Nova 1.0l Project

got a red mk2 1.3 at the garage thats getting scrapped tuesday, so going down monday night tos trip it

getting fag lighter & loom, top middle dash but to fit clock, rear shelf supports and afew other bitss :thumb:

well got some btis of that nova last week, including propper shelf supports and afew other bits

anyways i fitted my shelf supports as mine were just chopped mk2 ones over poverty mk1 card blank bits lol. also placed my boot plinth on to see what it looks like, hopefully drilling and fitting it through the week :thumb:

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also got a dash clock, but i didnt like the fact that it had circular points on the face, i thought it didnt look right against the digi dash

so took it apart, removed the plastic face and fitted a clear piece made from a dorito's dip lid lol, also painted the needles silver

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and also removed the dvd player and re-fitted my old headunit. looks miles better imo, plus dvd unit was too easy to steal, id rather have it to use later on in a propper car rather then it get nicked.

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thats all for now, hopefully get the scratch fixed soon and then shes going in for her mot in afe weeks :thumb:

oh and also a trip to my local scrappers brought up a blue mk2 with a mint and i mean MINT passenger door, so got that aswell, got a set for spares now :D :thumb:

fitted this today, looks 100% betetr the boot now :D:

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and also my cavalier/nova dash bit i amde, unsure if im going to fit this eyt, opinions?

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Get the switch and get it fitted Dave

toom her down the bottom for afew pictures with the sabre yesterday, gave it a quick clean aswell

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my favourite picture:
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also a video of both their tunes:
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going for her mot tomorrow, fingers crossed she passes :thumb:

lovely car mate, you should be very proud!

that panel across the boot latch, is that from a van????? as i would like to find one

wheels look good to

ive seen them on some vans but more 5dr mk2 hatches than nayhting, very very hard to come by one, and then it may have cracks snaps etc

i swapped it for a sr grille and sr spoiler both off mk1, so you can tell their rare lol

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ive seen them on some vans but more 5dr mk2 hatches than nayhting, very very hard to come by one, and then it may have cracks snaps etc

i swapped it for a sr grille and sr spoiler both off mk1, so you can tell their rare lol

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well gives me a clue where to look as i didnt realise they came on 5 dr model.

i have my contacts i work in salvage for 7 years

how ya gonna make the cav computer work? is it pretty straight forward?:thumb:

finally a proper update lol

recieved two enw sets of mats last week, fitetd them both, but kept the vauxhall ones as their tailored nova ones:

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then i set abotu fitting my MINTY sr seat i got from a scrappers on ym first visit there afew months back, mine had had a patch stitched over it, looked allright but at the chance to have a mint one cheap i may aswell £30! no wear atall, great :thumb:

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then ahd a play about with two dash pieces ive got:

cavalier clock
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astra gsi trip computer:
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fitetd the standard one as it went for its mot later that day, and it PASSED with NO ADVISORIES :D:D

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Woohoo! :D

If you could get that Astra trip-computer working that would be the game, I'd definately fit that if you could get it to work!!!

Who need a clock lol.
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if the ******* hadnt taken my full calibra loom with the engine i was going to make up the trip computer loom that could just drop in a nove xe :thumb:

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if the ******* hadnt taken my full calibra loom with the engine i was going to make up the trip computer loom that could just drop in a nove xe :thumb:

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mines purely for looks lol, vxandy's nova had a fully working one in, looked sweet :thumb:

also forgot to say shes getting taxed next month :thumb:

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Quick bump for you bud and to ask, any pics of the back or more info on how you have done this as ive got a spare time/temp guage from a cav and was thinking of fitting it into mine!

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Quick bump for you bud and to ask, any pics of the back or more info on how you have done this as ive got a spare time/temp guage from a cav and was thinking of fitting it into mine!

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all you do dude, is simply cut the hazard hole out, so your basically left with a huhe hole where the clock and switch should be, then you have to file down the clocks slightly, then you have to chop a fair bit off the cavalier surround bit to make it fit

next time im at the garage, ill get some pictures for you, really really easy to do, if you know what yoru doing, take afew nights tops :thumb:

well shes finally taxed :D, hopefully have her out this weekend for a wee balst, needs all the crap getting out of her, nothing a good run wont sort :thumb:

What did you do with the hazard switch?

i didnt fit it, just stuck the original one back in

the cav clock ones in the boot lol

Nice car:thumb:

well the arch has FINALLY been repaired today, will get some pics up of my uncles handywork tomorrow :thumb:

mk2 astra hazard light switch is easiest to mount drill a hole push it in .

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nice project fella just looked at it all the way through

spent 6 hours cleaning the interior yesterday, was knackered but it came up brilliant!
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and also, the arch :D
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off to the garage now to start on the exterior :D

Nice one Dave, what all you doing to the outside today then ? :)

Hopefully run a layer of Wax over it ?

i just spent 20 seconds with the hover in mine, it was the time of my life, sucky sucky

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Dave, 6hours cleaning the interior?? Jeeessss lol

Arch repair looks well, what did you get done, rear 1/4 respayed????

ayee waxing it tomorrow and friday dude, but the dvd players back in now lol, made it fit properly but need to get ti fixed for saturday, god knows how much itll cost me :confused:

anyone have any diea it woudl cost to fix? the ariel wires been yanked from the headunit, still got afew strands but cannt be salvaged

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Dave, 6hours cleaning the interior?? Jeeessss lol

Arch repair looks well, what did you get done, rear 1/4 respayed????

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because thei paints only a year old and its not faded yet, its just been blown in, tbh tis not the ebst job in the world but i think next year a full hit's on the cards, roof bonnet etc :thumb:

got arush on now anyway, need to wire up my sub, and fix the ariel to the dvd player, oh and polish it :thumb:

Cant believe not updated this in over a month! lol

Got the nova out of storage for the first time since Pv, started up first turn of the key, missed driving it, brung a smile back to my face :d

Just one quick pic of it sat in the garage:

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Think ive been englecting her becuause of the Corsa lol

Picked this up for her today, as its never had one, it makes under the bonnet look abit more 'busy', and also it was only £2 lol

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Repaired the rip on the top, and gave it a quick scrub over, came up like new :d

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Fitting it tomorrow :thumb:

Well fitted the bonnet sound proofing using some black trim clips found on astras corsas etc, looks well:

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Then FINALLY managed to get hold of some red tint spray thanks to a awsome dude off ehre (Cheers Graeme, i owe you one big time) so i masked off the inditator lens and the black outer btis of my clear rear lights, and got spraying:

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I wasnt too sure what they would look like on the car, but as i unmasked them and started fitting them, i knew they were by far the best set for the car:

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Then took her out for some photatoes, the lights really finish off the rear end i think:

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Got soem chrome bulbs to fit to the indicators so they dont have the "fried-egg" effect, so they should look spot on :thumb:

The lights look pink in some pcis, but believe me their nearly an exact match to the original colour :thumb:

looking good a gsi boot vinyl would also look great :thumb:

I would only use a boot vynal if i got the bumpers colour coded, and i quite like the grey bumpers, it breaks up the white alot, mabey in the future :d

Same light style as Nick Caro!

Love it.

Look good Dave, have you polished them?