I think Karl is looking to use it for track days. I'm sure shows will figure on his list of 'to-do's' however.
I think Karl is looking to use it for track days. I'm sure shows will figure on his list of 'to-do's' however.
Off topic, but ive just spent the last half hour looking the galleries on Topbuzz :D fook me theres some old school on there lol
Aye some nice ones there!
top red one is steve latimers of scotland, 2001 i think?
Aye remember seeing that car somewhere on the net...
~botom pic is painted in the same as the lotus carlton iirc, i remember seeing these novas at the first billing event i attended.
iain
Anyone heard from Steve, last i heard he had a mk4 astra GSIQuote:
Originally Posted by novacabrio
yeah he still has it i got a text off him yesterday
was that blue one a 1.6 turbo??
This one is currently driving around aberdeen, now on cav gsi alloys, still has the awful rear bumper :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Aamir
Any pics of it as it is now then? :)
wow ive just gone thru all 73 pages what great pics. im on page 21 the rolling road feature, clint sawyer 1.4sri nova and got a good write up on it.i worked a night job then drove straight there then after back to lincoln for a stag do was awake for 26hours wat a day.
i used to run region 20 lincolnshire/leic/notts met sum great lads+lasses they where the good old days.
i had a nova sri j509 ufa,well still do its been sat on my mums drive for 5years was goin to try and rebuild her but hav a house now and want a kid so ive stripped her and selling parts on ebay then will scrap the shell as its rotten, i just cudnt part with her didnt want any1 else to have her sounds mad.
i now have a corsa gsi c20xe spent the nova rebuild money on the corsa engine rebuild after melting a piston a trax.
still miss the nova she was a great car better than my corsa even with 186bhp.
my nova was so much fun on the track days i did in her.
on page 58 i set up the bruntingthorpe track day. that was a wicked day.
if any1 remembers me say hi.
I think I remember meeting you, just noticed my black GSi is in the top left picture of that Bruntingthorpe track day on page 58.
Came down with Ian Storey and Brett Warburton but got totally left behind on the way down!!
Clint, long time no chat mate. been a very long time. remember that Joint meet you did between Region 13 & 20? Me Paul and Gary came down to Noble for your Rolling road day, me with my Swap shop! i'm sure i have a picture of that somewhere!
yes dude i rem u guys comin down was a great day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee H
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Originally Posted by NovalutionGSi
oh yes the good old days, ur swap shop was the star of the cars lol:thumb:
i have pics still from that track day if any1 wants them.
adam i gave u ur nick name lol
Aye post the pics up :)
What nickname was that???? :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by corsa cte
it defo was the star shed..... not bad 75BHP from a bolt on K&N and a sportex back box in a G reg SR, that would have been what 12years old??:eek:
[quote=NovalutionGSi]What nickname was that???? :eek:
looks like donkey kong in a nova lol
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Originally Posted by vaughanmc
will get them scanned then i will:thumb:
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Originally Posted by corsa cte
now its Looks Like Donkey Kong In A Rolly Polly Boat.
Or Something now
anyone have any more info on this one?Quote:
Originally Posted by Aamir
looks just like one from round here, havent seen it in a while though...
I thinki know the one youre thinkin of mate was couple o years back and was a GTE, the one with no hinges on the bonnet and just 4bonnet pins instead??Quote:
Originally Posted by staggy_gsi
Was this the 1.6 turbo'd one that appeared in, i think, revs?Quote:
Originally Posted by staggy_gsi
hm and his mrs had matching cars but one pink one blue, they had a 2 or 3 page feature in the back of revs he crashed it and had it rebuild as above
didnt know it was in revs but if its the same one then yeah it was a 1.6TQuote:
Originally Posted by John H
last thing i knew it was living in a village near me
ah... that one! lol yeh it moved to rolly polly boat due to me driving a poxy Astra Van rather than my nova! :cry:Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin
Thats a different car, that had gold wheels on and an XE, the car above is a 1.6 turbo.Quote:
Originally Posted by novacabrio
The one you are talking about appeared on Mig recently, username B8 BSR or something.
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/viewfeaturecar.php?ref=161 :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by staggy_gsi
Any help...
recognise the registration number, im sure its the one from round here. ive a feeling its dead now though......
I really don't like the front bumper!
the original bumper is nice so more!
Thats him, Me bad!! :roll: lol :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee H
Started out as a white Gte iirc. Spankee (on mig) used to own it. Think he was one of the first to try the 1.6 8v turbo conversion. He turned it into the blue Nova you see above. There was a lot of chrome in the engine and was pretty rapid too. This was then bought by Chris Ward. He didn't own it for too long. Again, if i remember correctly it was a tempromental bugger. I know this because I had to use my AA membership to get Chris and his car home when he attended one of the MK meets many, many years ago. In fact, it was so long ago that even Wisewood appeared in his Saab, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by staggy_gsi
thanks for that jim. youre certainly right about the rapid bit, saw it one night at a set of traffic lights, went to green and planted the throttle and it was torque steering all over the road! looked and sounded awesome!! lol
and even i was around back then!. it was a class motor, i owned the RS recaro seats from it at one pointQuote:
Originally Posted by Jim
Jeeeeeeez! 75 pages brings back some amount of memories!!! Will have to dig out my old photos going back to 98 and see if i can get the scanner working, especially since my shed seemed to avoid all the pics so far apart from the odd corner sticking out lol.
Unfortunately the sri's now long since dead, was completely rotten after too long sat outside when my 1.6 16v conversion ran out of steam.
Got the nova bug well and truly again now though. Going to have to drag the L reg out of storage and get her straightened up!!! Not so sure on the softstars now though, Mim rafino's are sooooo tempting as are racelines, MO's........ and then there's the sport................
Sturge gets some pics up man. Sounds like you've had a few Novas.