Event PF2 Wednesday, J-Type Thursday. 24 hrs in the life of CAR WANKER!

[Cavcraft]

Wednesday night:

Buy jolly snazzy 307. Very tidy 1.6 pezoleum manual, working aircon etc




But meh, etc.

Got home, fired up my spare social media account and logged onto a page I'm banned from. What's that, an interesting car for sale with no price or any really worthwhile details. But sometimes you only need three things: What car it is, any MOT and a price. Got it all except price, frantic messaging and having to go to bed with no reply. Early up this morning, message has been read, reply sent. Could have been one of two things due to the year of car, bonus is it being the right one of two. More messaging, went to view tonight, spent 30 odd minutes getting it in and out of garage and jump starting, then it fired into life when working leads were attached. Good chat to the vendor, what a nice bloke. It was his dad's who sadly passed away recently. Anyhow, chatted money and I wasn't going to say no, they'd had one offer and a queue of people trying to view it.


TL:DR later, here's the money shots. ..






Collection next few days, it's a 1.8GLi manual. Wheel arches as you'd expect.

[Rocket88]

Tres bona.................................

[chaseracer]

Noice.

 

WPP?  Is that ex-Vauxhall press fleet?

[Bren]

I hope it has rear chassis legs. These are fab - mechanically they are very tough.

[RobT]

Frickin' YES, nice one.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

oooofffff, 1.8 injection..... ace

[New POD]

115 BHP ? Very good. Will it have 13 inch alloys? You need these Lxi Wheels

 

If 13 I can do a deal on these babies : http://autoshite.com/topic/26218-for-sale-push-bikes-alloys-tyres/

 

They are currently at £40 on ebay, but say the word and I'll end the auction right now.

 

[Lacquer Peel]

Nice 307.

[DVee8]

Billy you is a Vauxhall magnet.

 

Class.

[beko1987]

Amazing. Lend it to 4wheeledstool for a year...

[Cavcraft]

This will be the same engine in my old Mk2 1.8SRi, won't it? I hope so, they're a right laugh. It's got nasty pound shop wheel trims at the moment, and 'some tools and things you are welcome to' in the boot. He was made up I'd turned up when I said and spent a bit of time getting it running and whatnot, but pretty sure I enjoyed myself the most. Gen like, I don't think there can be many better ways to pass the time than arsing round getting old shitters going again.

 

There's a reasonable amount of surface rust underneath, nothing that looks too scary though and I think the chassis legs are intact, certainly behind the rear beam they didn't look really bad, or owt. The battery's probably toast, but I'll rob the one off the Punto, as that's getting weighed off by the looks of things. I reckon the wheels will be 14s being the 1.8, can't remember if 185/65/14s were out by then as they were pretty much 'the' tyre on cars of this size then.

I'll get a 80's/90's/00's/10sies shot with this, the Calibra, Tigra and Viva at some point. The Calibra will 100% have to go now though possibly a raffle if enough interest, as I've got too many 'keepers' now when I'm supposed to be offloading a few really.

[RoadworkUK]

That's a keeper, foreshore.

 

Best trim level, too. CDi was always a bit "I've got an illuminated vanity mirror and you haven't".

 

Those LXi alloys are a must - I expect original GL alloys are more or less extinct now.

[dollywobbler]

YUM.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

I love a mk2 Cavvy. Rear quarter patina looks like it has a story to tell as well.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

That is fan fapping tastic. Used to chum around with a chap who ran a faded yellow one with a redtop under the bonnet. Surprised a fair few

 

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[hairnet]

much fap many jelus

 

i no wher u live can i cum and lick windas

[New POD]

That's a keeper, foreshore.

 

Best trim level, too. CDi was always a bit "I've got an illuminated vanity mirror and you haven't".

 

Those LXi alloys are a must - I expect original GL alloys are more or less extinct now.

 

I've had 1.6GL, 1.8Cdi Auto, 1.8SRi and CalibrE, in the past and can confirm that a mk3 gsi front brake will fit under a 14 inch alloy, and that a Gsi drivers seat adjustment mechanism will fit under a CDi passenger seat, for that extra "I've got height adjustment and you haven't"

 

This will be the same engine in my old Mk2 1.8SRi, won't it?

 

The Calibra will 100% have to go now though possibly a raffle if enough interest, as I've got too many 'keepers' now when I'm supposed to be offloading a few really.

 

 Engine in the Early 1.8's was a 1.8e as per Astra GTE mk1, and later one's were 1.8SE's which are almost as good, and almost the same. Good knows what the differences are. 1.8e revs freelyer perhaps?

 

I'm sure I'll buy a ticket, for CalibrA although it meets not one of my needs.

[Tickman]

I had one of these about 20 years ago, found on autotrader and test drove it and just said yes.

Mum and Dad had it after I was done, was ace fun!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

All mk2 Cavalier GLs came with steels as standard even the 1.8i.

I think they were all 13" too, in fact GLS and CDi alloys were 13" as far as I remember . SRis, and LXis had 14" alloys and those funky Manta steels that Commanders and Old Bill spec cars got were 14".

An E reg GLi would have had 185/70 13's with graphite smooth trims

Like this, although this ones a 1.6 with 165/80s

[Skizzer]

Class! GL spec means I'm looking forward to pics of silky velour seats.

[RoadworkUK]

All mk2 Cavalier GLs came with steels as standard even the 1.8i.

I think they were all 13" too, in fact GLS and CDi alloys were 13" as far as I remember . SRis, and LXis had 14" alloys and those funky Manta steels that Commanders and Old Bill spec cars got were 14".

An E reg GLi would have had 185/70 13's with graphite smooth trimsimage.jpeg

Like this, although this ones a 1.6 with 165/80s

Yep, it was the GLS alloys I was thinking of, which were shared by the Belmont. Though there was another earlier design with five-sided holes, a bit like early Mk4 Orion Ghia wheels.

 

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[trigger]

Yeah man! Thats you all over Billy, really pleased for you mate!

[UltraWomble]

You'll be wanting to free up some readies to fund getting this mintola - so is the bike for sayle then?

[wuvvum]

Dafuq is going on this week?  First Trump wins the election, then Billy buys a car I'm jealous of.  Strange times, I tell ye.

[vulgalour]

It's okay, you've not seen it in daylight yet.  Chances are, neither has Billy.  You'll be less jealous with the new pictures, I'm sure.  We'd all be disappointed if it was actually NICE.

[oldcars]

Nice, really like the look of these. Well bought.

[Spottedlaurel]

One from the days when injection in a ‘normal’ car was really quite something – definite one-upmanship in the company car park there (remember the chap going on about it in From A to B Tales of Modern Motoring?).

 

In 1990 I was changing cars and remember being disappointed when someone told me about a GLi which was available just after I’d agreed to get something else.

[sporty-shite]

Nice 307.

No such thing.

[Felly Magic]

Billy will be fapping himself blind with that. Deffo needs daylight pics

[320touring]

#winnar!

 

Nice yin billy;)