A rare one !!

[t-tony]

Don't see many cabbage ears these days, had this old beauty to test this morning. 1986 C.reg. 1.8 SRI with only 41K original miles. Lovely car, it only failed on a wiper blade and advised on a blowing exhaust back box.
Makes you remember just how simple cars used to be, I had a 1600 hatch version some years back, great car.

Tony.

ps. Our Abbie bought a Beetle rag top last Sunday, so there may be another "foreigner" on next September's cruise.

 

[hard top]

What is it?

 

[t-tony]

It's a cabbage ear (Cavalier) Made in Belgium.

Tony.

 

[stevie_a]

This one was at my club show the other month

 

[Bozzy]

Crikey that's in great condition, we had a 1.6 saloon and it was a good family car.
We had an Astra Belmont s.r.i for a short while, I loved that car at the time but then I swapped it for the newer (then) shape Cavalier s.r.i and regretted it .

 

[t-tony]

I liked the Belmont Steve, slightly longer wheel base gave a much nicer ride, just like the Orion did over the MK3 Ekky.

Tony.

 

[Eddie Zedder]

My second car was an '81 Ascona (Opel's Cavalier equivalent). A big step up in terms of luxury from my Mini, lots more room in the back seat .

You don't see many of these about.

 

[Sean d]

one of my first cars was the cavalier SRI 130, I bloody loved it

 

[andyglym]

Don't see many cabbage ears these days, had this old beauty to test this morning. 1986 C.reg. 1.8 SRI with only 41K original miles. Lovely car, it only failed on a wiper blade and advised on a blowing exhaust back box.
Makes you remember just how simple cars used to be, I had a 1600 hatch version some years back, great car.
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Tony.

ps. Our Abbie bought a Beetle rag top last Sunday, so there may be another "foreigner" on next September's cruise.

Had an Opel Ascona 1.6s GT Sport in Germany in the late 80's, loved it.

 

[Althulas]

Used to love my Astra GTE untill the floor pan started to rust out underneath the plastics.

 

[stevie_a]

I had a very rare Vauxhall, an Mk1 Astra 1.6 EXP