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[cort16]

The smarts just gone (5 minutes ago) and I now have a fair wedge of dosh in my pocket hence the interest in the Cavalier. Chances of me having bought something daft by the weekend even though I've no where to put it   is curently 187%

 

Are you selling that low miler 7 series mk5?

[retrogeezer]

I had an white R reg Cav Coupe in 1988/89 - one owner from new and I paid £500 for it. It was an auto and I sold it later as it was expensive to run....doh! They are a lovely looking car for sure..

 

Here's a pic of my old one:

 

[ShiteRider]

The smarts just gone (5 minutes ago) and I now have a fair wedge of dosh in my pocket hence the interest in the Cavalier. Chances of me having bought something daft by the weekend even though I've no where to put it   is curently 187% Are you selling that low miler 7 series mk5?

I will be, it's getting sprayed the week after next. I need to get it mint to make sure she doesn't get engine raped.

[cort16]

I had an white R reg Cav Coupe in 1988/89 - one owner from new and I paid £500 for it. It was an auto and I sold it later as it was expensive to run....doh! They are a lovely looking car for sure..

 

 

 

Tell me it had a red velour interior.

[vulgalour]

Well now I'm bidding on it I might as well remove the mystery.

 

It needs some welding but doesn't look to be as much of a challenge as the BX and the numbers all add up for it to be a sensible runaround type hack.  It's not a rustbucket, it's a rustbouquet.  I can see myself being very happy with it, I can also see myself getting outbid so I'm not holding my breath.  I'd almost negotiated a BIN, but then someone bid on the auction and the vendor, understandably, wants the auction to run its course.

[dollywobbler]

Good luck. That's top shite right there.

[Bucketeer]

 

 It's not a rustbucket, it's a rustbouquet

 

Fingers, toes, legs and eyes crossed for you. That is a fragrant looking rose.

[retrogeezer]

Tell me it had a red velour interior.

 

Yeh, it did - you can see the top of the dash in the 2nd pic. It was a great car...those steel rostyle wheels are cool as well.

[Angrydicky]

 

 

It needs some welding but doesn't look to be as much of a challenge as the BX and the numbers all add up for it to be a sensible runaround type hack.  It's not a rustbucket, it's a rustbouquet.  I can see myself being very happy with it, I can also see myself getting outbid so I'm not holding my breath.  I'd almost negotiated a BIN, but then someone bid on the auction and the vendor, understandably, wants the auction to run its course.

Hey, I like that! Targa Red, and a local reg to me as well, I'd be interested to know who the supplying dealer was. Honda engine so pretty bulletproof, but they have a cambelt which will need to be changed if you don't know when it was last done. Oh and they rot terribly, be warned it could be worse than the BX underneath.

[hairnet]

Aye they've had it since August or September I think. I recon 1500 would get it.

Spending money on the SD1 isn't the same as buying a new car as I could actually drive it even though the Cav would no doubt conk out immediately.

 

What ever the story with the SD1 I need to spend time and money on it to get it running again (i'm waiting for bit from America). I did get a quote for £2500 to source and fit an e34 525i engin and manual box. Maybe I should just skin myself and do this. Not autoshite but OMGZ DRIFTWEPON!

whu????

 

buy an e39 for under a grand and do that and youd get 200 back weighing it in

 

2.5k - hotel stay and meals out for you while they do the job for you or what?? blimey

[cort16]

I just like the idea of a more powerful motor in the SD1 and although the v8 sounds good they're not that powerful and shite on fuel. I'd not actually drift it /I wiz joking.

If you work out the  donor car, custom prop, exhaust, pedal box,  fitting it, wiring it and making sure all the gauges and stuff work £2500 soon gets eaten up.

I dunno if I can bring myself to spend that much on it though.

[phil_lihp]

Well now I'm bidding on it I might as well remove the mystery.

 

 

Ah, I like those 200's, my parents had one in the early nineties, superb car and theirs was quite plush as a 216SE, very good engine but not terribly reliable, the 1.3 is supposed to be a lot better. 

 

It got traded in for their first ever brand new car (a Champagne Silver Rover 111i) in 1995 because it was, at 9 years old, rotten as a pear.  From memory aside from the usual floors, inner wings, sills and suspension mounts, you'll want to check around the boot seal and front door pillars, ours had gaping holes in both places by times it was chopped in.  Still loved it though and they missed it afterwards.  They're a rare sight now, especially that early, I say go for it!

[Hendry]

I went to look at this, this afternoon.

 

It's a cavalier coupe (not sports hatch). It's pretty rare thing as most of these came out as Opels.

It's done 73k and has been owned by the same chap (sadly deceased) since 1978.

Over all it's reasonably smart. It's had a not that great blow over at some point and can see some runs that someone's tried to polish out it, paint on rubbers

etc but it's 37 years old. It's a 1.9 manual and has probably done no more than a couple of hundred miles in the last 5 years so will need some fettling as the guy in the garage says it floods and is generally grumpy when cold.. Anyway they want 2 grand for it which I think is strong much as there's no history, old mot's or anything like that and it's far from mint. It is bloody nice though and my SD1 is currently KO'd. Tempting.

Is this the 1 which has the original JW Scott dealer sticker in the rear screen?

 

Pretty sure they were looking for closer to £3K for it a while ago, remember it being up for £2795 in their ad in a local Ayrshire rag.

[phil_lihp]

I just like the idea of a more powerful motor in the SD1 and although the v8 sounds good they're not that powerful and shite on fuel. I'd not actually drift it /I wiz joking.

If you work out the  donor car, custom prop, exhaust, pedal box,  fitting it, wiring it and making sure all the gauges and stuff work £2500 soon gets eaten up.

I dunno if I can bring myself to spend that much on it though.

 

Find a 2.4 diesel lump and create yourself a 2400    economy and rarity in one slow, noisy package!  Only one I've ever seen was in a scrapyard, strangely I'd rather like one given the totally inappropriate combination of Daytona-esque styling and an agricultural oil-burner.

[Lacquer Peel]

The later 2.5 version of that VM lump is quite powerful. An SD1 so fitted would be SUPERB.

[cort16]

Henry, that's the one. It's came down in price quite a bit but I think the price is still a bit optimistic given there's no history with it and theres not much scene tax on these.

[cort16]

What's the 2.5 VM in?

[Hendry]

Henry, that's the one. It's came down in price quite a bit but I think the price is still a bit optimistic given there's no history with it and theres not much scene tax on these.

It is kinda retro cool but would rather have a Manta personally

[Lacquer Peel]

What's the 2.5 VM in?

 

Range Rover, Jeep Cherokee, Ford Scorpio, Chrysler Voyager, Rover 825D, etc.

[dollywobbler]

What's the 2.5 VM in?

 

Range Rover, Alfa Romeo 164, Ford Granada, Ford Scorpio, boats, Jeep Cherokee (and Grand) and lots of others I've forgotten. IIRC, they all vary enough to  not be very compatible with each other though, and some weren't sold here.

 

EDIT - beaten to it and I forgot the Rover 825!

[vulgalour]

On the Rover, it's had welding done three years ago and last year for its MoT, mechanically bulletproof according to the current owners who still use it regularly but has usually gone through its MoTs without too much bother.  From the sounds of things, they're parting with it because a) the garage is too small for it and they're expecting it to need more welding which they don't want to pay for because of its age.  PIctures sent through do highlight some holes, but there's nothing unexpected.  If it were closer to me I'd have a proper poke about and a test drive, but where's the fun in that?  We shall see what happens, it's very nearly at the limit of what I'm willing to pay as it stands as it's pretty much achieved scrap value now.

 

There is another Rover 213 that I see tootling about locally, it's very brown and driven by an older gentleman who has probably had it since new though it is covered in rust repairs and bad paint matches now, as you'd expect.

[Wilko220]

 

It's not a rustbucket, it's a rustbouquet. .

I hope you're going to get some skis for the roof...

[barefoot]

In other dull news, I suspected the t2 of having a binding rear brake, but when I removed the wheel cover thing, a wheel weight fell out.

That was an easy fix then.

[Shep Shepherd]

The Volvo passed its MOT test today, with only a few minor advisories (mainly the same ones which have been advised on since 2004...), although the parking brake only just passed muster. I presume that something needs adjustment in the shoe department. I guess that I'll find out when I have the time/inclination to have a look

[Pete-M]

Just bought a BMW 318ti Compact thing. E36 jobbie, S reg. 1.9 litre 140 bhp job.

 

Not seen many of these with full leather. Which is why I bought it.

 

Now to decide what to do with it. Any love for these in here? I doubt it, but it's worth asking. 

[dollywobbler]

A shite BMW? I always thought they looked pretty shite - like a bobtailed Range Rover.

 

EDIT - in other news, nipping out to the shop for a bottle of milk is so enjoyable when the shop is 4 miles away, you live in beautiful rural Wales and you've got 188bhp under your right foot. I really shouldn't sell the Merc.

[Sigmund Fraud]

On the Rover, it's had welding done three years ago and last year for its MoT, mechanically bulletproof according to the current owners who still use it regularly but has usually gone through its MoTs without too much bother.  From the sounds of things, they're parting with it because a) the garage is too small for it and they're expecting it to need more welding which they don't want to pay for because of its age.  PIctures sent through do highlight some holes, but there's nothing unexpected.  If it were closer to me I'd have a proper poke about and a test drive, but where's the fun in that?  We shall see what happens, it's very nearly at the limit of what I'm willing to pay as it stands as it's pretty much achieved scrap value now.

 

There is another Rover 213 that I see tootling about locally, it's very brown and driven by an older gentleman who has probably had it since new though it is covered in rust repairs and bad paint matches now, as you'd expect.

 

I ran a JRG Honda-engined SD3 as a daily a couple of years back. It was lovely to drive, comfy, economical and super-reliable despite me driving it like I had stolen it most of the time.

 

However, it rusted faster and in more places than anything else I have owned, with the possible exception of my old Alfetta. After a year of daily use, and despite reasonable care on my part, it needed such extensive welding that I gave up and sold it to a chap with more time/money/patience than myself.

 

So it may be better to view the 213 before making any commitments, unless you are a master welder with masochistic tendencies and a platinum 'Hadrian panels' loyalty card.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I reckon those things are THE rustiest car of the 80's and as you say are competitive with anything that Italy could knock out.

[dollywobbler]

These days, I'm always wary of the phrase "has had welding done." That isn't necessarily a good thing if it's just patches over the rot. Then the patches rot and sorting out the mess can be an utter nightmare. "Expecting it to need more welding" could well be previous repairs starting to rot.

[vulgalour]

The BX is leaving tomorrow.  I finally made a decision and decided to trade it for some cash after I found creeping rot to an extent I couldn't resolve.  This is not unexpected, I knew the car was borderline when I bought it and I knew this was a very real possibility.  But it's been fun while I've had it and I've got my money's worth out of it.  When I add up the jobs it's done, the money it hasn't cost me and the money I've got back from things like cashing the remaining road tax in that was on it I've actually about broken even as well as had the chance to own a BX allbeit for a brief period of time.  So all things considered, I'm happy with the time I spent with the BX.

 

In other welding news, I managed to do my first solo welding repair and my first welding repair with a stick welder.  I now have a fully functional drivers door window in the Princess for the first time since I bought the car.  I found three teeth had been stripped from the regulator which needed rebuilding and then filing down to the proper profile.  Dead chuffed with myself on that one.

 

The 213 is likely not going to be mine.  It's already at £130ish which is nearly too much for it knowing what I know about the good and bad points about the bodywork.  It's more likely that I'll end up with something else in better nick for slightly more cash like, say, the Granny Cobblers Fiesta which I'm still interested in.  I wouldn't have taken a chance on the 213 had it not popped up when it did, but they're not a car you get the chance to own that often.  We shall see what happens.