shonky opels Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 That steering wheel would be great if you can get it off for me fella, and yeah the journey was a proper challenge, initially the plan was to drive up, stay in a hotel over night then drive back the day after, but once I'd left scotts I felt fine and I only stopped again at luton for a coffee and I got an hours sleep leaning against the dash lol cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opelscott22 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Glad the engine was of use to you! Pity I wasnt able to meet you, maybe catch you at one of the shows this year? I like to help people out without involving money where possible, thats what clubs are meant to be about. Scott 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shonky opels Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Hi mate, was a shame I missed you but I'll be at the shows (pv and billing) this year so hopefully we can share a beer or 3 a few of my friends were round today and they all said how sweet that engine sounded! tbh its miles better than the last lump and starts straight away from cold without any choke which is brilliant lol cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robah Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 That steering wheel would be great if you can get it off for me fella, and yeah the journey was a proper challenge, initially the plan was to drive up, stay in a hotel over night then drive back the day after, but once I'd left scotts I felt fine and I only stopped again at luton for a coffee and I got an hours sleep leaning against the dash lol cheers I will attempt to remove it at the weekend, and I will PM you for details etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shonky opels Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Nice one, cheers fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta400john Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Good to hear it's running again with the originality kept intact You got that membership yet !? John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shonky opels Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Good to hear it's running again with the originality kept intact You got that membership yet !? John. Still saving for the membership lol, tbh I had completely forgotten about it! will sort it out during the week once I'm back home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robah Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I will attempt to remove it at the weekend, and I will PM you for details etc. I have removed the steering wheel from column. I had noticed the steering wheel boss plastic has a few cracks in it but nothing too conspicous. Just about to PM you on details. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shonky opels Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 (edited) Spent a few hours playing with the cav today, plans were to get the heater blowing, which will have to wait now as my multimeter has stopped working also I want to get the paint work mopped and detailed ready for the show season so in preperation Ive removed all the side trim, rear trim, rear bumper, and badges, the paintwork is really faded so hopefully it'll polish up well enough to get another summers use out of the car before a respray. Some pics: 30 yrs worth of crud After a wash You can really see the difference in colour now in these pics, hopefully tomorrow I can get the front bumper, and both number plates off ready for mopping during the week, thanks for reading Edited March 3, 2012 by shonky opels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stradacab Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Keep up the good work, that was always a nice car- Be great to see you at some shows this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adz the stig Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 great thread mate! love the astra had a mk4 for my first car. sold it for £500 then the guy put it in to a tree!!! so wish i had kept it. anyway love the cav coupe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shonky opels Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 cheers chaps That astra's been scrapped now and i'm halfway through building an astra coupe turbo out of the remains, I love the cav and it should really be getting a rebuild and new paint job now but I REALLY want to use it this summer lol ~I have done a little bit of work on the cav, it involved grinding the rust off of the rear bumper and treating it with kurust, next time i'm down the workshop I'll probably paint it all with some black hammerite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shonky opels Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) Got round to sorting the paintwork on the cav on tuesday, started off by washing then snow foaming the whole car; After a while that was jet washed off and then we clayed the car, Ive never done this before but the difference in the feel of the paint before and after is unreal lol then cut back the paint and polished it with the machine, the car has been previously mopped and theyve burnt through the paint in places so we where careful not to make any of this any worse than it needs to be a few half and half shots, (really hard to see on a yellow car!) we even done inside the door shuts Once polished, the old girl got a coat of gold class meguires wax to seal the paint, hopefully over the next few weeks I'll be able to get a few more coats on Totally transformed the car and now I feel happy about using it again for the summer. This weekend should see the trim and badges cleaned and polished and back on the car there is some bad news though............. This is dead!................ Driver side window rubber, kaput! Edited March 15, 2012 by shonky opels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapierdave Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Crikey what a difference a good cut & polish has made. Looking forward to seeing your car this year, Billing 2012 maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casper1483 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Looks good mate, if your stuck for chrome trim let me know if I've got it you can have it for the price of posting, I'm not putting mine back on, my window rubbers went the same, managed to get some off a doner car, ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shonky opels Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Crikey what a difference a good cut & polish has made. Looking forward to seeing your car this year, Billing 2012 maybe. Definately at billing this year mate, Ive already booked the camping pitch for a few of my friends Looks good mate, if your stuck for chrome trim let me know if I've got it you can have it for the price of posting, I'm not putting mine back on, my window rubbers went the same, managed to get some off a doner car, ;-) luckily all my trim is really good apart from that window rubber and the chrome strip below it isn't too clever either, but yeah hopefully one will turn up on the bay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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