As a 10 year old during the golden era of Redline magazine, I was more interested in the wet T Shirt features 😂 Lovely car, looks like a good day out was had too.
Miss my calibra. redtop swapped, metal flake, reiger kitted full on showcar. Cost an utter fortune to build, totally custom. Skyline rear lights etc etc. was a great car man
I'm still learning how to do all the different styles of video stuff from editing to interviewing, so thanks to everyone who is sticking with us on the journey. Need to get some progress on my GSi now to get the next video together with the Calibra 😁
I still remember like it was yesterday when they 1st made an appearance on our UK Roads and immediately I liked them and wanted one but it was another box in life that was never ticked, from all the Vauxhall range the Calibra along with the MK1 Astra GTE's are my fav's The GTE would sit in No-1 position
I remember when i first saw one in 1990 and looked futuristic for the time. Silly of vauxhall making a 2.0 8v version. I believe it had a cd factor of 0.26 one of the lowest around. The wing mirrors had a fault on them too on the early models with them dropping off lol. Still a great looking car today and not aged much.
Good bit of trivia there 😁 It did look absolutely stunning in 1990, it was like a super car. The 8v Calibra only had 14 inch steel wheels on it, I think they helped the drag a tiny bit too. The 16v was 0.28, while Cavaliers apart from the GSi were 0.29. That big front bumper meant it was slightly less slippery, at 0.30. I think by comparison the old Mk2 was 0.37. It was an important thing at the time, the drag figure. After the 90s you never saw it come up often but it was part of the spec list then.
@@OnceDrivenForeverSmitten A good bit of extra info there dougie. Yep not much more info about the drag of cars after the 90's, maybe because the drag of the newer cars were not much better or probably they were worse.
@@OnceDrivenForeverSmitten they were making the most of pre cad design. After that every car had drag co efficient in mind when it came to designs. Before this there was some guy carving lumps of clay and drawing pictures in his notepad.
The calibra is still one of my favorite cars I've owned one that was a total basket case ,but still fell in love with it . Can't wait to see this again hopefully in the sunshine it's ages since I've seen paint like that
Hi from durham dougie👍👋 yes I remember this calibra and sure it was in revs too this and my all time favourite Pinky (kingdom development) always my childhood sweethearts 😍😍 its amazing how iconic symbols creep up cos sure pinky just been bin found again too and yeah both legends and both dream machines john is a very lucky chap and bet all his dreams come true when he found the history on her (buying blind )lol man the days at home with car porn on subscription every week or month sure my monthly bill was bout £46 pound as got revs max power and performance ford mags and redline 👌thanks for your time be safe and see you soon👋
There was many times I stood at my door when it was on the driveway (before it went into my garage) and thought what the hell, then as each piece of history unfolded I was amazed, my mate Jay (rebuild custom) actually passed on this car and he now kicks himself for it
@@dailydrivenwips5252 I bet he did lol let see if he can 👉 novacome 👈his disappointment 😢 😂and you did well matey👌 but the paint held up great on her for time away and when you guys where talking about the paint am sure it was a gunuin nissan made paint before it came available to market as was on and only new car I ever owned was a nissan primera was s reg 2.0 GT 150 bhp and was great car but 3rd car I owned lol then a bronzey gold appeared on micras soon after lol
Good to hear the background to this beast. The Calibra is still a good looking beast. The shape has aged well. I thought I detected a hint of Caribic Blue under the bonnet. Still one of the greatest Vauxhall colours
I have a Calibra that I bought in 2017 as a bit of nostalgia..my original calibra I owned in 1994 was an H plate redtop My current one is just the 16v eco , on a P plate (97)but it's not bad power wise tbf for what it is 😁,and drives nice
I was never really a fan of the calibra at the time, but by christ I look at that and think it looks pretty damn good! The paint on it is very interesting I like the transition on it.
That's Mike Marren's, it turns up at the start of the Blackpool meet video and it's in the scrapyard hunting one as well. There's content on the way about that car, and Cavalier SRis in general 😁
Owned many Vauxhalls one of which was an SRi in exactly the same colour with a Bill Blydenstein head conversion and superchip! Use to keep up with my mates redtop calibra, would love to know if its still alive!
Awesome Dougie i use to have a couple of calibras there nice looking cars she sounds nice i did find the lights were poor at night couldn't see the road haha 👍
Awesome bit of history 👏 tastefully modified of its time. I would have loved flip paint back in the day, wanted silver with a blue pearl on my old mk5 Orion but thankfully i smashed it before i wasted anymore cash on an rst transplant & paint 😁
Would love for my v6 mk3 Astra van to meet this and the cavalier! Mine used to have the issue of starting second time every time. I replaced the FPR and it cured it. Maybe worth a try for the cost of one.
I dropped and cleaned the sump and pickup pipe 2 days ago and replaced the auxiliary belt and all of a sudden it now starts first time, weired. Where are you from ?
@@dailydrivenwips5252 that’s strange! Wouldn’t think that would cure the issue. Stranger things have happened I guess. I’m in Staffordshire, near Stoke on Trent/Derby.
This looks very very similar to one that I had the EDS chip-set from back in 2005. Thought the chap was going to break the whole car. I had the chips for my V-Tuning converted LET Astra GTE MK2.
How many different colours does that paint show up??? I got some me old mags but, defo not one with that in n it, would have remembered, not a fan of it, never really went for that type of "Mag feature" look but, those back arches to spoiler are a work of art, the flow without a belmish, someone had an eye for quality they way their finished. "Metal cam covers getting hard to find now", yeah right tell me about it. Funny timing tho', just dipped my toes into sorting my six pot this week, it been standing 3 year.
Quite sure this was Jon Shields car after he sold the Nova...The Viggen....then a boy in Ipswich owned it then I never saw it again till your last video....the number plate gave it away
@@dailydrivenwips5252 Wasnt sure of the exact history but when I saw the Blackpool video it made me think of the Viggen....think I've got a few articles somewhere about it when it had the grey green interior similar to Jon's Nova A16 vtb
Great video Dougie, very nice car. I rem autocar testing a green nova xe turbo, must have been a "green" thing for the vauxs when the modded ford's had the zebra stripe fad! I don't understand why Courtney wasn't "bigger", in the way of like mountune, power engineering and turbo technics were with the ford's. Wasn't there another tuner/handler too? ,( rem Im a Ford man at heart so maybe mistaken,) Bill Blydenstein?? I'm sure autocar interviewed the Courtney bloke, and they were impressed with his work, likening it in a way to Alpina no less. As I've said to you b4 I look forward to a cav turbo 4x4 test versus a saff cos. Its also a shame they didn't rally the 4x4 calibra as a replacement of sorts to the lovely manta (I'm thinking mcrae, Brooks, and of course Mr Vatanen.) Anyway great video. Best wishes. Ben 🚍🚌🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Bill Blydenstein was a tuning legend of the DTV era. The other main Vauxhall tuner in the 90s was Regal Autosport of Southampton. Thorney got involved with VXR era cars at the time too.
I’m not sure I’d want a car that’s not got a true identity, it’s been converted three times, now a mint, original turbo 4x4, yes in white. The cavalier turbo is more my thing. 10k now for a minter. If you can find one that hasn’t been messed with.👍
@@dailydrivenwips5252 its our format def. Its funny all the cavs/calibras here are mainland uk regd ones. Ours all rotted or got rote off/scrapped lol.
I bought my V6 Calibra in 2000. Still own and drive it.
As a 10 year old during the golden era of Redline magazine, I was more interested in the wet T Shirt features 😂
Lovely car, looks like a good day out was had too.
Miss my calibra. redtop swapped, metal flake, reiger kitted full on showcar. Cost an utter fortune to build, totally custom. Skyline rear lights etc etc. was a great car man
Turned out better than I thought, thank you Dougie, looking forward to our next planned event 😉
I'm still learning how to do all the different styles of video stuff from editing to interviewing, so thanks to everyone who is sticking with us on the journey. Need to get some progress on my GSi now to get the next video together with the Calibra 😁
@@OnceDrivenForeverSmitten absolutely, going to see someone about the roof lining today
I still remember like it was yesterday when they 1st made an appearance on our UK Roads and immediately I liked them and wanted one but it was another box in life that was never ticked, from all the Vauxhall range the Calibra along with the MK1 Astra GTE's are my fav's
The GTE would sit in No-1 position
I remember when i first saw one in 1990 and looked futuristic for the time.
Silly of vauxhall making a 2.0 8v version.
I believe it had a cd factor of 0.26 one of the lowest around.
The wing mirrors had a fault on them too on the early models with them dropping off lol.
Still a great looking car today and not aged much.
Only the 8v had that drag coefficient. The 16v and the v6 were basically the same as a cavalier because the grill was bigger
Good bit of trivia there 😁 It did look absolutely stunning in 1990, it was like a super car. The 8v Calibra only had 14 inch steel wheels on it, I think they helped the drag a tiny bit too. The 16v was 0.28, while Cavaliers apart from the GSi were 0.29. That big front bumper meant it was slightly less slippery, at 0.30.
I think by comparison the old Mk2 was 0.37. It was an important thing at the time, the drag figure. After the 90s you never saw it come up often but it was part of the spec list then.
@@OnceDrivenForeverSmitten A good bit of extra info there dougie.
Yep not much more info about the drag of cars after the 90's, maybe because the drag of the newer cars were not much better or probably they were worse.
@@OnceDrivenForeverSmitten they were making the most of pre cad design. After that every car had drag co efficient in mind when it came to designs. Before this there was some guy carving lumps of clay and drawing pictures in his notepad.
Glad you have seen the [Calibra] light. 4x4 as well as F28. Perfect.
I love the Vauxhall Calibra and still miss my 2.0 litre 16v . Wish I had never got rid of it . Great video of an awesome car , thank you .
That’s a stunning car, always loved the calibra and that one with that extended rear and spoiler and that colour looks fantastic
The calibra is still one of my favorite cars
I've owned one that was a total basket case ,but still fell in love with it .
Can't wait to see this again hopefully in the sunshine it's ages since I've seen paint like that
It’s like he isn’t interested when people are talking to him 😂
Hi from durham dougie👍👋 yes I remember this calibra and sure it was in revs too this and my all time favourite Pinky (kingdom development) always my childhood sweethearts 😍😍 its amazing how iconic symbols creep up cos sure pinky just been bin found again too and yeah both legends and both dream machines john is a very lucky chap and bet all his dreams come true when he found the history on her (buying blind )lol man the days at home with car porn on subscription every week or month sure my monthly bill was bout £46 pound as got revs max power and performance ford mags and redline 👌thanks for your time be safe and see you soon👋
There was many times I stood at my door when it was on the driveway (before it went into my garage) and thought what the hell, then as each piece of history unfolded I was amazed, my mate Jay (rebuild custom) actually passed on this car and he now kicks himself for it
@@dailydrivenwips5252 I bet he did lol let see if he can 👉 novacome 👈his disappointment 😢 😂and you did well matey👌 but the paint held up great on her for time away and when you guys where talking about the paint am sure it was a gunuin nissan made paint before it came available to market as was on and only new car I ever owned was a nissan primera was s reg 2.0 GT 150 bhp and was great car but 3rd car I owned lol then a bronzey gold appeared on micras soon after lol
Good to hear the background to this beast. The Calibra is still a good looking beast. The shape has aged well.
I thought I detected a hint of Caribic Blue under the bonnet. Still one of the greatest Vauxhall colours
Good old redline mag max power days 👍
Calibra....❤
I have a Calibra that I bought in 2017 as a bit of nostalgia..my original calibra I owned in 1994 was an H plate redtop
My current one is just the 16v eco , on a P plate (97)but it's not bad power wise tbf for what it is 😁,and drives nice
I'd take that over most brand new stuff on the market. What an icon of the 90s.
Excellent video, what a lovely example. I own two calibras, one I've had for 23 years.
I remember reading about this in college!
Great looking Car, and what a colour, it sounds awesome. Great video Dougie.
Another brilliant video and the car is such a blast from the past.keep up the work 👍👍
Great calibra and great vid would love to see it painted white its original colour 🤔
Me too
Me too ,iv always liked white cars tbf ,they tend to just look better imo
Love the rear blended in
Amazing
I was never really a fan of the calibra at the time, but by christ I look at that and think it looks pretty damn good! The paint on it is very interesting I like the transition on it.
Brilliant looking and sounding motor 👍
Nice to see a V6 Calibra
Great car man love the colour
That is one sweet V6 engine, the car itself is very nice as well 🙂
I've got the Redline mag the car was featured in when it was Turbocharged Issue 23 Redline march 2000
You sure it's this car? Please find it
@@dailydrivenwips5252 are you on fb?
Beautiful looking Calibra. 👍🏽😎
Remember this car in its blue incarnation. Always loved the boot spoiler. Got a magazine article on it somewhere.
Nice looking car love the spoiler but i love that pre facelift sri in the corner brings back memories
That's Mike Marren's, it turns up at the start of the Blackpool meet video and it's in the scrapyard hunting one as well. There's content on the way about that car, and Cavalier SRis in general 😁
Owned many Vauxhalls one of which was an SRi in exactly the same colour with a Bill Blydenstein head conversion and superchip! Use to keep up with my mates redtop calibra, would love to know if its still alive!
Love a calibra, amazing how this one’s survived. Spoiler is a bit much for me, but certainly done well.
TVR Chameleon blue paint is what it looks like to me, could be wrong though, cracking content as always mate. 🤝🍻
Great looking car a rear beast indeed
Awesome Dougie i use to have a couple of calibras there nice looking cars she sounds nice i did find the lights were poor at night couldn't see the road haha 👍
I miss the noughties 😭. Cars and cruising 😎
Awesome bit of history 👏 tastefully modified of its time. I would have loved flip paint back in the day, wanted silver with a blue pearl on my old mk5 Orion but thankfully i smashed it before i wasted anymore cash on an rst transplant & paint 😁
Those bloody CVH ignitions systems . . .
The Vauxhall I always wanted. . .
It’s an Opel
Ooh rrally cant wait to see the V6 Cav......
Wow this was an awesome video man respect 🤘🏻😜
Wonderful car. Look after it !
I had a Audi painted years ago about 2007 in rage flip paint similar to that
Would love for my v6 mk3 Astra van to meet this and the cavalier!
Mine used to have the issue of starting second time every time. I replaced the FPR and it cured it. Maybe worth a try for the cost of one.
I dropped and cleaned the sump and pickup pipe 2 days ago and replaced the auxiliary belt and all of a sudden it now starts first time, weired. Where are you from ?
@@dailydrivenwips5252 that’s strange! Wouldn’t think that would cure the issue. Stranger things have happened I guess. I’m in Staffordshire, near Stoke on Trent/Derby.
@@franksdad9899 OK not so far away then, who knows what the future holds
This looks very very similar to one that I had the EDS chip-set from back in 2005. Thought the chap was going to break the whole car. I had the chips for my V-Tuning converted LET Astra GTE MK2.
All Vauxhall gear nobs remind me of when you see someone with a club foot
How many different colours does that paint show up??? I got some me old mags but, defo not one with that in n it, would have remembered, not a fan of it, never really went for that type of "Mag feature" look but, those back arches to spoiler are a work of art, the flow without a belmish, someone had an eye for quality they way their finished.
"Metal cam covers getting hard to find now", yeah right tell me about it. Funny timing tho', just dipped my toes into sorting my six pot this week, it been standing 3 year.
Quite sure this was Jon Shields car after he sold the Nova...The Viggen....then a boy in Ipswich owned it then I never saw it again till your last video....the number plate gave it away
From our research Jon built it for Chris, then James (Ipswich???) Bought and later Sold it to the guy I got it from
@@dailydrivenwips5252
Wasnt sure of the exact history but when I saw the Blackpool video it made me think of the Viggen....think I've got a few articles somewhere about it when it had the grey green interior similar to Jon's Nova A16 vtb
@@Del-pp3gn it now has that green and grey interior completely in as the wing backs didn't work out
@@Del-pp3gn also any articles you have would be appreciated 🙂
@@dailydrivenwips5252
I'll have a look mate (cant promise I'll find them tho lol)👍
nice one
Hey it was called camo-flare paint mate 👍👍👍👍👍
Back in the day that paint was called rage paint had about 5sidferent colours in it 👍
I know that paint as 'chameleon flip paint'.
Awesome.
dam that is a big ass motor there's no way i could handle that really really nice looking car me likes, really loving the videos 🌈❤✨
Nissan used to do this colour from the factory
On the primera gt.
Bloody nice like
4x4 c20xe literally just came up for sale on mk3 astra page for 3k
Nice motor that, need to try get some more modified vauxhalls
Those are Opels
Great video Dougie, very nice car. I rem autocar testing a green nova xe turbo, must have been a "green" thing for the vauxs when the modded ford's had the zebra stripe fad! I don't understand why Courtney wasn't "bigger", in the way of like mountune, power engineering and turbo technics were with the ford's. Wasn't there another tuner/handler too? ,( rem Im a Ford man at heart so maybe mistaken,) Bill Blydenstein?? I'm sure autocar interviewed the Courtney bloke, and they were impressed with his work, likening it in a way to Alpina no less.
As I've said to you b4 I look forward to a cav turbo 4x4 test versus a saff cos. Its also a shame they didn't rally the 4x4 calibra as a replacement of sorts to the lovely manta (I'm thinking mcrae, Brooks, and of course Mr Vatanen.)
Anyway great video. Best wishes. Ben 🚍🚌🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Bill Blydenstein was a tuning legend of the DTV era. The other main Vauxhall tuner in the 90s was Regal Autosport of Southampton. Thorney got involved with VXR era cars at the time too.
@@OnceDrivenForeverSmitten ....and V-Tuning :-) Who was that fella/tuner up Aberdeen way too?
I’m not sure I’d want a car that’s not got a true identity, it’s been converted three times, now a mint, original turbo 4x4, yes in white. The cavalier turbo is more my thing. 10k now for a minter. If you can find one that hasn’t been messed with.👍
Good bit of motoring journalism there Dougie lad. It's a shame some of the footage got knackered...🙂
RUclips won't let me post pictures on here sadly
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REMAPPING SERVICES chipped my ECU in 1998 on my cavalier could always check them out?
This or a manta gte? I'd deffo take the manta.
They look like the same shaped seats I had in my mk5 xr3i, I'm guessing the calibra are alot better quality tho
Those seats are from a Mk5 Escort, John had only just fitted them 😁
@@OnceDrivenForeverSmitten really! 😂
Dougie I've sent you some interesting facts from went it was Turbocharged
That was never turbo charged as a v6
@@keithstapleton7805 yeah the one I was on about was a completely different car sorry I forgot to update this comment
@@keithstapleton7805 the one I was on about was featured in Redline Magazine in eirly 2000s
@@olivergould3878 was it a Champaign gold car on an Irish plate?
@@keithstapleton7805 no it was straight black it was in March 2000 edition of Redline now I've dug it out
Was it originally a Northern Ireland car? it looks to be NI reg..
That is the most common question I get asked lol, I can only assume it was
@@dailydrivenwips5252 its our format def. Its funny all the cavs/calibras here are mainland uk regd ones. Ours all rotted or got rote off/scrapped lol.
Should of been turbocharged aswell as awd converted