Vauxhall Nova 1.3 SR

 

i see

 

Mine was a 1992 (K) BMW 520i...insurance killed me though





Obligatory L plates

 

I had a blue (faded) mk3 1.3 5dr escort, that i paid £50 notes for, reliable for the first week then after that i would have to pour a drop of petrol down the carb every morning to get it started

 

1st was a fiat 128 at 15, got nicked in it to

 

mine was a S1 replica !!!!!!!!!!! i bought a 1.1 c reg escort with a 1.6 lump in it . funny cos it had a 5 speed gear knob but when i went to reverse it i couldnt find reverse>?>?> that wa because it was a 4 speed gearbox

it had the kit and S2 wheels and rs1600i interior . so i went and saw a mate and got the right wheels and interior , bought a sticky kit and put it on .

then whacked my L plates on , got my mate to sit next to me and i was off !!!!

bloody loved that car !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

well i aint passed yet but my first car is a escort mk4,

but i have had a 1.2 nova (1.3sr rep), red sri nova, bmw 316 (old shape, white 17'' alpina's, lowered 100mm....

 

1.8 nova running with twin 45 carbs.

 

1.2 opel kadett

i thought it was the dogs boots when 17

 

A Black Mk3 Escort XR3i, it was wrotten as a pear

The trader had it back a few days latter thankfully

Steve.

 

1971 J reg MK3 cortina 2000 GXL.

(showing my age here)

Dave

 

nova sport
1 of 0nly 502 irmscher developed 1.3's with twin 40's
head work,4 branch and astar 16v brakes all as std
very near 1.6 gte performance from a mere 1.3 ohc.kept for 3 years
i loved it so much a few year later i bought another !!!!
si have 1 from the bristol rsoc
its his track car !



then at 19 a cavalier SRi mk3........kept for near 3 years
then the S1 RST,.....kept for nearly 7 years
sapp cossie white 2WD,had for just over 1 year
Pulsar GTI-R..had for just 10 months lol

 

mine was a white mk1 astra 1.3, had the irmsher twin headlights, manta alloys and recaro's

 

1st car was a white 2.0 Manta GTE with all the irmscher kit on it , insurance was only £780 TPFT, most of my mates were paying more for 1.1 metro's and fiestas - Not a bad car for a 17yr old, and probably why I love RWD so much - awsome fun....

that died after 3 months, after failing its mot so miserably they refused to let me drive it home, the MOT tester had a right go at me, then put his arm up through the arch and pulled the accelerator pedal down so took it back to the dealer I had it off, and got my money back (as it should never have been sold in the state it was in - problem was, mint body, but no floor left and the brake lines were corroded to fook )

Drove round in my dads volvo 340 for a few weeks, until my old boss appeared out of the blue and sold me his Fiat uno turbo, as I had always loved it. Had that for 6 months, turned 18 in that time. MOT time was rapidly approaching, and I knew it was going to fail miserably, so I px'ed it for a Mk 2 Astra GTE 16v that had been tuned to fook. Insurance was a bit of a killer (£1500) but what a car, used to rev like a motorbike and was fast as fook, considering I was 18!!!

Then in 2000, I passed my training for the RAF and got a nice big payrise, so I did the sensible thing and bought my first cossie, at the tender age of 19!!!! - Flint grey 2wd with 270BHP, full leather and 17" wheels..... Insurance still silly! (£1600!!!) but what a car at 19!!!!

And its all gone downhill since, I am a cossieholic