shlomping
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chevetteshlomping
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hello i am 16( 17 in feb) and i am really wanting a chevette although i don't know alot about them. i know that they look great there rwd and apparently that the 1.3 is out of a nova sr so is quite tunable. i'v also found that there quite cheap. i was just woundering tho the important things like the insurance group, how reliable they are and weather they would be a good first car. anything would help. thanks. james
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good to see some retro love from the next generation The engine isnt a nova unit, its 1293cc of the craziest port arrangment ive ever seen! Best get Racer86 on it, he knows his beans. J
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shlomping
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chevetteshlomping
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realy well my brother misinformed me. the git
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heg123
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defenatly not a nova engine.
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shlomping
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chevetteshlomping
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it was qwerty that told me. i shall tell him his mistake.
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Bioshock
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shouldn't be too bad on the insurance front,but even a 50cc moped is going to be dear 'cos of your age don't know much about chevettes but i do remember reading the suspension was far superior to the MK2 Escort so the handling should be o.k. trouble is finding one that isn't rotten i expect
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Almera GTI = ugly bird who turns out to be great in the sack = Win
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Chevette has the 1256 OHV engine as used in the Viva. It was also used in the early Mk1 Astras / Opel Kadett 1.2 povo models IIRC. It may well have been used in the early Nova as the 1.0 and 1.2 engines - were they OHV or OHC?
Loads of tuning options for the 1256. Loads of engines fit in place dead easy.
Theres a mint A reg(?) Chevette saloon in the local rag for £300 long T&T elder owner type thing by the sounds of it. great first car.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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link doesn;t work for me?
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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shlomping
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chevetteshlomping
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its not adding the last bit of the address so i think youl have to coppy and paste it
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Last Edit: Jul 9, 2006 15:05:38 GMT by shlomping
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love the blue with matching blue interior and the Rostyles look well on it.
£155 reserve not met and its got no MOT?
£300 for a low miles one with T&T.
Sometimes eBay is better for selling than buying...
But it does look very solid.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Neil
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love the blue with matching blue interior and the Rostyles look well on it. £155 reserve not met and its got no MOT? £300 for a low miles one with T&T. Sometimes eBay is better for selling than buying... But it does look very solid. £400-£800 seems to be the current range for a low-miles T&T shuv at the moment. *n
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Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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I owned 2 Chevettes back in the old days. Both hatchbacks, they were just that little bit better than the Escort. Good handling, decent performance and easy peasy to work on they would be perfect first car material. If you go to look at any make sure that you look EVERYWHERE for tin worm. My first Chev ended up with a new floor and more to keep it on the road ( which still didnt stop the rot finally killing it off) the second one was much, much better. I have a hunch that the later ones were more resilient to rot than the early models..... Avoid the "E" models, unless they are mint. They are totally gutless and you have to drive one so hard to make any decent progress that the supposed fuel economy saving over the standard car is totally lost. On a test run, if you hear clonking from the front its probably a broken tie bar, very common problem, i relieved many a Vauxhall of one at the breakers for mine. Generally the mechanical side of these cars are quite bomb proof if you drive one "sensibly"its the bodywork, or rather the structural areas which are critical. There are still enough out there to go for the best you can afford. Good luck, you wont regret it!
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If Typhoo put the Tea in Britain who put the c**t in Scunthorpe?
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chevettearthurbrown
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Love shuv-its. They make me feel special. Do it hard
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v8ade
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someone ask me the other week if i wanted a chevette for pennies, apparently it had been used in a wheels 2000 project in Birmingham as a training vehicle. it had been used to teach young kids how to take apart and put back together again so it hasn't seen a lot off the outside world ring this number to see if its still there 01215570344 07939895957 ask for Stuart good luck
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V8 on open headers at full throttle "Heaven"
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