What should I do with my lovely old Vauxhall Cavalier

[savedmoney]

Need to get rid of my Vauxhall Cavalier J reg 1991.
No Tax No MOT

I have a Vauxhall Astra reg '52 - Mark 4.
Is there anything I can salvage from the Cavalier for use on the Astra the things that came to mind are the battery and the tyres, not sure whether the tyres are interchangeable on the Astra though.

A guy with a recovery truck has had his eye on it for some time.
Whenever he would drive past he would knock to check whether I wanted to scrap it, on the side of his truck he had written "Banger races":rotfl:
When I spoke to him he offered my £10.

eBay-Sold as scrap?
scrap yard-Legality of driving it there?

All ideas appreciated

[harveybobbles]

Where in the UK are you? I'll give you £50 for it.

[savedmoney]

Hi SEast Bedfordshire, notice you're in Cheshire so I suppose thats off.

Just been to told on a Vauxhall enthusiasts Forum

the way the scrap prices are at the moment you should be getting anywhere between £100 & £200 for a cavalier on the (scrapyard) weigh bridge.
make sure you take it to a scrapyard though & not a breakers , a breaker will probably only give 30 quid for it.

What do you think of that info?........
I always like to get the Money Saving Expert seal of approval. :money:
Also noticed on your profile
Occupation: Motor Trade. Ugh, filth, pah I hear! :beer:

[harveybobbles]

Lol. Yes i'm in the scum of the earth Motor Trade.

But buyin/selling 2 & 3 year old cars. Often get faced with old stuff like yours that folk want to PX. Something like that I offer the scrap value. If it's got alloys I'll give more.
To scrap it I'd probably get £75 for it. So £25 for my time/fuel collecting it - if you wre local.
Tho if the tyres are decent I could get £15 per corner. Take the enging/gearbox out and weight them in. Sell the lights for a few quid and break the interior for spares. Leaving the shell to be cruched.

Or if it looked OK enough I'd MOT it. If it passed, I'd use it as a loan car for customers!

[savedmoney]

Salt of the earth more like. Thanks for the reply

I'd give it to you if you were close enough to make it economical, have a soft spot for MSE'ers. :beer:

Without that I suppose I need to find a scrap yard in the local Yellow Pages.
What do I need to bear in mind.
Insurance-Legality of driving it there-Any ideas?
Wheels-I was told that the scrapyard might charge unless I remove these myself

[custardy]

theres no way you can drive it anywhere than to a get a pre booked mot test done
needs trailered to the scrapper
shame i loved my 1990 sri cav

[stumpjumper]

I'd take the 'banger racing' blokes tenner and save a whole load of hassle as he'll just take it away for you. At least it'll have an entertaining end to it's useful life :)

[anewman]

Have anyone in the family looking for a car? Someone just passed their test perhaps - but no money for a car? (But could afford insurance, petrol, road tax etc). If the car has no major problems and is likely to get through the MOT with minimal work, they might be grateful of it. Although I suppose most people would be uncertain about taking on such an old car - but they have no reason to be, especially if it's been well looked after - and you know how well it's been cared for :) At least that way it would be being used by someone.

I've been told if you weigh in an alloy wheel for scrap you can get a tenner per wheel, so £50 if your car has a full set.

[savedmoney]

Thanks for the replies everyone.
Am going to deal with it during this week, don't want the neighbours saying my old cars bringing down the value of their property. :p

theres no way you can drive it anywhere than to a get a pre booked mot test doneA poster on the the vauxhallownersnetwork forum (http://www.vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk/showthread.php?p=1880533#post1880533) says otherwise though to be fair with conditions, so I need to look into that further on the offchance, though I highly doubt it.If you have fully comp and are over 25your covered to drive it tot he scrap yard witha pre arranged agreement with you local scrap yard, i did the same with an old fiesta which had no clutch, no handbrake, tracking was nailed trackrod end was hanngin out it had been broken into ha d smashed steering lock o and a leaking radiator and i still got 38 quid for that lol that also had no tax mot or insurance but i rang my insurance company and aid a tenner for cover.

[harveybobbles]

Your comment \about the wheels is sort of correct. Most scrappies will knock £5 off per tyre for "disposal reasons"

[kitchpoo]

cavweb may be worth a try too - large number of vauxhall groups out there. Try a local classic car auction - sometimes the prices are good here as people like to speculate.

[harveybobbles]

kitch - thanks for your very random message the other day! I was too confused to reply lol.

[savedmoney]

Hi kitchpoocavweb may be worth a try too - large number of vauxhall groups out there.I Googled cavweb but I think is just an alternative URL for
http://www.vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
http://www.cavweb-forums.co.uk
I had started a thread on that got some decent info so far, now need to seperate the wheat from the chaff so to speak

[astonsmummy]

I got someone to collect my written off '91 escort and they give me £60.
have a look in the friday ad, some places pay £100+

[shellsuit]

Need to get rid of my Vauxhall Cavalier J reg 1991.
No Tax No MOT

I have a Vauxhall Astra reg '52 - Mark 4.
Is there anything I can salvage from the Cavalier for use on the Astra the things that came to mind are the battery and the tyres, not sure whether the tyres are interchangeable on the Astra though.

A guy with a recovery truck has had his eye on it for some time.
Whenever he would drive past he would knock to check whether I wanted to scrap it, on the side of his truck he had written "Banger races":rotfl:
When I spoke to him he offered my £10.

eBay-Sold as scrap?
scrap yard-Legality of driving it there?

All ideas appreciated

Break it and flog the parts on e-Bay ~ you'll be suprised what you will get for them!

Failing that, I'll take it off your hands for you! :D

I've got a cav, OH has got one and so has my Dad. Not that we're cav nuts or anything ;)

You could post on VXON, explain about the car and see if anyone wants it for X amount. Don't ask what it's worth though, you need to specify a price, so say £200 for example, then other posters can offer a less amount which is upto you if you want to take it or not.

P.S. Kitch, cavweb is VXON now (vauxhallownersnetwork) :)

[savedmoney]

Failing that, I'll take it off your hands for you! :DThanks shellsuit watch this space.
I've also got another Cavalier waiting in the wings :beer:

That is a K Reg 92 Cavalier L, Automatic, takes a lot fuel though, very very juicy as they say.
The MOT expires on that end July so that'll also be going the same way as wherever the J Reg goes.

[harveybobbles]

I'll have the selector switch iff the top of the gearbox!

Can one good Cav be made from two duff ones?

[goldspanners]

stick it on ebay,you will get at least £80 on there,and the buyer will collect it so you dont need to drive it anywhere.

[savedmoney]

I'll have the selector switch iff the top of the gearbox!

Can one good Cav be made from two duff ones?I'll make a note and depending on what happens to it I'll let you know through this forum, assuming its relatively easy to dismantle shouldn't be a problem.

[harveybobbles]

Should only be three bolts and a wiring loom to disconnect.

[jungliemac]

You could always freecycle it ! Hopefully it could go to a good home and have a few more years use!

[shellsuit]

Should only be three bolts and a wiring loom to disconnect.

Do you know much about fixing auto's??

[kitchpoo]

P.S. Kitch, cavweb is VXON now (vauxhallownersnetwork) :)

I backed off the modified and enthusiast vxl sites 2 years ago. I used ti attend Billing every year - and was in the market for a 2dr convertible cav mk2 at one time.

There used to be a mk3 OC as well - could well have all amalgamated in to one group (they were finding insurance issues and club status hard for showing)

found it - it still exists http://www.cavmk3oc.com/

[harveybobbles]

Do you know much about fixing auto's??


sort of. I've fixed mine last week.

[shellsuit]

I backed off the modified and enthusiast vxl sites 2 years ago. I used ti attend Billing every year - and was in the market for a 2dr convertible cav mk2 at one time.

There used to be a mk3 OC as well - could well have all amalgamated in to one group (they were finding insurance issues and club status hard for showing)

found it - it still exists http://www.cavmk3oc.com/

We went to Billing last year ~ hopefully going this year too! :)

[shellsuit]

sort of. I've fixed mine last week.

What problem did you have with yours??

If it's the same prob I have with mine, then you could come in useful explaining how to sort the damn thing out lol

[harveybobbles]

Whats yours doing or not doing?

Mine was stuck in limp mode.

[shellsuit]

Whats yours doing or not doing?

Mine was stuck in limp mode.

That's what it was doing, but now OH can't get the cable adjustment right and it won't go into park and reverse.

He cleaned the selector switch up and that solved the limp mode problem, but now we have a car which will not go backwards......not good seeing as it's parked UP the drive :rotfl:

[harveybobbles]

LMAO!
Put car into park position.
Take the switch off the spindle that sticks out from the top of the box and use a spanner to move the spindle back to the park position. Check this by making sure the reverse lights come on when you think you have it in reverse.

It's not as bad/messy as it sounds.

Is it a Vauxhall by any chance?

[shellsuit]

LMAO!
Put car into park position.
Take the switch off the spindle that sticks out from the top of the box and use a spanner to move the spindle back to the park position. Check this by making sure the reverse lights come on when you think you have it in reverse.

It's not as bad/messy as it sounds.

Is it a Vauxhall by any chance?

It's a Cav dippy.

Thanks for that! Just told OH and he'll have a go tomorrow ~ if we succeed, we owe ya one! :D

[anewman]

Your comment \about the wheels is sort of correct. Most scrappies will knock £5 off per tyre for "disposal reasons"

Big knife, rip the tyres off, take them to local recycling thingy, tenner per wheel :)

[Keith]

Breaking a car is a pain.

People on ebay constantly failing to collect parts, a car minus lots of parts sat outside whilst you find buyers, other parts scattered around the house while you try to sell them.

Get shot of it in one piece as a car without MOT job done.

[tomstickland]

I made good money from breaking a few cars up. It even paid for a decent "scenic drive" when I delivered a gearbox to mid Wales.

[vaio]

theres no way you can drive it anywhere than to a get a pre booked mot test done
needs trailered to the scrapper
shame i loved my 1990 sri cav

luckily our local MOT place happens to have a scrap yard next to it

[savedmoney]

Just to update.

I got £100 for it
The guy came and took it away on his trailer.

From my experience
In these parts the best prices are with the get 'down and dirty' scrap merchants the ones who drive around looking for an oppurtunistic pot of gold (read scrap), at times they go around the neighbourhood ringing a bell to get attention, a lot of these guys are of Irish heritage.

Without the info I gained from this thread and the other I started the 'going rate' would have been £50!
But having played off a few against each other I managed to get to £100 which is a decent price overall.
Heres to market research :beer:

[harveybobbles]

Indeedy! Got some old Vectra's stuffed in a corner if anyone needs parts! 1996 - 1998 models. Going scrappy next week with them!

[Night-owl]

Hi

To be honest, take it to the scrapyard.
I took my 306 there last week, got £250 scrap.
I left everything on it, took the CD player out and afew bulbs.
I still had 3 weeks MOT and 1 months Tax, I have sent the TAX back to DVLA as it still had one whole month left to run.
be warned to inform DVLA of it being scraped as the scrapyard didnt sign the V5 till I made them and I sent it right back, I was also given a notice to state the car will never be returned to the road.

Goodluck!

[savedmoney]

Had a 'heated' telephone exchange with the guy who picked up the Cav, I suspected correctly that he gave a dud address for the V5. :rolleyes:
Didn't suprise me and I wasn't that bothered since I had taken a few precautionary steps.

The main reason why I rang him was to get info on what he actually done with the car so I could cut out the dishonest middle man next time out........ AND I GOT IT....
In a moment of madness he mentioned (In a thick Irish accent), "scrapyard in Aylesbury".
Even then it took an hour or so of ringing around and getting two opinions from the same company but I'm certain he goes to

ASM
Griffin Lane
Aylesbury
HP19 8BB

Sure enough they said if I drive an old banger in they will weight it and for a Cavalier I should get in the region of £150!!! :beer: :j :T :eek:
Don't need to remove the tyres or anything else, just need the log book and photo ID.

So any MSErs in that area you know where to go, and please don't forget to hit the Thanks Button.