Ive come to this forum as I have finally bought myself a Mk3 cavalier. Well, Actually I owned one years ago that belonged to my nan. She bought a 1995 1.8 expression reg number N469 POD in 1996. I loved that car and went everywhere in it as a child. When she needed a more practical car for grandad, I had the cavalier and kept it in my parents garage. I kept it clean and tidy (it smelt like new inside) for a year or so then my dad started using it. In 2006 it was set on fire at the top of our driveway by would-be thieves who couldnt start it.
This is N469 in 2005
And in 2006
We were all devestated but moved on to other things.
Early November I decided that I wanted another cav. I need a petrol engined car to go to work in as my diesel mondeo isnt getting its legs stretched in the 1.9 mile journey to work. So I went on the hunt browsing ebay etc etc. One morning I happened to stumble across an ebay add that had been listed early that morning. To my shock, It was N468 POD. The next car down from the one we had previous. I made a hasty message to the owner telling me to contact me and a deal was done over the phone that day. The following weekend I picked up N468 POD, and all the memories came flooding back. I still cant believe Ive found it.
So here it is.
A genuine 59k fully serviced and maintained by a vauxhall dealer. The old boy that owned it his son is a service manager at said vauxhall dealer and has been maintained regardless. It has MOT till mid this year. There are a few little bits and pieces that I need to rectify, but other than that its condition is brilliant.
I look forward to sharing my mechanical knowledge and experiances with the rest of you, but for now here are some of my other cars.
1989 Mercury Grand Marquis
1987 Manta GT hatch, (not a GTE) with a C20XE.
2006 Mondeo ST TDCi.
1995 Landrover Discovery
and my 1976 Opel manta S. Long term project
