1985 Vauxhall Nova Sport 1.3 - rare and fully restored For Sale

Please note the price details at the bottom of the advert.

Edited to add, parts not available separately at this stage.

It is with a degree of regret that after an 18 month restoration and 2 years on the road, I am now selling my Vauxhall Nova Sport. I first owned C67 between 1990 and 1992 but after selling it, lost contact with it. After much tracking down, I found it again in 2015 as a laid up ex-sprint/ hillclimb car and bought back my first hot hatch! There is a full story of the restoration on the Performance Nova Group forum but this has been carried out to a very high standard with new (genuine), new (upgraded) or refurbished parts. It was finished and back on the road in March 2017 and has now completed around 1500 miles since then.

Shell/ body:
Stripped, soda blasted and epoxy primer before a 9 month restoration which included inner and outer rear quarters, floor, front and rear chassis leg repairs including replacement rear spring mount, sill repairs (keeping the good and original metal / seams where possible), battery tray replaced and full roof panel repair. Fitted with new and genuine front wings, both doors, front panel, bonnet and tailgate plus a new pattern fuel filler neck (powder coated black). Underside painted with epoxy mastic then Upol Raptor in Polar White. Full inside and outside respray with wax sprayed into all cavities and inside doors, quarters, tailgate and bonnet frame. The work on the shell alone cost around £7k using a friend who was a welder/ fabricator and another friend who was a car painter - Retropower quoted me around £13k for the same work, excluding replacement panels. Brand new and correct / genuine front and rear bumpers. New genuine lights front and rear, including indicators and number plate, plus a full set of new Hella front headlights and indicators* available. Very good gutter trims and new correct door mirrors. Brand new genuine and correct Nova and 1. 3 badges and a good used Vauxhall badge fitted to the rear. I also have a full new set (Vauxhall, Nova and 1. 3) of genuine rear badges*. New genuine headlight protectors. New genuine and correct early mudflaps with rears fitted with the correct bracket to position.
The bodywork was then coated in Gtechniq ceramic coatings by Prestige Auto Detailing so is now so easy to clean!

Engine:
Rebuilt by Mansfield Engine Centre including 0. 5 oversize pistons and the correct (optional) Irmscher cam. Fitted with refurbished original Sport Weber carbs and many new genuine ancillaries including clutch, starter, alternator, dizzy, coil and obvious things like filters and ignition leads. Correct Irmscher inlet manifold and airbox (blasted and powder coated in gloss black), along with the correct air intake hose. New exhaust manifold, system and correct Ashley back box. New Valeo radiator. Running a Filter King regulator, braided fuel hoses with no return pipe. New engine mounts fitted to powder coated brackets. The engine was statically set up by Alan from carbcare when he put the rebuilt carbs on and then rolling road setup by Peter Burgess. Made a strong 97bhp!

Transmission:
Brand new F10 5-speed box (W4. 29 so great for acceleration), rebuilt driveshafts and front knuckles - with new genuine wheel bearings front and rear. I also have a new Quaife ATB* diff to go on at some point.

Brakes:
Front: New calipers, vented discs, pads, braided hoses and kunifer lines. I then upgraded to Tarox discs and Mintex M1144 pads so the new originals* had very little use.
Rear: Powder coated drums with new shoes, cylinders, braided hoses and kunifer lines.
New master cylinder, reservoir and reservoir seals (ultra rare) fitted to fully refurbished servo.

Suspension/ steering:
Most things (including the beam) have been shot blasted and powder coated in gloss black. Has larger GTE front ARB and tie rods, new Bilstein B14 coilover kit and Powerflex bushes throughout. Corsa B ePAS rack refurbished and used as a quick rack (no power steering).

Interior:
Fully retrimmed seats in the CCS reproduction chequered and genuine new brown fabric - possibly the only car to have had a recent retrim using the correct brown. Plus I have the original Daytona interior* which is in good condition considering it is nearly 35 years old. Interior is fitted with the best used bits I could find including carpet and dashboard. Excellent front/ rear seatbelts, headlining and sunvisors. Correct rubber floor mats. Mint correct early parcel shelf with working lift cords and minimal fade.

Other:
Original etched glass fitted with the exception of the front screen which is new with a new seal.

# Proper 5x13 steel wheels plus brand new freshly painted wheel trims (5 wheels and 5 trims). Fitted with new Firestone tyres in correct 175/ 70x13 size.

Full decal kit fitted by DMB - including sill trims and headlight surrounds with a spare bonnet and boot decal. Also had correct number plates, dealer sticker and tax disc holder made up by DMB.

New GM battery. New washer bottle and pumps and I even found a new horn! Loads of new GM coolant hoses. Excellent wiring loom with no scotchlocks anywhere - has a rev limited fitted which is correctly spliced into the loom! All electrical items function correctly.

Lots of nuts, bolts and fittings have been plated in either gold or black.

Matching lock set with two keys and new door handles and lock surrounds (correct black).
Blasted and powder coated genuine GM fuel tank with new genuine sender and S hose, connected to new tank to engine fuel pipe.

# Was fitted with 4 6x15 ET49 Compomotive TH3s - fresh refurb in anthracite with Toyo tyres in 195/ 45/ 15 so no need for arch mods.

# Now fitted with 4 5. 5x15 ET45 Ronal 5-spoke alloys in white, fitted with new Toyo TR-1 tyres in 195/ 50/ 15, with rear camber adjustment but again without arch mods being necessary.

Other spares/ available with negotiation:

All of the items with a "*" next to them in the above description are extra spares not within the asking price but available with negotiation.

# The car will come with one set of wheels but of the buyer’s choice – the other sets again are available with negotiation.

New non GM battery.
Consumables such as GM plugs, oil filters and oil.
New spare dizzy and coil.
Brand new correct Sport spec cam from ENEM in Sweden.
Spare pair of genuine Nova Sport Weber carbs – look good externally but would benefit from a full rebuild.
Some trim bits including 2 door cards with pockets and 2 door cards without pockets.
New, genuine mudflaps.
New, correct grey front valance lower trims – both sides.
Spare airbox hose.
New, genuine front brake discs/ pads and rear drums/ shoes.
New clutch and handbrake cables.
Good, used rear bumper.
Set of Nova Swing brown/ beige seats – with really good brown and vinyl that would make good spare pieces. Also, a pair of Swing front seat covers only, again with fabric that could be used for repairs.
There are probably a few more spare bits that I haven’t listed but basically everything I have for this Nova Sport would go for an agreeable price, which is:

£22000 ovno for the car, without spares and just one set of wheels of buyer’s choice.

Or

£24000 ovno for the car, with all the spares as stated above and all three sets of wheels. (The ATB diff, original seats and wheels alone could probably make £2500 alone).

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