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 👋 

 

 

Edited April 24, 20251 yr by Lefty
Adding pics

That was a lucky find

 

I have an excellent condition XE rocker cover red L if you need one.

Abo is back.....awesome.  Glad you have a mk2 again

Welcome back to the fold abo, what needs welding on it. 

2 hours ago, Paul said:

Welcome back to the fold abo, what needs welding on it. 

Thanks ☺️ On first early inspection both arches, standard lol which he had and I paid £20 for (  I’d have got them for free if his wife wasn’t there, she didn’t miss a trick 😂 ) front of both inner arches where they meet the sill, and at least one lower rear corner. Not had a good delve but early impressions are good tbh, we shall see 👍 

On 15/04/2025 at 12:02, Greg said:

Abo is back.....awesome.  Glad you have a mk2 again

Indeed I am 😎 Feels weird owning one again after all this time lol 

Strange but strangely familiar at the same time 

 

Have you ever owned a hatch before? 

1 hour ago, Paul said:

Strange but strangely familiar at the same time 

 

Have you ever owned a hatch before? 

Yes, very familiar 👍

 

Yh quite a few despite my love of a saloon, my very first cav was a Y reg white hatch 1.6L 😎 

We really need to stop meeting like this!

Slow progress with juggling work, two other projects, a dodgy knee and trying to chill too! lol 

 

  Popped round earlier in a huff after the £70 flex plate bolts I bought from America for my MK3 were the wrong thread stopping me from refitting the engine! 😣 

 

Fitted new plugs / colour coded ( almost! 🤩 ) leads and 20 litres of fresh fuel to see if it would cure the backfiring, it’s better 👍 Tightened gear selector, I now have all gears it seems. Fitted the plug cover I got from GreyDJ too. Fuel pipe is leaking on the inlet so have to sort that another day.  Oil flush / change next and maybe trial fit the turbo rims with the 15mm 4 to 5 stud adapters 👍
 

 

Edited May 29, 20251 yr by Lefty

good to see it getting some love

Rather than try and find an original air box and pipe for the engine ( and the ECU’s current position will foul it anyway, which eventually will move inside the car ) which are rare and expensive, I thought I’d go down the “ boy racer “ route lol 

 Got to have the steel pipe cut down but you get the jist 👍
 

 

Will sound good at WOT!

 

I see she's Luton built. Best make sure the rear chassis legs are protected for the long term! Good to see the progress. 

hows progress going?

8 minutes ago, Paul said:

hows progress going?

In a word slow! Due to motivation ( lack of ) and a dodgy knee ( which is slowly getting better 👍 ) Fix the fuel leak then I can send her to have the steering rack changed, timing belt kit / water pump and lowering springs fitted. I did drop off the power cap, timing belt cover and rocker cover to be powder coated green yesterday 😎 

dropping stuff off for powder coating is progress

5 hours ago, Lefty said:

In a word slow! Due to motivation ( lack of ) and a dodgy knee ( which is slowly getting better 👍 ) Fix the fuel leak then I can send her to have the steering rack changed, timing belt kit / water pump and lowering springs fitted. I did drop off the power cap, timing belt cover and rocker cover to be powder coated green yesterday 😎 

 i just took the lower springs off of my green cavvy! Looks like a monster truck now!

Why have you taken the lowering springs off? 

i hate lowered cars - i want all my cars to be stock (or as close as possible).
 

each to thier own

Completely agree, be boring if we all liked the same stuff 

Some green bits 😎

 

 

Looking good mate 

On 15/09/2025 at 01:36, Paul said:

Looking good mate 

Thanks, the pics don’t do them justice, very happy 👌

 

 One day they’ll be fitted lol 

On 06/08/2025 at 12:42, Charlie Cavalier said:

i hate lowered cars - i want all my cars to be stock (or as close as possible).
 

each to thier own

I hated scraping speed humps everywhere, and think you now need a bit of suspension travel for UK roads. That said, it's great to be able to brake later, turn tighter and the looks too. Just need a chiropractor on speed dial

1 hour ago, vxcalibre said:

I hated scraping speed humps everywhere, and think you now need a bit of suspension travel for UK roads. That said, it's great to be able to brake later, turn tighter and the looks too. Just need a chiropractor on speed dial. The Calibra DTM is a great example where lowered suspension actually works, looks better and massively reduced body roll but retained drivability not being rock hard like a Renault Megane 225