woodenspatulas
Part of things
Retro in ways you can't imagine
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Hi there, you probably don't remember but I spoke to you at Billing when you lined this Cav up for the VBOA lineup. It was for them getting one of every model together iirc. I was with my other half and we couldnt beleive it was the last one off the line Very nice collection of cars!
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1999 Vectra Estate + 1995 Saab Engine = Good Times
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Gem
East Midlands
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Welcome! Seen you cleaning them around christmas
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...Most eclectic car collection ever? I also love the pun on the plate of the Cav, very clever. That picture of all the Avantimes on the banked oval is a bit mad. Glad you chose to stick around.
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fuglynutlock
Part of things
Drive it like you rented it!
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Nice collection. Bit of a V/X fan myself. Maybe I'm being really anal here but is the VIN correct on your Cavalier certificate? I think the 3rd digit should be "S" not "5" as this should denote the 1995 build year....
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yes, you are right, it should read 89S, not 895, typical of Vauxhall to c0ck up summat like that lol thanks for all the positive comments about the cars Hopefully, 'Nuke' (the last Cav) will be on display at the NEC in November at the Classic Car Show - she'll be on the Cavalier and Chevette Club stand Its amazing how much attention Nuke gets at shows, when we took her to an evening pub meet at Papplewick (Notts) last summer, one bloke commented "so this is the last decent car Vauxhall ever made then?" ;D We also used to own an Astra Mk4 2.2 16v coupe, in Titan Gold, which was a random trade in where I used to work, when I did the HPI check it came up as previously being registered as H7VXL, which corresponded as being one of Vauxhall's own plates, and we found pictures of it in press photos from when it was being used as a launch car in Spain! Just to bore you some more, some pics of it from its press days, and then at Billing in 2008 (after a prev owner had an Irmscher bodykit fitted to it). It was a nice car, but it was too new for me, and I found it boring as it was too easy to drive lol I promise not to bore you any more until we buy some more cars lol Claire
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Claire & Phill 2x DeLorean DMC-12's 3x Mk3 Vauxhall Cavaliers 1x Ex Hearse Vauxhall Omega Estate 1x Renault-Matra Avantime V6 Privilege 1x Toyota Sera Ph3 1x Talbot Samba Cabrio
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