Picked it up today. Very very pleased. Little bit of rust on one rear arch, but only surface rust. Will probably get it sorted out by a pro. Underneath looks alright - will treat it all to some waxoil and a proper look when I get chance. Drives great though, and is really comfortable.
Utterley random comment - Tornado fuel is well good :) But apparently if you keep it in it's original can for too long sometimes the inside of the can peels and rusts and messes up the fuel. If you fancy an on road beasty I'm looking to flog one of mine soon ;) It has a Volvo shell as well :D Yours for £100 posted squire - and it would amaze you with just how fast it actually is...
Heh, random indeed!! Too much off road goodness round here, so dont really want an on road one. Mines brokne oncxe again though!
Love the tartan. The 80s really were the decade that taste forgot. The white wheels have to go as well.
Fraser
Hell no, I'm keeping everything the way Opel intended. Even got a pair of aviators to wear whilst driving it :)
NICE.
that interior is a bit close to chav burb for me :) still nice though! stick a cav/calibra turbo engine in it!
Monaro VXR 6.0.
Yea the on road ones are quite dull :) Guess it's on it's way to the 'bay then :D The Savage might well be available to to fund my traveling ;-)
glad someone was thinking! cool idea!
Can I interest sir in some tasteful shoulder pads and leg warmers?
Indeed you can
(not!)
Uhuh. Sure. Boy racers know WTF a Chevette is, of course. They barely knew what they were in 1992.
You, sir, are a baboon. A stupid, ill-educated, soul-less baboon. Go back to drooling over diesel Vectras in What Car?
Richard
All the money you have wasted on crap cars you could have put towards a decent one now! The Manta looks like a Chevette with a body kit, something a boy/girl racer would do. That must have set you back all of £300, was it worth it!
Hehe :) I like the style.
TDM
Do we know this tosser?
You complete lump of gibbering baboon slobber. The Chevette, Ascona, Kadette, Cavalier Coupe Mk1, Manta A/B and Droop snoot VXs are some of the coolest retro cars on the scene ATM. Whether you for the drag strip look, the stage rally livery, or the rat look racer in matt black/NATO flat green.
And they all happen to have RWD and great engine swapability.
You are a mong
I like that! I'm strangely envious. Have fun!
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