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This is the gathering information on who is coming thread. As in previous years please do not amend the initial master summary post. Please add your own post with the information requested and a Mod will add it to the master list before deleting it. Again, do not put chat here as it will be deleted. Put it in the chat thread. VBOA want to know 1. How many vehicles on the stand by day. We want to know how many are Mk2 Cavaliers and how many others. 2. How many tents and their approx size e.g. 2, 3 , 4 person etc 3. Any caravans/motorhomes/trailers if any, as space is very limited. So, when you say you are coming please state - name (handle and real), what car, which day(s) - if overnight your tent size, motorhome Thanks

That is correct, discount only applies on 2+ night bookings.

Ring LMF to ask why.

No code. Just select Mk2Cav in the list of Clubs and book for 2 or more nights and the discount will be applied. This link will get you to the right place. Also tons more info on the event is there as well. http://www.lmfvauxhall.co.uk/Camping-for-VBOA-National-Day-2018.html

Interesting question. Will check.

Had a VBOA meeting today. Below is the revised layout for this year's show. As you can see we are up near the entrance. The stand is 50 metre square, so bigger than Billing! Running around the site is a two lane, one way track going clockwise so although we are by the entry we will have to drive all the way round to get to us. This is how it is today, there may be changes but not for us. The auto jumble and entertainment area is in the large black area bottom right. Toilets will be scattered around the site and we are close to the shower block! The site is proving to be very resilient in wet weather. They have just taken two big shows from other show grounds (next week its 300+ horses and their transports) from other show grounds, including Peterborough, that are currently waterlogged. So if does rain we will not see another Billing washout. Don't forget that you will have to be a paid up Club member to put your car on our stand. We need that £15 to pay for insurance and the other admin costs of the Club including this website and our VBOA related activities.

Sprinkle some talc around so you can see from the water trail across it the direction of flow.

Looks really nice. Good choice. That wheel looks very like the early Calibra 4 spoke that a few of us use.

Putting a grinder with a wirebrush in it or just a poke around with a screwdrive can reveal all kinds of nasties. That little rust spot may be the tip of an iceberg.

The MOT guy is looking at it from a different perspective to you. He is really only looking for dangerously bad corrosion around suspension mounting points. Your horizon is much wider, plus you are interested in the the future i.e. stopping further degradation, he isn't.

Wait a moment! That rust to the left of that area looks highly suspect to me. Get a screwdriver into it as I have a horrible feeling, based on my past experience, that all is not well there. Bear in mind that it is probably outside in rot you can see as that is an inherently dry/zero abrasion part of the footwell. Outside at that spot is a completely different matter, it is one of the top if not the top rot areas in the car. If it is like that inside it is likely that outside is a mess. Hope not but it looks the same under the accelerator pedal.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-CAVALIER-SRI-130-5DR-HATCH-CLASSIC-MK2/123035916063 Already at £3800 with a couple of bidders fighting it out. This should go for really good money. Just in case mention the Club or even this thread. Good luck.

The Cavalier/Vectra A shares their underbody with the Astra F. The Cavalier/Ascona C are different.

Those three layers of steel are the floorpan, the bulkhead and the inner arch. There is also a reinforcing panel underneath on of the floor. If it is like that inside the car there is a good chance the bulkhead is going along the lower seam in the engine bay. If there is sound deadening on the bulkhead in the engine bay peel it up to check it out.

That design wheel was standard on CDi. Those look as if they might be the 15" version from a Mk3 Cav Expression. Much easier to get better tyres than the 13" originals.

Andy, it was the VBOA who decided not to proceed. Numbers were dropping, there was a lot of effort required setting it up and we made a loss on the last one.

Probably not as such. VBOA are trying to set up a day at the Heritage Centre in Luton with a 'spares day' in the carpark. Currently awaiting comment from Vauxhall.

Same as last year, Market Harborough showground.

Yes Greg, it is the 14/5 July next year.

Things are definitely being run differently for next year. We had a VBOA meeting this morning and LMF booking goes live tomorrow, Monday. The site layout will change, whilst the autojumble will stay where it was everything else will change. We have not seen a plan but the concept is the arena in the middle with stands in concentric circles around it. It looks as if LMF underestimated most things this year, not unexpectedly as it was their first go at it, so next year there will be much more spent on security, toilets, layout, rubbish disposal etc. This means that for the first time, almost in living memory, the day rate is increasing to the next logical amount (to minimise cash handling) of £15 with a weekend rate of £25. Camping will be £21 a night. I will start a thread on it over the next few days.

Pump probably the same as well, but there could be an electric pump out there you could use.

They are definitely different, almost all the dimensions are out starting with the distance between the centrelines of the mounting brackets. Can put up a couple of pictures if you are interested.

I'll compare mountings in the morning. Too bloody cold now! I doubt it tho'.

But going on from what Frisco says, its down to you really whether you pay your way round here or not. Without those who contribute this site and its knowledge base would not be here. There is nowhere with the depth of knowledge on our cars like here. Not many Youtube videos out there reflecting the not many cars out there now. Some members have joined as soon as the found the site, helping to keep it there for the time they might need it, others join when they need it, perhaps for advice or parts or even to go to the Show. Others never get round to joining. We are also a pretty sociable bunch.

Being a member also gets you access to the Vauxhall Trade Club parts and lubricants pricing if your local dealer is a member and if they have any parts! Main use now is for oil and oil filters. But, if you happen to have a newer Vauxhall as well.................