Zelandeth Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 1 hour ago, DodgyBastard said: Yes, he said you used to live in the same area as he does. It's a small world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 1 hour ago, DodgyBastard said: You will never sell that rover with that video as you've forgotten the wheelspin shot. Christine and The Moog 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 27 minutes ago, garbaldy said: You will never sell that rover with that video as you've forgotten the wheelspin shot. The tyres are pretty old so perhaps we'll do a burnout... Christine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Bloody love these R8s. Great cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Rather like that. Looks in quite good nick tooSent from my TA-1012 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Hard to say regarding the value but those twin cam D-series Honda engines seem to have a following. Not your average R8 for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 20 hours ago, DodgyBastard said: RJC_4935 by srblythe, on Flickr What spec/year is the red Chevette? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 The 216 GTi looks really clean. Surely it's worth fair money in that sort of condition? I'm struggling to comprehend that it's almost thirty years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 rainagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 On 4/21/2020 at 10:02 AM, Austat said: What spec/year is the red Chevette? it's an 81 GL 4 door saloon so comes with the door strips, a nice red and black tartan interior and the black rear panel. Shite Ron, adw1977 and Austat 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Like this then, but different colour scheme. (June 1981 brochure) DodgyBastard and Austat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 loserone, Shite Ron and rainagain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerfox Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Secrets out now, its the Invisible Man who does all your repairs ! Shite Ron and DodgyBastard 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 I'm quite pleased with how this video turned out. Feedback welcome. worldofceri, rainagain, Kiltox and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainagain Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 I really liked it, especially the stop motion bits. Did you get the paint from the place in Thornton Richard recommended? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 1 minute ago, rainagain said: I really liked it, especially the stop motion bits. Did you get the paint from the place in Thornton Richard recommended? Thanks, yeah I got the paint from Autopaint in Thornton. I had them mix up a couple of spray cans because we couldn't be bothered trying to faff about with the compressor and gun. rainagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 Rover off to its new home ... IMG_0399 by srblythe, on Flickr I bought a new camera to help with the videos and tried some stop motion stuff while replacing the wings on the 305 estate. IMG_0402 by srblythe, on Flickr IMG_0460 by srblythe, on Flickr IMG_0476 by srblythe, on Flickr Upon removing the passenger wing I discovered some rust so cracked the welded out to make a repair. IMG_0480 by srblythe, on Flickr IMG_0502 by srblythe, on Flickr IMG_0595 by srblythe, on Flickr More progress being made on the Chevette RJC_5292 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_5293 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_5294 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_5296 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_5297 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_5298 by srblythe, on Flickr somewhatfoolish, Shite Ron, Arthur Foxhake and 12 others 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 paulplom, Shite Ron and mercedade 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 On 4/1/2020 at 12:14 PM, BeEP said: Liking the Chevette love. My first two cars were Shove-its, red W reg hatch followed by yellow X reg saloon. The former died when a tree rudely jumped out in front of it. The second was bought in haste (see: tree incident), and had a noisy diff from the start. One day when pulling away from a crossroads there was a bang and the diff wasn't noisy any more. But neither was it transmitting propshaft rotation into half-shaft rotation. I was quite unpopular as I pushed it sadly off the busy junction. Next car was a Mk1 Fiesta 950 base, which I have to admit was quite a revelation after the Chevettes. yes 9farty festers were quite unrefined compared to an chevette weren't they? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 rainagain, gm, adw1977 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 I've stuck my gold Automatic Chevette up for sale and been offered this as a swap. A 2.5 v6 Nova with engine from a Vectra. I'm seriously thinking about it. danthecapriman, Split_Pin, blakey79 and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 It'll make for a good wheelspin video at the very least! sporty-shite, DodgyBastard, Christine and 2 others 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 9 minutes ago, DodgyBastard said: I've stuck my gold Automatic Chevette up for sale and been offered this as a swap. A 2.5 v6 Nova with engine from a Vectra. I'm seriously thinking about it. Fuckin yes, go for it ? BlankFrank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Brilliant. Aged 17 I dreamt of re engined novas. Usually a 2.0 from a cavalier though. That must fly. Plus it’s looks a sleeper. I would. BlankFrank and Tenmil Socket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Has the car been modified sir? No don't think so, says 1.1 on the logbook...? stonedagain and anonymous user 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schonker Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 You must go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 That would be a yep from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave j Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 That sounds interesting! Got to be worth a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Christine said: Has the car been modified sir? No don't think so, says 1.1 on the logbook...? And the bonnet latch is broken Christine and BlankFrank 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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