Vauxhall Nova 1.2 Merit

i am a 15 year old boy learning to be a mechanic i have been so for the last year and a bit and i have came a cross a Vauhall Nova 1.2 needing some work witch i could do like - welding, major service fornt end new lights etc my uncle is also going to repaint it the origanal color white. i like it but what do you think ? it is costing me £200 for the car and it has a brand new exhast so ?

My first brand new car bought for $4700 in 1985. Never had a minute's trouble with it and was always impressed by the size of the boot considering it was a small car. For some reason never fitted it with a radio in 7 years motoring. Fondest memories.

Excellent little car for new and old drivers alike - the Nova was one of my first cars and I still drive one to the day.

Amazing what you can squeeze into one of these little babies - a whole weeks camping equipment - 2 bikes on the back plus 3 passengers.

Economical and quite fast at pulling away.

Cheap to maintain, easy DIY, quite a rare car now - some nice modified and standard examples still around.

i have had my Vauxhall Nova 1.2 Merit for 3 month now, when i first got it it looked like a shed i must admit but now it will really turn peoples head, with some nice 16" 5 spoke chrome alloyes, lowerd 20mm, nice spoiler, baby blue, blue rear tinted windows, inside is all blue to match, twin borla exaust, k+n air filter enduction kit, not had 1 problem with this car yet and very good in economical terms, and great off the line 0-60 est 5.7 secs.

Excellent car for a young person starting to drive in life, economic easy to handle and if he/she some has some with about her a challenge to learn about mechanical engines obviously with some Guidance

I wish a long time ago I could have had the oppertunity to take on the challenge and really learn something in my earl years .

I came very close with working on an Old Ford 8 under the guidance of the 18 year old owner, a good friend.

The Nova is my wifes car and she has owned it over ten years and she has only experinced 1A.A. call out for a dodgy battery.

Bodywork has a certain amount of rust about we keep putting a little more metal to the body and Paintwork and she/he looks fine.

But the Old Nova deserves good home not a scrap-yard, some TLC and some dedication.

I wish I was 60 years younger I would have accepted the challenge.

I love the kit on this car. I have one of these and they are so lovely and people underestimate these cars too much.

I've had my Vauxhall Nova 1.2 Merit for a month now and had a 1.8i16v turbo dohc and it flies! I've beaten Subaru's and almost anything on the road. I've modded it all, new spray job to Ferrari Red and new wheels. I love this car!

i have had my Nova 1.2I for 3 months and it is now a wicked car. It has 15'' alloys, mint seat covers for the whole car, new gear knob, wheel cover, flame pedals, new floor mats,and neon tube on the dashboard.

This car is class and it's my first car and I am not going to get rid of it either.

My nova is mint.

The Vauxhall Nova 1.2 Merit is my first car, I have only driven it for about two months and I am very happy with it. I had to leave it standing for about a year and a half before I could drive it and it started up each time I went out to it. It also sailed through the M.O.T. because it is light the acceleration is decent.