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Thought I'd make a seperate thread for our other cav "k" as it's nicknamed.

Few shots ..







It's a one owner family who have had it from new.

Everything works, Air con, Heated Seats, Headlight Washers etc

Runs like an absolute dream to say it's done 100k !

Few bits were missing (rubber round n/s inductor)

And a door pin cover

I've replaced both already.

It needs a new aerial rubber if anyone has one ?

Also does anyone know about touching up leather seats ? These look a tad tired





Backs are okay






Shots of the arches





Few of the engine

The knackered aerial rubber



Another interior shot

Looks good mate, the aerial rubbers you can pick up from ebay for example, just make sure it's the right one for the body shape, i.e. hatch or saloon as I think the angle is slightly different on them. They're cheap as chips.

Not in bad nick though, it'll make a lovely restoration.

New black AERIAL rubber.
http://www.genuinepartsearch.co.uk/
Use Genuine part number: 90407367


For the leather i used this on mine.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GRISON-LEATHE ... 258131577f

Looks fantastic. I wish my Diplomat was as good as this.

Thanks for all the comments guys !

I've just ordered a bung thanks to you guys

Will keep this thread updated for you all

This the one advertised near Bristol lately?
looks lovely. nearly went to see it myself (think it's the same one)

Yeah looks like the same one that was forsale, looks really nice

Looks very tidy. As for the leather seats they need to be repainted, generally the damage to the leather is in the painted finish and not the leather itself. A trimming service can do this for you or you could buy a restoration kit if you fancy the job yourself

looks a really nice example that mate, Ads

a nice looking cav you have got there

Thanks for all the positive comments !
It was the one advertised near Bristol
I'm waiting for the aerial bung to come and the leather kit that was mentioned.

Will keep the thread updated as much as possible

Also this happened yesterday

Awesome.

That's the other Diplomat that was on eBay isn't it.
They must have been bought from the same dealer.

Looking at the registration dates they were registered within a week of each other:
K946 YTM: 25th November 1992
K955 YTM: 30th November 1992

Considering the survival rate of Cavaliers is only about 1% it's remarkable they are both still on the road.

It was yes, brilliant find on the registered dates ! Think there are 40 diplomats left now.
We had to have the two as like you say it's incredible that two from the same garage are still going ! London I think they were from
I know they were both bt fleet cars

Pretty lucky if you got one of these as a company car.

Much better equipped than the equivalent BMW 3 series of the time.

Must have been high up in by to get one , like you say lots of equipment on them, rare aswell these days !

Video of it running today

Not updated this in a long time.! Anyway I got some leather restorer and put it to work on the seats the results were very impressive !













I changed the coolant temp sensor and thermostat as it wasn't running as warm as it should



Old thermostat



Can't believe id never noticed this before , the crank sensor had perished !





I cleaned the plug out and fitted a new sensor

And now it's in dry storage

looks in great condition to be fair..

Looking great, must dig out my leather seats and get them in

lovely cars there. just got myself a dippy and cant wait to get stuck into it. I take it the arches are all ok on those, they look good from what I can see? I usually clean out the mud from behind them (no one ever does this) as it really accelerates the rusting process.

very nice job on the leather

Paint codes?

What a great find with your new Diplomat well done to you and siblings as well....brilliant.

Bob