General Snoot, Vauxhall and GM history

Chevette Coupe

feeds@yuku.com (Straff99) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:17:06 GMT

Has anyone stuck a Chevette front onto a Kadett coupe? It's something I've pondered for a long time - I'd love to see whether it looked good or not.

Winter 2009 Vauxhall magazine

feeds@yuku.com (snoopdroot) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:47:45 GMT

Just noticed a brief mention of Gerry Marshall and Old Nail in the Winter 2009 issue of Vauxhall Magazine:

"Vauxhall's involvement in saloon car racing stretches as far back as the Sixties, when the late Gerry Marshall drove a Viva GT to second place in the Redex Saloon Car Championship in 1969. The Seventies, too, were productive. The Firenza, affectionately known as the 'Old Nail', holds the record for the most saloon car victories in the UK and is displayed in...

Silver Sports Hatch - Does anyone know?

feeds@yuku.com (b3rtie) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:41:20 GMT

Around 1979 there was often a silver DS Sports Hatch parked in Wetherby market place. I have only ever seen two others (Silver Bulet and a prototype soewhere on this website).

Does anyone know how many silver Sports Hatches were actually produced if any? Is there a book which goes into this and other such details?

Many thanks
Robert

1977 article I found on a race chevette.

feeds@yuku.com (cowboybrock) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:37:01 GMT

I keep buying old magazines off trademe (ebay type setup locally) that have anything vauxhall interest and I found the following article. Very cool chevette and has inspired me to get mine completed.

Old GM Overseas Plants Link

feeds@yuku.com (DerRingmeister) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:52:14 GMT

For the Anoraks:-
http://clubs.hemmings.com...story/assemblyplants.html
A link for GM and Vauxhall overseas production history.

D.C.

Vintage 'Custom Car' feature

feeds@yuku.com (KitSpackman) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:32:24 GMT

While clearing what is laughingly called my 'Office' at home (still looking for the old DSG Regsisters without success so far) I came across a copy od 'Custom Car' dated December 1987. It includes a the first of their 'CC Club Corner' features and it covers US!

There's three pages of text and some great phhotos, some of which I've edited and posted here. They say there were 11 cars there for the shoot but one photo shows 12, see below for the...

HPF promo vid

feeds@yuku.com (jonnydiver) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:42:08 GMT

Does anyone know where i can get a copy of the Droopsnoot firenza promo video either on video or DVD. Maybe someone could post it on youtube e.t.c.

HSR Authentication

feeds@yuku.com (Droop Snoot Group) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:17:17 GMT

The club runs a scheme for club members to authenticate Chevette HSRs as 'genuine' Shepreth built cars.

For cars on the original F.I.A. homologation list, supplied new as HSRs, this normally just means submitting the car's paperwork and a couple of photographs. Cars which were rebuilt from HSs already on the road are more difficult to authenticate, and will have to be inspected by club officials, together with any history and paperwork.

Vauxhall "PUG" = "Chevrolet" NOMAD

feeds@yuku.com (Firenza GT) — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:33:47 GMT

Anyone heard of the Vauxhall "PUG" ? If it was ever produced in UK ? The "Chevrolet" Nomad was sold here just when the Firenza was withdrawn from the market, when the Firenza's were replaced by the "facelift" "Chevrolet" 1300/1900 and Chev Hatch 1300/1900.

This is my brother's Nomad, he that also has a Chev Firenza GT and Can Am. This was is an ex-South African Army vehicle. Our Military used them quite extensively where many were...

V8 HPF Firenza in ZA ?

feeds@yuku.com (Firenza GT) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:28:07 GMT

Just a note regarding a Firenza coupe I saw advertised for sale a few years ago in the Autotrader. Does anyone know of a Snoot exported to South Africa maybe late 70's, early 80's? Reason being I had heard about this which they called a "Can Am" especially built, you know that urban legend stuff. But the car I saw advertised was silver like an HPF, supposedly fitted with a 302 which could have been scavenged from an original Can Am and had an aerofoil as a Can Am has on the...

Chevrolet engine decoding

feeds@yuku.com (Harry Flatters) — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:12:37 GMT

Lino, have you seen this website? Might help with your Z28 engine identification. If you wade around enough there's stacks of info there...