I had that issue, that was the inspiration behind having mine turbo'd.
I was at school in 95 & I had my GSi at Courtenays in 2001. LOL
I had that issue, that was the inspiration behind having mine turbo'd.
I was at school in 95 & I had my GSi at Courtenays in 2001. LOL
It shows how long Cesaro wheels have been on the "scene" too, back in June 1995 lol
i really wish id have been on the scene ten years ago. i remember seeing novas down the seafront and stuff but they meant nothing to me back then
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Originally Posted by Long Live The Nova
Dave Nield is from Oldham, I used to go paintballing with him all the time. He had a quick 1.3 sr in Helios Blue that he crashed heavily in Saddleworth on the moors. Bought a shell, painted it green and 'shelled it. That's the reshelled one above!!!He put a calibra interior in it later.
Car still looks OK in that old feature!!! Except et35 Stealths!!
I knew the person that had the carabic blue Nova after him and he wrote it off up near Grains Bar in Delph.
old skool rocks
hi all, new to the PNG and this is my first post
i thought this thread would be most appropriate as i've just bought a mk1 1.3 sr in red with original "snow plough" front end "burberry" interior and ony 58k. also to boot theres a 60mm drop on shocks and springs, some white multispokes and k&n induction, with more to come.
Did you buy that off here by any chance? There was a red b-reg on here a while back.
Welcome mate, I used to own a yellow sr which 'was' all original besides the engine:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d9...0Pics/nova.jpg
no, its a D reggie, and it has the same front end as your old 'un but i kept ye' olde' griffin an flag for authenticity :)
hopefully will manage pics at some point :)
Unfortunately these are two seperate cars as F668 BFK is now looking very sorry for itself after being relieved of its 240 odd bhp 45`d XE by a butcher who had it before my mate, and as of when he bought it about a month or so ago she now looks like this:-Quote:
Originally Posted by craig green
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36...1/DSC00548.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36...1/DSC00549.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36...1/DSC00558.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36...1/DSC00550.jpg
shame about that car spud..
cant believe its the same one, looks totally different
Tell me about it, poor things in a right state now it really is a far cry from its former glory but the shell is still mint though and me mate is well on with restoring it to how it used to be tho!!
Used to have a nice example (imo) of a nova... Bumpers were red but got bored and sprayed them thats when i took the pic
Just bought a standard grill when i crashed it too lol
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...s/DSC00291.jpg
Feel well bad with all you saying stuff like, Oh thats still around, knowing mines dead!
whats old school about a mk2
Just enjoyed going through this little lot, and now feel the need to go and dig out my of prints, Got a fair few of Neil Robson's (NovaNeil) Courtney Turbo as i know the previous owner, tried to find out where it is now but think it has long since died? will get the scanned in asap, along with some of the other novas that came before it.
http://www.pngclub.com/images/car_images/461big.jpg
Its not a mk2 if youre on about the red one i posted up, its F red just facelifted!Quote:
Originally Posted by BEN187NOVA
It was running a big power carb`d engine till recently and was built bk in the mid 90`s iirc thats whats old skool about it,
And DI4BLO do you mean this courtenay turbo nova:-
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36...7/DSC00693.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36...7/DSC00694.jpg
Trax this year!
All novas are old school!! If a modified nova had its picture taken in the last centery its also old school. How many nice novas do you see nowadays!Quote:
Originally Posted by BEN187NOVA
Nope sorry mate should have said it was the one in the pic below taken from neils feature, i have a few just after the conversion and some other i'm trying to find in my loft lolQuote:
Originally Posted by SRspudly
I like to think the nova is losing it's chav image, seems to be an enthusiasts car these days, majority are clean, tidy, some what original looking, popular track car too, chav brigade have all moved onto corsas & saxos thankfully.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Mcrae
If anyone is spending 2-3k plus on a nova, 9/10 it won't be riced up. I've spent over 7k (over ten years tho ;))
Indeed, because the majority of kitted up/poorly modded/poorly maintained novas have died come MOT time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aamir
Leaving just the ones that people are willing to pay thousands for/spend thousands on.
Neil still owns the shell doesnt he? I know the engine was blown several times. But IIRC someone bought it.Quote:
Originally Posted by DI4BLO
I looked at buying it (car) before Neil did. I chose to have mine turboed instead as I felt it was too much money at the time.
Here is some of me in action with a bump in the front on a local road rally!
it a 1.3 sr with kent cam, webber, 4 branch full sportex fuul SD cage Konis all round e.t.c she's a minter!
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...lag3/slag3.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...lag3/nova1.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...slag3/nova.jpg
Some old skool Novas from a disc I had lyin' about
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1.../ClassicSR.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...s/bigmouth.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...AwTheNovas.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...as/16VNova.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Novas/VBH1.jpg
More to come...
not working for me vaughan
edit they are now
...
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ystylenova.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...llynovagte.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ginalSport.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ovaSport12.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ovaSport11.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ovaSport10.jpg
They should be sorted now?
yup nice pics
Last set:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...vas/Sport2.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...vas/Sport1.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ovas/Silky.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...novasport2.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...novasport1.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ynovasport.jpg
Vaughan!
some prime motors there!!
excellent photos there,can just make out my first nova in the trax photo:)
Was quite chuffed when I found that old disc :)
Woo Hoo!! My car made it into 3 of vaughanmc's pictures!! Pre rebuild!!
Theres some more of it on that disc I think...
Another old skool Nova:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...c/Image000.jpg
Plenty of my old one in the old mags ;)
Happy days......
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Originally Posted by vaughanmc
Nice old pics Vaughan.
Anyone got any more to post up?