Al1exx

Sounds like you are making great progress!  Are you any further forward with it?

... and just when it was all going so well, running smooth as a sewing machine, when suddenly dropped a cylinder.  A bit of investigation later and found to have a broken rocker arm.  Not sure why but my brother is working on it, appears to have done no damage other than the rocker - very lucky - we don't know why it has broken, but more digging required.

Even on 3 cylinders the car is keen to drive!!  

That trailer is awesome but sadly, that and the Volvo are not mine lol.  They belong to my brother's friend who helped get the car home.  I know who to shout on if I find any other projects for sure!

Beautiful car!  Welcome to the club, everyone is super-friendly here. 

1 hour ago, swirl said:

The GSI's where like they where on rails, handled superb, also had a Supertouring V6 great motors, when I went to Vectra C I was doing lots of miles for work so went diesel, 2.2dti Sri C was great, the 1.9CDTI was a peice of Sh*t, 3.0CDTi was excellent had a gang of BMW's after that and an Audi 

Thanks I’ll give a Vectra B some serious thought!! 

How do the Vectra's drive?  Never had one before but thought about it a few times, might make a good daily alongside the Cavalier and Nova. 

Welcome!! Some lovely cars you’ve had there. I hope you manage to get back in a Cavalier soon 

Out yesterday for first short run in 16 years... 

5 minutes ago, vxcalibre said:

if i recall, the 5 speed was optional at a cost of around £200...its amazing how many standard 4 speeds were sold!

4 speed for the win!!

24 minutes ago, mfcav said:

Aye mate my bad boy is out of hibernation.. and ready to go. there is a cav 40th birthday thing in September.. think it's going to be a run coast to coast starting in the east. 

Count me in dude! Sounds awesome

Oh la la very exotic!!  Once we are allowed to roam about again and my car is on the road we should organise a wee meet up 

I’m just outside Falkirk, you? 

Haha thank you - I certainly will!! It’s now nestling down behind a mk3 Astra instead which has a Saab engine - though it too has a slightly crunchy third gear....
 

The cavalier has a 4 speed gearbox exactly like my Nova, I half expected a 5 speed but was pleasantly surprised! I like a 4 speeder!! 

Hi all

New to the forum and to mk2 Cavalier ownership though my dad had one eons ago. 

Ive got a Brazil Brown B reg saloon, billy basic spec with zero electrics just what I like. 49k miles one owner off the road 20 years. Body wise it needs nothing structurally though could use a passenger door (and a good wash!) and interior wise it’s a total time warp piece down to the original GM mats.
 

My brother and I are in the process of getting it back on the road, 3 hours after getting it back to his workshop it was alive and running well!! Clutch etc seem great, even the brakes were okay. Benefit of being stored in a warm dark garage for all these years.

I plan to run it alongside my Nova for now and hopefully get to some car shows this year. I’ve tried to attach some pictures, hopefully they’ve worked!!

Cheers!!