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New for '82! It's the Chevy Cavalier!

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I have seen a resin cast body for the Cavalier Wagon once. It was like $60 just for the body, and I didn't have any kit to go under it at that time, either! I would love to see more econobeater variants, though!

Jimmy Flintstone does a Cavalier sedan delivery, not that there ever was a real one.  I have one of those and found a Cavalier wagon and took a ton of photos for a possible conversion someday.  You know, like great model idea 15245 in the queue!

Faust MCM Ohana

Faust

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Yeah, it was a Flintstone body! I thought that was it, but I didn't want to say it because all I could think of was Fred Flintstone! 

I don't remember it being a sedan delivery. That's interesting!

I have a queue like that too, Tom! Glad I'm not the only one. :)

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Yes, the Ascona fastback was only available with four doors. Owned a 1985 Ascona GT four door fastback 9 years ago, I don't miss it at all. :P
We got the notchback with two and four doors. No two door fastback (probably because the Opel Manta coupé, based on the old, RWD Ascona was still in production), and the wagon was only available in UK, but then as a Vauxhall Cavalier, not an Opel Ascona as the rest of the europe got.

Obviously not my car, but same model and color....

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Thanks guys!

Yeah, for some reason, you don't see this one too often.  Walter: your points about the tires are well-made. I may yet go back and correct things. I'd never thought of that, actually!

I really wish they'd have made a conventional Sunbird or Skylark (that was the Buick, wasn't it?); that would have totally rocked!

One of the japanese companies does a 70's skylark. I saw one on ebay last night but it was in austrailia

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Faust MCM Ohana

Faust

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One of the japanese companies does a 70's skylark. I saw one on ebay last night but it was in austrailia

Oh man... That's awesome! I would love that!

So many cool, obscure models I've never heard of!

Atmobil MCM Ohana

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One of the japanese companies does a 70's skylark. I saw one on ebay last night but it was in austrailia

Maybe it is this one you are thinking of?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Doyusha-1-24-1975-Buick-Skyhawk-Plastic-Model-Kit-/371098385657?hash=item56672ffcf9

A 75 Skyhawk made by Doyusha. It says it is in 1:24 scale I don't know if that is true or not. I don't have it myself but I have had the mkI Capri and that is more like 1:22 or something like that.

I have now bought a MPC Chevy Cavalier aswell so on my future to-do list is a conversion to a european Opel Ascona :)

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Faust MCM Ohana

Faust

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Wow. Why on Earth would a Japanese company do one of those Monza-type Skylarks? That, my friends, is so very, very weird. 

That conversion would be awesome, Gaute! Make sure to put it up here whenever you get to it!

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Nice build :) I had that kit before we suffered a house fire a while back,never got around to building it,LOL! My first car was an '83 Cavalier hatch (that exact body-style) that someone had swapped in a 2.8L V6/4 speed from an '86 Z24 into (this was about '88). Cheap,easy to work on,fun for it's time (the Z's anyways :P ). Mine was turd-borwn on turd-brown (interior/exterior) :lol:

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You've done a great job on this kit.....I remember this one when I was a kid.....It's so funny.....My first car was a black Cavalier Z-24.....It was WAY more sporty looking than the car this kit represents....It had a 2.8 liter V6 and was pretty quick.......It was an awesome car for a 19 year old.....Used to drive from Houston to San Diego and beyond all the time back when I was in the Marine Corps......You've brought back some real memories with this model, Man.....I had so much fun with that thing......Nice work.....

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Faust MCM Ohana

Faust

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You've done a great job on this kit.....I remember this one when I was a kid.....It's so funny.....My first car was a black Cavalier Z-24.....It was WAY more sporty looking than the car this kit represents....It had a 2.8 liter V6 and was pretty quick.......It was an awesome car for a 19 year old.....Used to drive from Houston to San Diego and beyond all the time back when I was in the Marine Corps......You've brought back some real memories with this model, Man.....I had so much fun with that thing......Nice work.....

Hey, glad I could bring back the good times! 

I always find it interesting when people wax nostalgic about an old car they had. I'm the same with '89 Escorts; that was what I learned to drive on. We had trouble after trouble with it, and even though that was the case, I still look back fondly. I know a lot of people who cursed Cavaliers too, and I poke fun at them, but you know, stories like yours prove they were tough and ready to do what was needed. 

Thanks for the compliments, too!

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I really wish they'd have made a conventional Sunbird or Skylark (that was the Buick, wasn't it?); that would have totally rocked!

Nice build as usual Adam!  Always enjoy seeing your builds of these forgotten 70s and 80s kits.  I think the dual headlight front ends may been 1982 only?  Never saw very many compared to the quad headlight model years.

The Buick version was a Skyhawk.  One of my friends got one as a hand me down from his folks - was motivation for him to get a job so he could buy a Z28 and actually drive something cool.  It's true that the Cavaliers and their derivatives were EVERYWHERE in the 80s and 90s!  Had many friends with Cavaliers or their derivatives.  My wife's first car was a Sunbird with a stick.

I never owned one myself, but drove several for my first job in high school.  The 1984(?) coupe we had actually handled pretty decent, and would at least get out of its own way, unlike some of the other vehicles in our fleet.  When I had a choice, that was my preferred vehicle for deliveries, until we got about a 1990(?) cavalier wagon with a 3.1 V6.  Wouldn't know looking at it, but that thing could roast the front tires all day long.  I would never admit it at the time, but I loved driving that car (even though a blue Cavalier station wagon was about the lamest-looking thing you could drive at that time).

Also, everyone has their own experiences, but all the Cavaliers and other J-bodies that I was familiar with never needed any major repairs, despite some of my associates deliberately trying to kill them off.

 

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Always neat to see a Cavalier. Very nice job Adam. In the past, I owned both a Cavalier and a Sunbird. Both were great cars. And gave me several years of great service. So I have a soft spot for these.

Bob Ellis MCM Ohana

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Nice build as usual Adam!  Always enjoy seeing your builds of these forgotten 70s and 80s kits.  I think the dual headlight front ends may been 1982 only?  Never saw very many compared to the quad headlight model years.

The Buick version was a Skyhawk.  One of my friends got one as a hand me down from his folks - was motivation for him to get a job so he could buy a Z28 and actually drive something cool.  It's true that the Cavaliers and their derivatives were EVERYWHERE in the 80s and 90s!  Had many friends with Cavaliers or their derivatives.  My wife's first car was a Sunbird with a stick.

I never owned one myself, but drove several for my first job in high school.  The 1984(?) coupe we had actually handled pretty decent, and would at least get out of its own way, unlike some of the other vehicles in our fleet.  When I had a choice, that was my preferred vehicle for deliveries, until we got about a 1990(?) cavalier wagon with a 3.1 V6.  Wouldn't know looking at it, but that thing could roast the front tires all day long.  I would never admit it at the time, but I loved driving that car (even though a blue Cavalier station wagon was about the lamest-looking thing you could drive at that time).

Also, everyone has their own experiences, but all the Cavaliers and other J-bodies that I was familiar with never needed any major repairs, despite some of my associates deliberately trying to kill them off.

 

The transmission in my 1983 J2000 lasted less than 20,000miles

Faust MCM Ohana

Faust

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The transmission in my 1983 J2000 lasted less than 20,000miles

Darn. 

That is more like what I expected, to be honest! 

It's funny; when you get a lemon, it's a LEMON. A lady I know has an Equinox, and it's gone through 2 motors already! It's a 2010. So, the more things change...

Growing up, our neighbour across the street had a J2000. It didn't last more than a couple years either; he replaced it with a Pulsar. 

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Cool!I used the promo and the J2000 promod to make a model of my first new car...'83 PontiacJj-2000

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Faust MCM Ohana

Faust

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Oh man, that j2000 is amazing! 

I didn't know there was a J2000 promo. BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH... something to keep an eye out for!  Your combination of the two looks great!

The Cavalier was a kit I'd had as a kid, so I hear you, Gary, on the nostalgia trip! 

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