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Lizzie_Zoom

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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #15 on: 16 July 2009, 17:01:21 »
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To be fair to the Viva (of which I have several) you can't get new panels for them now, unlike escorts.
So it looks like less escorts rusted away, but more have been restored. Ford care about heritage, Vauxhall don't  :'(

From new the fords rusted just as much, 70's quality was poor all round.
And the engines generally last ok if the oil is changed like clockwork  :)


I certainly would agree with that! :y :y :y
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #16 on: 16 July 2009, 18:02:10 »
Why has nobody mentioned the shove-it?
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« Reply #17 on: 16 July 2009, 19:59:59 »
Vectra B and C.
Boring?
Should have had a Toyota badge on them.
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #18 on: 16 July 2009, 20:26:48 »
the victor FD was a rust bucket also,front wings & flitch plates[inner wings] rear arches was another rust trap, the ohc lump used to leak oil from the cam carrier, the front screen was one of the first attempts at a bonded screen which used to leak like a teabag, a shame really as they were a nice drive ;)
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #19 on: 16 July 2009, 22:31:22 »
frontera >:(
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #20 on: 16 July 2009, 22:40:14 »
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It must be the Vauxhall Viva, that rusted away like there was no tomorrow! :o :o :o ;) ;)

Surely it was this ......
They were rotting aas they left the show room  ;D  ;D  ;D
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #21 on: 16 July 2009, 22:47:01 »
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1st Agila was a monstrosity in my book.
Agreed  :y

Can't immediately think of anything worse :(
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #22 on: 16 July 2009, 23:13:22 »
Oh crikey, loads to choose from.

first of the Belmonts (MKII Astra). Probably the only car I've owned that I truely hated.

Meriva. What were they thinking. Then putting a 1.4 petrol engine in it.

Vectra-B - like the Focus, only deemed good because its predecessor was so poor (or old in Vx's case_

Vectra-C - much like above. Vectra-C is OK with less powerful engines in all fairness.

Nova Saloon. Why?
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #23 on: 16 July 2009, 23:14:15 »
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frontera >:(
I'd blotted that heap from my memory....
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #24 on: 16 July 2009, 23:33:03 »
frontera
I'd blotted that heap from my memory...
like a bad penny etc etc
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« Reply #25 on: 17 July 2009, 00:03:09 »
How dare you call the viva Lizzie
My 1256cc H.C. took 5 of us to Spain and back in 1982 nooooo worries at all
Sunburst Yellow with Brown/Orange stripe worth every penny of the £1495 paid LOL:)
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« Reply #26 on: 17 July 2009, 00:07:19 »
Going back to the title of the thread
Yeahhhhhh NOVA
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #27 on: 17 July 2009, 00:15:51 »
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #28 on: 17 July 2009, 00:17:13 »
because if i didn't have an omega i would not waste SO  much of my life on this site  ;D
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« Reply #29 on: 17 July 2009, 08:06:21 »
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Why has nobody mentioned the shove-it?

HS and even the little engine ones are RWD
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