Well here she is!
A 1993 2.0 8v (C20NE) Diplomat saloon in 72L satin red!
This was taken on the day be bought it next to our LS:
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Being a Diplomat she has all the toys;
4x Electric windows
Electric sunroof
Electric heated seats
Fog lights
Fan blade alloys
Air conditioning and recirculation
Unfortunately though it doesn't have the Leather interior which is supposed to come with Diplomat as standard and instead has the same grey Ascot velour interior as our CD.
As far as history goes, I know practically nothing.
I know it was sold on eBay in October 2012 to the person I bought it from and I have the last mot which was free from advisories apart from a CV boot and a receipt for a cam belt replacement that was done a mere 1,000 miles ago.
The engine is as sweet as anything at 145,000 and feels just ran in with no signs of ever having an oil leek anywhere. Underneath is immaculate, and it has been undersealed at some point and as far as I can tell it's rust free which is one of the main reasons we bought her over so many other Cavaliers we saw.
Apart from being lowered -40mm it's all original including the very fetching Fan blades but it does have bad points, especially the interior.
The headlining is falling off, the air-con doesn't work, it smells like cigarettes inside and the head rests are disgustingly filthy.
Amazingly however, I found out that it had GM wiper blades and GM spark plugs! So maybe it used to be serviced at an Vauxhall garage by one of it's previous owners perhaps? It also has signs of being polished/waxed regularly at some point as there are still some white marks along door edges ect, however water does not bead on the paintwork so it's been some time since it was last done.
It has it's good points and bad points like any car, but it's a bit of an oddity in some ways probably due to different owners treating her differently.
I think it's the type of car that was very well looked after... once, long ago.
My plans are pretty much to keep her as she is. I'm pondering over whether to return her to standard suspension or not, I think it sits really well with -40mm and handles really well, but the ride quality is frankly awful on the pot hole full roads of East Sussex. Were going to get a bit of body work done, most notably the bonnet which is machine gunned in stone chips and obviously that roof lining. I'd also like to recondition the alloys as they are a bit flaky in places. It's basically going to be used as a daily runner during the winter to save some wear and tear from my LS during the winter.
Anyway, I washed her for the first time in 3 months, no polish or wax, just a simple wash and underneath all that dirt there is actually some nice paint! So I shall leave you, for now, with some photos taken today out and about in the sunshine.
Enjoy:
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More pics to follow...