavalier, and rally mk2 astra.
iain
saw these today.looked mint. very good show aswell. enjoyed the live show the most though.
novacabrio
12-01-08, 07:41 PM
Astra looks to be Clelands BTCC Astra GTE from the early 90s?
Cleland's cav and astra - car porn :eek:
novacabrio
12-01-08, 07:51 PM
I think the Astra may be a replica, wheels arent BTCC Spec single nut hubs, and look to be just caps over stanard 4 studs, I think it also had a side exit exhaust from looking at pics
Novasport
12-01-08, 07:59 PM
I am sure the Nova of Mcraes is a replica aswell as Jason Lepley broke the original car a few years ago but the ID is still alive somewhere, its not been taxed since 98.
djshaggeh
12-01-08, 08:08 PM
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excellent stuff, nova, cav and astra!
I think the Astra may be a replica, wheels arent BTCC Spec single nut hubs, and look to be just caps over stanard 4 studs, I think it also had a side exit exhaust from looking at pics
IIRC they did have signle hub nuts back then. It's only this year that the european S2000 regs have come in which state you need 'standard' type hubs, ie 4/5 stud
Car look awesome, i'll be seeing them tomorrow anyway:cool:
Novasport
12-01-08, 10:15 PM
Read it again fella, he is saying it should have a single nut hub but appears to be 4 stud with single nut effect covers
I am sure the Nova of Mcraes is a replica aswell as Jason Lepley broke the original car a few years ago but the ID is still alive somewhere, its not been taxed since 98.
The car at the Autosport show is 100% a replica. Colin's Nova doesn't belong to him, but it is being restored to how he had it.
vaughanmc
13-01-08, 12:00 AM
The Nova has some Coltness Car Club stickers which makes me think its 'living' in Scotland?
Wonder why they would want to run Coilovers as well...
Novasport
13-01-08, 12:05 AM
The car at the Autosport show is 100% a replica. Colin's Nova doesn't belong to him, but it is being restored to how he had it.
Not quite 100%, dont think the original ran coilovers! Not sure about rear calipers either, shouldn't they be AP's.
Brodie_Sri
13-01-08, 10:58 AM
Cleland's cav and astra - car porn :eek:
Yeah i agree with you ste:thumb: I was real in to btcc back in the day Cleland won the championship twice 1989 in the astra and 1995 in the cav.
Good pics, but FFS re size them lol
Was thinking looking at those pics they cant be the genuine ones as they will be battered and stone chipped bent and twisted to hell and they all look concours/brand new so they surely must just be perfect copies?
Wonder why they would want to run Coilovers as well...
The coilovers would be wound higher for more suspension travel I would imagine...a mate of mine did this on his rally Nova.
mikey14sr
13-01-08, 04:29 PM
The coilovers would be wound higher for more suspension travel I would imagine...a mate of mine did this on his rally Nova.
Winding them up shortens the spring and travel? only reason I can see is to stop short springs falling out on max droop.
Was thinking looking at those pics they cant be the genuine ones as they will be battered and stone chipped bent and twisted to hell and they all look concours/brand new so they surely must just be perfect copies?
A lot of cars on display at AutoSport were just 'show replicas', the BTCC was a replica as the the rear 300mm+ brake discs were tack welded to some bells and the front brakes were some pathetic looking 256mm ATE jobs !! A couple of the WRC Focus's there were just 1.4's with a body kit and some stickers !!
The genuine cars will have been bent / stone chipped / twisted many a time while they were getting used in competition, its just that they get rebuilt ... good as new !!
just came back now from the autosport it was a good day but as said before all of the cars on the colin mcrae stand looked too "new".the orange zonda that was there was just pure porn!
BRoadGhost
13-01-08, 08:39 PM
Winding up springs past the point of location only preloads the springs
But ye ofc the travel they grant can't be ignored
Not quite 100%, dont think the original ran coilovers! Not sure about rear calipers either, shouldn't they be AP's.
Sorry, I meant the car is definately a replica, not necessarily a 100% true copy of Colin's car as its obvious to those sad enough (ahem) to see.
Colin's car wasn't a works car so he could run any rear calipers that adhered to the Group A regulations.
Coilovers on the rear were homologated on the Group A 1200 Swing and 1300 Sport in Dec 1984.
Novasport
13-01-08, 10:33 PM
Sorry, I meant the car is definately a replica, not necessarily a 100% true copy of Colin's car as its obvious to those sad enough (ahem) to see.
Colin's car wasn't a works car so he could run any rear calipers that adhered to the Group A regulations.
Coilovers on the rear were homologated on the Group A 1200 Swing and 1300 Sport in Dec 1984.
Someone was sad enough to buy the homologation paperslol :D
Someone was sad enough to buy the homologation paperslol :D
Thats because someone has a homologated spec Group A Sport to compete with :thumb:
vaughanmc
13-01-08, 11:05 PM
Any pics of it mate?
Will have photos real soon Vaughan
vaughanmc
13-01-08, 11:18 PM
No problem mate, should be good to see it :)
Novasport
13-01-08, 11:21 PM
Thats because someone has a homologated spec Group A Sport to compete with :thumb:
I'll let you off then:D I must be the saddest of them all when it comes to Nova's/Sport's, well may not quite as bad as Duicklol
Im sad when it comes to competition cars, but havent got a clue about spoilers, stereo's and bits of trim!
that has officialy got to be my new desktop background lol
rallycraig
15-01-08, 08:35 AM
I am sure the Nova of Mcraes is a replica aswell as Jason Lepley broke the original car a few years ago but the ID is still alive somewhere, its not been taxed since 98.
When i saw it at lepleys (easily 10 years ago) it was in a very sorry state. i purchased the full exhaust off it which i still have fitted to my rally car.
hybridturbo
15-01-08, 08:49 AM
Where's his escort thats car porn :D
Fancy making a replica btcc cav one day
vaughanmc
15-01-08, 04:11 PM
Jason Lepley has one weird driving style lol but its good to 'hear'
Especially in the Mk2 Escort
boffer8
15-01-08, 07:12 PM
his mk2 was sold before he died, that was out on the christmas stages at croft! still going sounds the bollocks and goes like stink too! anyone who has been moaning about the size of the pics too, the reason that i left them that size is so that people can use them as desktop backgrounds! hope this is ok! :)
vaughanmc
15-01-08, 10:49 PM
So...is Jason Lepley dead?
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