Hello fellow cav nutters

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dave b
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Hello fellow cav nutters

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Hi all, my names dave from liverpool i am a bit of a vauxhall nut currently i own 2 astra gtes, one which is my main daily driver which is fitted with a c20let
i also have a cav turbo which i bought off a guy from migweb february last year from london minus the engine/box (was told it went in a vectra :? )

Its a m reg smoke grey 128k 4 owners from new which i am currently doing a bare shell
restoration on it,

i will start a resto thread so you can see where im upto.... Dave
C20letlad
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how do dave welcome to the site pop some pics up and lets have a gander at the old girl !
6/10/2010---------> GT28 DIED !
12/11/16 noble rolling road

For NGK, the higher the number, the colder the plug.

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specks
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welcome,plenty pics will do.
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SteLowis
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Welcome fella. As specks says plenty of pics
dave b
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Afew pics of how she stands at the mo

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i dont have any pics of the whole car on photobucket only a few on my phone which i
cant upload as i dont have the lead to do it

As you can see i dont do things by half lol but it will be nice when done tho, the last pics are of my pride and joy astra gte turbo
TurboDan
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Welcome to the site, looks like a nice solid shell you've got anyway. I'd love do do a complete strip down like that. It should be mint when its finished :D
Bennymac
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thats quite a huge hole to fill in the chassis leg but having it up on its side like that makes it much easier to work on eh
Cavalier-C20LET
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Location: Isle of Lewis.

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Post by Cavalier-C20LET »

nice work mate

was it daddy cav you bought it off?
TurboDan
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Daddy Cavs vectra engine came out of a calibra.
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muzz
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Hi there and welcome.
Cavalier-C20LET
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Post by Cavalier-C20LET »

TurboDan wrote:Daddy Cavs vectra engine came out of a calibra.
oh right :ugeek:
dave b
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Bennymac wrote:thats quite a huge hole to fill in the chassis leg but having it up on its side like that makes it much easier to work on eh
cheers lads for the comments
yes its nice and easy to work on its side, the legs werent that bad to honest only a couple of small holes but i chose to cut all the bad metal out and sand blast the rest,then fabricate replacements that way it should be solid when finished i hope
C20letlad
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hats off to you top job you have done so far i looked through my file of cavs and dont seem to have yours !
6/10/2010---------> GT28 DIED !
12/11/16 noble rolling road

For NGK, the higher the number, the colder the plug.

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Turbo Rix
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Welcome to the CTOC.
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Markb
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Hello and welcome to the site.
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