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@@thejamesieboy My Dad had an Avenger when I was a kid! A metallic blue one, with blue vinyl interior and black vinyl roof! It was soooo 70’s including a fur covered dash haha! That was an L-reg with the boomerang rear lights! He sold it to my Uncle and he had it for a few years, until it finally rotted away, the poor thing!

@@rickydub6950 cheers Ricky, yeh, I just had to save it! Some work to do, but well worth it

@@vincentmoran3252 yeh, LEH could be the way tbh, have to see how it goes 👍

@@R1CH130 doin it to my Twintop this year i know its a 2.0T alredy but am planning on keeping this one a while was thinking to just fully rebuild the LER whats in there but you can get a LEH for a decent price nowdays so ill just do that and rebuild it and still have my car no the road while am doing that.. thinking ahead here lol doing it b4 the LEH becomes a rare engine lmao

@@stefencooke certainly the ones down the doors, the others ones are later additions which Nicky added to try and cover up some of the paint imperfections

@@barryjackson8512 🤣🤣🤣 Hazard switch is fine for MOT, can still reach it from driver’s side

@ at a stretch

I’ve got a couple of issues of Redline which I bought back in the day, but that’s all sadly.

@@vx.calibre2901 haha ok, another clue, it’s not a Vauxhall 😲

thats what i thaught

@@R1CH130 XK8... Maybe an R?

@ tbh, I have looked at XK8’s and I may end up with one of those too! It’s just the rot that puts me off with those! Those rear arches and sills behind the wheels, rot for England! All autos too, which puts me off.

@@vx.calibre2901 yeh, without a doubt! It’s just such a cool dash! Such a shame dash’s aren’t like this anymore! Also a shame, that the SR’s lost the oil pressure and volt gauges.

@@rickydub6950 haha yeh, I’ve only got two on the road and one is the mk1 Cav, which I can’t use as the engine loom is in my living room 🤣 What you got?

@R1CH130 mk2 Golf 16v, mk2 Golf 2.0 8v, mk3 vr6, mk4 1.8t, mk5 tdi, mk7 R , R53 Cooper S & 205 GTi... only 3 taxed though... 😁 should have 6 taxed mot'd for spring 👏👍

@ haha awesome collection 😍 Are we mad? Clinically insane? Maybe 🤣 None car people don’t get our obsession haha

@@R1CH130 😁

@@rickydub6950 you should get making videos of your cars too! It’s an awesome collection and the dub scene is huge and bound to get a good following and the Pug is a hot hatch icon!

@@rickydub6950 haha yeh, the windows are actually slower than usual as they have gone a bit stiff 🤣 Did you have one then?

@R1CH130 yes, K593 HSA silver GSi... boyhood dream achieved... wish I still had one on the fleet, walked away from 2 I viewed about 10 years ago as they were too rotten, but now can't justify one at £10k + 😂 look forward to more vids on yours when they come 👍

@@rickydub6950 yeh I have to be honest, I couldn’t justify paying that for one myself! If I hadn’t already got mine, I wouldn’t be buying on at those prices, not unless it was a very special example! The “rot” is the main reason this hasn’t seen the road in so long, but thankfully, it’s not got any worse and it’s actually not as bad as many I’ve seen restored! Once I’ve sorted out my garage, I can crack on and make some progress on it. The plan is to start at the front and work back.

@@whoa.313 it’s not actually wired up to anything. I’m sure it will have been at some point in it’s life, but never figured out what 🤷‍♂️

@@R1CH130 I have the same car, just the continental left hand drive Corsa. The car has a similiar switch and i don't have a clue what it's for. 😉

@@whoa.313 oh yes, just noticed your profile picture!! Cool 😎 Funny that yours has a similar switch!

@@vincentmoran3252 ooh good technical question! Tbh, I haven’t got a clue! I don’t tend to get that technical lol Wish I knew how to 🤣

Hi, do you mean the lights in the steering wheel stay on?

That’s good to know buddy. I’ve tried a piece of card and it looks pretty good tbh, so may go that route, cut into sections. My Dad’s old garage, had corrugated asbestos walls and roof, but I think iron/steel would look better, with it made rusty. I’ll send you a pic on messenger.

Yeh, possibly. Mmm, not sure. I’ve got some real moss for some plant life around the outside etc. can’t wait to get started on the cars themselves. Got some ideas which I’ve never seen done before.

@@vincentmoran3252 yeh exactly. I used to only get the same from 1.2 Corsas, when I had them and only slightly better from petrol Fabias with the 1.2 TSi My Astra Twintop, with a much more modern, 1.8 VVT engine, struggles to to 28mpg!!!

@@R1CH130 wow 28mpg from the 1.8 vvt my twintop 2.0T if i put my foot down i get like 5 - 7mpg lol i take it out for a drink now and then lmao... but if i drive like a normal person i can get around 30 - 35 mpg around town, on the moterway just ploding along doin around 70 i get 50 + mpg

@ yeh, problem with the twintop, it’s heavy and to get the most out of the 1.8, you have to really work it hard! The 1.6 is even worse! Absolutely terrible on fuel!

@@R1CH130 i had a 1.6 also it was slow and not good on fuel yup

@@vincentmoran3252 yeh, back when I sold Vauxhalls new, in 2007 to 2009, one of my colleagues had a 1.6 Twintop as his company car. He said the fuel bills were crippling him! 25mpg if he was lucky! I would have gone for a Turbo, but refuse to pay the stupid tax! Orwin is bad enough, at over £360 or whatever it is now. I know it’s about £30 per month! I’ve found before that often, a car with a larger engine can actually be better on fuel. My Vectra GSi is better on fuel than the Astra, with its 2.5 V6, because it’s just so torquey

Yeh, he’s miles better than the Astra, which was always around 28 average!

@@dt125guy7 Thanks for the comment. Yeh and not bad considering it’s been off the road for many years too! Amazingly, this is the only car in my collection, with a Carb, as the rest are all fuel injected!

@@R1CH130 Yeah not many cars with carbs around now - had a Nova with weber carbs yrs ago and wish I still had it. It was never a chore driving that😋 Quite a few older bikes with carbs and actually prefer them - easily to work on, fewer electronics to go wrong and better than the older auto chokes that stick or don't come on properly when its cold! Definitely keep those in your collection as only going up in value - love the Astra van vid and Nova 🤩

@@dt125guy7 yeh, two of my old Novas had carbs. I had a 1.3 SR engine in one, with a Weber DTML to replace the usual Pierburg. The Manta has the same Weber, which is miles better than the standard one with auto-choke that always fails! My first car was a mk3 Cortina with the 2.0 Pinto. The auto choke failed on that too and my Dad converted it to manual. The last car I had with a choke, was that 1.3 Nova, which was back in about 1999, which shows how long ago it was! I’ve had Injected cars ever since, until the Manta!

@@R1CH130 That's so surreal - same here - 1.3 SR with Weber. Really liked that car and if only we had kept those in the garage they would be worth something now😁

@@dt125guy7 Yeh, mine was an Antibes special edition in red, with matching red interior and carpet! The original 1.2’s head gasket went and blew a hole in a water core plug. I’d already got a 1.3 SR engine ready to fit, so it was perfect timing lol JP racing exhaust, large K&N combined to make it sound awesome! I bought a white GTE after that and I never loved that as much as the Antibes! Don’t know if you’ve seen it on my channel, but I’ve got a GSi still, which I’ve had for 20 years!

@@Thejoker-zg1gk I hope to, but I couldn’t get it started yesterday, because the key is broken and I can’t turn the alarm off 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤣🤣🤣 It’s all fun and games 🤣

Totally agree! Problem was, the phase one base spec cars, weren’t a patch on the Cavs and gave it a bad rep from day one! GSi and especially phase two models, were far better!

I preferred phase 1 myself tbh ...always loved black vectra b saloon gsi hence I had a few lol

@@R1CH130 loved both of mine, would love to have a go in one of the 3.0 or 3.2 converted cars to see how different they are

@@vx.calibre2901 haha yeh with the cold start system that sounds like a hover 🤣

@@barryjackson8512 wishful thinking! Sadly no, this is an old video I had on my tablet

@@R1CH130 oh well.

Yeh, it sounded great and looked great! The green one was beautiful too! I do miss this and going to try to get it sorted and MOTd but then I’ll probably sell it. I’ll see.

That’s all induction roar too! The exhaust is standard! 😮

@@vx.calibre2901 yeh, it’s probably overkill, that fuel pump lol Way more powerful than it needs to be and could actually be part of the problem, giving too much fuel pressure! I’m going to try a normal Calibra/Cavalier pump and see if it’s better. The car suffered with fuel starvation in the past, with a previous owner, so they fitted this high power pump to try to sort it. That wasn’t the issue though! It was the fuel tank made for a carbed engine, without a swirl pot! Doh 🤣

@@R1CH130 all part of the fun. Some say😁

Nah, I don’t do stock! I’ve always had modified and customised cars and something unique. This would take way too much work as it used to be red for a start! It would also need the trans tunnel turning back to standard too, so a lot of work. Thanks for the comment though 😀

Yeh, you could well be right. I have ways wanted one, it’s just I have so many projects and so little time!

@@vx.calibre2901 any progress is progress! Little bits at a time, all add up! That’s what I’m trying to do. Bit here, bit there.

@@robinprice4877 I’m not sure tbh, this was with maximum choke, but that maybe one reason why it took a while! I’ll try with half choke next time, as I may have gone ott! It’s absolutely years, like more than 2 decades since I last had a car with a choke lol

@@R1CH130 Thanks for your reply. Would love to see more cold start videos. I had one of these about ten years ago. Always parked outside. In January covered in snow I tried it for 10 mins on full choke and it wouldn't start. Charged battery. Next day it took about 5 mins to start on half choke. Next day it started second attempt on quarter choke but I had to pull choke out to half to set off.

@@robinprice4877 My first car was a 1977 Cortina and that was a pain to start with the manual choke, but the auto choke had completely failed, so we converted it to manual. It was always difficult to know how much choke to use! I may try another cold start tomorrow, but with only a little choke and see what it does!

@@R1CH130 How long did your Cortina take to start on freezing cold mornings? Did you find damp weather caused problems? I had a Cortina which always took ages to start when it had rained over night.

@@robinprice4877 sorry for the late reply! RUclips is rubbish at giving notifications! Yeh, damp weather was the worst! I used to find, it started best on a really cold and crisp, but dry day. If it was a bit warmer and damp, it didn’t like it! Hot starting was often an issue too! I loved it, but it was always a worry that it wouldn’t start! Have to admit, that’s why I much prefer injection, in general!

@@matthewwillison6456 yeh, it was a lot better than expected, when it turned up! I bought it unseen from a mate in Aberdeen! I’d seen photos obviously, but didn’t expect it to be as good as it is! I’m keen to crack on and get the welding done, then can try to get other bits done to make it road-worthy

@@matthewwillison6456 thanks buddy, yeh, just a shame it needs those swan necks and floor pans. Pretty solid otherwise.

@@R1CH130 I have total faith in you Rich your sort it mate

@@chrisford4009 Thanks Chris. Have you seen my mk1 Cav on the channel? Have a look if not.

@@vincentmoran3252 haha you know, that’s my dream! I would love to be able to do that! I’m trying to find more time to do more vids. It’s hard though, working the hours I do! Thanks for the support though, it’s much appreciated and you’re right it what you’re saying about the Twintop! I remember selling them new and they had faults with the roof almost from day one lol

@@R1CH130 was thinking of buying a new car last year because there getting a bit older now and things will need doing soon and the paint was a bit shabby on my one... but i like the way the twintop looks and all the roof stuff i can do my self or has been done alredy, so i decided to insted put the money into this and get the paint work done and slowly just replace all the old parts lol