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Christchurch Chevette Gears Up To Conquer Antarctica

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Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
11/18/08

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Don't you EVER EVER compare the US Chevette abomination to the Vauxhall/Opel Kadetts. Toootally different things in execution even if not genetically. A Kadett GT/E or a Chevette HS are things of pure joy, tailsliders with a short short wheelbase to keep things extra interesting.
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Hookey
11/18/08

@mr.chophoppers: Chevette and Kadett were completely unrelated weren't they? Chevette was RWD for a start. I learned to drive in one. Interesting on ice I seem to recall...
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Rust-MyEnemy
11/18/08

@Hookey: Only the Kadett D (1979-1984) (Vauxhall Astra) was FWD. Chevette was an Opel Kadett with a different nose cone.
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tenbeers
11/17/08

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ooh! this thread reminded me to check on the progress of the turbo ecotec chevette.

of course the site went down immediately after i started reading the new posts in that thread.

perhaps it'll be up again by the time someone gets around to reading this.
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mytdawg
11/17/08

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I saw this thing driving down the street. It's not a good shot of it but it looks like very nice work. I got closer to it but not a better shot. At minimum it was a SBC.

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mytdawg
11/17/08

@mytdawg: And that does appear to be tubbed. Looked like it could flip over.
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Blue387
11/17/08

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I found a '76 Chevette on the street here in Brooklyn. How do I post pictures in my post?
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layabout
11/17/08

@Blue387: All you need to know right here... [lifehacker.com]
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voodoojoo
11/17/08

@Blue387: It wasn't like this one I found int he East Village, was it?

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MushyHeirloom
11/17/08

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So why is it Vauxhall-badged, rather than Opel?
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layabout
11/17/08

@FuzzyPlushroom: Probably imported from U.K.
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layabout
11/17/08

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This was my favourite from that era...

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The Black Bottle
11/17/08

@layabout: Memories, from the corners of my mind, na, na, na na, memories, of the way we were..... Ay up lad that would bring a tear to a glass eye! Remember that BIG Lotus Carlton? Aye they don't mek 'em like that any more. Or, or, the Firenza with the droop snoot!!! That were a quality piece of crap with the smaller engines. Aaaaaahhhhhh. Pass me me slippers lad.
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layabout
11/17/08

@TommiTee: Haha,almost forgot about Firenza's,haven't seen one of those for a while.
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layabout
11/17/08

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I was never keen on Chevette's,when my friends & myself were learning to drive we all wanted mk2 Escorts & mk1 Fiesta XR2's,the Chevette was the car you bought if you couldn't get anything better,even a Dolomite was more fun,sod it,walking was more fun. ;)
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TurboWeasel
11/17/08

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Is it just me, or does that lil 'vette look a lot better with the Vauxhaul nose and tail than it ever did as a Chevy? I'm actually liking this version. The fact that it's a two door helps. And that cute little spoiler.

I wanna hoon! (Hoon)
I wanna hoon! (Hoon)
I want to hoon (Hoon)
I wanna hoon! (Hoon)

Calm it down you say,
Well all I got to say to you is time again I say, "No!"
No! No, No, No, No, No!
Tell me not to play
Well, all I got to say to you when you tell me not to play,
I say, "No!"
No! No, No, No, No, No!
So, if you ask me why I like the way I play it
There's only one thing I can say to you

I wanna hoon! (Hoon)
I wanna hoon! (Hoon)
I want to hoon (Hoon)
I wanna hoon! (Hoon)

There's a feelin' that
I get from nothin' else and there ain't nothin' in the world
That makes me go!
Go! Go, go, go, go, go!
Turn the power up
I've waited for so long so I could hear my favorite engine so,
Let's go!
Go! Go, go, go, go, go!
When it's like this I feel the acceleration shootin' through me
There's nothin' else that I would rather do

I wanna hoon! (Hoon)
I wanna hoon! (Hoon)
I want to hoon (Hoon)
I wanna hoon! (Hoon)

Apologies to Twisted Sister
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Maymar
11/17/08

@TurboWeasel: You're not alone, the Vauxhall front end is pretty cool looking.

Then again, the Chevette's one of my guilty pleasures. RWD and that lack of power (ideally with a set of crappy tires mixed in) make it perfect for 5mph winter hoonage (which is about 5mph from where my talent runs out).
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Graverobber
11/17/08

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Murilee, I'm pretty sure those rostyles were factory. Here's a Vauxhall with them, and you can see the little badges on the spinners:

Pretty similar to the BL rostyle though, and to the Opel too.
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Maxichamp
11/17/08

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My fake student ID in college said I was a foreign exchange student from the University of Christchurch. I picked it because it was English speaking and no one had heard of the place.

BTW, Murilee, I got my shirt and it's rad!
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muhnkee_2 - Avantime Owner and 100% Jaloper
11/18/08

@Maxichamp: just a point of information, there is no university of christchurch, but there is a university of canterbury....
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Maxichamp
11/18/08

@muhnkee_2: Good thing you weren't checking my ID.
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bzr
11/17/08

In reply to Christchurch Chevette Gears Up To Conquer Antarctica
"why put the antitheft bar on it... who would steal this POS??"

I would.

These things were RWD, right?
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bzr
11/17/08

@bzr: That is, after I cleared the lot in the background of its bug-eye STis. Mmm, tasty...
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Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
11/17/08

@bzr: Yes, they're RWD. A coworker of mine fondly reminisces about the Chevette he once had-- and it saw all sorts of hoonage that involved catching air on occaision.
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