By Cavboy80 March 17, in AutoShite. I've recently joined the forum and thought some of you would like to read my ramblings about my beloved Cavalier. Having owned it since June this has been to a few shows mainly in the east of england over the years. This even though it's a local Norwich car was in Lincolnshire with its 2nd owner , he's never used it in the 4 years he's owned it and it sat in his sisters garage literally gathering dust.
What i'd bought was a two owner car that had at the time 33K FSH from the main dealer every piece of paperwork from new. The paperwork was 5 inches thick!! Over my ownership i've just improved and tinkered with it, a refresh rather than restoration as that would take something away from it. It's not mint, it has a blemish here and there but can hold its own.
The interior is totally original, outside new front wings were fitted and the wheels blasted and painted. The spare is yet to see the road. Underneath the 'swan neck' chassis sections were replaced as they had started to rot. This area has seen off a few Mk1s as Vauxhall placed a drain hole in the inner wing corners and these drain into the neck section. Being triple skinned with no drainage water just sits and rots from inside.
These though have had holes drilled in the floors directly into the section and Dynax flooded in. The engine is standard except an unleaded head and Acuspark ignition, the rest of the mechanicals are as Vauxhall intended.
When I was around 7 years old to be exact , A neighbour in my street had a maroon cavalier mk1 5 door. It was that Saturday evening that I will never forget. In the early hours of the Sunday Morning, I was awoken by the sound of a car alarm going off in the street outside my bedroom. This went on for around 2 mins The neighbour was quite upset obviously. I remember it sat outside in the street for around a week afterwards, covered with a tarpaulin. It freaked me out at the time, I had never seen a car on fire before, let alone outside in my street.
