Make: VAUXHALL
Model: NOVA SR
Registration: OXI 5218
Engine Size (cc): 1297
Year of Manufacture: 1989
Date First Registered: 09/05/1989
MOT Expiry Date: 25/02/2025
Current V5: YES
Location: PICKERING
You can view from: Monday 11 March - Tuesday 19 March 2024

Current V5 present. Paperwork includes invoices, MOT certificate, handbooks and service book with 5 stamps.

The vendor has provided the following:

May 1989 Nova 1.3SR
55000 miles
I’ve had this car for 7 years.
Originally a NI car, I had it brought over in 2017.
Unrestored condition.
It still retains the original rear window dealer sticker, together with dealer plates.
It will be on it’s original NI reg of OXI 5218.
Was sat in a garage under boxes etc for around 20 years at some point in it’s life in Northern Ireland until about 2012, when it was recommissioned by a chap who worked at a Vauxhall dealer with many new parts including exhaust (genuine GM apart from Ashley backbox)
I’ve had it serviced regularly and only done about 4k miles in it in 7 years, and has passed every MOT whilst I’ve had it with zero advisories other than a wheel bearing needing tightening on 2021.
The 3 spoke alloys have been re-furbished and are wearing as new Toyo tyres which are about 4 years old.
3 keys included.

Interior

The interior is in really great order, with everything being as it should and original.
The headliner is great.
The carpet is great.
It smells like an old Vauxhall.
The clutch sounds like an old Vauxhall
The only wear being..
-The usual drivers bolster hole but I’ll include a spare passenger seatback with fantastic bolsters as a donor.
-A small crack across the instrument binacle plastic.

Engine/gearbox

The engine runs great, I always run it on Super Unleaded.
Doesn’t use oil or smoke.
The automatic choke works as it should on these.
The gearbox is as it should be.

Exhaust

The exhaust system is a relatively recent genuine GM item, replaced (I believe) when the car was recommissioned after its long hibernation in about 2012 (ish)
The backbox is an Ashley one from a NovaSport. Not to everyone’s taste but I like it, it has a nice rasp at 3000rpm.

Bodywork

Overall it’s very nice and original.
There are chips here and there, nothing has been touched up or covered. The drivers rear arch has the usual bubbling inside. This is as it was when I bought it and hasn’t really got any worse as it’s not driven in winter and always dry stored.
It’s not mint by any means, but is a great genuine survivor.

Underneath and in the engine bay is a bit flakey but really solid and a great base for a fairly straightforward tidy up if that’s your thing.

Things replaced in my ownership

Cam belt kit inc water pump.
Thermostat
Wheels refurbished/new tyres.
Coolant tank
All rubber fuel line replaced as a precaution.
Battery

Quirky stuff

The speedo cable needs replacing, I think it may be the wrong one for the car, the speedo reads higher than it should and is a bit noisy.
A good second hand one is included, just needs fitting.

The original radio works, sort of, the cassette doesn’t.

The gearknob is genuine but is a bit butchered and is loose, I’ve kind of got used to it. I think I have sourced a replacement which will be included.

There is what I think is a genuine dealer fitted alarm system which is disconnected and tucked up behind the dash. Never saw one of these before. Stickers still present in the front windows.

There is no key to lock the fuel cap, it screws on and off fine.

The car is a really great survivor and I believe it is all original, apart from the passenger front wing which has possibly had work or been replaced in the past.
I like it exactly as it is. It’s useable, cleans up nice, gets lovely comments wherever it goes, and most of all they are only original once.

I’m sure I’ve forgotten stuff.