This page details my second Nova....a special edition Antibes. I bought this as my second Nova in 99, to replace my previous A reg 1.2L I've included a new page showing some of my Restoration Photos, including the rear wheel arch repairs and partial-respray. I've included pics of the car showing my JP Stainless zorst on a separte page. It came from a racing Nova used in Sprints and Hill-climbing events.....he was replacing it with a side-exit zorst, so was selling this one cheap. It was a bit gammy at first, but after a good clean, it came up mint as you'll see in the pics Specification Anything saying NEW in YELLOW, indicates changes within the last couple of weeks! Anything written in BLUE, indicates recent changes, in the last couple of months. Engine: 1.3 SR engine (13SB), from approximately 85 model (re-built bottom end) 1.2 Head (fully re-built, including new valves, valve guides, valve stem oil-seals, water core plugs, valve springs, collets etc.) - gives better flow and higher compression over standard 1.3 head! Weber 32/34 DMTL Twin-choke Carb Large K&N Bolt on Filter modified to fit the Weber. It's come off my 2.0 Cortina and it's a bit big! Mirror-finish polished rocker cover slats and oil-filler cap. Blue-painted engine block. Ram-Air breather-pipe filter High Performance Silicon Leads Castrol GTX Magnetex synthetic oil Exhaust: JP Stainless system, from down-pipes back, with 3" tailpipe, using standard SR manifold and down-pipes. (see pics here) Previously fitted was a Peco BB2 system. Brakes: MKII Cavalier Front Callipers (larger diameter piston than standard) painted red, with Nova GTE vented disks. Standard rear drums. Transmission: Standard Antibes 5-speed - Wide-Ratio Suspension: Puma Lowering Springs, -35 to -40 mm Standard shocks. SR Anti-roll bars front and rear. Wheels/Tyres: MKIII Cavalier GSi/Calibra 15" 5-spoke alloys. Hankook Ventus 195-45-15 Rotational Tyres. Body Work: Early Corsa A GT lower front bumper (same as early Nova SR), from D reg, with standard Nova bumper top-section, to allow use of separate grill. Modified standard grill - de-slatted, colour-coded with galvanized steel mesh. GTE/GSi skirts Nova GTE rear bumper lower spoiler...or "flick" Standard Antibes Tailgate Spoiler (same as SR/GTE), Standard Bronze-tinted window glass, with front screen tint shade-band. ABC Design front and side (Oval), clear-lens indicators. Webasto "Top-Slider" slide/tilt after-market sunroof, from an old Proton! Custom (secret) front slitter. Door mirrors up-graded to internal adjust models. Colour coded Mirror housings and Door Handles. Two-tone air-hones. Huge red sun-strip (as you can see!) De-badged tailgate. NEW Projector-Beam front Fog Lights fitted. I had these fitted on my old Nova, but when I fitted the SR front bumper, they no longer fitted. To fit them on the Antibes, I used a different method to enable them to fit....fitting details to follow. Interior Antibes red and grey rear seat, red fabric door inserts, red carpet SR front sports seats (soon to be re-trimmed as shown here) MKIII Cav Velour head-rests front and rear Electric windows - Vauxhall motors/regulators and loom. Sierra Switch-box mounted in custom-built console. Previously fitted with a MicroScan aftermarket 3-switch kit, with two door-mounted switches at driver's side, and one at passenger's side. Mounted in custom-made consoles trimmed with padding and original vinyl to match. Illuminated switches NEW Central Locking - I've finally got round to fitting my central locking! I got the kit at the same time as I got the elecy windows, but didn't have the brackets to hold the solenoids, so I've been waiting until I had time to make some before fittin 'em! Mountney Corsa-D Steering wheel, in Black and Grey Leather. Momo Boss. Full door trims to cover paint, including rear 1/4 panels Foot-well lights, glove box light and boot light Aluminium/Carbon Fibre foot pedals Leather Gear knob (good old Halfords!) Astra GTE 8V LCD Dash, with modified Belmont surround. Polished Zinc Clock Face, and matching trim on Centre Console. ICE SONY CDX-4100RDS CD/Radio head unit, 20W x 4 Boschman 3-way 6x9's in rear shelf Boschman component set up front....5 1/4" Mid-Woofer, 1" dome tweeters with passive crossovers My speakers are a very cheepo brand, but they give amazing sound! My mates have all been seriously impressed, even more so when I tell them the brand name! Security That would be tellin' but it includes the usual Alarm and Imobiliser combination. Thanks Thanks to my mate John for welding on the near-side arch for us, before I got my own kit......it was fun I know, last February in the freezing cold! Thanks to my mate Elden for supplying loads of cheep car bits that came from him written-off Nova, Thanks to my Dad for helping with the engine swap summer 2000 Thanks to my mate Andy for supplying the LCD dash, the GTE/GSi skirts and the Weber carb...all dirt cheep! Thanks to Jeff Chambers for supplying the JP Zorst! Thanks to Alex for supplying the Antibes rear seat fabric, which I'm using to re-trim my SR fort seats to match, as in the pics above, Thanks to Mick at Thorncliffe Garage for doing the MOT's! I think that's about it.....oh, apart from thanking the lads at Larkspeed Rotherham for supplying a few bits over the last few years, as well as Cornnesour (before the Sheffield branch closed!). I suppose Halford's should get a mention too, and Charlie Browns....sorry to Charlie Browns, 'cos I used their entire stock of Carmine Red paint...lol! And of course, many thanks go to all the Peeps on the forums on Novaload.net for all their help with loads of questions I've had for 'em to help me with ;) Future Plans NEW Well, all my future plans have now changed since I've now got my new GTE! In fact....the Antibes is no longer mine but plans I did have (had I kept it) included fitting a 1600SV engine from a MKIII Cav or later Astra running on carb(s), or I may have gone for a GTE engine including the injection system (good basis should I have decided to fit a 2.0 in the future); finish body work....rest of paint basically such as bonnet and tailgate; re-trim the front sports seats properly, with the Antibes fabric I had; get the newer version of my sunroof from a Daewoo (it's the same one basically as fitted in the early Nexia, but the Nexia one opens wider and is electric!); different alloys.....just to have a change from the Cav ones; and lodas of other bits and bobs I could think of....but, they're never going to happen now....not by me doing them anyway! Older Pics of my Antibes....see how it's changed over the last 2 and a bit years....

As it was on the day I bought it! - note the very rusty near-side rear arch!

As it was shortley after I got it, and later that year, with LXi alloys to replace the 3-spokes, and Corsa A GT front bumper etc.

Newer pics from earlier this year, and last last year, when fitted with MKII Cav side-skirts, front splitter and white indicators. The engine pic is of the 1.3 shortly after first being fitted. Pic shows the old Pierburg 1B1 and old K&N.