My wee baby

[cavy130sri]

fantastic find matey, good for u to find an sri of the same colour for all ur parts.

personally i would fit the grille without the badge, and see how u feel about it, then swap it ova for the one with the badge, and see if you think it looks better or worse.

i will be keeping an eye on your progress, so keep it up, lol.

ps welcome to the site, not seen if u in intros or not, so thought it worth a shout here.

[McFall1984]

hey
thanks cavy
wee update just for you lol

wee update

my dash was changed from this










Now its like this


Now my cav sits like this
bonnet not closed down as i havent got the bonnet pull put in yet
still after a red bonnet but if i dont get 1 by next week that one willbe resprayed


i'll get a few more pics later when i crawl outta bed lol

[TurboSteven77]

still love your car but love your wheels even more

[McFall1984]

funny a mate of mine wants to buy them off me lol
not sure wat to do
going to sell my fanblades now an focus on gettin this car sorted or another shell as we found more badness in the car under front carpets
its nasty

[Envoy CDX]

Personally If you see a good one in the breakers, drill out all the spot welds and take the full floor...

Then just cut out the rot, and replace it where needed. Least you'll know it will fit and won't need to keep stop starting to make alterations.

Just a thought

[McFall1984]

Personally If you see a good one in the breakers, drill out all the spot welds and take the full floor...

Then just cut out the rot, and replace it where needed. Least you'll know it will fit and won't need to keep stop starting to make alterations.

Just a thought

hey folks
sorry havent updated this, was focusing on just gettin it finished

i'll get a few updated pics tomorrow, it will be on its 4 wheels again
basically its 97% complete
just needs handbrake cable connected, brake pipes put on, give a service, get a set of tyres, set of number plates an run her to the mot centre

[Envoy CDX]

Lets see all the picture goodness

[McFall1984]

here we go folks
since the last time i had the dash swapped over an you seen all the rust an rot

so i'll go from that
More bad bits we got an cut out, these bits were really bad

















got the front welded in an a coat of red hammerite till prevent any rust startin in future



ah few wee pics of the welded parts put in





never got any more pics as i kept forgettin the camera an wanted the cav finished
so after the welding inside was finished, we sat about painting the inside of the car with rust proofing an hammerite









got all the car covered
then we sat about undersealing the underside an that was done the next day an left to sit for a day or 2 an let all dry

then we stuck the interior in as it was very dark in the shed we got no pics at all

but here it is, pics took today













thats it for now folks
few wee bits till screw in tight an get her to the mot centre

[Gaz]

fair play i didnt think it would look that good!

[McFall1984]

fair play i didnt think it would look that good!

still not finished either lol
just needa get the grill sittin right, bonnet pull sorted an other wee bits an bobs, but everything is there till finish, an hour or so should finish it

just have the heated seats an rear electric windows to fit, but that'll do after the mot

[VauxhallGirl]

You are braver than I am... all that rust would have frightened me!

Looking great now though. You have saved a Cav from the scrapper.

[McFall1984]

You are braver than I am... all that rust would have frightened me!

Looking great now though. You have saved a Cav from the scrapper.

yea alot of folk round my way an a car site im on over here said the same
said alot would have the let cav go to scrap or break it, but i couldn do that, i thought i could save it an at time i felt like givin up but now im glad i finished it an now cant wait till its mot'd taxed an on the road

[cavy130sri]

well done, she is looking good! glad to see you have determination, and that it pulled off in the end.

wicked!

[McFall1984]

thanks buddy
mot will be booked this week so can only hope it passes

[vnd]

Awesome work mate.
Great thread. Hope theres a happy ending with a quickpass and no fuss.

[vauxhallnutter]

Looking good matey, I did much the same with my TD dash as i didn't like the grey but rather than changing the dash I just used vinyl paint, the results are pretty good. i may change the dash for a proper black one in the future though.

Looks like it had quite a bit of rot to deal with but you have done a sterling job sorting it all out so total respect to you

Look forward to seeing more

[McFall1984]

Looking good matey, I did much the same with my TD dash as i didn't like the grey but rather than changing the dash I just used vinyl paint, the results are pretty good. i may change the dash for a proper black one in the future though.

Looks like it had quite a bit of rot to deal with but you have done a sterling job sorting it all out so total respect to you

Look forward to seeing more

yea thanks buddy
if i would have seen the rot before hand i wouldn have bought, but cause i bought her an lots of bits for it before i seen the rot i had no choice but to continue with it

failed the mot on quite a number of things
things that really should have been noticed
i'll stick the fail sheet list up in the morning

[Lloyds Cavy]

firstly cracking WIP but i know you said you had to continue with the cav but hooolllllyyyy sh1t mate that cav shell is fooked!!!

and i hope to hell that the welding holds up coz im thinking about your safety fella !!!

but you showed the most determination that ive ever seen on a project!

and ploughed through some horrid moments and i salute you sir!!!!

so were all grateful youve saved her and look forward to seeing what it failed on,

mine passed last week only 2 advisorys both being the rear bearing needing tightening up so over the moon with that,

hope the re-test goes as planned and as youve put soo much effort in i hope you get the green slip!

again great read and i'll be def following your cav in the future.

Lloyd

[McFall1984]

firstly cracking WIP but i know you said you had to continue with the cav but hooolllllyyyy sh1t mate that cav shell is fooked!!!

and i hope to hell that the welding holds up coz im thinking about your safety fella !!!

but you showed the most determination that ive ever seen on a project!

and ploughed through some horrid moments and i salute you sir!!!!

so were all grateful youve saved her and look forward to seeing what it failed on,

mine passed last week only 2 advisorys both being the rear bearing needing tightening up so over the moon with that,

hope the re-test goes as planned and as youve put soo much effort in i hope you get the green slip!

again great read and i'll be def following your cav in the future.

Lloyd

hey thanks buddy
i read about your cav
im liking it an the white gsi slabs look well an different
to many people are scared to be different

[Envoy CDX]

I'm impressed on how fast you've turned this around really. I've scrapped shells cleaner than this I'm embarrased to say
So, any more progress on this one?

[McFall1984]

I'm impressed on how fast you've turned this around really. I've scrapped shells cleaner than this I'm embarrased to say
So, any more progress on this one?

only progress so far is that most of the mot fail parts have been fixed an now i just need to buy 2 axle bushins an get them in an hopefully book her in for mot start of next week

[Envoy CDX]

I'm impressed on how fast you've turned this around really. I've scrapped shells cleaner than this I'm embarrased to say
So, any more progress on this one?

only progress so far is that most of the mot fail parts have been fixed an now i just need to buy 2 axle bushins an get them in an hopefully book her in for mot start of next week

I'm surprised you don't go the full hog and lay out £50 for the powerflex bushes

[McFall1984]

I'm impressed on how fast you've turned this around really. I've scrapped shells cleaner than this I'm embarrased to say
So, any more progress on this one?

only progress so far is that most of the mot fail parts have been fixed an now i just need to buy 2 axle bushins an get them in an hopefully book her in for mot start of next week

I'm surprised you don't go the full hog and lay out £50 for the powerflex bushes

you know wat, i should have
bought them earlier an there in, so cav mot again monday evening at 8.05
fingers crossed she passes monday evening so i can get driving her

[Envoy CDX]

you know wat, i should have
bought them earlier an there in, so cav mot again monday evening at 8.05
fingers crossed she passes monday evening so i can get driving her

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

[Robsey]

Depends on the ride you want...

Powerflex bushes can be a little too stiff, resulting in a harsh ride

So not to everyones taste