cav's with cally front ends

HAIRIBO · **Posted:** Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:24 am

Thank you photo shoppers! I've always wanted to do that, but dont have photo shop anymore.

Years ago I thought about getting a Calibra turbo and putting th cav turbo front end on it, Modding tha skirts to fit, and trying tp get the rear bumper to fit.

Squig · **Posted:** Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:50 pm

I like the nose swaps on BOTH the calavalier and the cavlibra. and yes I probably deserve to drown for this but I also like the mk2.5 astra the corsigra etc etc

It's different and probably would confuse the hell out of people

xantica · **Joined:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:14 pm **Posts:** 2

Gaz. Can you tell me what that paint code is for the purple cavalier is above, if not a specific code what and how to get it, I love cadburys purple and that colour looks sweet.

Gaz · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:10 pm

no idea, they were just pictures i found.

jacko-lah · **Joined:** Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:42 pm **Posts:** 142

I like it. - The Blue Calectra ! or in the UK the Calivalibra ?

Robsey · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:30 pm

A very old thread....hmmm
The jury is out on this...not my cup o' tea, but definately different.
I'm not a big fan of sports kits and big sweeping snotters on the front...

I know I am a boring old fart, but just looks like it's a pre-cursor to the Chav brigade... so this would indeed be the first of the CHAVALIERS.

When you talk about the purple Cavalier's, do you mean the purple that the Greater Manchester Ambulance cars used in the early / mid nineties.

Used to be able to spot them a million miles away, as I never saw non ambulance cars in this colour.

I still see a couple knocking about in Manchester, on my travels.

Robsey · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:05 pm

Looked for Vauxhall Purple paint codes, which isn't easy, because some purples are considered blue, just like some turquoise greens are.

Anyway only two purples I could find were

39L Purple rain - Solid Purple

19L Technical violet metallic.

I think the ambulance cars were the solid paint, so must be Purple Rain, which was also quite common on very early Corsa- B's (First Uk badged Corsa's - Corsa A in the uk was the Nova)

Hope that helps

ilovemyelite · **Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:20 am

theres a full list of vx paint codes in the bodywork section:

http://www.cavmk3oc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2192

loopylees69 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:16 am

Gaz wrote:

I dont mind them, the lines work ok and the front arches match the back

How about this then?

My mates corsa pickup with a tigra front end

this looks well wicked

unusual but realy good, wood hav opened up the back bed for sum ice!!!

Gaz · **Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:20 pm

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Better or worse?

Robsey · **Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:07 pm

reminds me of an Audi in desperate need of a respray

It has got the chavved up Cavalier bonnet though!!

Would need to see it fully painted up, but not in rat black like the earlier Cavalibra

Painted properly, then I think I could appreciate it...maybe - except that bonnet.!!

carlos_canter · **Posted:** Sat Jul 24, 2010 2:34 pm

Im in 2 minds about this one.

Like the cali with the cav front end better

Squig · **Posted:** Sat Jul 24, 2010 5:54 pm

I like it...

xantica · **Joined:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:14 pm **Posts:** 2

Thanks for the reply Gaz, I thought maybe you had sprayed it, and when I looked at Foxycavs avatar pic that seemed to be the same colour in the pic I saw.

Envoy CDX · **Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:17 am

Gaz wrote:

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Better or worse?

With some nice standard wheels and the unchaved bonnet I think it would look ace

Squig · **Posted:** Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:53 am

problem with the bonnet is; without chavving you have a huge gap...

ilovemyelite · **Posted:** Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:42 am

that green corsa van is rank.

Envoy CDX · **Posted:** Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:53 am

Squig wrote:

problem with the bonnet is; without chavving you have a huge gap...

Way's and mean's - granted I haven't got that worked out yet, but still has to be something that looks better (maybe astra 3 grille or something?)

Squig · **Posted:** Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:45 pm

I'd look at mk2 astra headlights and the bonnet fettled like in the pictures but done to fit the astra lamps... of course I have no idea if it'd work.

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