1980 Cavalier Sportshatch

First things first - this isn't actually my car because my good lady bought it and I've been informed that she's Project Manager and I'm Chief Skivvy - hoorah.

It's a 1980 Cavalier Sportshatch 1600 bought from VicSmith for peanuts , needs some tlc but not too much tbh

These are the pics from when Vicsmith had it ..










Then it was offered to me for beer money and delivered up here last Sunday ( thanks Rob )

As it is now







Bodywork's pretty good tbh , it's had some sort of Zeibart through it ar some stage which has certainly helped it . Looks like it'll need some rear arch work and a couple of sills





Drivers wing has seen better days but amongst the enormous pile of spares there's a better one




The bit of the front panel where the two indicator units sit needs a prod I fear




Engine - yep it's got one.



Rest of engine bay looks really solid







But it does have opening side windows



A mouldy headlining




cool interior


Shame the dash top is cracked , I don't actually mind the colours ;D



Cheese tastic tunes



Petrol tank a bit crispy


at least the bootlight works



Did I mention it was full of spares ?

Literally ?






Some of the bits included..
parcel shelf supports with Blaupunkt speakers





Tape holder - yeah ! ( I'll have to get me bag of tapes out of the loft now..)


er , more spares


theres at least two grey dashboards


various seats



and more and more bits










So after we cleared all that out we were left with this..




So the Boss isn't quite sure which direction she wants to go yet but she does quite like smooth bodied cars with chrome bumpers (I've taught her well) so it looks like we won't be refitting the rubbing strips..

She's already pinched my Recaro interior for it..



I've found a decent set of headlights and back lights via Shaun1706 , I can get sills and arches through work , just on the hunt for a better bonnet and a decent chrome back bumper.