Communal MK3 Cavalier Thread

[JMotor]

Well it's easier to have it at least road legal either way. 

Speedlines were going to stay. But felt the 17's suited it better. 

Plus being mega paranoid about the centre caps going missing, so I got rid. 

Also a fellow Corsa B owner too! But a Pre-97 shitbox in a fetching Aquamarine blue.  Which I'll mention, hats off to you for keeping yours on the road for so long. I quite like it! 

[Bren]

I think the values of 80s and 90s VX's are climbing now - of all the cars I have owned my mk2 SRi is the one car I would have back.

[Split_Pin]

47 minutes ago, JMotor said:

Well it's easier to have it at least road legal either way. 

Speedlines were going to stay. But felt the 17's suited it better. 

Plus being mega paranoid about the centre caps going missing, so I got rid. 

Also a fellow Corsa B owner too! But a Pre-97 shitbox in a fetching Aquamarine blue.  Which I'll mention, hats off to you for keeping yours on the road for so long. I quite like it! 

The centre caps worry me somewhat. Incredibly easy to steal and very hard to find for what is a desirable wheel. I've seen them go for £100 each now!

[Split_Pin]

49 minutes ago, JMotor said:

 

Also a fellow Corsa B owner too! But a Pre-97 shitbox in a fetching Aquamarine blue.  Which I'll mention, hats off to you for keeping yours on the road for so long. I quite like it! 

Any pics of said Corsa

[Jim Bell]

If we're getting all communal in this thread, some pics of my former and current 1.7 TDs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Split_Pin]

Both of those are lovely colours.

[Jim Bell]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Both of those are lovely colours.

The resale silver one could have come straight out of a corporate fleet of the day. Bland Boggo spec but well maintained and absolutely competent at carring down the roads. Tremendous car that. 

It did another 100k after I passed it on, and is sadly no longer chugging. 

 

I always wanted another one after that car but they're pretty thin on the ground these days so even though I had an eye out, it was some time till I saw another decent one for sale. 

When the blue one popped up, I had to buy it. 

[JMotor]

10 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Any pics of said Corsa

Yeah, no problem. 

[JMotor]

3 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

When the blue one popped up, I had to buy it. 

It a nice car. No wonder you had to buy it. 

As you say, they aren't as common as they used to be now. 

[Lacquer Peel]

Please enjoy my Cavalier TD from the past. 

[Split_Pin]

10 hours ago, JMotor said:

Yeah, no problem. 

Love that colour! I remember that well, where did they all go?

[JMotor]

Think they weren't a common colour to begin with? 

But I love the colour too. Partly why I had to have it too. My very first Corsa B was the same colour too. 

[Split_Pin]

I have found a plaque in the spares stash of my Cav which was issued to all vehicle exhibitors at The Vauxhall Show in Billing Aquadrome in 2010. I had the same one on my Astra Coupe from the same year so I think @Burnside and I were actually there at the same time.  I was with a small Club called Club Vox, long since dissolved.

[JMotor]

Oh you've been to the VBOA then? 

Been twice myself. First time with MK3OC. Second time with Club Vox in 2019. It still lives but as a FB group now. 

[Split_Pin]

8 minutes ago, JMotor said:

Oh you've been to the VBOA then? 

Been twice myself. First time with MK3OC. Second time with Club Vox in 2019. It still lives but as a FB group now. 

Really! I must rejoin!

[JMotor]

If it is the same one run by John with the two Vectra Supertourings? 

 

[Split_Pin]

Cant find it, Club Vox comes up as a Polish  night club.

[JMotor]

Seen that too. 

It's definitely there. That's the banner if that helps? 

[Split_Pin]

12 minutes ago, JMotor said:

If it is the same one run by John with the two Vectra Supertourings? 

 

This one was run by a guy called Mark and his partner Heather.

[Split_Pin]

Found it. Not sure if it's the same one but its West Mids based so it probably is. We were the satellite Scots crew!

[JMotor]

Ahhh! 

Wonder if I mentioned the wrong Club Vox? Sorry fella if it is. 

Edit, it is the same group.

The people that run it have changed. 

[Rusty_Rocket]

Check this sexy momma out-

As Autoshite is all about the BASE, I give you, the Cavalier Envoy.

This one was an Isuzu 1.7td and had the sweetest, quietest engine ever.  Envoy spec meant grey cloth interior, manual windows, clear glass and blanking plugs everywhere.  Absolutely nothing else.  Probably a company car when new, I'd expect its first owner was deeply disappointed!  I, however, loved it!

[Split_Pin]

There is an identical one to that in a garden in Bonnybridge.

[sutty2006]

4 hours ago, JMotor said:

Oh you've been to the VBOA then? 

Been twice myself. First time with MK3OC. Second time with Club Vox in 2019. It still lives but as a FB group now. 

Long term VBOA attendee here too. Think this was the last billing before it moved to market harbour.

[Cheezey]

4 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

There is an identical one to that in a garden in Bonnybridge.

I think I’ve seen that. On road between the golf club and the roundabout. Coming from Falkirk it’s on the left? 

[Split_Pin]

10 minutes ago, Cheezey said:

I think I’ve seen that. On road between the golf club and the roundabout. Coming from Falkirk it’s on the left? 

Yes that's the exact one. Been there for years. Apart from faded paint it looks ok though.

[Cheezey]

It is funny as car people how we have a subconscious database of cars and locations. I’d completely forgotten about that Cavalier until you mentioned it. 
I saw a red modified saloon in Alloa the other week. Not a GSi though. Was solid red.
I’m watching the latest Once driven, forever smitten at the moment. His cavalier failed its MoT test on emissions. 

[Split_Pin]

Just watched that too. Bod sad that it didn't pass and heartened that I'm not alone. He should totally keep that Omega though.

[stuboy]

Few cars ago I had an LS 1.8 ..I modded up a bit and made it into total vauxhall readers wives...

[aldo135]

Liking this thread but I’ve nothing interesting to add! Had a mk2 years ago and a Calibra but sadly no mk3.  So have this photo from round the corner.  I think it’s been sitting as long as I’ve lived here, 8+ years...