Tony Autoweld Plaskett

The outlet comes out of a swirlpot I'm sure and 1 gallon perhaps isn' enough fuel to allow it to self siphon as the level is below the bend I'd imagine, but that' assumption, if it has a pump it' an injection model so deffo has the swirlpot I'd be putting some more juice in it first off

Soooooo no more photos but we do have some progress, on boxing day I said to the better half after 1 or 9 beers "I bet that old cav will run with a battery and a drop of fresh petrol"....when they all stopped laughing I decided (me being the man of the house and all) that it would run with a battery and a drop of fuel if it killed me Lol, so i went and got a gallon of petrol and sat it in the inner wing and just stuck the rubber hose from the suck side of the cam driven petrol pump Into the fuel can, and I stole the battery off her 307 cabriolet and turned the key, I had almost flattened the battery and I'd flooded it and cleaned the plugs twice when it finally coughed and splattered into life, and it was only on half choke and while pumping the throttle like a madman that it would tick over (in fashion), anyway I'd won it had started so I could rest now hahahaha, next day I decided to rip the varajet carb to bits and it was absolutely full of ****, but I persevered and built it back up airbox back on etc and I turned the key and it was running sweet within 1 revolution on the starter, I honesty cannot believe just how sweet it Is, absolutely as crisp as you like no tapping no knocking just absolutely sweet as a little Swiss watch, so that' it we know she runs now the next thing is to inspect the fuel tank and see if we can make it run using it' own tank, then once that's done I will reline all the brakes check the lights and get her in for an MOT....... but i am one happy puppy i cannot believe how well it runs and I now know 100% that this is going to be 1 cavalier that has been saved from the scrap yard in the sky, happy New year guys regards Tony

Nooooooooo wayyyyyyyyyyyy.... neer mind mate as you say we have learned to keep everything now eh, Cheers dude I'm hoping it turns out to be a good one

Hahaha yep still wears the coach line mate

Use the Red with a blue trace from the engine loom into the car to switch the relay and your away

How is it going with the old girl

It's home

I' also not a great fan of the old 1600 big block 8v carb engine, so back In the car and off we went....north west Scotland this time and went to meet Gav and his commander and his absolute wealth of knowledge and mass of parts all mk2 cav stuff, I ended up coming home with engine and body parts and grills and steering wheels and interior parts and a whole host of other stuff, but most importantly I got myself an 20xe conversion with loom ecu and lots of other things

I'm not a fan of the 1.6L poverty spec trim so the first job was to source a nice interior trim, through the Facebook page Dave (with beige the turbo mk2) tagged me in a for sale post and I took a trip from Scotland down to Newcastle for a set of immaculate lxi front seats, I normally wouldn' have bought just fronts but I knew from previous discussion that Gav (with the absolutely mint cavaliet commander) had a set of hatch rears i could buy and try to make fit and a set of doorcards to match the lxi fronts, so away we went for the seats.....what a difference they made, I am going to get a dark carpet set for it and either buy a black dash and all interior plastics or else paint them (properly not woth an aerosol)

And dragged the poor thing all the way home in the snow and wind and rain, and it spent it's first night outside in 18 years as it has been laid up in the garage since 99/2000, it's currently sat on the drive under a quilted cover and waterproof tarpaulin underneath untill I can get it in the new garage when we move, in January ..... hopefully, for the time being it's sat here

I can't manage to start a new thread in the members project section hopefully a moderator or admin can move this post.... Ok so iv allways been an old school Vauxhall fan a huge fan of the nova's and iv had Astra GTE 16v more recently along with vectra mk3 cavalier and many more, if owned mk2 cavaliers before but iv never bought one specifically as a project car and that' exactly what this is, so to start we drove from Scotland down to Liverpool to collect the car

That' great pal your lucky it' been in sea air at hull lol

That's a beauty mate

Hiya Got one sorted already mate i don' mess about lol, it' an 85/86 C reg 1600 L saloon in red, it' advertised on here me and Andy have come to an agreement and it will be coming wayyyyyyyy north very soon Can't wait to get started

Go and see what panels you can source and let me know what you end up with im not massively keen on putting arches into a shell thats sat outside because if you don' get them sealed quick there gonna rot out again bit its upto you i suppose its your car, floorpans is easy sills shouldn' be too bad as ong as you get decent qualty outers that fit iv seen some Chinese ones that you basically end up cutting into patches because they don' fit on any one side let alone all around, let me know what you get and I'll price it, I won' be up for driving from Scotland to weld all day to sleep in a tent and then weld all day again before driving all the way back up up lol but there is B&B available from 30 quid or if my camper conversion is done i may come in it, anyway let me know when your ready and I'll give you a price mate

Inner sills or outer sills and how many and are we talking full replacement sills or patching what's there Inner arches or outer arches all 4 or just rears are we welding plates in and filling or putting outer arches in and smoothing or full rear quarters and smoothing or am i just welding replacement panels in and your smoothing/filling or what ? Are we plating the floorpan or replacing it with a new panel, if replacing it what size is the new panel around ? if we are plating it how many plates of what size Will i be welding in and will I be welding them into the inside just or you want both sides or are we going for exact cut outs welded in and smoothed so they are invisible The rear valance do you have a new one to weld in or are we repairing the one on the car and again if we are plating it how many plates of what size and I'm assuming you will deffo want that cut out exact and welded in and then ground off and polished so it' invisible will you ?? I need this info to be able to work out my time and materials mate if you let me know or better still send me detailed photos I can make an educated guess and give an accurate quote

What's the post code for mileage check and what needs welding

Cheaper way to do it would probably be pay me to come.down there with my equipment and weld it there but my expenses with travelling and accommdation on top of my time welding would add up a bit be cheaper and quicker than trying to learn yourself I suppose

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Bit big to go in your hand luggage haha, send me photos of the effected areas and i will give you a price, if your mad enough to bring it up here I'll weld it up for ya

Shame mate I'm in the Scottish borders I would have welded it up for you

I think the keep or sell question is obvious....SELL......THE MONDEO

Hi The old girl doesn't look you far gone, i would be interested in seeing some more photos of the car and ask some questions, certainly don' want to see it go to scrap can you send me a message on here with your telephone number and we can maybe talk further ? Cheers....... Tony

Hey guys had a quick scope about on the site and all looks good seems to be some really knowledgeable guys on here, I'm a Vauxhall enthusiast and have been forever iv had nova's Astra GTE's a manta GTE a Cavalier sri130 and 2 mk3 cav Sri, a Carleton a senator 24v an omega automatic (hated it) a yellow calibra (moment of madness maybe) and many many more but I'm feeling a little incomplete and my daily driver (Astra H Sri cdti making alot more power than it's supposed to lol) just isn't doing it for me any more, I'm looking for a mk2 cavalier ideally although I'd consider something else old school Vauxhall it doesn't have to be an sr130 I'd consider an lx gl or estate car or pretty much anything to be honest, I'm a motor mechanic of 17 years recently retrained and now work full time as a coded welder so I'm not scared of rot or mechanical issues, I don't have a huge budget but I will consider anything at all and i would rather take on a basket case safe in the knowledge that it is going to be saved than pay a fortune for a car that's already done or mint, if anyone knows of anything please let me know and hopefully we can save another 1 .....cheers guys

I'm a welder where abouts are you mate ?