My new ( to me ) cav saloon project

[McFall1984]

Ok were do i start
1995 1.7td Izuzu

bought this 2 weeks ago for £500

drove 3 miles an it died ( over heated )

so got it towed home ( an hour away )
an started the work

This was it the day i bought ( old owner gave it a wash )


i had bought a set of alloys, and when i got it home i fitted them






As the engine was neckered, we started about getting it ready to be lifted out
stripping began






And here we go





And a wee pic of myself in the thick of it


All interior now pulled out, bar the dash,
these were the old seats


but now have all been removed, my battery died on my phone out at the garage so got no pics of inside all cleared ready for inspection

cheers for looking, i'll update as i go along

Gaz

[Cavalier342]

Looks good. To be fair I think I prefer the previous wheels.. The white ones don't look right for some reason.

Good progress though, any major plans or just a restoration/tidy up?

[McFall1984]

my plans are a 4x4 rep
full gsi kit
front mount
5 stud conversion
turbo wheels
full electric kit
full leather

[kirsty]

looks a clean shell hun

[McFall1984]

yea cleanest cavalier i've came across

other 3 were rough, needed welded alot an in some bad area's were the car just wasnt worth it, but this is alot more sturdier than the rest

[McFall1984]

so was out last night for a few hours
removed headlights, grille an indicators, rest of the interior, steering wheel, bottom section of the dash an all carpets
found a few plugs
this is headlight wiper an front fogs?


this is heated seat loom


an 2 plugs for each seat


so now i found them, is there any other wiring i need? how do i know wire in front fogs? i know i need the switch

few more pictures




Tea is always needed


As you can see, previous owner never cared for the car

[Greig Sri]

I bet you never expected to have to rip the car to bits so soon after getting it.

Greig

[McFall1984]

I bet you never expected to have to rip the car to bits so soon after getting it.

Greig

Ah I had to cause we all know how much these rot. So better to pull it all apart

More stripped today
Rear bumper off
Rear lights out
Tow bar removed
Full exhaust removed

I love cavaliers lol

[Mikebmth]

Nice work, easier to strip em out to do the work and wish I had the time and space to do mine that way...

As for front fogs you need the switch for the dash, a fuse in plug 13 I think from memory and the relay, mine just has a wire across the ports instead of a relay but works fine...Just hope wiring is behind dash otherwise you have to run a wire down to the master block in the passenger footwall but as you have wires behind grill they should just go straight in...

Check out my wip if you need any advice on the fogs as me and a mate fitted them and had all kind of problems with them not working properly..

[McFall1984]

Nice work, easier to strip em out to do the work and wish I had the time and space to do mine that way...

As for front fogs you need the switch for the dash, a fuse in plug 13 I think from memory and the relay, mine just has a wire across the ports instead of a relay but works fine...Just hope wiring is behind dash otherwise you have to run a wire down to the master block in the passenger footwall but as you have wires behind grill they should just go straight in...

Check out my wip if you need any advice on the fogs as me and a mate fitted them and had all kind of problems with them not working properly..

Will do cheers mate
Cant wait to get the patches done so I can lift an engine an service it an do the mods that needs done.
Then lift a gsi kit an get that painted

Its all fun and games

[Metallicav]

Doing similar with mine, getting everything sorted for when it's on the road again. Great work so far dude! Will be watching the progress

[McFall1984]

Been a quiet week, waiting on the chap to cut out the rot/rust/scabby bits an to weld in the new bit, i've bought a large sheet of metal so he can work away on his own

i've never tried welding so im of no use to him

im actually thinking now of painting the car, as its no engine, or interior is now the time to paint it? top of windscreen is a little rough so im thinking pull out the screen an get a paint job, maybe the same colour?

im wanting the car to look like a 4x4 turbo, so im thinking a turbo colour? or keep it the L72 colour it is now an just freshin it up a bit?

[Metallicav]

Did you mean 72L rather than L72? If it is 72L check out Humbuckers cav turbo they look good in the colour, so much so that I'm debating the kit for mine at some point later on.

[McFall1984]

Did you mean 72L rather than L72? If it is 72L check out Humbuckers cav turbo they look good in the colour, so much so that I'm debating the kit for mine at some point later on.

ahhhh yea sorry, dunno what made me think it was L72

must take a look, i want the turbo look, but the economy of the diesel
i'll keep the evo for the speed/power and the cav for looks/economy

cheers dude

[McFall1984]

change of plan

car is going yellow, SRI replica

[Metallicav]

Yellow? Haven't seen a yellow cav before, looking foreword to what it'll look like dude

[McFall1984]

yea sorry for the lack of updates

My last red cavalier i had, a mate photoshopped it yellow



photoshopped yellow



Anyway

the project so far



















Now the bits i have bought

shiny bit


few other bits to get me started










so think thats it

nope forgot 1 thing

my retro headunit lol


thats it for now

thanks for looking

[McFall1984]

soooo

i've purchased a frontera intercooler, will be painted silver an a decal of some sort sprayed on
and a single storm wiper ( bought from Dan i think )

[btcctroy]

That's a lot of bits you have there lol

[McFall1984]

theres more

a 17td engine totally standard
turbo front seats an diplomat rears

v6 or saab 9000 struts an 5 stud setup coming next

[iangsi]

Are going to paint this one yellow as I think it looks good ?

[btcctroy]

Yea I think you should

[btcctroy]

I bet it would look great in burnt orange

[Gray16v]

I'd say bright metallic green

[McFall1984]

its going yellow lol
might aswell as its only costing me the price for paint