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ok
bought this 2 weeks ago now
its a 1995 vauxhall cavalier 1.7 GLS TD
5 door saloon
bought as a SRi Replica
previous owner only had the car 2 weeks when another car hit him an has bought another car since an just wants this gone

so i got this pretty cheap an jumped at the chance

anyway here are the pictures, i've rambled on to much

























wat it needs
2 patches under the back bench needs cut out an new patches welded in, grinded down then painted over, you can see the 2 patches there are quite rough

needs new springs as the ones in the front are cut springs

balljoint drivers side

new locking panel, grille, headlight an indicator, bonnet an possibly a wing to finish


i also bought a SRI cav for parts from a scrap yard
as the car was declared as scrap i couldn take the hole car, so i have to go up this week sometime an screw off all the panels, take the sri interior, dash included, anything on the car that i can take is coming with me, the full SRi cavalier, minus an engine, skirts an boot spoiler cost me £150, an its in the same colour as my car which i suppose is a bonus

comments an criticism please

thanks for lookin also

i bought fan blade alloys yesterday which are in need of 3-4 centre caps, so if anyone is seling centre caps please pm me as i need them so i can get mine refurbed

got the car home
was to cold to sit about takin photo's
but here's the few i did get
















and a big thumbs up from me


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few more pictures of the car now at home an in daylight

the day we took the front bumper off an headlight out, jacked her up to see wat she is like underneath














from wat i can see it needs
front locking panel
grille
bonnet
wing ( passenger side )
headlight an indicator ( passenger side )
track rod ends
1 new radiator fan
balljoints
new driveshaft boot
pads an discs all round
4 new tyres
new springs all round
few bulbs
new door pins all round
bits of welding here an there
i'll take new pics tomorrow of the bits need welded
also needs interior screwed down an the roof lining put back up
handbrake cable tightined

i'll update this as much as i go

i also got these
all in real good shape
just need a lick of paint an 3 centre caps
an 1 fanblade to make a set of 5












still need 3 caps an 1 fanblade alloys anyone?

good work! that courtenay sticker is rubbish though, get shot of that!

yea it will be removed, i need a new windscreen aswell
so new window will be got tomorrow
just removed all interior today bar the dash an its gonna need more work
i'll upload pics tomorrow in day light

looks like a fair amout of work and money are needed for your project , would it be eaier to use it for parts on a more straight cav ? have the rear arches been replaced as the door shut gap looks a bit tight ?
anyway enough of my comments, good luck withthe project and keep us all posted

branny361 wrote:looks like a fair amout of work and money are needed for your project , would it be eaier to use it for parts on a more straight cav ? have the rear arches been replaced as the door shut gap looks a bit tight ?
anyway enough of my comments, good luck withthe project and keep us all posted

yea been quoted £4-600 on welding alone
i was asked to find a better cav but red saloon dervs are like hens teeth over here
rear arches are in very good shape, an are also original, maybe its the way i was standing taking pictures?

Fancied a diesel meself at one point (prior to the F28 in mine), but would have tried to fit a bigger capacity TDi lump in... any plans along this route or just keep her "stock"... ish... (no idea if irish road rules are the same as ours, re conversions)

few more pictures of wat i found

Squig wrote:Fancied a diesel meself at one point (prior to the F28 in mine), but would have tried to fit a bigger capacity TDi lump in... any plans along this route or just keep her "stock"... ish... (no idea if irish road rules are the same as ours, re conversions)

not sure wat i can do till mine to make it any quicker
its a standard 1.7td izuzu engine
nothing else done to it
just for now i wanna get it looking sound an all the welding done to a really good high point
then once its passed its mot then i can think about more power
tho im not sure wat i can do till get more power or wat i can do

regarding the rules, hmmmmm
if the cops dont know about wats under the bonnet nothing to worry about
an when your gettin your car mot'd they have no authority to touch or refuse an mot as its only the road worthyness they are looking for

looks stunning mate bar damage keep white wheels imhpn you can get bigger turbo for it i am sure think guy i know wae green 1 td is getting bigger turbo in his he was from ireland as well lol , saloons in that couler getting rare flame
red keep up the good work

i might be wrong was this car not in tv not long ago or 1 very simer to it

pity you so far away my mate has 2 brand new facelift lights still in box for sale, i also have full sri interiore to

ah right thats sounds good about the turbp
dont think it was my car that was on tv, but a mate of mine from the same town as me had his cavalier in magazines an so on

http://www.juscruizin.com/untitled1.html

thats pics of his cavalier there
but sadly he sold it an after 5 weeks, the new owner sold it on, an 1 week later it got smashed up pretty badly

but on the up side
i got the car sorted with a top job welder who's gonna weld the bad bits on the car an straightin out my slam an lockin panels

Wee update

after i bought my cav i was on the look for another cav for parts
a mate of mine said he had a full sri for breaking so held the car for me
so last week i headed up an filled the 306 as much as i could
few days later me an a few mates headed up in 2 cars an a trailer an took the rest home
anyway, was on ebay also lookin for parts
bought these all from ebay
1st up my full set of front an rear wind deflectors

my new wind delectors trial fitted


new front an back brake pads


2 new wishbones


new timig belt, oil filter, air filter an car alarm


New drop links an outer cv boots


still waiting on a few more things to come to finish the full service,
new front an rear discs should be here in a few days also

now the donar sri cav parts, thanks to
Sri rear disc beam ( my rear axle seems bent? )


front shocks with springs

rear springs

SRI wings

My wings from my car ( pass side wing slightly fudgery, maybe fixable )

SRI doors


SRI front



SRI front an rear bumper


My cavalier front bumper an skirts ( back bumper on car still )



Vauxhall Grille

SRI interior ( dash was in the house an couldn be fudgery carryin the chuff out )




now a wee shot of everything









car i hope is going this week for the start of the welding
more pics as work is done

thanks

McFall1984 wrote:

Squig wrote:Fancied a diesel meself at one point (prior to the F28 in mine), but would have tried to fit a bigger capacity TDi lump in... any plans along this route or just keep her "stock"... ish... (no idea if irish road rules are the same as ours, re conversions)

not sure wat i can do till mine to make it any quicker
its a standard 1.7td izuzu engine
nothing else done to it
just for now i wanna get it looking sound an all the welding done to a really good high point
then once its passed its mot then i can think about more power
tho im not sure wat i can do till get more power or wat i can do

regarding the rules, hmmmmm
if the cops dont know about wats under the bonnet nothing to worry about
an when your gettin your car mot'd they have no authority to touch or refuse an mot as its only the road worthyness they are looking for

Just a quick note fella;
For the record we appear to have recently had an insurance company registeron the site... which means they can view WIP's and showroom threads. Obviously when you said "if the cops dont know about wats under the bonnet nothing to worry about" it was meant entirely in jest and not to be taken seriously as we are all responsible cavalier owners and would never want to lead anyone to believe we would flout the law or misrepresent our vehicles to our insurers... That would be illegal and not something anyone would condone...

Fit a 1.9 CDTi engine. Or there is the option of restriction removal and manual boost controller.

yea mate i get what your saying
myself if i was puttin in a new engine i would do it right an change my tax book to say what the new engine is
no point buying a 1.6 cav an puttin in a 2ltr 16v turbo, then insuring it as a 1.6, having an accident then gettin done for having no car insurance

i would rather keep the 1.7td izuzu engine as its hard to blow up lol
i would like a bit more power but i do not want any smoke when i put the foot down

Nice WIP look forward to the next bit.

Colorado wrote:Nice WIP look forward to the next bit.

thanks buddy
work commences i hope in 2 weeks an was told will be completed in 4 days!!!!!!!!
he's only gonna be workin on my car for them days so he shold get alot done an i'll lots of pics also
then building the car up again will be fun

great find with all those bits, should get you back on track in next to no time!

humbucker wrote:great find with all those bits, should get you back on track in next to no time!

yea only for a mate tellin me he had the exact same colour car in his yard only missing an engine
but the car i bought the parts off was a proper SRI cavalier
but all was there that i needed
a mate of mines brother is going to do all the welding to the car, then me an my mate are going to build her up an get it through the mot

then hopefully in 3 - 4 weeks i'll be driving her

well done on the bits mate, must of save you a bundle , just a case of the dreaded rot to get rid of and as you say frinds/family come in handy

yea friends an family are a must
as i cant weld but a good mate of mine's brother is a mechanic an a welder
so the car went away yesterday ( tuesday )
an hopefully 2-3 weeks the car shall be finished
but i'll take pics of all my progress an hopefully get rid of all rot/rust

thanks for looking guys

another wee piece i bought last night

debating weather or not till use it tho
its this or the standard grille with vauxhall badge

Going to need most of the floor done looking at that.
Was the windscreen damage a result of the accident do you know? If it is, I'd look for another shell..

Nah the windscreen just had a wee crack in the centre of the windscreen an i think it would have been an mot failure
was about the length of a car key
so i hit the windscreen a crack one day for a laugh an a crack went from the size of a key to the size of the windscreen lol

wee update there
had these a few days but forgot to put them up



top part put on for a test, looks like nothing now but should have the front built up by this time next week