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If you are still stuck for a rear window motor, I am breaking a 95 CDX that has one - and a late type aircon system!

Steve

Now a 40 year old rolling exemption! My 78 Dolomite Sprint becomes tax free in April 2019 so the first PFL Cavs will be tax free in April 2029. I should live so long! Actually I might, i'll only be 75 then!

Steve

I was lucky with the Toledo, it had been Ziebarted from new so wasn't too bad! Even so, I have now replaced both sills, fitted new GRP front wings and front panel (the O/C supplies these) and rebuilt both rear wheel arches plus NOS bootlid and a NOS passenger doorskin. My Sprint is in much worse sha...

Thanks Dave, it's a real hoot to drive, on track or street and upsets the hell out of the boy racers round here, though mostly they know better than to try it now!

Steve

Thanks for the flattering comment on the cornering stance, the blue Dolly Sprint behind me in the 2nd pic is flatter - but that is a full house classic touring car racer with over 220 brake on tap and all the works goodies, man is it quick!

Steve

OOPS wrong pic!

Engine from o/s - again!



Steve

Inside shot, dash is from a Nova SR, Interior is pretty basic, 2 seats and not much else! http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/carledo1/28082011255.jpg engine from n/s http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/carledo1/Photo0033.jpg and o/s http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/carledo1/Photo0...

This is my 74 Triumph Toledo with 2.0 8v Carlton engine, Omega gearbox, Gaz coilovers, big vented disc conversion and much more, here being thrashed around Castle Coombe last April, guess where i'll be this April? http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/carledo1/TR140415%201426_zpszw9f4f1j.jpg http...

Selling is a sore point with me ATM! 2 or 3 times in the last year or two, i've thought, it's not getting enough use, i'll flog it. then 2 things happen, a) nobody wants to pay a decent price for it and b) I start driving it again and fall in love with it again!

Steve

Its still exactly the same, just keeps on truckin like any good Cav, only the paint letting it down a bit now! I got plans but very little cash!



How it looks now, well part of it.

Steve

Can't believe it's been over 4 years since i've been on here! Still have both my Cavs though the gold one has not been used for over a year. Black Magic is still running fine and now shows 148k! the body is showing a few signs of age though, the laquer is peeling in places , has been mopped to death...

My own record for relacing a Cav clutch (not diesel or late cars) is 22 mins! even if it is a late one I can do them in just over 2 hours. Is the guy on mogadon or just trying to justify the silly price? Sounds to me like the pressure plate is getting past it, this is not a big problem but MAY cause...

Evening all, I've posted a want ad on behalf of a fellow Dolomite owner who has Redtop power on R1 carbs, a real beast but he has had a recent setback when what appears to be oil pump failure caused the shells to spin in No1 conrod hence he is in need of a new (to him) set of rods! My question is th...

Nice looking beast ,that and a bargain price too, MAGIC!

Pretty cool that, Congrats on not overdoing it! Steve

My Cav cost £155 8 years ago and apart from normal running expenses, tyres, servicing, a timing belt, it has cost me £9 for an antiroll bar link and a chunk of fuel hose and thats it! Regardless of fuel economy I think thats pretty respectable! But you do seem to be having more than usual amounts of...

The Exprssion wheels look cool and a bit different but I think you need to sort out that o/s/r arch before you blow all your wonga on rims! Steve

Funny how those lights cause so much controversy, I've got a set on mine but black backed instead of shiny and on a black car I think they look great! Steve

Tidy car Andrei, your engine bay makes me ashamed of mine where although I have fixed the leaks, I never bothered to clean up the mess so it looks AWFUL! Steve

They probably called it blue cos some people are superstitious about green cars, not me though, all the green cars i've had have been written off, and all for more than they owed me, he who laughs last........... Steve

A 40mm Drop is plenty on 16s, see my Black Magic thread to see how it looks! Steve

Nice tidy looking car that, Don't think a wheelarch repair panel will go that high but a dent repair will let you treat the little bit of rust around the arch so it'll only need painting once! Good save! Steve

planetc wrote:

Carledo wrote: i've never had an injector you can hear tick at 40ft! Mostly you struggle to hear them with the bonnet shut! Steve

I think we have established from the video posted above that it's the injectors............and Martay has very big ears!

My mistake! Didn't watch the video--- DOH!

Your tick isn't by any chance a small blow in the exhaust manifold gasket? they can sometimes produce similar noises. Either that or a failed hydraulic tappet, I've been running 2ltr 8v's for 10 years or more now and i've never had an injector you can hear tick at 40ft! Mostly you struggle to hear t...

I bought one of each mast type last year from Vauxhall, on my trade club card the chrome top one was £17 and the black top (roughly pfl era) one was £26 They are fiddly to fit but by far the biggest problem is getting the cap nut at the top undone, a few go easily most are very stiff and some defy a...