camper damper
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Apr 18, 2011 23:16:30 GMT
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Ok about time i let you all see this car have had it for 6 or so years now it was my first car and i learned how to drive in it and all i know about cars with it. The sad thing is rust as got hold of it and as started to kill it well that was 3 or 4 years ago and i gave up on it i even tried to sell but deep down i couldn't let the car go even when some one was coming to buy god know why but i kept it and now i would sell it even when i need to the money i sold my escort starlet cortina the lot but not this car why you ask well i love it ;D so here it is it a 1982 Vaxuhall Chevette 1.3 built in June 1980 it a Sun Hatch 2-door Saloon but it was sold in 1982 and is in a nice color of tiffany silver i got the car with 26,000 mile on it it as near 50 or 60 now the car is orgnail right down to the light bulb any way i'll let the pictures do the talking This is what it look like now So what needs doing Wings rusted can be repaired Passage inner wing is well gone Door bottom gone Passage inner sill is doing nothing Passage A post is hole Fire wall is hole too breaks would be nice master cylinder is dead engine runs like a bag of nails and a lick of paint I need and someone here might be ably to help me a master cylinder and exhaust manifold for the 1.3 mine are shot Thanks for stopping in
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A little scoop of isopon and your laughing.
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Nice little project. I had a 2dr saloon myself about 20 years ago I can probably help you re the master cylinder and manifold - pm sent .
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camper damper
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Apr 19, 2011 18:23:12 GMT
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A little scoop of isopon and your laughing. What you think was there before ;D PM sent back coggers and thanks i found some more picture of when i got the car this picture do not show how bad it was when i got it had to do both rear wheel arch both sills one inner arch and the front valence and a few holes in the boot
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Apr 19, 2011 20:13:46 GMT
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Ohhh I just clicked that its a 2 door. Lovely!!!!
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Apr 19, 2011 22:25:52 GMT
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Be nice to see a two dr saloon being given the treatment.. Far too many cool hatches and not enough cool saloons around ! Don't mean to clog up your thread Camper Damper but here's my 'delightful' saloon from 1990 - it was metallic blue until I discovered Street Machine mag. . .
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camper damper
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Apr 20, 2011 16:54:50 GMT
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ya its a 2 door very particle for me when i was at school but not after i drove it for 2 year when i finished school and found i needed a 4 door car but i ended up with a 2 door van something went wrong there It looks cleaner then mine i prefer 2 door saloons i had a few hatch back and never liked the back of them very bland looking I was out at the car today just moving stuff at of the way to see the rust again it seems to get worse every time i see it but i have started to write a list of parts i need and looking for some body panels I was looking for a picture of the inside which i can't find one any way the seats are a gray leather with gray door cards there is no extras so very bland the way it will stay i'm going to make this car look like it just left the factor now this i new was hear but what the hell is going on with paint i had this repair when i got the car it looks like filler was used oh you can see a seat So i'm going to see if the driver side is the same
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camper damper
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May 16, 2011 18:45:10 GMT
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Ok time for an update on this i have finely cleaned my shed again it always gets dirty and i never use it cause the camper doesn't fit but any way i got an engine crane of my dad and started removing the engine it ran when in the car but started to sound like a bag of nails and had more rattle then a rattle snake but it need to come out cause i have alot of welding to do on the passage side and some on the drivers side So i started of with this and worked thought the night well morning well i'm not sure it was 12 at night and i finished at 4 so it was late Engine in place you can see or not see my inner wing Its coming its gone And here it lies
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paul6266
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May 16, 2011 18:48:09 GMT
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looks like you have your work cut out there, any ideas on the fnished colour scheme and engine etc?
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camper damper
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May 16, 2011 19:17:01 GMT
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Ya back to the way it was I've always liked the silver and the little touch it as like the halford bling stuck on to it but you can't see it cause the car is silver and black strips the engine is the old one going back into it but rebuild back to OEM spec and ye i have my work cut out but at the ended of the day it will be worth it
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paul6266
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May 16, 2011 19:47:36 GMT
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ofcourse its always worth it....to be fair those chevette's are becoming very rare now...theres one local to me thats painted up in tiger print
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camper damper
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May 16, 2011 20:16:20 GMT
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I have only ever seen one other chevette in Ireland and that was 4 year ago and have never seen another one
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camper damper
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May 17, 2011 19:00:22 GMT
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camper damper
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May 27, 2011 13:57:16 GMT
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Some parts for the car thanks to coggers one step near to finishing it
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OMG, I'd cry if faced with that amount of work. My hat is off to you for not throwing in the towel.
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There is no such thing as a curse word car just overstretched expectations................. Herald 10/10 Gasser 10/10 Total score 20/10
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fair play keep it up my brother is in wicklow doing a sillhouette model hatchback they were black with red hs stripes he might have some standard stuff left over from his as he was modifying it to take a 2.0 xe pm me i will send on his contact number.
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camper damper
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I haven't gone near the car in a bit to scared to poke it in case more hole appear but i got a welder coming to me soon so i will start the welding
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Wow. If you can bring that back I have NO excuses for my Ro80 regardless of what I find!
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camper damper
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Jun 27, 2011 23:23:51 GMT
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Ah time for an update me thinks not much happened to the car but next week i hope to make a started on the inner wing or lack of inner wing the engine is almost in bits just didn't have my camera in the shed with me today the gear box is off and by god they are light i was expecting something like a ford gearbox in wight not something i could walk of to the shop with.
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camper damper
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Jun 28, 2011 22:41:55 GMT
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picture of the engine from yesterday by my looks everything is very good but I'm not sure not bad for the OE clutch but i will replace it Once again my shed is dirty cause my brother uses it to story all his mini parts and there is alot of them now there is even parts in me house what you can see is the boxes behind me with more parts looks like I'll be cleaning it again
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