unbelievably rotten mk3 cavalier

[@TorquilBletchleySmythe]

I'm looking at that magnificent British weather, with its inherent seawater atmosphere and think, "Well, there's your problem..."

[@dspencer8827]

A alfa 155 on flipping bangers had same problem p reg but was rotten as a pear. Must of lived by sea. 😢

[@SiCrewe]

I had a mk3 SRi back in the early 2000's and it was already showing signs that water leaks were going to be it's downfall. The carpets were always a little bit damp, there were water marks on the headliner and when it rained I'd see the odd droplet running down the inside of the windscreen. Didn't really bother me, at the time, but I guess 25 years of it results in what we see here. Brutal watching this video but this is, basically, where every monocoque shell is headed sooner or later. Makes me feel slightly better about driving a Land Rover these days. It still rusts but at least repairing it is like working with big lumps of Meccano.

[@ColinBarrett001]

Well, that's what you get driving on cold, wet, salty UK roads for over 30 years with no real rust prevention maintenance.

[@BrooksterMax]

How on earth that had any MOTs for the past few years I’ll never know. That had been setting in for a while. Anyway glad it has helped save others.

[@MaddMattsGarage]

😂 well if you have the room, and the tools, and the patience, and of course the materials you could rebuild it... 😂😂 but sad to see it in such bad state.

[@80s90sVauxChris]

I hate to see one go to waste too, new panels are hard to come by, the floor sections you can't buy new, wouldn't be worth cutting up a solid car to save a rotten one, she's kept a few other on the road though which is good

[@MaddMattsGarage]

@@80s90sVauxChris totally agree by keeping others on the road. I'm all for making panels for the vehicles however it does take time, money, and space maybe some skill.

[@Choober65]

I have a 1994 GLS 2.0L 265K miles, original engine, been sitting for 15 years sprayed with salt water on a monthly basis (I live by the sea) and it STILL looks like new (OK the floor has rotted away and the engine needs a rebuild) but find me ONE modern car that can handle that. I've HEARD that Saab floorpans are the same and will fit, as I have been unable to find aftermarket parts. Looks like I have to make my own.

[@80s90sVauxChris]

Yeah new floor sections don't exist unfortunately so it's either make them or cut them from another car, mk3 astras make a good donor, the floors arnt quite identical but are very very similar

[@TheGreatBritishFarm]

The cheapest repairs are preventatives and I do my old Ibizas underside with waxoyl

[@TheGreatBritishFarm]

@simonspider Used engine oil is genuinely a waste of time as the combustion byproducts in it causes it to be acidic. Waxoyl does a great job, we have been using it on the farm for 30 years. You have to apply it right though, on a nice dry surface on a dry day. If you don't then you're locking in moisture and it will do nothing.

[@TheGreatBritishFarm]

@@simonspider I'm not sure what youre doing wrong, but we coat farm machinery with it that sits outside and its waxy water repellant coat lasts for a year at least and if stored inside generally it lasts near forever. Engine oil might not do any damage, but it does cancel out a lot of the benefit, old hydraulic oil is the best. We use it on chains and areas that I dont want a sticky waxoyl finish, but after a week outside its gone.

[@roasthunter]

Friendly MOT tester

[@MegaReddevil71]

Spraying black schultz under a car makes things worse as it trap moisture and rots the car out

[@nissand21boy]

I get micras like this and find not always owners but had alot of garages bodge the crap out of cars some charge good money , one to weld up soon got expandy foam in the sills as a favour,for the owner 😑 , she was pissed when i showed her and the damage it created , and for cars with a mot tbh surpised what can pass, one of my dailys looks solid and is solid but im gonna have to cut the floor out as its just made of fiberglass

[@lettuceman3848]

Hell most of the visible stuff is just surface rust and the rest you'll patch with som 0.9mm steel. If it isn't worn out

[@80s90sVauxChris]

Did you actually watch the video? 😂🤣😂

[@lettuceman3848]

​@@80s90sVauxChris have you seen jennings motorsports aar cuda? If you have enough patience or just no fucks to give about the final product it will buff out 😂

[@The_Car_Stalker]

I think this was the 1 i was looking at back in Jan 2023 but pulled out as it only had 3 weeks MOT and was the other end of the country - i cant find any photos just the Gumtree conversation i was having with the seller and i MOT checked the same number plate a while ago

[@80s90sVauxChris]

Going off the mot history it didn't seam too bad of a car, the drivers floor was a fail a couple of years ago then it passed but it hadn't actually been fixed,had a few years worth of bent mots on this for sure 😅

[@m4d_mark_xtr3me79]

Yeah.... At that point it's a fuck it off for parts mate. It's a cavalier, they are rot boxes as much as many steel body cars of the era. Like mondeos, they won't be missed unfortunately

[@80s90sVauxChris]

I dunno like 😅 vauxhall enthusiasts love the mk3 cavaliers, there is alot of love for them, im constantly being stopped by people who want to talk about mine and ones they owned back in the day, late 90s-00s everyone knew somebody who had one, surprisingly there is alot more of them left than similar cars of the era from other manufacturers

[@Backwoodz]

Thats what i call a "Triggers brush" motor. I admire people like yourself who sees that as repairable, i just see scrap tbh 🤣

[@80s90sVauxChris]

This one wasn't unfortunately 😢 it's kept many others on the road though

[@andrewjohnson7960]

Wow thats baddd ! Stevie wonder motd that bet that cost about 2-3 grand too mot

[@josephtaylor3769]

Take it the rear sunroof drains in boot haven’t been cleaned out, foam around the rear seatbelts still present rotting rear arches, what about the foam on the bulkhead? 🤔

[@80s90sVauxChris]

foam was still present on the bulkhead very surprised that hadn't rotted out, few scabby surface rust bits but very solid

[@josephtaylor3769]

@@80s90sVauxChris you should set an email address up for the channel so people can contact you with parts etc. got an Sri myself and I know plenty of people with parts 👍

[@80s90sVauxChris]

@josephtaylor3769 thats actually a good idea :D

[@InConsulting]

Even number plate says Rank!

[@dinatarkteruz]

Wow, that's a ripe one 😳

[@petergrinnell2500]

How did that pass the MOT it must of been hidden well or the MOT bloke was blind 😂 but its a old vauxhall and fords are the same ive welded up cars for years but basic model not worth so don't blame you parting it out mate

[@80s90sVauxChris]

Bit of both I think 😂🤣

[@hank5500]

it will hold for another 100k

[@John-c1n9t]

Faint heart never saved a MK3 Cav I love em! Effing does nothing for your Vid.

[@80s90sVauxChris]

I've got snother 2 to sort out 😂 considering the entire floor and inner sills had gone and you can't get new replacements of them it made sense it chop it up to save others rather than cut up a solid car to try and save a scrap low spec one, the shots that were portrait weren't going to be in a video originally, thats what I sent to my friends just after we started stripping it showing what it needed 😅 its the only footage I had of it though before knocking the sealer and filler out of the inner sills and floor, still thought it was saveable at that point 😂

[@John-c1n9t]

Fair play.@@80s90sVauxChris

[@ME-ke7qc]

never ever buy a vauxhaul car...EVER

[@80s90sVauxChris]

What would you suggest instead? 😂 they arnt all like this

[@peterdevreter]

After my tfsi nightmare bought a corsa twinport and replaced the chain the day I got it. No problems at all and no rust.

[@paulkelly7609]

I've driven worse