neilsri130

No not in the UK, dont know though if it was available anywhere else sometime later in its life during manufacture, but i dont think so. I would love it in my 130 if it had been available though. Wonder what the parts situation is like over there. I have in the past seen Cav and Ascona c parts on ebay from down under.

Would think a Cav Cabriolet would be nice over there with the weather you have.

Does your car show any signs of rusting anywhere?

Welcome, i like the Cav and the Astra looks VERY nice. Are there many Cavs down under that were imported? Were they imported by private individuals or were they sold over there.

I would think you dont have the rust problems over there unlike the UK with plenty of rain mixed with salt on the roads in the winter, this has killed off most of the Cavs over here.

There will be a queue for this one if it ever comes up for sale . As for we buy any car,the saying goes we buy any car for f*** all.

Shame i love 130 saloons and that looked nice like the colour,was it definitely scrapped any chance someone had it to restore?

I am a saloon man myself (probably a minority ) but i prefer the two door with a boot.

Hello Bruno and welcome, i like your car i think the chevy badge suits the grill over there. Have you had to do much work on the car oris it mostly original. I would imagine the bodywork lasts better over there than here in the uk as we get quite a lot of rain here and loads of salt on the roads in the winter. 

Hi Bram and welcome, thats a nice motor love the colour, you guys over the water produce some nice motors

Welcome, thats a very nice looking car always liked the gt,s

Thr 130 brain has the following Bosch and GM part numbers on it.

BOSCH O 261 200 120

GM 90 298 613

The numbers on the normal 2.0 brain will obviously be different

The brain is located in the front passenger footwell.

The standard 2.0 letters will  read NE, but for your information there is also an engine fitted into the Astra GTE 8 valve MK2 Saloon (not the convertable ) where the letters read SER this is the same mechanicaly as the SEH fitted to the 130 but things like the exhaust and ecu are different.

Dont know about a thread but you can tell a 130 by the following,the engine code letters should read SEH, the front brake discs are larger than the other cars, the ecu has a different code number on specific to the 130,the exhaust is of a greater diameter 48 instead of 45 as on the standard 2.0 sri,there is an oil cooler fitted,the front air dam has fog lights fitted as per the CDi,the door logos say SRI 130, the radiator expansion tank has two top outlets on the 130 and the oil filter is specific to the 130. I have yet to see a log book that states sri 130 they only state sri. Cannot think of any otherb differences.

By now many cars could have after market exhausts,front discs and other items fitted or changed also remember it is easy to make a standard sri into a 130 although the cost may not be viable to do this but i have seen standard sri,s with the door transfers fitted and an oil cooler added.

It would be nice to find one with the original bill of sale to conform a 130, i have one with mine and most probably many others on this site also have this confirmation.

Checked my house and none of my cars on drive thank god dont want thieves getting any ideas.

I am prepared to give it a go than (so its a yes for 130 saloon with engine mods ) only hope i dont gas everyone out,however if i have a new  job by then i will have a completely upgraded bottom end done. But it will be interesting to see what it makes now as its been a couple of years since it was done but must admit it was slightly smokey than but they did go to max revs.

Would love to bring the 130 with the mods on but smokes when under hard acceleration top end all new but bottom end from astra GTE with unknown mileage so dont think it would survive on the r road without sudden death.

Nice looking car i love the colour, and nice to hear from enthusiats in other countries. Are two door asconas rare over there?

Nice estate cant be many if any with that sort of mileage  as most finished their days as decorators or window cleaners working transport. Wife likes the car by the way from the photos and she loves my 130 (probably because i bought it for her in 1993/4)

you hope we like her ??? i LOVE her, very very smart.

That is one serious nice car love the colour,used to know of an orangey coloured one ( that was a 1.6 i think) here in Wrexham years ago buy i think it rotted out if i remember.

Do  like i do work on house when she is in and nip out and do jobs on the car when she is out and say job in house took longer than you thought but i am a lying sod.

Yep that was a good buy i remember years ago turning one down for £100 as i thought it was to expensive,similar find to what you have there how times have changed.

Nice to know we can safely sleep in our beds whilst they are catching real hardened criminals.Tough on real crime i dont think so.

Yep i live in North Wales and few  years ago was used to being stopped in my 130 when i went into town to pick daughter up after night out,the look on their face when they saw a 50 yr man behind wheel was funny,never got stopped in company bmw though wonder why

no you are not mad ive had many 1960,s classics all a1 condition sold them all including my beloved mgc 3 litre because i enjoy my 130 although must admit still toying with another to keep 130 company

Mine is a saloon, did you see the blue hatch when manweb was at greyhound park in Chester before they moved, if it was about 1988-1992 it belonged to a mate who worked for them and was a company car (it was more a mid blue if i remamber) he bought it than sold it on afterfew months as his wife found it to heavy for her with no power steering,

Hello and welcome to the site,push the boat out and get another cav i have a red sri130 saloon live in wrexham.I can remember some of the cavs parked in car parks in and around wrexham years ago,there were some nice ones about though many ended up in breakers round here due to rust / accidents where i found them and had the foresight to remove parts for future need. There are still a few in the area mainly owned by people on this site. Do you ever remember a nice lx / lxi in metalic blue in the area? with round driving lamps mounted in the front spoiler?