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Mk2 cav was avl as a 2dr saloon more commonly in lhd.

There was a 2 door Cavalier Mk2 for the UK market, in bottom of the range 1300 Base spec only, and only for the first year. The first UK built Cavalier was one of them. Try finding one now!

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A couple of mine:

 

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And as for a BX Cabriolet, not yet, but if i lay my hands on a donor..

 

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There was a 2 door Cavalier Mk2 for the UK market, in bottom of the range 1300 Base spec only, and only for the first year. The first UK built Cavalier was one of them. Try finding one now!

Didn't know this! Knew there was LHD ones but thought it was only 2 door and convertible RHD. Is it known how any were made or still live?

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Wish I had a picture of it; I'm cabriolet obsessed. My first one...

 

A Renault 5 Cleveland Cabriolet.

 

Allegedly converted by McLaren engineers.

 

MBH 772V IIRC. Had all the structural integrity of a soggy cardboard box full of spare Renault 5 engines.

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I think the problem with GM floppy tops is that they persevered with making them out of their saloon variants to corner the practical side of the ragtop market. 

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Love the look of the yellow DS above and in fact I used to have a red Visa cabriolet as my daily driver many years ago. I'll never heard of another one and have not seen one to this day, but it was a fun practical car for the time.

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Cav cabrio was converted by Hammond and Theide- was a decent factory approved conversion and some models looked really good- worked on a few as an apprentice- also 2 doors were fairly common, only base spec sold here and many were on Motability and automatic. Teracotta and China blue seemed to be the only choice of colour, but guy in my street had a yellow one as a company car. Always wanted to build an SRi variant, but they all disappeared!

 

 

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There is two of them corsa b ragtops in newthorpe near Eastwood. Owned by sane person I believe

 

That's not likely!

 

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Fuck off Citroen, really?

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Ye gods, didn't realise there were TWO of these things......I bet that door is fully closed, too.

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Love the look of the yellow DS above and in fact I used to have a red Visa cabriolet as my daily driver many years ago. I'll never heard of another one and have not seen one to this day, but it was a fun practical car for the time.

 

I had a silver Visa decap, B911 DGP. Was fun.

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Isn't it amazing how tastes can differ?

 

I think they look lovely, but Chapron's craftmanship* is enough for them to gain a place in the AS hall of fame* !

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Those 4dr visa softtops must have the rigidity of a wet weetabix!

 

Not so I had one of these for 8 years and it was great fun! It retained a lot of upper roof structure and was actually extremely rigid. I wish I'd never sold it. It eventually ended up in the hands of a cockwomble who turned it in to a banger rally special and hasn't been seen or heard of since.......

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