neilsri130

Interesting, i built a Dolomite Sprint (apart from spraying) from a new B/L shell in the late 1980,s and the shell came with all wings, doors, bonnet and boot fitted. I have a couple of new ( not for sale ) Saloon rear doors that my father in law saved at the last minute from a new shell that had been cut up for scrap and he told me it came to the customer complete with all panels, doors etc fitted. Have you removed the doors etc or did it come without these panels?

Beautiful car.

So can i,he lives about 2 miles from me and i can confirm its a goodun having seen it many times.

Will not be there on Sunday now, 84 yr old mother is being treated for Ovarian C which was diagnosed about 6 - 7 wks ago, Had another does of Chemo last wk but hot weather not suiting her so staying with her to monitor her temperature at the moment as she is a little weak. Would have enjoyed Sunday but family must come first.

I hope to visit on sunday, 130 is in bodyshop having new front wing on after neighbour of mums bashed it so may be in Dolly Sprint or Corsa. Dont think the club will want any one of them on the stand ;D

Thanks lads, i am hoping to have some good news tomorrow, i am off to sunny Anglesey to see about a contract there, only about 80 mins away. But if this fails i will have to take the car off the road, times is tough in my line of work and i have no chance of recovering full monies from companies that have not paid me ( no names for legal reasons at the mo ). I would not say my SEH is the ultimate, but idea was to build a standard looking engine with internal mods only ie no Throttle Bodies, Turbo etc, complete with standard exhaust and manifolds.

Mine has done that but works most of the time, i will get an auto electrician to replace the box when i find my spare. I cannot be bothered with what looks like a lot of hastle.

I go mainly to general auto jumbles, rare parts can still be found there cheap if you look, some of the reason being the guys do not always know what car the parts are for.

This guy is a Pi** Taker, must be £2000 over priced but i may be wrong we all have our own views on price.

Jonny, just an after thought but it would be interesting if you do enquire about the car not telling him first that you were a previous owner just to see what he has to say about the car and all!!!! the work he has done on it.

Good command of colloquial english, many of the adverts for these cars seen to state optomistic prices coupled with bull s***. I cannot understand people not putting a car through the mot when selling unless its a restoration job or wants work and is priced accordingly, to my mind it means it probably wants money spent on it for the mot and the seller knows this but £3.5k.

Welcome to the site mate.

Dawn thats no problem i will bring some Denso tape with me and explain (assuming i dont get flooded in at home like last year ) which sounded like a blessing when i heard about the weather at Billing.

I will be easy to spot, 6ft tall, old 61 yrs of age 1970,s tash, greyish hair which is always to long, liking for colourful shirts and one of only two left as far as i am aware Carmine Red 130 Saloons ( the other guy being many many years younger ) and accompanied by possibly suffering wife, tribe of kids and grand kids and a liking for purchasing Cav spares which i will never need which are usually piled on my back seat wrapped in cloths to avoid damage. If you see me speak to me i dont bite.

Perhaps we should all wear stickers with our club names on eg mine would be neilsri130. We did something like this in the TR6 stand a few years ago, worked well however i like most members removed them when leaving our stand area.

More like the 150 bhp seh in action ( if i am lucky ), remember its only normally aspirated. But if it does what the expert WB said it should do 160 - 170 with what has been done which i seriously doubt i would be pleased. I think he may have based the output on his building powers not mine.

I may be interested, as i dont believe the optomistic power quoted to me by various well known experts for my SEH mods are correct but i would like to be proved wrong.

Hi Wiemar welcome to the site ,that looks a very nice car you have, are they rare in your part of the world? What is the one parked next to you with the front end missing?

Car is looking good,some nice cars there also, bet you dont have the rust problems we have over here with our winters and salt put on the roads.

I have a soft spot for Cabrio,s that one looks nice, does it require any work?

What a bargain, wonder how many are on here.

There are people of all ages on this site, i am an old fart of 60 but love the Cavs and i have noticed the number of young people say under 25 who stare at the 130 or pass comments to me about the car.

Hello, that Corsa looks very, very nice, i drive a 2004 1.4 sri as a daily because its cheap to run reliable and i like the look of the M3 mirrors on the sri, ok with 90BHP it is not exactly a flying machine but it goes ok for what it is. I also run an SRI130 Saloon which i use regularly all year round. There are a few Cavs for sale at present of various models, depends on your budget, and preference and a wealth of information and advice on this site covering parts,rebuilds etc. Whatever the problem chances are someone on here will have had it and know a solution.

One word..... Stunning.

looks a nice car, cant say i have seen it around though is it on the road now? If you ever see me in the 130 in Wrexham stop me for a chat.