Wingz123 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Has anyone made contact with the ‘owner’ of these cars? If not, what are you waiting for? Send me the number and I’ll call him! Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 That Cavalier... Failed Test in 2006 on... Pair of Track Rod EndsCV bootRot near front suspension mountsRot near rear suspension mountsAnti Roll bar D bushesPair of springsPair of brake hosesNot bottom arm bushes debondedBoth calipers pissing fluid outBoth strut mounts holed 3 of the tyres fuckedHandbrake out presumably the adjusters stuck or rear cylinders bollocksed. It’s was fucked then. It won’t have improved like a fine wine. I’d say rag the useful bits off and let the rest go in the baler. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 If they were all listed on eBay from different areas of the country they would be laughed at for the worthless junk they are, if they were even deemed worth crowing about in the first place. Just because the site has some 'legendary' status does not change the fact that they are all still hopeless pieces of shit which ought to be stripped and cubed at the soonest opportunity. There are loads of well preserved examples of each of these cars and when they come up for sale hardly anybody gives a wank. Get over yourselves FFS, its hardly a treasure trove.Well yes but this site isn't Automint is it?Can't be many Cav 1,4s bumbling around nowadays? It sounds utterly fucked but that Cav is strangely appealing. Burnside, Microwave and Banger Kenny 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Well yes but this site isn't Automint is it?Can't be many Cav 1,4s bumbling around nowadays? It sounds utterly fucked but that Cav is strangely appealing.It’s still better than a small scheme of semi detached executive homes at just £149,999. It’s proper DIY that garage with its single leaf block walls, no pillars, clear fibreglass sheets. 23rdian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 It's remarkable it's survived so long while still being obviously abandoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Has anyone made contact with the ‘owner’ of these cars? If not, what are you waiting for? Send me the number and I’ll call him! 01283 222222 I think you'll find that he's more than willing to sell, but his prices were optimistic when the garage closed, never mind twenty years on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Why don't we all put our money together, buy the site, cram 15 tiny houses on it, sell them for £149,995 each and spend all the profit on new windows for the cars? Any surplus funds can be spent on Talbot Rancho's and high 'class' prostitutes. ProgRocker, cms206, michael t and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I think we all ought to remortgage our houses, club in and open it as a really shit used car sales pitch. Selling today’s equivalent of automotive dead dogs like doom blue smoky Mondeo Mk3s, battered Vectras and clapped out Rover 75’s. Brodders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I’m sure a classic car mag bought and ‘restored’ the Skoda not that long ago. The Cavalier looks wretched and will be utterly fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 If by wretched you mean fucking fantastic then I agree. Burnside, mrbenn and Dick Longbridge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 On the face of it that Cavalier doesn’t look too bad but under its veneer it’s fucked. Cue it being on eBay for eleven million pounds soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 If they were all listed on eBay from different areas of the country they would be laughed at for the worthless junk they are, if they were even deemed worth crowing about in the first place. Just because the site has some 'legendary' status does not change the fact that they are all still hopeless pieces of shit which ought to be stripped and cubed at the soonest opportunity. There are loads of well preserved examples of each of these cars and when they come up for sale hardly anybody gives a wank. Get over yourselves FFS, its hardly a treasure trove.Amen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 On the face of it that Cavalier doesn’t look too bad but under its veneer it’s fucked. Cue it being on eBay for eleven million pounds soon. I think it may be saveable but it's deffo not a weekends work. What do we think; welding, springs, TREs (usually seized anyway), CV boot, flexis and calipers, discs and pads while your at it, probably a set of shoes & cylinders (hopefully drums will clean up)? Nothing especially complicated.A lot of work assuming no other surprises (lol) but it is an early BASE SURVIVOR. No doubt it would be SLOW AS F**K though! Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 The rust that was found 13 years ago will be fairly grim now. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 It's been on hard standing in an almost car port. Might not be too bad. Dick Longbridge and Microwave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I think it may be saveable but it's deffo not a weekends work. What do we think; welding, springs, TREs (usually seized anyway), CV boot, flexis and calipers, discs and pads while your at it, probably a set of shoes & cylinders (hopefully drums will clean up)? Nothing especially complicated.A lot of work assuming no other surprises (lol) but it is an early BASE SURVIVOR. No doubt it would be SLOW AS F**K though!I lot of that stuff I could probably procure from work at cost price (usually a few pence as it came as part of a job lot 20 years ago) if it helps with a plan. I saw a pile of MK3 Cav brake pads only yesterday. eddyramrod, Dick Longbridge and greengartside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I’m sure a classic car mag bought and ‘restored’ the Skoda not that long ago. The Cavalier looks wretched and will be utterly fucked.I think you’re right, and did Sam Glover have something to do with it if I remember rightly. I’m sure it was in a recent Craptical Plastics... I have a feeling he went to Europe in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulscavalier Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Looks like someone on twitter (Chris pollitt) may be taking on the Rover. Ian_Fearn, Datsuncog and Lord Sterling 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Looks like someone on twitter (Chris pollitt) may be taking on the Rover.That’s the not2grand bloke that DW met, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 That’s the not2grand bloke that DW met, IIRC.That it is- not£2grand shared a “should I buy it” post on Facebook yesterday. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 not£2grand shared a “should I buy it” post on Facebook yesterday. I think we all know the only correct answer to that question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauldoubleyou Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 What i dont get is that its quite obvious that shouldnt be two grand. Has anyone actually phoned that phone number? I would but i dont like people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 It's the real number. Who knows, there might be better stuff at his top secret, underground, air conditioned location... strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Chris Pollit isn't buying it, unfortunately. I messaged him after I saw his Twitter posts, and he's not in the market after seeing some of the updated photos (trashed screen and both offside windows). I still like the idea of a group buy, but lack facilities and geographical suitability (sunny Cornwall). Someone save the poor old thing, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Any idea what the fucker actually wants for it? Did Chris reveal the magic number ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Chris has negotiated a VERY decent price on it. It's a deal he's negotiated, so if anyone can genuinely take it on with a view to getting it back in one piece, and offer it a future, drop me a PM and I'll give him the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 What’s a VERY decent price though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 What’s a VERY decent price though? Indeed. I'm struggling to see value in the cars left on that site extending anywhere north of what they'd make over the bridge. That's not to disrespect the efforts being made to save these hopeless shitters, though - I fully understand that our position lies a long way from any recognisable form of logic, and long may that continue Banger Kenny, chodweaver, The Old Bloke Next Door and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 The price is way, way less than you'd expect. Do you want to buy it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauldoubleyou Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Will someone post prices and stop this stonecutters secretive buggerance Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Banger Kenny, garbaldy, Nyphur and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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