Kelvin berry
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44 minutes ago, Greg said:
Madness.....maybe my dad needs to go back to welding up cars if that's the charge now. Hell maybe I should.
Good luck with it Kelvin
I've got one more guy to see about the welding, if all fails I'm goin back to school to learn , you can always practice on my motor Greg
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Goodto see another one being saved , would love to see pics when you can.
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2 hours ago, jan the man said:
I ended up teaching myself welding, one thing to point out weld sparks burn, are very painful, smell awful & get into places you don't want them them to get to!, also when I was welding a chevette many years ago, I managed to set fire to the car and my hair twice (2x each ) in the space of an hour due to me rushing one morning. so have something to put out a fire if one occurs. Get a good welding mask. practice, practice, practice as much as you can, you never know you may be able to earn money from welding.
I know all to well about burns and fires, I worked in a garage many years ago and had to help out when any welding needed doing, like keeping an eye out for fires and make sure they didn't catch......... let's just say I didn't pay much attention and the drivers seat caught fire. It's funny but soon after I was told that I was surplus to requirements and wouldn't be needed anymore..
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Decision made, i'm doin the welding myself,,,, unless a miracle happens and a bodyshop comes forward,,, hahaha.
Got the cost of a welding course today £480,,, starts in Feb next year, this means I can start on the other jobs that need to be done aswell beforehand, also means I can get the skills up to scratch before I start welding the car..
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4 hours ago, chris m said:
I understand your situation as I was in a similar position myself. Nobody wanted to know my last estate car and I didn't have time to do it hence it sitting there and ultimately getting scrapped. Sadly these cars aren't trendy enough to be worth peoples time as they don't have a huge following or value...not say like a split windscreen vw camper van. You will just have to learn to do it yourself, mig welding isn't difficult to do, it just takes time to learn to do it neatly. Could you not enrole on a welding course at your local college? I did a car body repair course years ago just to learn the basics, one night a week for three hours.
I will be doing mine myself this time as that will be the only way to get it done.
Think your right chris, the only way to get it done, getting fed up of being let down.
Checking out courses tomoz.
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18 minutes ago, Greg said:
Hello Kelvin, this it a shame.....and surprising in the same breath. I hope you find someone. There is a place on ebay that does car restos (as they sell mk2s) not sure if they are any good or local but if you need to move it somewhere else then they might be an option.
Thanks Greg I'll have a look for them, until I can get the welding sorted all the other work has to be put on hold. And that's a bit frustrating.
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Beginning to get bit stuck, nobody seems interested in doing my welding, have asked all the local bodyshops and they just say " not the sort of job we take on" or "we can look at it then give you a price " then never get back to me, I'm afraid one got a bit upset with me when I said " it's bodywork do you not do that sort of thing here in your bodyshop" it's looking more and more like I'll be learning to weld myself and do the job, or look further afield.
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37 minutes ago, neilsri130 said:
My first and only Cav which i still have is my Mk2 SRI 130 saloon in red. I was looking for a late spec Escort RS Turbo or Astra GTE 16V ,always liked the SRI / 130 saloons but gave up looking as even in 1994 there were many rusty and thrashed boy racer ones around. Found my ideal car and could not believe my luck when i saw it, mint, every bill including original receipt, brochures, low mileage, mature owner etc, love at first site ( dont tell the wife ) and i knew it was going to be a keeper. Paid £3495 cash for it, well pleased as i had a budget of 5K for a car
Sounds like a beauty..
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1 hour ago, vxcalibre said:
the Leicester police, useless would be an improvement! I'm south of the city, Cavs been locked away since 2010 but spent many years terrorising the tarmac in wigston, the 1st owner was in Medbourne, and 2nd in Anstey.
Not a million miles from me mate I'm only just off j2 off the 69...
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Mixed feelings today been let down yet again by another welder shop/garage, said they could so my welding then didn't want the work.
So onto another bodyshop to get a quote for the work but gotta wait for over a week before someone looks at it, not so bad just means I can concentrate on the other jobs to be done.
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3 hours ago, vxcalibre said:
morning, here's my cav history, my 1st was a 1300 4 door, in autumn gold. B660NLX, supplied new from Normand Heathrow to a whiskey distiller. I fitted most of the gl bits like steering wheel, electric mirrors, rev counter, boot release and sri spoiler.... being 17! lasted me just under a year, when I found no.2 for sale, E235FJU, 1.8 Li, another 4 door in Nordic blue. Supplied new by erringtons Evington on a 3year contract, car featured in the 92 stylistic graphics brouchure, something to do with petrolon who I believe marketed slick 50? I fitted a rev counter, boot spoiler, golf mk2 steel 14" wheels with astra "f" si trims. Then, a year later an advert in the local rag led me to no. 3, my calibre F68LUT which obviously is a 4 door too, (pattern emerging here) this was supplied new from Batchelor Bowles Leicester, to a wood yard in mkt harbourough. I also bought an E reg 1.6 l to use for a week while my vectras gearbox was being repaired, gave 15 quid for it, with tax and mot!! also bought a D reg hatch, just for the heater motor, I say bought, actually was the cost of a weatherspoons burger, a bargain. these 2 were moved on and used for spares, FJU was parked up for 3-4 years outside a terraced house in Aylestone, presumed scrapped, NLX was stolen in 1994 and abandoned on a park in Leicester, so the nice police man told me at 6am one sunday! and so far, LUT survives.........
You gotta love the police in Leicester, they knocked me up onemorning to inform me that my neighbour had got lost.......
Other than that they're totally usless.
But your cav history is great, are you local to leics I may have seen them knocking about.
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16 minutes ago, chris m said:
My first cav was a white saloon on a d reg. Bought it of a neighbour for £70 as an mot failure. Called in a couple of favours and it was soon mot'd. Needed a few bits doing but mainly an exhaust. took it to my local tyre and exhaust place who despite having all the different versions in stock couldn't make an exhaust fit of the peg but did a cut and shut for me. Turned out to be a petrol car converted to diesel....and the vin tags on the slam panel were missing as well. Kept it a few months and sold it on.
Always great working on a car when you don't know what you need.
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1 hour ago, jan the man said:
My first cavalier was a white 1:6 hatch with a red interior ,frj947y, which almost used more oil than petrol!. It had scirrocco wheels on it. My next was an Opel ascona q702jfj/htt218y with over 300,00miles on it plus a bodykit I still haven't identified in henna red. I used a few bits from the first cav on the Opel. I then had a silver Opel ascona which was written off by a joy rider.
Joyriders ,, the surge of the roads, a nice set of cars you had.
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4 hours ago, Greg said:
Kelvin, get a cuppa and look at this:
http://www.mk2cav.com/topic/22089-gregs-lx/?do=findComment&comment=215520
This should provide some insight into what is possible.
Bloody hell, after looking at that I'm happy , sad , and confused all at the same time.
But I'm also filled with motivation to get her done, I drove her to the mot station on Tues (very naughty of me I know) but couldn't resist not driving her, and that spurred me on to get going. Love what you've done to your white one she looks fantastic, hope mine looks as good when she's finished.
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19 hours ago, Kelvin berry said:
Is anyone close to sapcote in leicestershire, I could do with some help with the welding .
I've spent the afternoon visiting local bodyshops asking for a quote for the work to be done, but I keep getting the feeling that they don't want the job. I can't weld myself so I'm gonna need help.
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7 minutes ago, sharkysam said:
That fail list dnt look too bad. I'd get a quote from mobile welder.
Yeah a lot of its simple enough, have used weld a car before trying them tomorrow and see what they can do for me.
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3 hours ago, Kelvin berry said:
Apologies for the handwriting but this is the rewritten mot failure list, my hand writingsnot much better than the mot guy.
Is anyone close to sapcote in leicestershire, I could do with some help with the welding .
I've spent the afternoon visiting local bodyshops asking for a quote for the work to be done, but I keep getting the feeling that they don't want the job. I can't weld myself so I'm gonna need help.
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