Shitting in the shallow end. *Shart Car*

[GeorgeB]

23 hours ago, Lacquer Peel said:

Enjoyable new arrival. I have always admired the Panda 4x4. 

Did you know they are the only car as far as I know with a driven torsion beam rear axle? 

Beetle?

[GeorgeB]

On 2/4/2021 at 6:04 PM, Jim Bell said:

The cracked tyres, shit and don't hold air. 

And one has a hitchhiker poked in it. 

 

Just screw it in a bit.

[Jim Bell]

The TD Cavalier has been on holiday in the countryside with @Jimbob McGregor where it has been treated to some improvements. 

 

 

[Jim Bell]

The old bird has  been treated to:

Some welding to the bottom of the front arches,

Near rear wheel cylinders,

New master cylinder. 

Handbrake cables. 

Clean up, free up and lube of brakes all round. 

New front shocks. 

New front top mounts. 

A new rear spring. 

A CV boot. 

An engine mount. 

A new front section of exhaust. 

And he hit the horns with a hammer till one of them started to work. 

 

 

[Jim Bell]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jim Bell]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JMotor]

Such a familiar sight those rust spots. 

It's actually a shock when you get a car and it's completely solid there and not welded up. Yet. 

[Jim Bell]

In for the cylinder. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brakes far more brakey now. 

[Jim Bell]

Brakes were bled by @Jimbob McGregor and his able helper. 

 

 

[Jim Bell]

Beep beep fixed. 

[Jim Bell]

It's such a decent old car. After a shakedown, I went out to the country to pick it up. 

Engine is fantastic. Has to be my favourite engine in the world. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jim Bell]

Far anyone keeping track (mainly for me keeping track)

What's been done since purchase:

New Toyo T1rs all round. 

Fixed intermittent wiper function. 

Fixed windows electric windows. 

Fixed horn. 

New front shocks. 

New Bosch wipers (lol)

New rear spring,

Welding on front arch bottoms,

New rear cylinders, 

New master cylinder, 

CV boot,

Front section of exhaust, 

New front top mounts. 

One engine mount. 

Handbrake cables. 

Clean up, free up and lube of brakes all round. 

Erm. 

Think that's everything so far. 

[Split_Pin]

That is one fine looking Cavalier, slab wheels suit it well. Its had a whole lot of love from you too. Bonus for being a diesel.

Hope to get mine back soon.

[Jim Bell]

1 minute ago, Split_Pin said:

That is one fine looking Cavalier, slab wheels suit it well. Its had a whole lot of love from you too. Bonus for being a diesel.

Hope to get mine back soon.

Fingers crossed for you man. I hope you can get it squared up. It looks like such a well cared for car over the years.  

[Matty]

Had 2 and loved both. Often wondered who needs anything more as an everyday car 

[Jim Bell]

As an aside, it's still got a quarter of the tank it set off to collect @Split_Pins Cavalier from Mcoli loaded with (see earlier in Fred). I think that's more to do with the lack of use during lockdown but I'm confident it's getting mpg in the forties. The 1.7td lump hurries it along well enough and it cruises at 79.9 mph beautifully. It'll never beat modern diesels on speed or economy, but it's chock full of character and charm.  

[loserone]

I just played the video to see if you'd left the blasphemy in, and couldn't hear it anything.  Sorry about the ears, @Jimbob McGregor.

 

Came downstairs to find Mrs L1 coming back inside looking confused and agitated.

 

 

 

 

 

I'd had the sound coming out of the hifi over Bluetooth, and she thought some twat was blaring their horn outside 🤣

 

Cav feels grand, I enjoyed a little run out the other night and was surprised to be up to 80 before remembering that I was driving it to test the brakes.

[loserone]

Oh, if you'd turned left where you took the pictures you'd end up down this road.

[SiC]

1 minute ago, loserone said:

Oh, if you'd turned left where you took the pictures you'd end up down this road.

Down here we don't call surfaces like that as roads. 🤣

[loserone]

11 minutes ago, SiC said:

Down here we don't call surfaces like that as roads. 🤣

Southern softies 😹

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 hour ago, Jim Bell said:

Far anyone keeping track (mainly for me keeping track)

What's been done since purchase:

New Toyo T1rs all round. 

Fixed intermittent wiper function. 

Fixed windows electric windows. 

Fixed horn. 

New front shocks. 

New Bosch wipers (lol)

New rear spring,

Welding on front arch bottoms,

New rear cylinders, 

New master cylinder, 

CV boot,

Front section of exhaust, 

New front top mounts. 

One engine mount. 

Erm. 

Think that's everything so far. 

That's a keeper fella. 

[Jim Bell]

11 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

That's a keeper fella. 

If I had a quid for every time I said I was keeping a car, I think I'd have about £73.

I don't think there is such a thing as a keeper for me. Not really. 

The most exciting car is always the next car.  

[loserone]

2 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

The most exciting car is always the next car.  

Jesus, imagine if you'd won that Musso

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 minute ago, Jim Bell said:

If I had a quid for every time I said I was keeping a car, I think I'd have about £73.

I don't think there is such a thing as a keeper for me. Not really. 

The most exciting car is always the next car.  

I always assumed you'd keep the SLK as you fitted your private plate to it, but clearly that didn't stop you moving onwards and upwards!

The shopping list to keep the Cav sweet looks like a reasonable commitment - the td lump in this shell certainly seems like a decent one to run for a while. Keep it! 😆

[Jim Bell]

1 minute ago, Dick Longbridge said:

I always assumed you'd keep the SLK as you fitted your private plate to it, but clearly that didn't stop you moving onwards and upwards!

The shopping list to keep the Cav sweet looks like a reasonable commitment - the td lump in this shell certainly seems like a decent one to run for a while. Keep it! 😆

Yeah. I wish I had kept that one, but I say that a lot. 

I'm definitely going to keep it till someone offers to buy it!

[Split_Pin]

Just noticed that yours has a filler section on the bootlid with extra lamps. Must be because yours is a GLS and mine is simply an LS. I had thought all late Cavaliers had this until I got mine.

[Jim Bell]

16 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Just noticed that yours has a filler section on the bootlid with extra lamps. Must be because yours is a GLS and mine is simply an LS. I had thought all late Cavaliers had this until I got mine.

Yeah, I noticed that when they were back to back. Must be a spec thing as you say. I think I prefer them with the panel. More plastic tacked on to cars from the 1990s the better, right?

[Split_Pin]

Yeah it looks better with it I think. I'd like one of those moulded boot lid spoilers some had, I think its was an SRI item.

[Floatylight]

2 hours ago, Jim Bell said:

As an aside, it's still got a quarter of the tank it set off to collect @Split_Pins Cavalier from Mcoli loaded with (see earlier in Fred). I think that's more to do with the lack of use during lockdown but I'm confident it's getting mpg in the forties. The 1.7td lump hurries it along well enough and it cruises at 79.9 mph beautifully. It'll never beat modern diesels on speed or economy, but it's chock full of character and charm.  

The one car of mine i regret getting shot of a '91 GLS TD in burgundy, part x'd for a '98 red I Passat in 2001 which was nowt but trouble..

[Matty]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Just noticed that yours has a filler section on the bootlid with extra lamps. Must be because yours is a GLS and mine is simply an LS. I had thought all late Cavaliers had this until I got mine.

I had two Ls cavs. First was on an m plate and had the extra lamps inboard on the tailgate. Second was on an L plate and didn't have them. Was it a face-lift thing? My second was the spit of yours. Written off outside our house when a lad ran in the back of it at high speed and pushed it down the row, writing 4 cars off in the process. It was only about 3 feet long after that