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One for thecollection
« on: 01 March 2016, 15:27:22 »
The ones with room for another one on the drive , this one looks really nice  :)

http://classicscentral.co.uk/lot-73-1993-vauxhall-senator-24-valve/
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Re: One for thecollection
« Reply #1 on: 01 March 2016, 15:42:22 »
Hmm. There is something about the Senator that the Omega doesn't have... :-*


.. and it's not timing chains. :-X
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Re: One for thecollection
« Reply #2 on: 01 March 2016, 15:46:56 »
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 01 March 2016, 15:42:22
Hmm. There is something about the Senator that the Omega doesn't have... :-*

Looks only a mother could love?
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Re: One for thecollection
« Reply #3 on: 01 March 2016, 15:48:06 »
Don't 15" rims look small on a car that size now
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Re: One for thecollection
« Reply #4 on: 01 March 2016, 15:48:42 »
Quote from: aaronjb on 01 March 2016, 15:46:56
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 01 March 2016, 15:42:22
Hmm. There is something about the Senator that the Omega doesn't have... :-*

Looks only a mother could love?

I liked my Senator ..... prefered the digi dash though - like mine was
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Re: One for thecollection
« Reply #5 on: 01 March 2016, 15:49:18 »
It's something from my youth about that cheese grater grille bearing down on you on the M3 in battenburg. "Here we go again"!
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Re: One for thecollection
« Reply #6 on: 01 March 2016, 17:51:56 »
Looks very nice, if only I had a double garage , always wanted a Senator  cheap at £2-£3,000.
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Re: One for thecollection
« Reply #7 on: 01 March 2016, 18:03:21 »
Used to always see burgundy unmarked plod ones on the M1 around Sheffield..... two or three aerials, two rear view mirrors and a camera along with the ability to see the blue strobes behind the cheese cutter grill didn't really do much for it being a covert car!
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Re: One for thecollection
« Reply #8 on: 01 March 2016, 18:33:41 »
Even though my Senators have all been of the 12v CIH variety,I'd still take one over the Omega every day of the week,trouble is I'm a couple of grand or so short :D
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Re: One for thecollection
« Reply #9 on: 01 March 2016, 19:04:45 »
Quote from: Andy B on 01 March 2016, 15:48:06
Don't 15" rims look small on a car that size now

Don`t they just  ;D
Quote from: Andy B on 01 March 2016, 15:48:42
Quote from: aaronjb on 01 March 2016, 15:46:56
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 01 March 2016, 15:42:22
Hmm. There is something about the Senator that the Omega doesn't have... :-*

Looks only a mother could love?

I liked my Senator ..... prefered the digi dash though - like mine was

I liked my digi dash too, cracking cars  8)
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Re: One for thecollection
« Reply #10 on: 01 March 2016, 20:29:13 »
I loved my ex-police Senators, but if not driven every day the forward mounted distributor and cheesegrater grill made them trouble to start in damp weather. Other failings were head gaskets, oil coolers and fuel pumps. They were very fast and smooth. My claim to fame was appearing on the cover of Straight Six News with four Senators. As the clutches failed I scrapped them and replaced them with Omegas, more reliable but slower and less exciting.
 The OOF has taught me to change clutches. Now I have owned a 3.2 police special for 10 years, longer that any Senator.
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Re: One for thecollection
« Reply #11 on: 01 March 2016, 20:54:21 »
too late,the auction was last sunday  ::)
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Re: One for thecollection
« Reply #12 on: 01 March 2016, 21:27:19 »
Quote from: BazaJT on 01 March 2016, 18:33:41
Even though my Senators have all been of the 12v CIH variety, .....

I had a 12 valve Senator followed by one with 24 valves ...... the difference in performance was very noticeable.  :y
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Re: One for thecollection
« Reply #13 on: 02 March 2016, 00:19:05 »
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 01 March 2016, 15:42:22
Hmm. There is something about the Senator that the Omega doesn't have... :-*


.. and it's not timing chains. :-X

I know what you mean,not the bit about chains !! :y
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Re: One for thecollection
« Reply #14 on: 02 March 2016, 00:37:05 »
there's a manual 2.5 one for sale now on ebay £120 buy it now -172117223961

they've put it in the wrong section     Vauxhall & Opel Brochures won't get many bids there
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