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There is a used one on ebay for £149.95 !!!! if you are interested.

I tried for ages to get a fuel pulsation damper as mine rotted out at the base where it is bolted onto the pomp mounting bracket to no avail, however i was lucky to get a used one from someone on here, cleaned it painted it with zinc than gloss black followed with a few coats of waxoyl and a new set of pump mounts and brackets, it was fine. I googled these and found the same used on other than Vauxhall cars some were exactly the same and some had a different mounting thread but listed as a suitable replacement so you may be lucky. By the way my son in law ran a Corsa b sport with a rebuilt Astra GTE red top 16v engine etc without the damper fitted and it ran until he sold it 3 years and 18,000 miles later.

Many years ago i used a site called autobaza.pl it is in Polish but if you look down the list it shows VIN etc in polish click onto this and a box comes up asking if you want to translate into another language ie English then its a case of putting in your VIN number this will give some details but for the year you will have to follow RESULT AVAILABLE IN COMMERCIAL SECTION. Mine was not an import so i dont know if this will work on imports or if the site is still going as i did this with mine over 20 years ago.

Looking good.

What is the car like underneath ? Being a car from South Africa i would think it will be very good with perhaps a little surface rust as unlike the UK you dont you have the rain we have and they probably dont cover the roads with salt like we do here during the winter.

Welcome to the site, that looks like a nice car is it sound underneath, The problems you have had remind me of my days of ownership with of several Triumph Dolomite Sprints few years ago.

Welcome to the site, that estate looks a good one and very practical for a family man. They were the favourite of decorators and window cleaners some years back when they were cheap as chips. a mate of mine had several at different times as a self employed decorator over the years and just ran them as a working car until they failed the mot or broke down. If i remember i don,t think he ever paid more than £400 ( those were the days ) and never even serviced them although i once did a cam belt, oil and filter etc change for him on on particular nice one. Hope you manage to find a gear lever gaiter i have seen new old stock ones fetching over 80 plus quid on the bay.

Hi and welcome Micky, site quiet thanks i think due to face book. I am ancient and do not use social media.

Had hoped to make it for one day as visitor, but mother in law has moved into a full time care home in Monmouth this weekend so we had to assist ( at the age of 71 myself ) plus empty her belongings etc from previous home. As most of family scattered from Aberdeen and London way it fell on us from N Wales to assist. Hope you all have a good time.

Fallen in love with this car.

Welcome, nice looking car the colour really suits it,

Gear wheel will come out by removing the bolt not really possible to repair it, may be worth checking that the end of the cable is fitted into the end of the gear wheel fully. If the gear wheel is u s someone oh here will probably have one, i have just checked my spare gearbox and the gear wheel is not fitted only a rubber bung.

Hi Andy and welcome to the site. That must be a rare car.

Welcome, looks a nice car. must say i like the countryside views.

Looks a very nice car was that the one that was for sale on ebay?