New nova project (mint garage find!)

bowman · 08-09-2007, 10:31

I been given (for free!) a nice little nova. ! lady owner, full dealer history and on 17500 miles!

Sound like a dream come true does'nt it! Problem is it has to many doors and a boot! It is near mint though. Its been standing a council garage for 8 years, so there is a bit of suface rust, but no rot! still got original firestone tyre on the rear!

I'm thinking nice simple 2.0 8v or xe, and cav steelies with standard body work

Any thoughts folks (will get some better photo's soon)

no holes in the battery tray!

bowman · 08-09-2007, 10:33

my first thoughts were to drill out all the spot welds and cafully remove the inner wings and chassis rails for my v6 hatch nova, but its to nice to destroy!

philip2 · 08-09-2007, 10:34

got yourself good deal. looks like the saloons are gona be the nova to have by looks of some other peoples new projects

good luck

bowman · 08-09-2007, 10:36

cheers! I think the saloons are the only rust free unmolested ones left! having ben owned by old people from new!

Time to start molesting them!

Corsapaul79 · 08-09-2007, 11:07

I think the saloons can look great, always liked em for some reason. Lucky git!

**Melv** · 08-09-2007, 11:18

Free?!! nice one!

15" steels painted silver
Cav / astra mk3 GSi brakes
2.0 8v
SS exhaust with subtle tail pipe
MK3 astra sport / gsi seats re-trimmed to match the standard rear seats
leave the 1.2 badges on.

that would be my plan but its your motor mate.

wazpaz · 08-09-2007, 19:08

id leave it as it is tbh, 1.2 litre is plenty

bowman · 08-09-2007, 19:14

I am temped to kepp it mint and original and use it as runabout whist i work my other projects, but i like the streetsleeper 2.0 on steelies idea! 14" though..... sutble

**Benn** · 09-09-2007, 20:46

Looks good.

**CraigGreen** · 09-09-2007, 22:03

Nice gift!

My thoughts & ideas is to go box arches like a 3 door & weld in the rears to the door shut like a Lancia Integrale's. You could have them made a tad wider if going to all that trouble as Rick Drapers fr wings..

Thats what I've always wanted to do anyway, as for making a sweet rear bumper? Just use the top half of another saloon bumper & mount it underneath the existing one. Voila deep bumper!

Best of luck & I'll keep viewing.

bowman · 04-09-2008, 12:11

Well its been sat on my dads driveway for a year now!, time to get my finger out and do somthung with it.

Had a few people at the door wanting to buy it, but they've been chased! Try'd to start it up, but no fuel is getting through. Put a new pump on, still no fuel. I can suck fuel through the pipe but its super hard to do, so i'm going to try replacing the rubber pipes, then if that fails i'll put a new tank on, it probably rusted inside and blocked.

Posive note, put some fuel down the carb, and it fired first time and ran sweet as a nut a few seconds!

Looks the car had new brakes pipes, shocks and springs before it was parked up! bonus... but did find a small rit hole in the o/s sill, not enough to warrant a new sill, so i'll do a nice tidy patch job on that and i'll put up some pics soon!

Pete_58 · 04-09-2008, 12:23

Looks like a clean and rust free base you've got there.

novabikecarbed · 04-09-2008, 12:42

A minter for a saloon

Just a thought try selling the number plate. Might make you a few quid with it having duty!