another nova owning newbie :)

[y282]

lucky the nova's so small, dong it in that garage!

[riggy4]

to where it lives today



a quick history of it haha

[y282]

spot on. good work matey.

enjoy pistonheads!

[riggy4]

y282 said:

blimey, started off a lot more bog standard than i thought it had!

yeah it was a bog std spin

y282 said:

lucky the nova's so small, dong it in that garage!

it was a bit of a mare , but i rented 2 garages for a couple if years haha

rent a much better unit now , life is so much easyer haha

[y282]

might be an interesting read for you:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[riggy4]

y282 said:

spot on. good work matey.

enjoy pistonheads!

cheers mate, i will do

its good to see more variety of cars then just novas that im so used to on my normal forum ,

would be good to attend some of the meets etc and meet some new people and cars to look at

[rb5230]

excellent work!

[riggy4]

cheers mate

[minimatt1967]

Most impressive, wouldn't have the GSi stickers myself, other than that spot on

[y282]

minimatt1967 said:

Most impressive, wouldn't have the GSi stickers myself, other than that spot on

i'm in two minds on the gsi stickers too. they look great, but because you've built it yourself i think you could get away with leaving them off too.

when i did the capri, all i put on the back was the capri badge and 24v in matching typeface. think less is more with badging, but still looks excellent either way.

[minimatt1967]

y282 said:

minimatt1967 said:

Most impressive, wouldn't have the GSi stickers myself, other than that spot on

i'm in two minds on the gsi stickers too. they look great, but because you've built it yourself i think you could get away with leaving them off too.

when i did the capri, all i put on the back was the capri badge and 24v in matching typeface. think less is more with badging, but still looks excellent either way.

I'm of the opinion, 'why advertise?'

[riggy4]

the badges were fitted as it has has a full gsi reshelled into it , down to the full car loom and carpets lol ,

i fitted the later gsi16v badge on the tailgate as i think its funny when people put 16v badges on cars that arnt 16v lol

and as there was never a 16v nova from factory you get people who want to try it on haha , well they used to round here , think they all know the car now :P

[riggy4]

just realised there was no pic of the rear badge haha

[northandy]

Good work!.

I'd have left the badges off for a sleeper look, in fact I'd have probably gone for "spin" decals.

[y2blade]

riggy4 said:

hi all just joined and was goin to put a few pics of my car up , and seen another nova post haha

but heres mine







began life as a mint 1.0 i bought from some old guy with 29k on clock , an i reshelled a rotten gsi into it, along with a 20xe engine , coilovers , big brakes , stainless exhaust etc, went for a full std exterior look apart from the softstars and had it resprayed about 4 years ago , just lives in my unit now waiting for the good weather so it can have a run out , will prob be turbo'd very soon though just need a few more parts

carl

oh yes another tasty Nova...I like it

welcome along

[Otter Smacker]

Really liking that Not often you get the pleasure of seeing a nicely modified Nova like that of yours.

Keep up the good work old bean, and enjoy your stay!

[Mini_Lund]

riggy4 said:

we have had the boyracer tag wrongley put onus for years haha .

EFA.

[callyman]

riggy4 said:

just realised there was no pic of the rear badge haha

Great build, really nicely done.
Was this photo taken @ Billing this year? I will be sure to wander over in 2011 and take a closer look.

[martin mrt]

Nice write up and very nice car, good to see another looking as it should

[genaccord]

Never really liked Vauxhalls but your Nova is good,

rare beast now most of them rusted.