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Just started using the cavalier for the first time in about 20 years. Looks good but needs bits and bats.

7 of 12 - Chester Services 402 miles completed today and 37 mpg in the old girl. 3 Stops in liverpool for photos and to meet up with friends and then had to stop off and Ellesmere port for a photo next to the big #vauxhall sign. Then the services before the 3.5 hour drive home - Took Stanley as the co-pilot this time and he didn't complain once about the singing and conversation or the amount of rubbish i ate - might take him along again. No rest for #thegreencavvy as next week we have #FestivaloftheUnexceptional

Great to see everyone.....another good showing from the nutty mk2 contingent. Thanks to all for the help throughout the week. Special thanks to Jas and Lou for the mugs, and Ivan and Clara for sorting the bar b q. I recognise the F--- OLD blue LX....I think it appeared on ebay for a reasonable sum. Looks tidy. I'll do a photo dump at some point. Final point, there was discussions of more trips.....I suggest that we keep the enthusiasm and get on it. We need some dates and budgets tabled and then maybe we (admin) can get some options.

Well, what a show. Best it's been in a few years I think. Really good chilled vibes. Great people.. was absolutely mint. Lovely people, I loved every bit . Can't wait for more trips, adventures and shows. So. Thank you to new body and Lou for the hospitality with the kitchen tent, and food. Great addition. Thank you Frisco and Clara. Especially for the BBQ. Thank you buzzard, mark, scruffy, Toni, Brett, Tim, Andy king, Ian Townsend, greggles, Arron05, Andrew cullingworth, greyDJ. Great to catch up and chat and have a awesome display of Cavaliers. And thank you guys for making the show what it is. Because without you guys. We would not have any. So thank you. Especially thank you to Jason new body and Lou though. Really touched by what you did. Truly moved. Think I speak for everyone... Just lovely...

After 3.5+ years living over 5000 miles away, we’re finally coming home to the UK. And that means becoming active with MK2CAV.COM properly again. Somehow, our weird little website started back in 1998 is STILL alive. Which honestly feels slightly miraculous considering the modern internet now mainly consists of doomscrolling, AI slop cat ninjas, ragebait and “what wheels fit?” posted 140 times a day by people who apparently fear the search function more than terminal rust. Comparatively - MK2CAV.COM may be ancient, but it matters. Today, socials posts vanish with the swipe of a thumb and are forgotten 2 minutes later, while old forum threads from 2004 are STILL helping people keep these cars alive today. Somewhere on the forum there are still 17-page arguments on Weber conversions vs original Varajet carbs that remain more useful than 99% of modern social media. And honestly… our archive of human experience (and even joy) matters of now more than ever. Because MK2CAV.COM was never just a website, classifieds page, or somewhere to argue about wheel offset and dashboard rattles It became: an archive and wealth of technical knowhow. a place that documented restorations and saved cars a social club and occasionally group therapy for people emotionally attached to rusty 1980s Vauxhalls But equally, the reality is our previous club and hosting setup simply is not sustainable long-term given membership numbers and general cost-of-living madness. So over the coming months we’ll be: reviewing forum and club operations looking at the future role of the website preserving our archives properly modernising and streamlining further rethinking merch, stickers and perks and moving more strongly towards preserving a whole bygone era of motoring Importantly: That does NOT mean deleting the forum or abandoning what made the club special. Quite the opposite. The goal is to preserve 20+ years of history, guides, photos, technical resources and friendships properly while also making the club feel alive again. Because while Facebook groups can absolutely continue doing their thing, I still believe there’s still room for something deeper for those who want more meaningful engagement: road trips restorations technical writeups random roadside and barn-find saves retro reminiscing and the strange things that only seem to happen when you own an 80s Vauxhall The internet changed. Forums died. Photobucket murdered half our old build threads. Social media replaced conversations with algorithms. And now half the internet appears to be mainly bots stirring up hatred while AI-generated memes lull us into a collective stupor. Yet somehow this place still survives, and it reminds me of happier more outgoing times, before social media made us all feel "too busy". Like our cavs, the club site is a bit rusty. Occasionally broken. Held together largely by stubbornness and irrational optimism (also like our cavs). So, one thing I’ve also realised recently is that the club was always strongest when it had its own content and media personality, not just FB scrolling pictures of cavs in fields. So I’ve started creating retro-themed club artwork and posters for paid members inspired by: 1980s / GM culture old VHS action films dealer graphics and tax discs period brochures retro magazines motorway service stations at 2am and general nostalgic nonsense If you’re a paid-up member, PM me on MK2CAV.COM to request: personalised avatars / retro poster magazine cover / pop-culture parody scenes and other club-style artwork featuring your Cav (Completely unique and free for you to use on social media, clothing, garages, banners or wherever else you wish to proudly display your questionable life choices and Cavalier-flavoured love of 1980s motoring). Subject of course to my time and availability while relocating half my life back across the planet* Also… IMPORTANT! Our annual VBOA Sywell weekend is nearly upon us. So if you want to attend with the club, check the forum events section and get involved. I’m genuinely chuffed that all the club admins (even me!) should be there this year. Let’s see who else still has enough unburnt petrol fumes and irrational optimism left in them to make the trip. (Mk1, Mk2, Mk3 Cav or no Cav at all - you’re always welcome.) And finally: thank you to YOU for sticking around. At present there are at least five MK2 Cavalier Facebook groups doing similar things. And honestly, that’s absolutely fine. Some were even founded by old members from this site. In a world increasingly lacking shared pursuits and common interests, I genuinely think the more the merrier. But we are now: 27 years for the club. 45 years for the Mk2 Cavalier itself. And somehow it’s now only 5 years until the Mk2 turns 50, which is frankly terrifying. Still… that feels like enough time to keep the life-support machine pumping a little longer. Forums are supposedly dead. Small car clubs are supposedly dead. And AI bots, dead internet theory and endless scrolling are making even good Facebook groups increasingly disposable. But MK2CAV.COM was never really about the cars. It was about preserving a strange little slice of the 1980s and the friendships that came about from our quirky obsession. So somehow, nearly 30 years later… we’re still here. Still trying to keep these rusty old boxes on the road. And honestly? We’re going to have a bloody good time doing so for the next few years. Everyone is invited. Andy c/o MK2CAV.COM

Woop. Thanks for uploading Tony. I will be there, the Jet lag is wearing off finally!

Well said that man......bring it on. It would be awesome to go big for the 50th year for sure

I expect to be there GeyDJ2, John, Mk3 Cav, Saturday only

I will be there Saturday AM to Sunday PM and will be in the Cavalier L

No still.planning on going, might even insure the cav this week so can get it out the garage (if ever stops raining)

2 of 12 complete Stop number 2 of the Motorway Services calendar completed yesterday in the #greencavvy - 336 miles and she didn't miss a beat. This time for the journey i took my good friend Martin Drummie as well as my son and we met up with the lads at The Crap Car Collective (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1246037256564774) for tea and biscuits and an update on the Marina. Reading next month but i think #greencavvy has earned a rest and an oil change. #vauxhall #vauxhallcavaliermk2 #cavaliermk2 #a32ltm #greencavvy #servicestations #oncedrivenforeversmitten #BetterByDesign

I got my son a motorway service station calendar for xmas as a stocking filler and January is Ferrybridge Services on the m62 - a mere 229 miles round trip. Armed with the latest ebay purchase of 'now thats what i call music' (correct age for the car) we started out at 10am and the #greencavvy #a32ltm was absolutely magnificent as always despite the filthy weather. Got back at 15:40 and averaged about 33.5 mpg Leeds Skelton to do in febuaray

Also looking for factory / OEM engine bay pictures from any angle you have. I have questions about some fittings on my parts car.

Number 6/June/50% Ticked off - Wetherby on the A1(M) 392 Miles according the google maps and averaged 38.8mpg! First stop was to see a friend with a mint mk2 Cavalier LX, then on to the services at Wetherby to enjoy the delights of a Greggs Breakfast, before driving over to Northwich to pick up some tyres & rims for another mates Cavalier as they were 'on the way' Now she can have a nice rest before conquering Chester services in July. PS i missed the 60k turn over as well and i hate myself!

they certainly are - but i did forget to add August and September - will do that now

Hello 👋 So, here we are again, a MK2 Cavalier owner once more after stupidly selling my mint Black SRi saloon “ The Bomber “ to Blitz in August 2013, who I know has looked after her very well 💪 I was bidding on the Green A plate 1.3L the other day, but I changed my mind and Charlie Cavalier won it instead to go with A32LTM 👍 The very next day this popped up in my eBay, so I messaged the seller for some info, owned by her dad for 10 yrs who is now ill of health, been parked for 3., so I made an offer and collected it on Saturday to go with my 1989 Opel Vectra A LHD, and my 1993 Carlton Diplomat 😎 A few holes / rusty bits here and there, but in general a good shell to build on. Redtop engine Chipped ECU apparently Recent ( ish ) rear brakes New rear shocks New stainless middle section Keep you updated with progress, Abo 👋

Stayed at a Travelodge in Kendal and then on the 1st of September went up to Annadale water services to tick off September - a trot of only 84 miles. Then tackled the 280 ish miles home which was much nicer with short stops off at Markham moor & leeming bar services. 641 miles covered in total in 2 days according to google maps, and apart from a couple of non starts (attached jump pack and she fires up so will get an new starter motor) #thegreencavvy was faultless and averaged 39.7 mpg on the homeward leg

Enjoying our corner under the tree

That's actually a decent video Andy. Even some of the cheesy lyrics.

I have aquick video of the weekend, that I've been fighting my phone to edit while in poland. Will try to get it downloaded and then on the YT channel and hotlinked here. It kept crashing when trying to render it, but managed to get a render of a previous draft - so it's a bit rougher than of previous years. Next year however... will be different!

Its my commitment or should that i need commiting

I know you don't like uncertainty but paying this far ahead is surely a sign of a deeper issue. See a doctor :)

Great to see you all again, albeit briefly over the weekend. Big thanks to Jason and Tony for fixing my water leak, got home with no further problems 💪💪💪 Here’s some pics of MK2’s 😎

from the stand. VID_20260725_123447587.mp4

I recognise the name but who are you again? ;)

@retrotony87 great work T dog

Not sure will ask, it is mint

May Services ticked off - Stafford Southbound on the M6. 306 miles round trip @ 36 mpg, not bad for an old 1300 4 speed and even included a little trip Coventry First stop was to visit the car dealership that sold her back on the 5/6/1984 (name changed from George Cox Cars to W noble Motors) and then the old MOT station she used to frequent (BillandBobMOT) before maccy's at Welcome Break Stafford

I have a 2005 vauxhall monaro VXR (think its the pontiac GTO in the states). Needs a little sorting out, but plan is to get that running this year. Love and LS2

i bought it for $1000. Canadian from an auto salvage yard. it was brought in with a rotted out subframe. I drove it home. figure its all resulting damage from the subframe going in it. so just playing catch up really. i agree with you tactic, other then my truck which sh!t the bed, i dont buy anything over 05 anymore. my truck was an exception because it was a bade fleet model so didnt have as much electronics to fail in it. but its dead now too so lol.

I have stopped messing with the daily......its painful on a Sunday night when I need it Monday morning so have a modern car to chuck the miles on. Hopefully I will get one of my LXs on the road for day to day use. Something special about running a classic car regularly.

Andy Davies + wife with Ascona, two man tent camping 1 night Saturday & Sunday.

well... i am seriously on the fence about pulling that 82 J2000 front end off and swapping on the 1994 sunbird GT front end with the flip up headlights. (seen on the teal sedan {im colourblind} with the black gt bumpers) so... I may know a guy. lol from what i posted, I dont have the black 02 cavalier sedan, (cut it up), The black 05 cav coupe (cut it up), the primer 87 cavalier with the second gen front end swap, or the Burgundy 03 sunfire sedan (cut it up). everything else i still have. for a while i was hosting JCO meets in my side yard, had 10 cars laid out on the lawn before anyone else even showed up lol. that 87 cavalier i will be rebuilding with the other 87 cavalier thats pictured. im hoping to actually finish the car this time. i have the 94 tail section that im going to graft onto the coupe. build myself a 2-door sedan. as you can see i swapped the trunk lids on a couple of donner cars years ago. the front ends are stripped. thats how i came to the conclusion that i could just bold the 90 front end (second generation) on to the 87 (first generation). underneath the first and second generations are basically the same cars.

I’ll be there with East Side Vauxhall, probably in the Vectra 😎

Lol . We need the tree. It's been asked. No response

We need the tree hounary member

Most know the deal by now but in case anyone doesn't; once you've signed up here you need to buy your show and camping tickets from the VBOA via the link below. https://vboa.org.uk/index.php/product/vboa-members-26/ As always attendance is members only so to get the password for tickets PM myself or retrotony87. Last year was a great show so hopefully we get the weather again.

All booked.....arriving late afternoon Friday so no day ticket needed (FYI for others doing the same). Will have a second car.....would love it to be another mk2 but likely Frasers or Kirstys.....as 4 up in the cav with all the camping kit (and club stuff) might well struggle

Excellent Brett.

So still not done much tbh, but now I’ve spent money on my Vectra B, some essential maintenance and upgrades, and I finally have my Carlton MOT’d after finding some ABS sensors 🤗 this one’s next in line for a visit to my mechanic, probably next month due to funds / time 💪

be good to tick off all 12 in the cav

Hi all, Bit of a weird one this - always wanted a MK2 as my dad had a couple and I loved them, learnt to drive in his E reg SRi 130 and the first car I ever helped him work on was his A reg 1.6L, so they kind of got me into cars. I've always been a petrol head and I've gone through all the different phases - started with Peugeots and Citroens, modified with various levels of success. Then JDM stuff, an Integra, a couple of Civics. Subaru, had 2 Imprezas and a Legacy, and still have a 2018 Outback as a daily. Then got into old Mercs, until I sold my 190E 2.6 in 2022 for the deposit on the Subaru, and then just forgot to buy something interesting again, until I saw this in November (apologies for the crap pics, it's been raining since then and I've not had much chance to get some good ones) It's a 1.6 SR that was fully restored back in 2012, 48k miles (no proof of that other than some old MOTs, not that bothered), original even down to the stereo except for a Weber carb and manual choke conversion. Currently just doing little jobs as and when weather allows - got the stereo rebuilt and it promptly blew up 5 minutes after reinstalling it because the speaker wiring was dodged up so that's all been replaced, just waiting on the stereo coming back fixed again. Vintage Galaxy 105 sticker (if you're from West Yorkshire, you know!), carb tuning (runs without the choke now), and next weekends job is replacing the 20 year old tyres. Plans are - a 5 speed gearbox, 40mm springs, Piper exhaust, some fogs if I can find them, then just enjoy! Oh, and reason I'm not really a new member - I joined this forum back in 2009 looking for one and gave up, just realised when I tried to sign up and it said my email was already in use!

Alright, alright

Thanks! Bought it off a lad called Dave in St Helens, but it's been about a bit.

Scruffy491 (Eliot) grace and daughter thursday to monday camping cavalier

I don't like red being a Spurs fan, but I currently have 4 red Cav's, 2 cabbies and 2 saloons 🤣

📣 Exciting Announcement for Affiliated Clubs. We’re pleased to announce that all ticket options are now available to book with an exclusive 20% off gate prices for Affiliated Club Members! This extra discount runs until January 1st, so don’t miss out. Your club reps have the booking code, so get in touch and secure your spot early. With tickets available and dates released well in advance plus the fantastic feedback from this year’s show at our new venue we’re expecting a bumper turnout for 2026! If you were on the fence about the new location, we’re confident last year’s success has shown what a great move it was. ✅ Take advantage of the early discount ✅ Book your tickets now ✅ Save the dates: Thursday 23rd to Monday 27th (set-up from 10am Thursday) Let’s make the VBOA National Rally 2026 our biggest and best yet! 🚗💨 Please like and share to help spread the word....

Hi, the diagram that I posted up was for converting a dash with tacho over to a digi dash.

East Side Vauxhall Owners’. They used to be East Side Vectra Owners’ but obviously that was a bit limited. Based in the Peterborough area, really friendly club, I showed with them last year with Carly

HHK it is Indeed! It's great to be back in Mk2 Cav ownership after 25 years away, but I've noticed the spares have dried up a bit since I last owned one. £100 for a clear front indicator, £500 for a set of rear lights and middle board. I had a shed load of these parts years ago. Anyway the big strip down will start this weekend whilst we have the good weather, I hope to find a pound or 2 behind the seats to re-coop some money,