Post by taistorm on Sept 28, 2012 20:10:03 GMT 12
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Ok so picked up another Vauxhall Chevette off Tony Lynch the Chevette Guru last night .
It's a 1981 GT hatchback model. Alot of people who i've mentioned the 'GT' model to believe I'm talking out of my ass and refer to it as the 'later model' shuvit, but Tony has assured me there is such thing and only a handful were made.
The differences from the 'normal' Chevette's are few. The obvious exterior differences being the flush headlights, spoiler, racing stripes, black tail light surround, and larger badge at the front, side mouldings. The 'Vauxhall' lettering on the rear is also larger than the other models with the tail light surround. On the inside the only real difference is a centre console being added and cloth seats as most were vinyl however the cloth seats were ragged so vinyl seats with headrests have been fitted. The main giveaway however is intermittent wipers. From what I've been told the GT was the only model fitted with intermittent wipers. Engine/performance wise remained standard so not really 'GT' at all .
Anyway... I committed to buying this last week but a whole heap of work had been carried out on it over the last few weeks. It had been stored for 10years and the original engine had no compression so another out of one of his parts cars was checked over and fitted (only done around 100,000km's iirc). Gearbox fluid changed, oil & filter change, clutch checked, wheel cylinder changed, front calipers rebuilt and brakes checked over. As mentioned before the vinyl seats were fitted and interior cleaned up. 2 new rear tyres and 14" Piazza wheel's all round.
Rust wise there was none in the obvious places however there was a small amount underneath the rear bumper and a little at the bottom of the F/L fender which had been patched up and painted. Side mirrors also deleted as i'll be fitting fender mirrors once they land in NZ. But that was pretty much it, a bit of surface rust here and there that's no current threat so pretty stoked about that. The underneath of the vehicle was also waterblasted and reundersealed, as well as under the guards.
After all this was done it was taken through a wof inspection and only failed on an indicator, park light, exhaust mount rubber and horn. Not bad for a car that has been off the road for 10years huh.
Sooo yea picked this up after work last night and took it home. Forgot how gutless the mighty 1256 was haha . Drove pretty well, gears were a little crunchy at first but smoothed out the further I drove also the fuel gauge wasn't working. Was Barry Whitein ace having another Chevette, was loving it until I got home and went to lock it having the key snap in the barrel . Also this morning one of the tyres was flat. The joys of OS, can't even have it for a day without problems .
Managed to sort all those problems today though. Had a set of Solex locks that I replaced the originals with. Got a tube in the tyre as there was sidewall leakage and cleaned up the terminals which sorted out the fuel gauge.
Will be keeping this as a daily so Mod's will be to a minimum. Will be slamming it and giving it a mild boso look.
-Fender Mirrors
-Duckbill front spoiler
-Oldschool roofracks
-Low
-Jappa Wheels
-Small twin boso pipes
-Sounds
-Carpet
-Dye seats black
-Tidy up boot
-Replace points, condensor, cap, rotor, plugs.
-Maybe some Round foglights.
-Maintain
Sorry about all the writing guys haha.
Churrr, Tai.
Ok so picked up another Vauxhall Chevette off Tony Lynch the Chevette Guru last night .
It's a 1981 GT hatchback model. Alot of people who i've mentioned the 'GT' model to believe I'm talking out of my ass and refer to it as the 'later model' shuvit, but Tony has assured me there is such thing and only a handful were made.
The differences from the 'normal' Chevette's are few. The obvious exterior differences being the flush headlights, spoiler, racing stripes, black tail light surround, and larger badge at the front, side mouldings. The 'Vauxhall' lettering on the rear is also larger than the other models with the tail light surround. On the inside the only real difference is a centre console being added and cloth seats as most were vinyl however the cloth seats were ragged so vinyl seats with headrests have been fitted. The main giveaway however is intermittent wipers. From what I've been told the GT was the only model fitted with intermittent wipers. Engine/performance wise remained standard so not really 'GT' at all .
Anyway... I committed to buying this last week but a whole heap of work had been carried out on it over the last few weeks. It had been stored for 10years and the original engine had no compression so another out of one of his parts cars was checked over and fitted (only done around 100,000km's iirc). Gearbox fluid changed, oil & filter change, clutch checked, wheel cylinder changed, front calipers rebuilt and brakes checked over. As mentioned before the vinyl seats were fitted and interior cleaned up. 2 new rear tyres and 14" Piazza wheel's all round.
Rust wise there was none in the obvious places however there was a small amount underneath the rear bumper and a little at the bottom of the F/L fender which had been patched up and painted. Side mirrors also deleted as i'll be fitting fender mirrors once they land in NZ. But that was pretty much it, a bit of surface rust here and there that's no current threat so pretty stoked about that. The underneath of the vehicle was also waterblasted and reundersealed, as well as under the guards.
After all this was done it was taken through a wof inspection and only failed on an indicator, park light, exhaust mount rubber and horn. Not bad for a car that has been off the road for 10years huh.
Sooo yea picked this up after work last night and took it home. Forgot how gutless the mighty 1256 was haha . Drove pretty well, gears were a little crunchy at first but smoothed out the further I drove also the fuel gauge wasn't working. Was Barry Whitein ace having another Chevette, was loving it until I got home and went to lock it having the key snap in the barrel . Also this morning one of the tyres was flat. The joys of OS, can't even have it for a day without problems .
Managed to sort all those problems today though. Had a set of Solex locks that I replaced the originals with. Got a tube in the tyre as there was sidewall leakage and cleaned up the terminals which sorted out the fuel gauge.
Will be keeping this as a daily so Mod's will be to a minimum. Will be slamming it and giving it a mild boso look.
-Fender Mirrors
-Duckbill front spoiler
-Oldschool roofracks
-Low
-Jappa Wheels
-Small twin boso pipes
-Sounds
-Carpet
-Dye seats black
-Tidy up boot
-Replace points, condensor, cap, rotor, plugs.
-Maybe some Round foglights.
-Maintain
Sorry about all the writing guys haha.
Churrr, Tai.