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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: omega3000 on 15 November 2012, 16:47:47
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This was the first vauxhall i owned , well not this one but one exactly like it and the same colour including the rust ;D . How the years have flown by since those days ... ::)
(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/milleblack/omega/Vauxhall_Astra_1598cc_first_registered_October_1983.jpg)
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Good little cars those early Astra's,I remember the 1300 had something like 75bhp which was a lot then :y
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Good little cars those early Astra's,I remember the 1300 had something like 75bhp which was a lot then :y
Yeah thats the one i had , i part exed my mk2 escort estate in for it . It was the fastest car i had ever owned
till i blew an oil seal (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/svoman2300/Smilies/pat.gif) :(
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First Vauxhall I owned[not by far the first car I owned]was a Viva HC 4door saloon in red,cost me £80 that did and it was taxed and tested at that!
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1988 Cavalier sri 130, I was only 18 and felt so fast... Then bought a 1994 Cavalier Turbo in later life, was amazing but a pain in the arse, now I'm just driving my pride and joy........
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My first car in 1977 was a 1970 HB Viva.It was already fullof rust and In paid £70 for it including a full tank of petrol.
How times have changed. ::)
Dont have any pics of it as I dont think the camera had been invented at the time. ;D
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lol way back in the early 80,s owned a cresta pb 3.3, lovely old bus with its straight six lump,
wafting along 3 on the tree gear lever too!! :y
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My 1st Vauxhall was a 1984 Mk1 Astra estate 1300 S. I absolutely loved that car, and I remember the colour was Henna Red. It was exactly the same colour as rust... which was handy! ::) ;D
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My first VX was an 86 Astra 1.6 diesel - no turbo so the 0-60 time was measured in minutes!
Went forever on a tankful though.
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My first vauxhall was a 1979 Cavalier 1.6L,spent quite a bit of time and money on it,then it got wrote off while on holiday in Wales!
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Mine was an ex plod 3.2 manual estate, in white 8), '51 plate, registered on 25th feb 2001, ought to have been an '02, but for Devon and Cornwalls impatience ::)
Can't see a pattern developing... much ::) :-X
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Mine was a carlton GSI 24v in bergundy red-loved it :y :y
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1st vehicle I owned was a Moggy Minor van
then I had an Austin Maxi 1750
Then a much loved astra 1300
and many more cars since
Lee
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I owned the estate version. I believe it was badged 1300S......and had points ignition.
TNT 85Y.....RIP. :'(
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First Vauxhall was a 1992 (J) 1.8 Cavalier Saloon in White.
No pics unfortunately. Served me very well.
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My first Vauxhall was a 1958 Victor Super in 1970 when I was a student which almost folded in two (due to rust) when the rear doors were opened. It was followed by a 1957 Victor which was almost rust free but unfortunately written off by a rogue Austin Westminster in the middle of Southsea, happy carefree student days!
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I had two Mk.1 Ashtrays, a metalic green 1300 just before I passed my test and a black 1300S just after, the black one came with a 1.6SR roof spoiler, GTE interior and Manta alloy wheels. I fitted a Manta steering wheel and clocks from an SRi Cavalier...
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my 1st vauxhall was a viva hc in green,1256 with a k&n airfilter ;D
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my 1st vauxhall was a viva hc in green,1256 with a k&n airfilter ;D
Bet that made a huge difference to performance....... ;D ;D ;D
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My first Vauxhall was a Cavalier 2.0 Diplomat auto,comfy old thing it was too,had a few Vx's in the family though,my Dad had two Ventora's Fd and Fe,a Carlton and a Cavalier Coupe 1.9(I loved that car)
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Mine was a 65 Victor 101 saloon in white. repainted it in light blue mettalic and sold it straight on. My next was what I always called my first proper car, a 64 Victor FB estate. Fantastic car. I do have an old slightly faded photo of it somewhere, Persian blue roof, Roulette blue body.
Keith, B
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Mine was a Red Corsa B FL 1998 1.2 16v 5 door. Bought it in 2002 with only 13k on the clock, sold it 4 years later with 56k. I absolutly loved that little car. The only problem i had in 4 years with it, was the idle air valve went kaput.
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My first was an almost new MK2 Astra 1.4 merit with 4 speed box. Povo spec but economical and reliable, that was closely followed by a MK1 Astra GTE that I got for pennies because some angry husband had covered it in brake fluid, the colour scheme was black and red lead ::)
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My first Vauxhall was an FB Victor, followed by an FC Victor 101. Then the FD Victor, and finally the FE Victor. ;) A gap followed then until my 1985 Senator which I had for fourteen years :y
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a brief sojourn in a Vx4/90 in about 1982/3
first "proper, all working, and "modern" (at the time) Vauxhall was a 1984 2.0 carlton cdi (in 1985) in metallic burgundy with charcoal velour interior.
followed in 87 by a 2.2 version of same.
followed in 88 by my first 3.0 sennie ( D reg, )
and i've more or less been driving 3L+ vx's ever since ....
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A red Cavalier 1.6 I bought from Avis West Drayton in 1980 for £1800 - it was a few months old with about 10000 miles on it.
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I have only owned Vauxhall since passing my test, my first was a 12v Corsa b, followed by a Vectra B SRi V6, then my Omega, now I drive a 1992 Cav GSi.
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Mine was a Red Corsa B FL 1998 1.2 16v 5 door. Bought it in 2002 with only 13k on the clock, sold it 4 years later with 56k. I absolutly loved that little car. The only problem i had in 4 years with it, was the idle air valve went kaput.
They didn't have one :y throttle body does the idle control
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had an ex british railways viva HA van. was like a jelly going down the road, rotton as a pear. but didnt half go well. lol
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My first Vx was an Astra like the one in EMD's picture except it was two-tone. The bottom half had been sprayed a dark chocolate brown!!! 8)
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1967 Viva SL90 in Monaco White with power brakes.
Bought from Marmion road motors in Southsea for £300 in the seventies.
The gearbox didn`t like to go into 3rd very often as I remember.
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my first vx was a viva ha delux 1963 went miles in it two tone blue
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1981 Mk2 Cavalier, one of the first although i brought it about third hand, cracking car. Still looking for that Mk2 2 Door saloon
Andy
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1970 Hb Viva SL - running on two cylinders so fitted a SL90 red engine (69 bhp) to it - crashed it a few months later and put the engine into a SL HC Viva
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Mine was a Red Corsa B FL 1998 1.2 16v 5 door. Bought it in 2002 with only 13k on the clock, sold it 4 years later with 56k. I absolutly loved that little car. The only problem i had in 4 years with it, was the idle air valve went kaput.
They didn't have one :y throttle body does the idle control
Excuse my mistake, yes it was the throttle body electronic thingy, it stuck open when it failed, revved its little knackers off it did ;D
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There seems to be alot of
eldery older members (very late 40's) judging by the amount of Viva's mentioned :D :D
Oh my first Vx was a 1.3 shovvvette C92HGE :y
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There seems to be alot of eldery older members (very late 40's) judging by the amount of Viva's mentioned :D :D
Oh my first Vx was a 1.3 shovvvette C92HGE :y
Elderly,late forties :o :o
no hope for me then :-X
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first vauxhall is the current omega - I'be had it for 12 years now and it has been faultless - last weekend did a round trip from midland to glasgow and back effortless with 4 up..
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First one in 1971 when I was 17 was a 3.3 litre velox pb hydramatic a one owner 1964 model CLF 410B, dark green in colour cost over £250.00 to insure back then .
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The first car I ever bought ,back in 1959 was a Vauxhall....it was a 1938 18hp straight six, 4 speed floor change, and had cable brakes, was just like something out of Bonnie and Clyde, great big mud guards, running boards, the lot..cost me £10 quid, 4 weeks wages :y...fantastic, will try and sort a foto..
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was it a Vauxhall 14 ???,my mum learnt to drive in one around the fields on dads farm.
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Dark grey 1963 HA saloon with wine red leather upholstery :y
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My first was a ha viva no third or reverse gear it was the orrible green one and i hand painted it orange with two black stripes over the top hahahah good god i admited that hahahah.
my first favorite car however was a vx490 red with rostyle wheeels chrome hahah and a black viynal roof
you had to keep a peg on the choke or i died at the lights in the morning hahah
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My first vauxhall was a mk1 Astra 1.3 sr I think in copper metallic and as mentioned before yes it went like stink but smoked like a smoky thing lol to the point that if you floored it the road and everyone behind you dissapered even Q would have been proud of that lol I finally died when it started to make a ticking noise not very loud by noticeable so my mate had his head under the front as I blipped the throttle and it went bang big time he lost his eye brows and singed most of his head when we looked we found a big hole in the block and number 3 piston upside down in the sump strangely enough we rocked it back and forth in top and it in sezied and it started up on the key lol
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There seems to be alot of eldery older members (very late 40's) judging by the amount of Viva's mentioned :D :D
Oh my first Vx was a 1.3 shovvvette C92HGE :y
I was surprised how many Viva's mentioned , my dad had 2 of them as well . I remember the smell of plastic upholstery ::) :)
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As well as the one mentioned earlier, i`ve also had an FB and a 101 (4 speed floor change), good old motors, 101 was a flyer...
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My first Vauxhall was a crappy 1.8GLSi Belmont, MkII. Hated it before I bought it. Don't ask.
Its one redeeming feature was a peach of a motor. Or at least its first one, which took exception to being slammed into 1st at 70mph, due to a really poor gearbox. Replacement engine was a dog. Only had the car 3 months, put around 15k on it.
Replaced with an Astra GTE MkII. Ladies car. Had that a year, before I came to my senses, and kept away from Vauxhall for a few years.
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!st VX, Victor FB VX490. 1600 twin carb, ally head, four on the floor. Me too usually, repairing it. £50 quid back in '75. Lasted about a year then the rings went in 4 cylinder. >:(
Migrated to Ford for a while and then the next VX was an FD Victor (Randall & Hopkirk shape). 1st auto for me too. Loved the styling to bits-still do. Not many about now though. :(
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There seems to be alot of eldery older members (very late 40's) judging by the amount of Viva's mentioned :D :D
Oh my first Vx was a 1.3 shovvvette C92HGE :y
I was surprised how many Viva's mentioned , my dad had 2 of them as well . I remember the smell of plastic upholstery ::) :)
1967 Viva SL90 in monaco white with power brakes. I still think like the look of these early viva`s. KAA 459E Sold it to my brother law & bought an avenger GT !!
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My first Vauxhall was a 3.0 Manual Ventora in red, had it for about 2 years and then let someone borrow it, came back with bigend failure. I then got another 3.0 Ventora this time an auto, very reliable lasted me for ages. Since then I have had 2 3.0 Senator's both 12 valve auto and 2 3.0 Omega's first saloon and now estate.
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I was a bit late to the Vauxhall party, had been driving for about 10 years before I got one. First was a Senator, 3 litre 12v auto, great car, indestructible, went well, loved it. Inspired by that experience I then bought a beaut of a 24v manual, learnt all about fragile simplex chains and soon had to buy something else! Next one was a 24v manual ex police car which was a goer but tatty, and I wasn't at all impressed with the basic spec, so those two became one good car. Then I got into Omegas, and somewhere along the way also had a Carlton Dippy, Cav Sri 130 8v, red top and ecotec.
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I can't pretend to be loyal to Vauxhall as the two Omega's, the previous 98 Elite and my current one, are the only Vauxhalls I've owned. I bought the Omega purely for its weight as a tow car. It was a bonus that it's a nice car to drive. :y
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My mate's first car was a Viva Coupe which was pretty cool, and I think it was the only one I've ever seen.. :-\
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My mate's first car was a Viva Coupe which was pretty cool, and I think it was the only one I've ever seen.. :-\
That was the one my uncle had and me dad was so envious ;)
(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/milleblack/ecoupeside.jpg)
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Nice. My best mate's dad had a Magnum (the posh version) I bumped into him the other year for the first time since we were about 8, and never mind what had we been doing for the last 20 odd years, within 2 minutes we were talking about his dad's and my dad's old cars!
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Nice. My best mate's dad had a Magnum (the posh version) I bumped into him the other year for the first time since we were about 8, and never mind what had we been doing for the last 20 odd years, within 2 minutes we were talking about his dad's and my dad's old cars!
Yeah tell the young'ins that and they think its an ice cream ::) ;D
The VX490 over the road from us looked and sounded real nice back in the day , not many of those around now .
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1st Vauxhall (and first car) HB Viva 1159cc - green & rust.
2nd Vauxhall - just over a year after the Viva - Chevette HS 2300.
3rd Vauxhall - Viceroy 2500 straight 6. My introduction to big lazy autos.
A 10 year gap followed when I had little interest in cars,and drove tedious Fords.
4th Vauxhall - Senator 3.0 24v CDi - god I loved that car.
5th Vauxhall - Identical Senator to use for spares for the first.Never need any spares though.
6th Vauxhall - my first Omega. A 2.5 V6 CD. A big disappointment after the Senator.
7th Vauxhall - My current Omega. Facelift 2.5 V6 with LPG.Started life as a CD but have gradually upgraded it so that almost everything is now Elite spec. Ive grown quite fond of the old thing over time,despite the fact its Star Silver.
8th Vauxhall - Omega, 3.2 Elite, 2002 in black. Broken for parts.
9th Vauxhall - Omega 2.5 Elite, 2000 in blue. Broken for parts.
10th Vauxhall - Omega 2.6 CDX estate. Bought as a project to fix up. Fixed it and sold it.
11th Vauxhall - Omega 3.0 Elite 2000 in Silver. Broken for parts.
12th Vauxhall - who knows ? Watch this space. :D
When I need to remember any of this in the future I can do a search for this thread. :)
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My mate's first car was a Viva Coupe which was pretty cool, and I think it was the only one I've ever seen.. :-\
That was the one my uncle had and me dad was so envious ;)
(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/milleblack/ecoupeside.jpg)
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That's the one!!! My mate's was white though. :y :y :y While he had it he joined the navy and was an officer cadet at Dartmouth. Not long after he joined up, someone in authority told him to change it as he looked like a boy racer and it wasn't the sort of image that The Royal Navy wanted for it's officer cadets!!! ::) He got a 1100 VW Polo saloon instead!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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This was mine, A422 UGG .
I had it from new and this was it at 7 months :'(
Fully loaded with measuring equipment ,full tank of fuel and a fast left hand bend just outside Kilmarnock with a recessed manhole on greasy wet roads saw it's days with me over. I took out a bus shelter , lamp post and slithered about 75 yards ( yep, we used yards in those days ;) ) over new grass .
Fortunatly it all happened at a notorious spot and the lamp post had been hit before & replaced with a collapsable metal one whilst all the others on the road were the old concrete type.Policeman said that the last person to hit that pole was killed. :o
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t261/olympia5776/Cavalier2.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t261/olympia5776/Cavalier.jpg)
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I came quite late to Vauxhall.
My first was a 1996 'P' plate V6 auto saloon Cavalier. When I checked the DVLA data base it was listed as stolen and not recovered. Loved the tourque steer when you raced novas/corsa from the lights..........
Wish I'd been able to keep it really. I traded it for the 'meega
Will I stay Vauxhall? Not sure, but really like RWD, so that will probably be a big influence whenever I come to consider next car.......
Like my 'meega too much to want to change at the moment......