After a lot of hard work our Cavalier Diplomat is on the road! New suspension, tyres, front seats, steering wheel and lots more in this video as we get the car back on the road for the first time in over three years
Back in the early 80's I had a metallic Green Viva Magnum 1.8 and the only problem was every time you opened the door you got a shock so I used a short length of copper wire and hung it off the tow bar dragging on the road and that cured it. back in the day you needed suppressors to stop your radio from clicking when you revved the engine. I love the tech on todays motors but I miss having to listen for every sound that kept you on your toes. That is why I like watching your channel reminds me of the old school way of doing the mechanics mixed with the new. Cheers for that.
Nice car that, had a diamond black 92 pre facelift diplomat hatch years back when I was about 20, manual like yours, rare then,like hens teeth now, needs painting properly 💪
Super Rare Diplomat Pre-Facelift Cavalier! Used to visit the local Vauxhall Dealership in Abingdon Oxfordshire every day at lunchtimes when I worked nearby., 3 of my mates were Service Technicians there. Never saw a pre-facelift version only a few facelift versions back in the day 1991 to 1994. Keep up the good work Dougie, good karma, I'm glad you found it and got it back on the road. Look forward to all your videos, Mate. All the Best, Nick.
Love this, has all the buttons and options that my Dads early Mk3 2.0 GLi saloon just had blanks for.. mind you, even the CD and GSi mostly had the same blanks, as aircon and heated seats were next level luxury!
The heated seats on the early ones had the buttons where the air con ones are, beside the heated rear window. Only saw it in brochures never actually seen an early one with them, it was an option on the GSi and maybe CD. Scandinavian cars would be more likely to have them
Just found this channel by accident. As a lifelong Vauxhall owner I'm loving it. Probably my favourite car owned was a 1990 Astra Belmont SXI, loved that car. Looking forward to going through the videos and new content!!
Nice work Dougie! Well done getting the MOT, that welding definitely done the job I couldn’t do any better. Really quick turnaround as well well done mate.
Great succes Dougie! MOTed cav diplomat back on the road! All your Cav content is really making me miss my old Vectra A GLS 1.8 saloon. I keep checking all the car websites now for a hatch😅 And Daredevil Bob!👌
Ive got a lot of love for the 80s vauxhalls. Never owned a cav. Had 2 astra gte's mk1 & 2, 2 carltons and 2 senators. To this day the senator cd is the best car i ever owned. Loving the content duggie👍👍
Great watching this video, I used to own an early E reg 1.8 Lxi cavalier followed by a L reg 2.0 Sri cavalier , so I found this a very interesting project of your car . I always wanted a Diplomat so I am a bit jealous, keep at it Dougie. Great stuff 👏 👍 👌.
Great work on the Dippy, I enjoyed the drive. I'm sure Provanmill Autos did the timing belt on my old TD at the start of 2020, according to the service history.
A good car getting better and better. Getting me ready to don the welding gear myself in the very near future. Not looking forward to that. 10/10 for Bob gymnastics too.
Hey Dougie, if you are interested The you tube channel Big Car has a informative video thi week on the Vauxhall/ Opel omega, well worth a watch. No doubt you probably already know a lot about them.
Another greet video on the diplomat! Loving the regular content dougie! Looking forward to the next one. Also I’m sure you mentioned merchandise? Wouldn’t mind rocking a ODFS T-shirt!
Both my cars and both my missus cars all have LED bulbs fitted for low beam and main beam. The difference between them and normal halogen bulbs is fantastic.
I've always had a soft spot for the MK3 Pre-facelift cavalier, it was what I was ferried around as a child. a 1.6 LS in Vauxhall red. J885DRC. It's even in my Baby book! Years later i ended up owning a M reg Cav for 60 quid and a pint! Was actually a really good car, but ended up flipping it as I had a MK2 golf GTI at the time and couldn't keep 2 cars.
If you don't have spare speakers you can get new rubber replacements for the foam, stuck down with T-7000 glue. They are really cheap on ebay, they are a but of a faff to fit but I used them for the speakers in my 98 A6 and I'm really pleased with the results.
Damn you’d have been just the man to save my Mondeo zetec-s v6 there was only 4 left on the road but one less now had similar rot on both sides but on the towers going up from the bottom. Funnily enough it was a saloon too so maybe common on loons
Good one with the mot pass. My Cavalier Sri redtop is up for its mot next Wednesday. It never passes the emissions first time and I'm all ways told to tighten the hand brake for next time.
My grandad had a cavalier when I was a young lad, what an awesome car it was! I think it had about 90k on it when he got rid of it about 1999 ish (going back a fair way) I randomly spotted it in a mcdonalds drive through in Hull around 2007 so I really do wonder how many miles it had then, the reg was a distinctive one N71ARH, seems to be gone from the dvla database so I assume scrapped, shame as it was an expression model with the distinctive nice alloys on, my grandad was always a vauxhall man so as far as I can remember they had a mk2 astra, nova, cav, astra Sri, vectra b petrol, vectra b diesel, another astra, and a 2019 shape corsa, saw your other video when you called into halfords northallerton in a pinch and just wanted to say you are welcome to use my driveway and tools etc should you ever need on your journeys down to brands hatch etc, I live just north of Middlesbrough, drop me a message should you ever wish to take up the offer, cheers!
And did those Chinese made LED bulbs give a decent pattern for the MOT, yet to see a set that passes properly on a Beam Setter and we get a few (older) Defenders fitted with them by the owners who want Dazzle everybody headlights!!! We fail them because of no pattern.
Surprisingly it did pass the beam test. I had the standard bulbs on hand if it didn't. Nobody has flashed at me to indicate the lights are annoying them.
