1986 mk2 cav cabrio restore cav number 4

[kirsty]

well as most know me and kevin decided to restore this so we picked it up yesterday and to say im in love is an understatement

does need some work but it is solid underneath and some surface rust and some wee tiny bits of welding and she will be going for an mot

as soon as we got her to the house today we stripped everything that was removable out to get a better look at her

plans are mot and tax new paint job, new heart, leather seats, digi dash, lowered and a nice set of alloys and a new hood

[planetc]

I worked with a guy that had a slightly worrying addiction to these. He and his wife had one each and a spare. They were a proper smart looking car in their day. Will be interested to watch the progress.

[Robsey]

Agreed - I love the mk2's.

Being a 2 door Cabrio this will be a really nice rare car when finished.

The only reservation I have is the Digi Dash.
It will be more or less a direct fit with minor wiring changes... but having had a digi dash in my mk3 for about 5 years, I have sort of fallen out of live with them.

The purist in me says that a mk2 is so special, that I would keep the visual appearance as original as possible.
(This is a bit of a hypocritical statement from me as none of my mk3 dash is original / standard.)

Looking forward to seeing the progress

[kirsty]

cheers guys and yeah having 4 cavs now is pushing it a bit i think lol

plans so far are get is get the 1.8 running and a good clean up (plan for tomorrow if dry)
repair any rust/surface rust found
new break lines and fuel lines
undersealed
windows (hopefully picking up this weekend)]
hood
pre mot
do repairs of pre mot if any
put the turbo leathers we were going to fit to our gsi 4x4
the colour change we are thinking Bordeaux red same as the gsi 4x4
then the v6 will go into her making her a manual

[kirsty]

and yeah i get what you mean robsey we were looking thru some wip threads getting some ideas and seen the digi dash looked good we had one in the mk4 astra we had aswell

[Envoy CDX]

18se? Doddle to work on i have 2 and a half engines here so of you get stuck for bits shout up.

Watching this one with interest

[Lowrider Dave]

Good luck with the restoration.

[kirsty]

its am 1.8 mpi engine hun seems its missing a bit of the wiring so will need to be sourced

and pulled the dash and stuff out today it needs 2 wee bits of welding up front but that seems to be it not bad for a wee d reg lol

[Envoy CDX]

its am 1.8 mpi engine hun seems its missing a bit of the wiring so will need to be sourced

and pulled the dash and stuff out today it needs 2 wee bits of welding up front but that seems to be it not bad for a wee d reg lol

If its got an ECU its the 18SE (which it should be on an 87) if not its the 18E.