Vauxhall Nova 1.3 Sport Homologation Special
Discussion
Evening all, not sure if I am in the right area on the forum here but I thought some of you may be interested in a site I've put together with a bit of help from a couple of friends. We've set up www.novasportregister.com as part of our plans to get as many Nova Sports together for shows this year for to mark 30 years since the car was born. We managed 10 cars last year at our big event in July but hoping for 25-30 cars this year.
For those that don't know the Nova 1.3 Sport was a special Vauxhall produced to be able to go rallying with twin carbs and was very successfully driven by Colin McRae in 1988 to win the Scottish Rally Championship beating many more powerful cars. Only 502 cars were produced and we think around 50 are left today but due to the registration document not being for a "Nova Sport" it's not easy to get an exact figure.
On the site you should be able to find nearly everything about the car and I have been lucky enough to be able to speak to Russ Swift and have quite a bit more information to add in the coming weeks.
I'm hoping posting here I may be able to bring back some memories in case anyone on here had one, or knew anyone with one that we can add to our list.
Thanks in advance.
For those that don't know the Nova 1.3 Sport was a special Vauxhall produced to be able to go rallying with twin carbs and was very successfully driven by Colin McRae in 1988 to win the Scottish Rally Championship beating many more powerful cars. Only 502 cars were produced and we think around 50 are left today but due to the registration document not being for a "Nova Sport" it's not easy to get an exact figure.
On the site you should be able to find nearly everything about the car and I have been lucky enough to be able to speak to Russ Swift and have quite a bit more information to add in the coming weeks.
I'm hoping posting here I may be able to bring back some memories in case anyone on here had one, or knew anyone with one that we can add to our list.
Thanks in advance.
Edited by Geordie boy on Wednesday 25th March 23:41
ChevronB19 said:
Love them (and generally don't like Nova's) - were they the ones that came with carbs in the boot?
Yeah, although we were lucky enough to find a "Box" a couple of years ago and it appears the box is to big to of ever been supplied in the boot so we think it followed later to the dealershiphttp://www.novasportregister.com/history/the-sport...
Thanks for the reply as well..... That's the usual comments they get... "Don't like Novas but don't mind the sport"
I have just put a post in the tv section of PH asking if anyone has a copy of the old topgear where vicki butler Henderson tunes up a nova sport and races clarkson in a rover sd1. I can't seem to find it on u tube?
Nova sports where awsome. I still remember my mate buying one in 1991 and leaving my other mate (in a nova 1.6 gsi) for dead
Must be worth a bomb now
Nova sports where awsome. I still remember my mate buying one in 1991 and leaving my other mate (in a nova 1.6 gsi) for dead
Must be worth a bomb now
Baskey said:
I have just put a post in the tv section of PH asking if anyone has a copy of the old topgear where vicki butler Henderson tunes up a nova sport and races clarkson in a rover sd1. I can't seem to find it on u tube?
Nova sports where awsome. I still remember my mate buying one in 1991 and leaving my other mate (in a nova 1.6 gsi) for dead
Must be worth a bomb now
That was not Top Gear, it was one of Clarksons videos, 'At Full Throttle' Nova sports where awsome. I still remember my mate buying one in 1991 and leaving my other mate (in a nova 1.6 gsi) for dead
Must be worth a bomb now
LanceRS said:
Baskey said:
I have just put a post in the tv section of PH asking if anyone has a copy of the old topgear where vicki butler Henderson tunes up a nova sport and races clarkson in a rover sd1. I can't seem to find it on u tube?
Nova sports where awsome. I still remember my mate buying one in 1991 and leaving my other mate (in a nova 1.6 gsi) for dead
Must be worth a bomb now
That was not Top Gear, it was one of Clarksons videos, 'At Full Throttle' Nova sports where awsome. I still remember my mate buying one in 1991 and leaving my other mate (in a nova 1.6 gsi) for dead
Must be worth a bomb now
Geordie boy said:
Evening all, not sure if I am in the right area on the forum here but I thought some of you may be interested in a site I've put together with a bit of help from a couple of friends. We've set up www.novasportregister.com as part of our plans to get as many Nova Sports together for shows this year for to mark 30 years since the car was born. We managed 10 cars last year at our big event in July but hoping for 25-30 cars this year.
For those that don't know the Nova 1.3 Sport was a special Vauxhall produced to be able to go rallying with twin carbs and was very successfully driven by Colin McRae in 1988 to win the Scottish Rally Championship beating many more powerful cars. Only 502 cars were produced and we think around 50 are left today but due to the registration document not being for a "Nova Sport" it's not easy to get an exact figure.
On the site you should be able to find nearly everything about the car and I have been lucky enough to be able to speak to Russ Swift and have quite a bit more information to add in the coming weeks.
I'm hoping posting here I may be able to bring back some memories in case anyone on here had one, or knew anyone with one that we can add to our list.
Thanks in advance.
Mate bought that nova off Colin, did a few rallys and sold it on !! Hmmm wonder how much it would have been worth now!!??For those that don't know the Nova 1.3 Sport was a special Vauxhall produced to be able to go rallying with twin carbs and was very successfully driven by Colin McRae in 1988 to win the Scottish Rally Championship beating many more powerful cars. Only 502 cars were produced and we think around 50 are left today but due to the registration document not being for a "Nova Sport" it's not easy to get an exact figure.
On the site you should be able to find nearly everything about the car and I have been lucky enough to be able to speak to Russ Swift and have quite a bit more information to add in the coming weeks.
I'm hoping posting here I may be able to bring back some memories in case anyone on here had one, or knew anyone with one that we can add to our list.
Thanks in advance.
Edited by Geordie boy on Wednesday 25th March 23:41
Baskey said:
I have just put a post in the tv section of PH asking if anyone has a copy of the old topgear where vicki butler Henderson tunes up a nova sport and races clarkson in a rover sd1. I can't seem to find it on u tube?
Nova sports where awsome. I still remember my mate buying one in 1991 and leaving my other mate (in a nova 1.6 gsi) for dead
Must be worth a bomb now
The car was built by Courtney Sport a big Vauxhall Tuning company. Jon the owner bought it for himself to restore and then it was used for the video, the car actually out performed the SD1 but the whole video was scripted in true Top Gear style.Nova sports where awsome. I still remember my mate buying one in 1991 and leaving my other mate (in a nova 1.6 gsi) for dead
Must be worth a bomb now
The story of the car and how it came to be in the video is here
http://www.novasportregister.com/history/media/vic...
The car was sold a couple years later but Jon has since bought it back
Do you remember the reg of your mates Sport? Any pictures??!!
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