Kids today will never know the feeling of getting a jigsaw out to butcher your parcel shelf to fit some Kenwwods in it 😜
@Statueshop2972 ай бұрын
A jigsaw! I did my first nova with a bread knife😂😂😂😂😂
@nickb58912 ай бұрын
Don’t forget the Kenwood stick on the back window either!
@vedelcarby7732 ай бұрын
Kenwood 6x9 on the shelf
@bighes1002 ай бұрын
6x9 ruled
@AlfieCove2 ай бұрын
and to hide all the wires down in the carpet n plastics in side car
@burnrubber75472 ай бұрын
Im 48, please take me back to the 90s, best time to be alive. I used to have a modified 8v golf gti. Anyone remember gti international?
@stephenbuckby77002 ай бұрын
Continental tyre gave you free tyres to race round the cones see how fast u could go happy days
@burnrubber75472 ай бұрын
@@stephenbuckby7700 I picked up a momo steering wheel there, drilled pedals etc. And yeah I remember that with the tyres. The car park was like a show in its own right.
@gmain19773 ай бұрын
Remember the Nova, would rather have this than most Audi's BMWs and Mercs today
@Sr82.2 ай бұрын
I had one in 96 and thought the same a few years back but I had a look round one and I couldn't do it lol. It's to much of a step back now went for a ep3 instead and glad I did
@H0110WM4N2 ай бұрын
Remember going to a club in Skegness late 90's. There was a crowd outside stood around 2 Nova Turbos one was purple other was Green they was flying up and down skeggy sea front all night, awesome cars
@dragon-rc41493 ай бұрын
Love them all remind me of when I was young drawling over them in mags seeing them all fly around town and racing around the car park, wishing i was old enough to drive
@Tommo-l8j3 ай бұрын
U only bought max power for one reason and it wasn't the cars 😂😂😂
@dazdaz1052 ай бұрын
@@dragon-rc4149 I was drawling all over Jo Guest and Tracey Coleman flashing a different kind of flange. Picked up the odd Max Power now and again.
@kevinlawes5913 ай бұрын
Having your lad along for the ride adds to the content! It's nice seeing the youth of today experiencing the sensory overload/rawness of the stuff we used to rag about in! 👌👍🏻
@PhilB-v6b3 ай бұрын
Take me back to the 90s best music best cars and awesome soundsytems everywhere you went. Had a nova gsi in white managed to get 18s on it slammed to ground fat dual exhaust k&n etc and full vibe sound system sytem but with a jvc headunit always wanted a ren 5 gt turbo. But daft money even then for a decent one. And didn't have fiesta had an escort rs turbo h reg in white, xr3i convetible in white, and a cavalier gsi in white then dopey missus got pregnant 2 so then we needed a more practical car apparently. 😂😊
@mannysingh18042 ай бұрын
I get it mate .....I get it😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@D3URY3 ай бұрын
Speedline Alessio 2 definitely the best rims for the Nova - still looks good today
@malcolmism63 ай бұрын
Nova hands down. I owned a H plate 1.4 sr with twin 40 webbers and cherry bomb exhaust. Oh and just remembered. It had TWS 4/5 spoke alloy. Loved it. Went like stink sounded perfect.😂😂
@Kj16V3 ай бұрын
Proud to say I've owned two of these - back in the 2000's when these dirt cheap and everyone looked down their noses at you for driving one 😂
@kaisersoze52362 ай бұрын
same here i had countless novas,astra gsi,cav sri/gsi amd rs turbo,rs1800i golf mk1 &2 bavk when they were just a few years old
@Southie.3 ай бұрын
In my PNG days when I had my Nova that reg brings back loads of memories. John Shields Nova was the most memorable for me though. Love this channel, miss owning a Nova and I’ve not driven one for 15 years now 👍🏻 Edit: offset steering wheel made you leeeean, also creaky clutch was a given 😂
@markwestmoreland9123 ай бұрын
Proper cars I had a escort max powered up back in the early 90s loved it. Building a nova now. And I'm 48. Great videos you do keep it up
@dragon-rc41493 ай бұрын
@@markwestmoreland912 never to old mate
@jmaynard39702 ай бұрын
The sense if speed in cars like this was unreal
@seanadams85043 ай бұрын
Drive it like you stole it 😂😂 love it great collection. I was at max power reunion too great day out.
@Ruthlessretros3 ай бұрын
That's why they are hear 🤣
@seanadams85042 ай бұрын
@@Ruthlessretros 💯 not for show. only if your burning the tires 😂
@AndreChilver3 ай бұрын
Great video, I was 17 in 1992 I had in the 90s a uno turbo, golf gti, a fast old school mini, nova Sr loved them days
@morgan1985uk2 ай бұрын
I remember being a young teen, blagging my way into the back seats of the local cars to cruise to cruise up and down the golden mile in gt Yarmouth. Seeing all the cars in convoy cruising up and down was awesome
@dannyc48712 ай бұрын
Thank you for a great video. This brought back so many good memories of when I used to go cruising and these cars were everywhere. Great days. Keep up the good work.
@stevenglossop42743 ай бұрын
Brilliant video and great collection ,the Nova looks mint 👍
@ap51943 ай бұрын
This guys living my dream. That r5 is clean as hell
@Ruthlessretros3 ай бұрын
It's not all play they take some keeping upto. And took alot of hard work to get them on road. But yep it's a good dream to have. Your welcome to come have a blast in them if your ever in Bradford
@laurencepickering52523 ай бұрын
Remember that torque steer feeling in my old corsa, your trying to go straight and the car wants to put you in a hedge or through a wall lol.best feeling ever.
@shirlawjay2 ай бұрын
Needs a 205 gti in that collection and my world would be complete . Stunning lad look after them takes me way back
@vxady1233 ай бұрын
Nova dose flipping hek I remember this car to well. 😂😂💯👌 lovely garage to 🤯😍
@LewYat2 ай бұрын
I think they’re proper cossie wheels
@donraggo772 ай бұрын
100%
@sidbobby32333 ай бұрын
3 iconic cars frm my earlier days love it & what a fella 4 letting u have a squeeze 😎🙏👏👊👍✌
@TypicalBlue-rq8ri3 ай бұрын
Top lad joe he deserves this attention as he's put some work in on some motors over the years don't think any bradford lad has garage queen's we use and abuse 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@michaelwhitaker91882 ай бұрын
I had a Renault 5 back in 1990 running around 160 bhp,but I did see them at 185,I don't think it was possible back then to get any more out of them,Great little performer but unreliable due mostly to head gaskets failing 😊
@paulmichael38442 ай бұрын
I had all 3 shapes Renault 5 GTT cost me £300 never ran Usual head gasket issue Nova gte & gsi basically a go kart that got me from Leicester to Birmingham with £3 petrol 😂 Fiesta rs1800 I got rid of after thieves bent the entire top half of the door to look inside and not steal my kenwood stereo. All 3 bring a smile to my face especially the nova GTE
@ATomRileyA3 ай бұрын
What a great collection brought me right back to my youth, was such a great time with all the car cruises and general messing about.
@RetroRewind773 ай бұрын
Omg wow the best video ever and loving the guy has these classic hot hatches and using them also. Loved my Nova SRi back in the day so great to see this Nova alive.
@TwinEngineCorsa2 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Brettmclean872 ай бұрын
The cars nowadays are all shit. Well mostly especially when you compare it to the cars. Piece of art 👌
@420somewhereG3 ай бұрын
Remember that Max Power issue like it was yesterday I was also 15 at the time loved that nova👍🏻
@Velaxity22 күн бұрын
When you mentioned the dash rattling when you floor it.. Reminded me of my dads' fiat UNO turbo days.. He had 7 in total! Two mk1's & 5 mk2's.. And eventually a punto GT
@mauricepearson29612 ай бұрын
Nova 1.4 SR was me first car, black with magnex exhaust she was a beauty! Those were the days! Good times!
@johnrowell9423 ай бұрын
Great video and collection of car. I had a picture of this Nova on my wall out of the Max Power Magazine. Full wall of colourful cars.
@carlbentham57843 ай бұрын
Look even nicer in real life, just watched this video this morning then just seen all 3 in convoy at Birstall retail park
@Ruthlessretros3 ай бұрын
On way to motorist for a show 😁 cheers for positive feedback 👍 appreciated
@unclepabs2 ай бұрын
This is blooming brilliant! We used to hang out around town & all of us had these cars! One guy had a Fiesta with a Cosworth engine in & oh boy…. That was a ridiculous build!!!
@leeellis67383 ай бұрын
Great vid, Jon Sheild built the original A16VTB Green Nova which was a C20XE with a turbo kit fitted, not a C20LET. Mark Watts had the Purple ( Amaranth) Nova C20LET. JULY 1996 MAX POWER MAG. Also Novas only had drums at the rear, the mod was to fit the rear hubs from the Mk2 Astra GTE 16V
@mbfcamanslife3 ай бұрын
Love this channel. I was around back then and still have my 205 gti with a big stereo from 96. Keep finding these gems 👍
@TwinEngineCorsa2 ай бұрын
More to come!
@bighes1002 ай бұрын
@@TwinEngineCorsa 205 GTi next please, or even 309 that was a machine too
@RolandBlazit2 ай бұрын
The owner living out his childhood dreams. Love it 👌🏻 I had many nova gte sri and gsi Good times in the 90s Ended up making my sri a 2.0 red top after my astra gte 16v body rotted away on the arches
@danboyes74772 ай бұрын
I had three novas, a merit, an sr and a gsi. This particular pink novelty is what made me really want one, I saw at a show in the 90s and fell in love, so glad it's still around. I'm pretty sure I've got the rally nove build manual in the loft somewhere...
@Scoobyorion3 ай бұрын
Great video, loved looking round this car @ Max Power Stunning 😎👍🏼
@adamgreen72912 ай бұрын
That thing was a legend of a car in South Wales back in the mid 90s
@AshLongieАй бұрын
u guys remember the stealth shelf hahahahahah you bringing back some funny memories 😂😂😂
@evilgreenranger12675 күн бұрын
I remember buying a Nova in 2005 off eBay for £60 - crazy times
@peterthornton23962 ай бұрын
I had a c20let nova before my cossie days. Pretty sure I saw this nova in Bradford the other week. Put a huge smile on my face
@philfg12 ай бұрын
Cracking vid. Owned all 3, nova Sr all for a very short time, xr2i and two r5ggts.
@louisbala27912 ай бұрын
I had a the sri, then gte and finally Courtney turbo nova. 6k conversion. Magnex exhaust, k&n and jbl 6x9 speakers and Rockford bass bin lol. I painted the brake calipers and had matching foot pedals. I'd pull up at max power event and was so rare to see a nova with a dump valve. Those were the days playing garage or tidy tracks with arm outta the window 😂
@shinobidan22562 ай бұрын
I had a Renault 5 GTI it was so much fun to drive ❤ great vid❤
@donraggo772 ай бұрын
awesome video, beautiful, mint cars too but the Nova will always be my favourite, even the 1.3 SR
@LukeAnthony-v3r3 ай бұрын
Same age as you, got into Nissan Pulsar GTiR from that era. 400hp 4wd yeehaa. nice and raw too, felt like the rally car it was. none of the domestically availble stuff could keep up
@billyboy18723 ай бұрын
Did your gearbox survive running 400bhp?
@Blackmamba123453 ай бұрын
These are all 80s cars .. the Pulsar came to the UK in 1992..
@mex89613 ай бұрын
And that ladies and gentlemen..... is how a vauxhall nova should be driven 👊
@Ruthlessretros3 ай бұрын
100% stolen with police behind you 😂😂
@piotrwitkowski51002 ай бұрын
100mph in 30 zone? Lol
@Thesofaguys2 ай бұрын
These Gen Z RS3 guys aint got a clue!
@Klutch58Customs2 ай бұрын
'back in the day' I wasn't into the scene too much. I was mainly into hot rods and pro-street cars. I had a supercharged Firebird when most of the other lads at college had modded hot hatches. It's funny how time affects tastes. I think the late sporty Nova was a lovely design nowadays. I'd be chuffed to have one in my modest collection.
@JP-cu2gm2 ай бұрын
Loving the interior of the Nova 👏👏👏👏
@AndrewJames.03 ай бұрын
Spot on content mate.. I'm reminiscing to my corsa days.. 👍👍
@LittleGar952 ай бұрын
I remember helping putting that pink nova back together, many years ago
@markturnbull77333 ай бұрын
I was looking around the nova at sports cars in the park show. Never managed to speak to anyone about it so I'm glad to see it here .
@Ruthlessretros3 ай бұрын
Next time come find me you no what I look like now am the one dancing when I talk 😂😂
@VTR_888_JEF2 ай бұрын
I've been a passenger in a nova at 150+ racing a Renault 21 turbo 😂 scary experience but absoutley mega
@chrisheath67005 күн бұрын
It reminds me of the 1994 1.4 Fiat Uno Turbo that i owned with my first car being a GTS Golf 1.6
@andypaul3822 ай бұрын
What a collection 🙏👌
@MichaelGreen-p2h2 ай бұрын
My childhood favourite obsession cars where the following…series 1 escort rs turbo…Astra gte 16v…Honda crx v-tec …mk4 escort xr3i…Vauxhall calibra 4x4 turbo…peogeot 205 1.9 gti😂🥰
@incognito962 ай бұрын
Miss my XR2, and cavalier sri26v , with uprated head , Courtney cams, built the engine myself. Still got my Kenwood sound system.
@samuelbartle71363 ай бұрын
great video mate love the new format with the boy out with you lovely little nova that and lovely garage with the other two as well 👍
@TwinEngineCorsa2 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it mate
@samuelbartle71362 ай бұрын
@@TwinEngineCorsa on a nostalgia tip who wouldn't great vid dude 👍
@mannysingh18042 ай бұрын
Mate I remember where am from there were alot of golf gti 16v Peugeot 1.9 gti lancia delta integrali(excuse my spelling ) escort cosworth ,lotus Carlton ....the list is crazy....them 90s cars were different machines 😎
@nova20l2 ай бұрын
Class shed .the BMX and all up on the wall 👌 I was a Sony man not Kenwood .Had the control stalk glued on the cowling and the cd changer 25:19 in the boot ... Thought I was the king 😂
@debodevil69742 ай бұрын
Ive owned all 3 of them cars and a RS1800. Good times
@garethhemingway92482 ай бұрын
Mint cars Joe bit recognition and appreciation of your hard work they should seen your restoration work of the cavaliers 😅
@McpikieАй бұрын
Beardy, now you need to track down my old white nova van that had the red top in it. I remember Shannon putting a LET in it, and then sold it to a lad from Leeds.
@AshLongieАй бұрын
Watching your vids makes ke want my old nova back lolol
@chrisadams11862 ай бұрын
My mate has an original Courtenay in green he’s currently restoring. He’s had it for over 30 years
@evansnr2 ай бұрын
You forgot to mention how good the Nova’s were at causing the ladies knicker elastic to snap! 😂
@starfox_wr-45e933 ай бұрын
Courtnay Sport Peugeot Essose Graham Goode Norris Designs ... a few of the tuners I used to idolize during the Max Power days. Edit: Forgot GT-Tuning for the Renault's
@TypicalBlue-rq8ri3 ай бұрын
Well lane turbo centre 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@dannyc48712 ай бұрын
There was also Jamsport for Fords.
@olivergould38782 ай бұрын
@@TypicalBlue-rq8riGood old Batley as featured in Reverend Bob's Torque show
@mattylamb91942 ай бұрын
Graham Goode was a British Touring Car racer back in the day. Raced a big RS500 - his own team
@starfox_wr-45e932 ай бұрын
@@mattylamb9194 I'm well aware of who he was. Cheers
@christopherwebb-w1g3 ай бұрын
Hi Adam great content fantastic 90s hot hatches i think it's would be great if you could arrange a visit at courtenay sports and speak to john shields about the original build of the nova turbo. top channel 👏 👌 👍
@TwinEngineCorsa2 ай бұрын
Thank you mate
@sheffielduk34282 ай бұрын
Absolutely beautiful 😍
@robertplues46613 ай бұрын
that's why i love my xe nova lol had it 15 years maybe longer lol
@griffincentre3 ай бұрын
We used to use a cavalier servo to cope. Miss those yrs
@karl96553 ай бұрын
yess joe
@VWPirates3 ай бұрын
Nova makes you drive like your pants is on fire most of the time! Mint car!
@andyday19813 ай бұрын
Absolutely love that Nova and was mint to see it at The Reunion Show. I bought some recaros off Joseph a few years ago for my mk1 Astra and he’s a sound bloke. After seeing this video I really want to drop a turbo lump in my Nova 😂 and I’m 43 and still got a sub in the boot, it’s a must for all Nova’s 😂 I’ll finish my Turbo mk1 Escort first and then look into it 🤔
@Ruthlessretros3 ай бұрын
I remember that haha top lad. hope you made use of the seats
@dewijones43492 ай бұрын
I seem to remember a yellow 2.0l turbo Nova with Clio rims on back in the day. Was that not a Courtney car? Love the vid btw.. bring back memories had a Nova SR and an XR2i with escort Gti alloys on 😎👌🏻
@tessbushell54892 ай бұрын
He has some cool stuff even down to his air max BWs
@_7.8.62 ай бұрын
The R5 is lovely
@MinoYTD2 ай бұрын
Driving that Nova like u stole it 👌🏻
@Castrotherapper132 ай бұрын
That nova ❤wow
@Andreweg19812 ай бұрын
All drums on nova corsa gsi rear disk conv was popular back in the day 😊
@stevefinch85193 ай бұрын
Interesting story when I started at a rover dealership in 96 , a salesman had built a 2.0 turbo transplanted nova first in the country with the 6 speed box apparently and it was featured a few months before in max power , he apparently didn't like the features writer as they called him knob rots in the feature his name was rob notts .
@Tomachine1Ай бұрын
Never had the Nova but had 2 Renault 5 gt turbo's and fiesta RS turbo in the 90s amongst other cars. Not at the same time obviously. Used to sell after a year because of insurance. Wish I'd kept at least one now 😢
@jiggamortice38702 ай бұрын
Smiles for gallon.🤣💪🏼
@nickb58912 ай бұрын
I’d opt for the Fiesta. All day long.
@conradhaigh25003 ай бұрын
That nova is one reason I got my self one in the late 90’s the only problem with them was the were the battery went it just rusted to hell
@dennisbrown28912 ай бұрын
Good old days with novas take hazard switch out stick it back in upside down , quick bump and you was off 😂🤣 those was the days
@Cobra83.2 ай бұрын
The purple one is Keith Robinson. Its a mk1 cs car.
@Notreallyhere817r2 ай бұрын
I went to my school prom in a max power featured vauxhall nova. Happy days 25 years ago lol
@Ruthlessretros2 ай бұрын
@Notreallyhere817r I took my daughter in the r5 couple years ago..kids didn't no but the dads did 🤣
@Notreallyhere817r2 ай бұрын
@@Ruthlessretros bet you got a fair few nods of approval from the dad's 😂
@Ruthlessretros2 ай бұрын
@Notreallyhere817r yep they all commented on it..loved it..Young ones didn't no nothing my daughter had to school alot of her mates 🤣🤣
@Notreallyhere817r2 ай бұрын
@@Ruthlessretros 😂 that's awesome
@JamesWatts-e6i2 ай бұрын
That's the one mate 👍
@1312Johnny3 ай бұрын
Them recaros are probably worth more than theXR2 now😆
@Ruthlessretros3 ай бұрын
Can't see them been worth 9k ish but again I can't see car been worth 9k ish without them 🤣🤣 factory fit as well out the parts bin for the escort rs turbo. Good set are 500 plus now to be honest
@Graemedixon803 ай бұрын
Great video Adam
@TwinEngineCorsa2 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@dannyconway26122 ай бұрын
GTE / GSI drum rear brakes, 1st and only ever car I brought new Nova GTE H905DTM, brought in 1990 my first year working for Vauxhall motors and nearly 35 years later still working for Vauxhall Motors, well Stellantis 😂 always used to fit the electric sunroof motor from the cavalier to the Novas just used to wire it up to the interior light, those were the days great memories 😂
@danf35763 ай бұрын
Ahh i was gonna buy the nova just over 10 years ago for a grand. Was only a rolling shell and i think it had a boot spoiler.
@306hdipug3 ай бұрын
My friend had a mk2 escort r/s turbo pioneer 👍it was blue and yellow looked awesome wish I knew what happened to that car ✌️I had a orange r5 turbo wish I could find that aswell lol
@FordForTheWin3 ай бұрын
I had a xr2I and loved it so I guess I am biased. The fiesta had the best looks.