I'm new here on Euro-Nova and wanna say hi to all. My name is Mario and I'm from Germany (I seem to be the first German here or is there another?) and live near Stuttgart.
I was looking around for a while now for Novas to sale, but more like dreaming, "what if"-style of looking. About 3 weeks ago I spotted a new Nova offer from an oldtimer dealer. As I looked up how far it was away, I nearly fell off my chair. It was a 10 min ride from where I live and directly across the street of my brother's appartment. So I grabbed the phone, made a date for the next day to have a closer look.
It was built up on 1969 beetle chassis not sure though if it's a mk1 or mk2 Nova or one of their derivates. Everything seemed to work, canopy, engine, gauges, etc. I spotted no rust, windshield without cracks and so on. It needed some new paint maybe and some minor repairs on the body but all in all a good car and the price was 9900,-€ (approx 9000,-£), so quite affordable. Problem was, all the papers were gone and last time it was registered in the Netherlands. And there was a golf mk2 engine installed instead of the aircooled flat 4.
So during the next 2 weeks I was talking to my wife (support), to my bank (money) and to all my friends and neighbours (to find a garage, where I could store the Nova). And I was googling how to get new papers. After I answered nearly all questions I called the dealer again this Monday to make a new date for testdriving and price negotiation. But he told me, that it was sold on Saturday...
Now that I actually sat in a Nova, admired the canopy mechanism, touched the sexy curves, I really want my own Nova now even more...
So my Nova story just got started. Or not yet? Well, we'll see. There's another Nova for sale in Germany. A red one with a ford V6 (2.0l, 90 HP) and it's a 3 hours ride away. But with all papers, even cheaper (9500€ ~ 8650£) and already confirmed as a historical car (less tax and insurance). So, my dreaming could end soon...
Cheers Mario
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Originally Posted by Supermario
