View Full Version : FFS now ive got to choose what to take...
Ive passed a used car place a few times over the past weeks and spotted a good looking burgandy MK2 hova. The GF reminded me to stop by as we went past today..... again from a distance she looked stunning, but my gut feeling that it would be a scrapper was tingling lol.
got the keys, went around her. A couple of minor cosmetic issues but nothing major. And the engine needs a little love in the way of seals and a service, but again no biggie.
ahh feck I purchased it lol.
H reg MK2 1.4 Luxe (yeah baby luxury) 43K 2 owners blah blah. Will be doing a Dan and keeping it 100% std.
So then, bearing in mind the VX is "supposed" to go on the VS stand, and I've not got a PNG pass, what shall I do lmao
Pics will follow when I've collected it and done a mini ghey clean of it.
brilliant stu.. is she a 5dr then? im sure you can wanggle a stand pass lol
LMFAO!
The chances of it staying standard are so unbelievably slim, id be willing to stake everything i own on it being fettled lol.
This thread is useless without pics!
Staying standard my a**e lol
Get some 40s on :)
LMFAO!
The chances of it staying standard are so unbelievably slim, id be willing to stake everything i own on it being fettled lol.
This thread is useless without pics!
as much as I dont want a fcuked transit, ill happily take it off your hands :p
3dr.
LOL
Ford are getting it back. The Bastids. Getting a Vito :p
get a NEW transit. I'll sort you a remap and an EGR fix ECU (lazy fecks cant change the valve so we fix it in the ECU) :p
Ford can kiss my batty if they think im ever buying any of their products ever again lol
Anyway, back on topic, post some pics of the SUX
not collected the slag yet and it was a sort of impulse buy so didnt have my camera on me.
lol.
Any loony 1.4 spec gen?
a +0mm rebore, +0deg cam duration, pierburg 2e3 (I think thats it) carb..... cast 4-2 manifold... etc :p
Ive got a 32/34 you can have for a small fee :)
NovaLad
05-05-08, 07:13 PM
Are you lot just trying to see how many novas we can get there this year?
Everyone seems to be buying them now on here (all the people without 1)
Ive got a 32/34 you can have for a small fee :)
dont start with that...
he'll end up building a massive spec 1.4, then scrap it, like the 1.2 lol
Are you lot just trying to see how many novas we can get there this year?
Everyone seems to be buying them now on here (all the people without 1)
owning a nova is like getting aids.... you get it for life, the actual cars may come and go but you never lose the NEED to have one.
Since I'm crap at projects (the 1.2 never being finished, our kitchen taking 9 months, the lounge taking 14 months so far etc), I'm simply not going to bother. Plus its more fun spunking cash on the VX
lol :)
I was planning on rejetting it and sticking it on the 1.2. Still might actually if i can find my little bag of jets!
The 1.4 will be fiddled with, its kind of a certainty.
He'll start off just by servicing it, and the money spending will start right there lol
OK it "might" get ATE calipers of the same size as the delcos are crap.... but that would be it in terms of "modding"
Something will break, and the 'I may as well do this seeing as its broken' statememnt will appear :)
LIES LIES
You just cant admit to yourself yet that you will end up spending £££ on it ;) lol
£10 on engine mods within 6 months.
in that I wouldnt complete the mods in 6 months or that they wont occur at all lol
lmao. Id take a bet that its sat out the back of your house with its guts hangin out for around a decade lol
Mods begin in 6 months, continue for a few years, then end up selling/scrapping 99% complete car :D
all ye of very small memory spans. May i cast your minds back to the old black beast he had, prior to the 1.2 project ;)
True, that stayed very standard if i remember rightly
All that proves is he's not very consistent LOL
cnut :p
that old 1.2 remained pretty much std bar some 6*9's and new head unit for getting on for 5 years :D
spanishfly
05-05-08, 08:49 PM
Stuart I want a picture of you mincing with the nova.
OMG Stuart has a funking Nova lol
Although i know what mean about never losing the "need" to own one lol Ive just bought a bloody Nova van for work when i was looking to buy a Transit!? :S
lol nice goin stu :thumb:
If you do modify this one, don't scrap it before you drive it, lol.
tom_beverley
06-05-08, 09:21 AM
Stuart I want a picture of you mincing with the nova.
Seconded!
w00t, the "dealer" had an MOT done on it today, needed a new downpipe (proper GM part) so has cost him money to sell the car :)
Insurance is ace lol. £190 TPFT for two named drivers and no no-claims to use on it :D and will be even less when I multicar the VX, astra and nova in August.
collect it tomorrow evening
lmao. Cheapedy cheap cheap!
womble sri
06-05-08, 03:48 PM
ive got an sri block and forties in my garage with manifold to fit the se head should you come to your senses stu
craig green
07-05-08, 01:36 PM
Nice one Stu.
No Nova should be driven without SR seats & minimum of 185/60 tyres IMO.
[edit] My PNG pass may be spare if mine goes onto the TV stand.
Cool, I call first dibs on that pass then :D
I've a feeling the tyres might be a little past it in terms of being perished, BUT they would get replaced with as close to factory spec as possible. No need for it to have "modern" tyres on it. Its not for driving in fast.... thats for the astra lol
craig green
07-05-08, 01:52 PM
Old skool Astra LXi 14" rims. No one ever fits them anymore. Keep it period I say!
Pass is yours unless I park mine with PNG........ (undecided)
I think I might be able to spot the next trend - all the original nova owners off here actually owning novas:eek: lol
It aint right and it aint naturallol
Am I trend setting?
So, are you actually going to pay for this one? lol
MC
http://picasaweb.google.com/lindborg.stuart/Nova
small bit o ferrous oxide on the driver door but nothing a trip to the bodyshop (not the girly kind) wont fix.
:p
twistysnovagte
07-05-08, 07:51 PM
shes a little beauty you have there mate.
craig green
08-05-08, 02:46 PM
Ooh is that Satin Red? Loved my luxe+ in satin Red.
Really suits satin black wheels despite black wheels being the homo's choice ever since I stopped using mine.
Bordeux red mica according to the colour code and RJ's list lol
craig green
08-05-08, 02:53 PM
Cool. Looks similar anyhow.
lmao whats going on on here lately.
theres NO WAY thats staying standard!
Looks tidy...god I wish I could find a tidy nova up here...
looks clean stu.. reminds me of my aunties old luxe.. identicle to that
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