Procured..... Cavalier 1.8 LS

[cpjitservices]

Thanks for all of the interest and info on this post so far!

More updates to follow.

 

One things for sure is, I look after my motors.  A couple of them have ended up in the fold and they are testament as to how well I do look after them and spend wayyyyy over the odds on them lol.

 

Cav is spot on already, but a new clutch kit, cambelt and a service is definately going ahead just to keep on top of maintenance. And yes, its staying absolutely standard! I want to put in the original brand spark plugs if i can find them., Cant remember the name of them though.

 

Loving the 1.8 engine! Its most certainly the best engine of the range.

[Bren]

4 hours ago, cpjitservices said:

Thanks for all of the interest and info on this post so far!

More updates to follow.

 

One things for sure is, I look after my motors.  A couple of them have ended up in the fold and they are testament as to how well I do look after them and spend wayyyyy over the odds on them lol.

 

Cav is spot on already, but a new clutch kit, cambelt and a service is definately going ahead just to keep on top of maintenance. And yes, its staying absolutely standard! I want to put in the original brand spark plugs if i can find them., Cant remember the name of them though.

 

Loving the 1.8 engine! Its most certainly the best engine of the range.

Ac Delco.

[cpjitservices]

Just now, Bren said:

Ac Delco.

Thats the one!

I kept thinking Adelphi lol

[richbraith]

On 5/9/2022 at 6:19 AM, sutty2006 said:

Cavaliers are great, and I’m beginning to regret selling the ones I’ve had, even the mint N reg expression I had… be worth a fortune now. 
 

looks like a potteries reg number, any of the original dealer stickers or plates still on it? 

When I had it (was mine previously) I did a sad and MOT checked all the surrounding numbers.  There's no hint of a supplying dealer in the history, it was sold as a Network Q car in Manchester in 1996 and stayed in that city until I bought it in 2019, hence it was always "Frank the Manc" to me.  SO M830 - 840YVT were all Cavaliers, registered June 1995, and this is predictably the only one that survives.  I'm thinking a fleet order.

[sutty2006]

7 hours ago, richbraith said:

When I had it (was mine previously) I did a sad and MOT checked all the surrounding numbers.  There's no hint of a supplying dealer in the history, it was sold as a Network Q car in Manchester in 1997 and stayed in that city until I bought it in 2019, hence it was always "Frank the Manc" to me.  SO M830 - 840YVT were all Cavaliers, registered June 1995, and this is predictably the only one that survives.  I'm thinking a fleet order.

Yes a lot were. My nans old expression N469POD was a fleet car for its first 6 months then Nan bought it from empire park Vauxhall in Stoke. I bought N468POD about 8 years ago and it’s history was similar. Sold at 6 months by the same dealer. 

[richbraith]

12 hours ago, cpjitservices said:

Thats the one!

I kept thinking Adelphi lol

Tower for an Hour?

[cpjitservices]

Quote form the garage.

Clutch Kit (LUK)

Coolant flush

Full Service

Tracking/Alignment

£580 - which is not bad at all.

 

Work shall commence (After weve moved house).

[richbraith]

Another interesting aside to this Cav, which I mentioned to Chris when he collected it.

It had a dramatic role before I got it.  It appeared in a programme called 'Crimes That Shook Britain' playing the Cav in which the Real IRA transported and planted the bomb that devastated Omagh in 1998, killing 29 unfortunate souls.   Here's a rather eerie photo of that very car taken about 10 minutes before that awful event.  As you can see the details aren't quite right, but in the scheme of things that's not too important.  They also used a silver facelift mk1 Megane as the 'escort vehicle' that wouldn't have been launched until 1999.  Plates blanked out on both in the film, I only knew it was that car as the previous owner told me they paid them £250 for a day's filming and brought it back full of fuel. 

[cpjitservices]

53 minutes ago, richbraith said:

Another interesting aside to this Cav, which I mentioned to Chris when he collected it.

It had a dramatic role before I got it.  It appeared in a programme called 'Crimes That Shook Britain' playing the Cav in which the Real IRA transported and planted the bomb that devastated Omagh in 1998, killing 29 unfortunate souls.   Here's a rather eerie photo of that very car taken about 10 minutes before that awful event.  As you can see the details aren't quite right, but in the scheme of things that's not too important.  They also used a silver facelift mk1 Megane as the 'escort vehicle' that wouldn't have been launched until 1999.  Plates blanked out on both in the film, I only knew it was that car as the previous owner told me they paid them £250 for a day's filming and brought it back full of fuel. 

Heres the episode.

 

 

Spotted my Cav!

[motorpunk]

That's a beautiful colour. 

I want a 4X4 Turbo... I wonder what they go for these days. 

Keep us posted!

[cpjitservices]

Just now, motorpunk said:

That's a beautiful colour. 

I want a 4X4 Turbo... I wonder what they go for these days. 

Keep us posted!

Thanks!

Rioja Red.

 

How much do Cav Turbos sell for... well..... You may need a lottery win! LOL

[LoftyvRS]

I had an M reg Cavalier 1.7TD Envoy in Rioja for a few years from new in 1994, beautiful colour - IMO much more classy than the more common Satin Red metallic ones. 

Good find OP, hope the car does you well