Nova
1.2 GLMy first car, and the car I learned to drive in, an red A-reg Nova, gotta love it!. Previously my mum's, and now I've got no idea who's, as I had to give it away (the scrappy wanted to charge me for it!) This was annoying mainly because even though the shell was obviously seriously rotted, the engine and running gear was rock solid and still at only about 80K, pretty low for an A-reg.
OK, so it wasn't a rocket ship but it got me from A-B via random bendy roads pretty quickly and was great fun ;)
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SPEC: 1984 Mark1 Vauxhall Nova 1.2GL Engine: Standard GL. Suspension: Standard GL. Brakes: Standard Sponges. Wheels/ Tyres: Tasty 13" steels with plastic trim. Exterior: GTE front bumper and grill. All trim and bumpers painted gloss black in contrast to red body. Mainly because I knew a colour match was going to be impossible on an A-reg red car. Tinted rear lights. Interior: Beige. Nice. ICE: Blaupunkt Golf Mark 2 cassette head unit, from Rich Front: Jenson amp 4x40W bridged to 2x80W and Kenwood 5" components. Back: Boss 2x120W amp and JVC 6x9's. Security: Sparkright alarm, SR85 with ultrasonic add on kit. Shouts!: Firstly my Dad, for his advice, help and use of tools/garage. Rich, Marcus, and the other lads! Anyone I've had advice from and/or bought second hand Nova bits from, mainly the lads from www.Migweb.co.uk and www.Roybacer.co.uk. (Username ManicSR). |
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With the black GTE front trim, I never took any decent photos of it once all the trim (mirrors, door strips, rear bumper etc) was Gloss Black - which is a shame, so these will have to do-
The engine strip down - replacing all the gaskets-
Grrr, when the neighbour didn't look when she reversed -
THE BIBLE: Haynes Manual, sometimes great, sometimes useless. With frustrating classic phrases such as 'refitting is reverse of removal', If you haven't got one, why not?-
The pictures of our current cars are higher colour/res than these.
