1988 Mk2 Cavalier 1.8GLi

Drivers' seat went back in first this afternoon.



Obviously the passenger side was next!



I got them reasonably clean using bathroom wipes (to avoid getting them too wet), but when the ambient temperature is considerably higher I'll be wet vacuuming the seats and door cards to finish the cleaning off. The worst of the muck has gone though.

Not had the chance to do anything on this until yesterday, so got a few small jobs sorted.

A pair of old fashioned tracking gauges were borrowed from a neighbor to enable me to get the wheels pointing in roughly the same direction.





A new pair of number plates were drilled and flung on.



And the rear view mirror was stuck to the new windscreen, completing the interior.



No idea when I'll get back at it, but theres no rush, as the general saltiness of the roads means I'll not be driving it any time soon anyway.

It is the type with the metal piece that is bonded to the screen - I used Loctite 319 which is specifically designed for this job.

Some genuine GM NOS goodness arrived this week. I'd forgotten all about breaking the nearside mirror (nearly six years ago) whilst backing the car into a garage. It's still useable, but the aluminium structure had cracked, and it wobbled slightly as a result. A replacement was sourced, and it was unboxed today.





The rear bumper, although in reasonable condition, did let the car down a little. I treated it to a new genuine GM replacement, and this was swapped over this afternoon. 





No unsightly marks on this one, just need to fit the GL and I badges to finish off the rear end.

Very true, except my wife keeps asking how much all those NOS parts on the shelves in the garage have cost!

Been busy elsewhere this weekend, but started getting the mudflaps back together.



No more time for the foreseeable, but should get back on it next weekend.

Do tell us where you found the missing mudflap badge!

I bought a couple of single flaps with badges off Ebay - no harm in having a spare.

Didn't get a right lot of time for this at the weekend, but managed to make a little more progress.

The metal parts of the mudflaps got a couple of coats of a rubberised black enamel.



Hopefully this means that it won't all chip off in use. The painted pieces were then reunited with the rubbery bits.





They're now sat on a shelf waiting for me to get the time to fit them.

Yes, I'll get a pic when I get over to the bodyshop tomorrow; I rescued them from my folk's garage and took them there, with the intention of fitting them to a Corsa C courtesy car, but that's now sadly been scrapped - a customer borrowed it a couple of months ago, parked it up and went off with the key and is now on the missing persons list. Car got recovered to a compound, but its going to cost more than its worth for storage charges, a new key and window after the police had to break into it for forensics!