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Old 13-12-2004, 03:20 PM
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Chip its best to leave hemel untill it warms up mate.... there are a few "hardcore" who still go down, best bet is to check www.fttf.co.uk in the warmer months and check the msg board.
Old 13-12-2004, 03:23 PM
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does it still have the original floor numbers or have they been ground off

If it still has them then I probably know a way to get it properly re-registered and not on a q either.

If they are gone then its q plate city.
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Thanks cossiemen, much appreciated.


J, ill pop up in the summer if im still working up in london then.
Old 13-12-2004, 03:24 PM
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Chester, they are gone totally, the police had it for over 5 months while they tried to trace it.
Old 13-12-2004, 04:45 PM
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Its got the turbo motor from the old car, but tuned a little more and with a progressive nitrous kit.
Should be around 400bhp, is under 1000kgs and obviously has the grip advantage too as its mid engined RWD.
Respect dude! Nice looking 3dr too Welcome to the site btw
Old 13-12-2004, 04:56 PM
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Its not the Chip from Somerset is it that had the RWD Nova???
Old 13-12-2004, 11:45 PM
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Hey Andy, yeah its me mate, not seen you for bloody ages!

How are you?


Thanks for the welcome B11GNS
Old 13-12-2004, 11:56 PM
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On no, not another Cruise-South member on here (Hope its the right Chip )

Easy mate, how's things? Last time I saw you was at the Vauxhall Show ( ) I think?????
Old 14-12-2004, 12:07 AM
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Hey mate, im good thanks,yeah aint seen you since the pod.

Rob (spanish fly) said you ahve a really sweet escort at the moment, have to have a look at it sometime soon up sutton, as i am popping up there to meet him for a drink again.
Old 14-12-2004, 12:22 AM
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you got yourself a bargin there mate.

i know someone that is doing a nova at the mo he has put
2lt turbo 4x4 running gear on it
Old 14-12-2004, 12:43 AM
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Quite a lot of work putting the 4wd gear from a calibra ( i assume thats what you mean) in a nova, my mate is halfway through doing it at the moment.
Old 14-12-2004, 12:49 AM
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i think it's from a calibra mate it has taken him along time to do it
i think he is going for around 350 bhp
Old 14-12-2004, 12:58 AM
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welcome mate - 3door looks nice!
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350bhp is about the limit of the standard conrods so is a good place to stop.
Old 14-12-2004, 05:43 AM
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Chip, yes mate picked up a 400bhp Esc Cos now Gotta alot of work to do to her till Im happy tho lol When ya come up Sutton next let me know and I will meet up with ya...
Old 14-12-2004, 07:02 AM
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Im good fella Glad to see you have a Coosie too now. Those Novas look awesome too

I still remember the red one
Old 14-12-2004, 08:10 AM
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Ok Fletch mate will do, probably be next week.
How does the escort box hold up to 400bhp, or is it not a standard box?

Andy, that red nova of mine ended up with quite a reputation around sutton, i had loads of people in stuff like supra's who just wouldnt race me up the mile after seeing what id done to other people up there.
I LOVE sleepers

Im guessing no one is surprised at me finally getting a cossie, it had to happen at some point, ive wanted one for at least a dozen years, I was just waiting for the right one to come up at the right price etc.
Old 14-12-2004, 07:49 PM
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Hello chip m8. It is john who used to have the red scoob.

Long time no see

Im back in cossie ownership at last. Still good to see you building daft novas. That one you let me drive when you came up here karting was daft, seems even better now though
Old 14-12-2004, 07:57 PM
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hey do u live in somerset??? caus i have seen those cars around taunton??
oh and welcome
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Fuck me, its cossie-john!

Havent seen you for AGES mate.

What you driving at the moment then?
Old 14-12-2004, 07:59 PM
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i mean the guy with the novas.
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2wd saph cos m8. Back to a proper car at long last

Scoob wasnt that bad though.

I was in taunton the other week but only passing i forgot you lived there.
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excellent stuff john.

Yeah i live in somerset mate, near bridgey but im always in taunton.
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creedysRST, what do you drive mate?
Old 14-12-2004, 08:03 PM
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i used to see the red one in taunton alot earlier in the year and the black one around bridgwater.
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The black one is mid engine conversion at the moment, i took out the 268bhp nitrous'd N/A motor and am fitting a 250bhp + 100bhp nitrous turbo motor instead, plus a 6 speed box and torque biasing diff
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oh rite i live in bridgwater, i got a orange ERST , used to have that purlpe 3 door focus
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was that the kind of RS replica thing?

We'll have to go for a pint sometime mate
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well it had a rs front bumper, smooth boot, rrx back bumper, carbon bonnet, morttes etc.
yeah ok sounds good have 2 give u a race 2! lol
Old 14-12-2004, 08:21 PM
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didnt realise you lived down that way chip my nan lives in combwich lol
dont get down that way much tho nowadays
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not bloody RSC here as well, this place is like a hang out for everyone i know, lol

creedy, yeah a race sounds fun if you like getting your arse kicked by snotty nova's ive never found an RST yet that can do a 13.3 quarter in road trim!

Old 14-12-2004, 08:23 PM
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arrr combwich radioactive land down there
Old 14-12-2004, 08:25 PM
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well i got a 2.1 ZVH wiv 236 lb/ft 0-60 in about 5.3 to 5.5 so id give u a gud go
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pah, you'll lose, thats a high 13 second car.

mind you at the moment you will win, i took a tyre off the rim a couple of weeks ago and the ntrous is half removed to be fitted properly as i had to fit it in a rush in the queue at the pod, lol
Old 14-12-2004, 08:29 PM
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noz thats cheating wots ur car run with out it?
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busted
chips middle name is nitrous dont you know
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The red nova is well slow without gas, its only a standard calibra engine, runs a 15 flat, lol

You would kick my arse without the gas.

Black one will beat you, but is off the road, and the mini it wont even be a race, lol


anyway, a pint is more important than a race anyway, lol
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Ello stranger, drank any orange juice lately???

Sorry, couldn't resist, but good to see another familiar face on PF, and nice one on the 3 door, looks like it'll be good fun, especially the way you drive
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ahhh see lol u will run out of it if u raced me anyway caus i will be suck 2 ur ass he he.
yes a pint is alot better than a race, caus the pigs cant pull u for having a pint, unlike racing around somerset.
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Originally Posted by Clare
Ello stranger, drank any orange juice lately???

Sorry, couldn't resist, but good to see another familiar face on PF, and nice one on the 3 door, looks like it'll be good fun, especially the way you drive
wot me????


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