Paul's Nostalgic X16XE Nova

[Paul X16XE]

Hi all i thought i would get a build thread going as i am now underway. I Have wanted another nova since i sold my last one back in 2005.


I picked myself up a MKII 1.2 Merit on a 'J' plate for the grand sum of £370 on ebay. The shell is clean and has been garaged for most
of its life and has only covered 42,329 miles.


My plan is to fit the 1.6 16v x16xe engine from an 'R' reg Tigra which i also recently purchased for a whopping £461.50 (another ebay special).
This car is also in great condition for the age with 2 owners from new and Mileage only 42,159.


I thought the mileage was a bit of a fluke as normally with an engine swap the mileage is completly different so i have been using the Tigra
as a run around for a bit and the mileage for both the nova shell and the donor engine are now identical!!




So far i have Stripped the Tigra for all the parts i will need and have the engine ready and waiting to be built.
Back in the summer i bought myself a white Sri and had planned to restore/modify that. But upon further investigation the shell was in a really bad way, had
limited history and has covered around 160k miles. So i stripped the car to use as a donor and sold the shell. I now already have alot of the parts
i want as the Sri's shared many of the uprated Gsi parts which will make life easier and i have been slowly collecting parts and panels.


I am now in the process of removing the engine and box from the nova ready for a dry fit of the x16xe before stripping and respray.


thanks for looking

[kevy.m]

Hi buddy good luck with your build

[Paul X16XE]

Thanks man

[mk1nova_rich]

Good luck with the build, hopefully you can get some photos up soon

Was just looking at Tigras on eBay, they are so much stranger looking than I remember

[Paul X16XE]

Good luck with the build, hopefully you can get some photos up soon

Was just looking at Tigras on eBay, they are so much stranger looking than I remember

Thanks buddy. Yep I was thinking of making a pickup out of the shell for laughs but got rid for the room.
Pics on the way, made a photo account and attached some last night


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[Paul X16XE]

As you can see the panels are a bit worse for wear but underneath the shell is pretty tidy as far as I can tell at this stage


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[mk1nova_rich]

As you can see the panels are a bit worse for wear but underneath the shell is pretty tidy as far as I can tell at this stage


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Nope can't see photos aren't showing if you have tried to upload

[Paul X16XE]

oh well.. it said last night I need admin to check to allow attachments maybe it's that..
I do have the pics I promise .
I'm sure it will be up and working soon


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[torquey]

You need 15 posts to post pics don't you?

[Andy]

Are they still on with that shit even though there's nothing to post on half the time it'd take months