Matchbox Custom of my own Vauxhall Cavalier

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  • čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
  • Today we work on a car I owned in real life 19 years ago and how I wish I made it look! Have you owned a Cavalier / Vectra?
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    Rob @ Matchbox Garage
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Komentáře • 104

  • @kennybacchus6400
    @kennybacchus6400 Před 3 lety +2

    Classic matchbox custom Vauxhall cavalier 1990

  • @mattg8369
    @mattg8369 Před rokem +1

    I love this casting. One of my favorites.

  • @andrejimmo1176
    @andrejimmo1176 Před 3 lety

    Very nice. That reminds me of my bicycle I had as a teenager. It was a deep blue that looked black at a distance.

  • @kinkyspannertwister6843

    great resto...i'm retiring from the car restoration game (for the public). what you do is perfect for my needs.

  • @dannylalumiere6538
    @dannylalumiere6538 Před 3 lety

    Love that color. It brings me back memories when I bought my Honda CRX SI 1991 back in 2001 and I had it paint this exact color! It was midnight blue from BMW… man this car gave me tickets 😅🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @xCPTxNEMO
    @xCPTxNEMO Před 2 lety

    I had a Cav GSI, albeit in Matchbox form. It was my go to getaway car when staging bank jobs. I like what you’ve done here, the touring car stance is spot on.

  • @SA-zoom1
    @SA-zoom1 Před 3 lety

    The GSi and 4x4 Turbo are definite classics now. 👌

  • @descendantsofgrayskull1914

    I loved the unique look of the mk1 Cavalier which was also used on the Chevette and Forenza

  • @carlosdelgado2807
    @carlosdelgado2807 Před 3 lety +1

    Awesome

  • @charliehazelden454
    @charliehazelden454 Před 3 lety +3

    Hey Rob, this by far my favourite one, like you it takes me back to you youth. You have done an amazing job 👏 keep up the good work 👍👍👍

  • @kinkyspannertwister6843

    i was a mk2 guy , 2.0 cdi with a chipped 130 engine ...WHAT a machine

  • @mackmcmillan9905
    @mackmcmillan9905 Před 5 měsíci

    It's uncanny how closely this resembles the Saab 9000 Turbo casted in 1987 which has always been my personal favorite Matchbox SINCE 1988 when I got it as an 8yo... Even the color is a close match. Cool casting, we of course didn't get that one here across the pond. Well done! I was one of the few kids who never like Hot Wheels. Matchbox or nah.

  • @Hamzamakesfunvideos
    @Hamzamakesfunvideos Před 3 lety +1

    Wow amazing custom epic

  • @feisar_fpv
    @feisar_fpv Před 5 měsíci

    Miss you Rob... And the hotdog jar 😂

  • @Vic-Norman-1974
    @Vic-Norman-1974 Před 2 lety

    Just Subbed.
    Greetings from A South African who's Emigrated to Scotland. 😎🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😁🏁

  • @markrobinson8865
    @markrobinson8865 Před 3 lety +1

    Great job Rob and here in the United States the Cavalier was a Chevrolet, and the Pontiac version was a Sunfire.

    • @richard29415
      @richard29415 Před rokem

      But was it very different to the UK Vauxhall Cavalier?

  • @javiersalazardelacruz9604

    Great work!!, brillant color and amazing tires! ! 😲 👍

  • @mortenhenningsen940
    @mortenhenningsen940 Před 2 lety

    Cool car. Like the dark blue and the stance.
    Looking forward to more videos

  • @Bobby10241
    @Bobby10241 Před 3 lety

    Beautiful job with great detail

  • @JS-1983
    @JS-1983 Před 3 lety

    Very nice Vectra, great colour 😎
    Not many real ones around anymore, because those cars liked to rot...

  • @bryansukdeomusic3002
    @bryansukdeomusic3002 Před 3 lety

    Very nice work, Rob. Great color choice!

  • @Vic-Norman-1974
    @Vic-Norman-1974 Před 2 lety

    This is very interesting... We had these in South Africa.. But they were sols as the OPEL MONZA if I am not mistaken. Which looked very much like the Lotus Carlton . Polishing up the car is always my favourite bit of clean up.. Getting it to that shiny metal finish is always so satisfying.

  • @jasonmonn8646
    @jasonmonn8646 Před rokem

    Hope all is well Rob. Missing your videos. You do amazing work

  • @stevenjones19-m8i
    @stevenjones19-m8i Před 3 lety

    Hi Rob,nice looking car,the wheels are smart against the dark blue paintwork,I remember these back in the day.

  • @robsnyder552
    @robsnyder552 Před 3 lety

    Love the color. Fits the body style. Car reminds me of a Saab 900 a little bit.

  • @diecast_MikeEspo
    @diecast_MikeEspo Před 3 lety

    Very nice work , wheels look great , paint is awesome . NICEEEEEEEE....

  • @shaunfelton2046
    @shaunfelton2046 Před 3 lety

    Spot on! It’s brilliant!

  • @joeholloway1386
    @joeholloway1386 Před 3 lety

    Nice build and paint job 👍👍

  • @kylepassaro1398
    @kylepassaro1398 Před 3 lety

    wow that looks really really nice

  • @edwarddunk2731
    @edwarddunk2731 Před 3 lety

    Wonderful job.👍🚗

  • @charlessweigert6180
    @charlessweigert6180 Před 3 lety

    Another awesome job. I have one to do so this is some inspiration. My family all have our shots.

  • @TheBadJuJu666
    @TheBadJuJu666 Před 3 lety

    Great color!!

  • @stillkicken2007
    @stillkicken2007 Před 3 lety

    Awesome looking car 👍

  • @buzz1973
    @buzz1973 Před 3 lety

    Great job Rob 👌

  • @gusser2121
    @gusser2121 Před 3 lety

    She's a beaut all right. Wish some of the models you get in Europe were available in NA.

  • @twycediecast
    @twycediecast Před 3 lety +1

    One of my favorite castings, favorite wheels and favorite jobs you’ve done, Rob. Always a pleasure to relax to your videos. David (from Trussville, Alabama)

  • @losingmyfavoritegame8752

    This looks great. I would totally drive this! 🙂 Yessir, I have been fully vaccinated for a while now. I am glad that you are, too!

  • @johnreed1268
    @johnreed1268 Před 3 lety +1

    That color is just right, well done.

  • @richardsweeks2209
    @richardsweeks2209 Před 2 lety

    Very impressive

  • @anthonybollini3699
    @anthonybollini3699 Před 3 lety

    Thumbs up 👍

  • @jaredhaden1989
    @jaredhaden1989 Před 3 lety

    Beautiful, that color reminds me of RUSTOLEOMS Galaxy Blue, it's a color shift spray paint from blue to purple

  • @mattconnor6779
    @mattconnor6779 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for sharing a bit of your automotive past, Rob! Yes, I got my jabs as soon as I could. 👍

  • @MatchboxResurrection
    @MatchboxResurrection Před 3 lety

    Nice wheels. Looks a lot better now is lower. Great choice of color too

  • @carlkwasnjuk9518
    @carlkwasnjuk9518 Před 3 lety

    Awesome custom!

  • @opelracing9369
    @opelracing9369 Před 3 lety

    This is my favourite custom

    • @Grulaz
      @Grulaz Před 3 lety

      i wish there was a Matchbox Opel Manta 400

  • @GhostRider-ii7tz
    @GhostRider-ii7tz Před 3 lety

    Looks awesome rob.👍

  • @bjscustoms
    @bjscustoms Před 3 lety

    Awesome custom.

  • @ericgaudet4497
    @ericgaudet4497 Před 3 lety

    Great job on the matchbox cavalier looks Awesome. On this model is the prefect example of cutting out the sunroof to see the inside from the top.

  • @martycrush6412
    @martycrush6412 Před 3 lety

    😍😍😍😍 I bought 3 of these as a kid, my absolute favourite matchbox car of all time. And I’m a Ford man🤣

  • @richard29415
    @richard29415 Před rokem

    Fantastic job!! Amazing work!! The only Vauxhall Cavalier that exists in 1/59 scale as well. Oxford Diecast make a mk2 Cavalier in 1/76 scale which is also a really nice looking model and Herpa made the liftback version of the Cavalier and sedan/saloon in 1/87 scale. I think Gama made a Cavalier in 1/43 scale.

  • @ady-uk7150
    @ady-uk7150 Před 3 lety

    For a toy car, Matchbox have nailed it again with terrific accurate detail on this Cavalier. Great looking resto, just one thing missing Rob, could you have painted in the lower front fog lamps? Back in 2000, we owned a 1993 Cav GLS 2.0i in glacier white. We had it for 6 years, loved it.

  • @cannyuk
    @cannyuk Před 3 lety +2

    I've been double dipped Rob so fingers crossed for the end of the C word. Great work as per usual mate. A casting I've not seen before.

  • @thevinylcollector3472
    @thevinylcollector3472 Před 3 lety

    awesome job rob i got both my vaccine shots

  • @keithzatkalik5805
    @keithzatkalik5805 Před 3 lety

    Nice job

  • @isaacsrandomvideos667
    @isaacsrandomvideos667 Před 2 lety

    That’s awesome

  • @diecast164andmore9
    @diecast164andmore9 Před 11 měsíci

    Looks good!!

  • @michaelparylak5649
    @michaelparylak5649 Před 3 lety

    I got this one. My reason for hanging on to it all these years is kind of silly. It always reminded me of the car that the Michael and Kimberly character are riding in when they have their car crash in the Melrose Place primetime soap opera errr..... I mean show😁

  • @gravesendaustralia
    @gravesendaustralia Před 3 lety

    Nice outcome Rob. Nice colour. I'm fully vaccinated with AZ since June. I hope you can me and a few other builders in December for an Ashes build off England v Australia. Any car any size Cheers Michael

  • @2H80vids
    @2H80vids Před 3 lety

    Love the colour Rob. Shame about that one wee flake of paint.😁

  • @johnm.5848
    @johnm.5848 Před 3 lety

    Slick transformation Rob. And thanks for sharing your story on owning the car.

  • @stanojevicnatasa2514
    @stanojevicnatasa2514 Před 3 lety

    Opel Vectra of this generation is still a common car here in Serbia. Worth around 600-850€ and used by working class folks as a daily driven beater until it breaks down and fixing it costs more than it is worth.

  • @davidreintjens283
    @davidreintjens283 Před 3 lety

    kind of midnite blue. Brilliant colour. Getting 2nd jab next week. South Aus is behind as usual.

  • @RoadRunnergarage8570
    @RoadRunnergarage8570 Před 2 lety

    Sharp!

  • @marciak9826
    @marciak9826 Před 3 lety

    Beautiful little car, and (almost) 100% paint removal!

  • @joakimhjelm-svennesen8984

    Man that Vauxhall Cavalier or Opel Vectra in other markets looks so good Rob! Good job Rob

  • @brucek6563
    @brucek6563 Před 6 měsíci

    We're did you go, Rob!!! I really miss your videos!!!!

  • @easyontheeyes78
    @easyontheeyes78 Před 2 lety

    My 1991 Ford Taurus station wagon is like that. From a distance it looks dark gray. Once you get up close, you’ll see it’s a bluish gray

  • @malcolmmacdonald3992
    @malcolmmacdonald3992 Před 3 lety

    Wonderful to have one of these on a Saturday! Great job mate!

  • @JohnMcMahon.
    @JohnMcMahon. Před 6 měsíci

    They stopped building Cavaliers in late 95. I loved them. Hated the Vectra replacement.

  • @grapowski
    @grapowski Před 3 lety

    I own a Chevrolet Monza 1986 S/R 2 door hatchback, which is the equivalent of Vauxhall's Cavalier from 1986. Only in Brazil we had the 2 door hatchback body option...

  • @amilcarmoncada1801
    @amilcarmoncada1801 Před 3 lety +1

    Muy buena customizacion de este Vauxhall Cavalier, respetos desde Venezuela.💯🤜🔥🤛👍

  • @blackcountrydiecast4708

    ahhhh the first restoration I ever did was this very model. My mom and dad both had cavaliers F reg red one and a L reg white one, great motors

  • @neilcummings9939
    @neilcummings9939 Před 3 lety

    I really like that color on it. those wheels set it off. nice job

  • @adriansdarick2345
    @adriansdarick2345 Před 3 lety

    Wuaooo very nice good. 👍

  • @cudasdiecastcustoms7567

    Love the car, love the color! Just love the build tbh it’s different!!!

  • @davebeat
    @davebeat Před 3 lety +4

    Paid 200 quid for my Chavalier was so rusty that the handbreak was only attached by the carpet. Sold it for parts in the end.

  • @davidsingleton9864
    @davidsingleton9864 Před 3 lety

    Vauxhall Calviner 2.2 SRi pick of the range

  • @brotherandrew3393
    @brotherandrew3393 Před 3 lety +1

    Great paint job but the tires which are beautiful are a bit oversized

  • @SummerRoseRacing
    @SummerRoseRacing Před 3 lety

    Great work on this one Rob! :) And I love the wheel set you chose for it! :)

  • @raymonde4272
    @raymonde4272 Před 3 lety

    Looks great Rob, incidentally Nick from Nick's Toy Garage is back online and has responded to comments on his channel and will be posting again in the future as he is recording four videos at the moment.

  • @norepetitivebeats
    @norepetitivebeats Před 3 lety

    11:02 that little moth must have been as high as a kite after that spraying down

  • @explodingtwisting
    @explodingtwisting Před 3 lety

    Reminds me of Westminster blue. That was sort of a purple blue when polished up
    I had 4 Cavaliers with my last one also an 8v diplomat in diamond black metallic. Loved that car as much as the tin rot did lol. Very rare cars nowadays (V6 diplomat is in single figures). Also assisted running a Cav mk3 website back in the day too. Never did own a red top or gsi in the end either ☹️

  • @garycoombs3311
    @garycoombs3311 Před 3 lety

    It reminds me of the cavalier you sold me once. Lol

  • @brianartillery
    @brianartillery Před 3 lety

    Ah, a tale of the classic 'Boy Racer'.
    Tearing about, and making a racket. (Good fun, though, I'll bet). Anyone out there know which 1983 movie I borrowed those last two lines from?
    No primer in Poundland, again, Rob. 🤔 😆😆😆
    Very tasty result there. Nice one. Have you ever thought about doing a custom, with a nice paint job, and wheels, on an older casting, like the Lesney #33 Ford Zephyr 4? I reckon that would be cool.

  • @RAPIDNISMO
    @RAPIDNISMO Před 2 lety

    I wish they made the cav mk2 Sri, same car my dad drove through thr 90's and early 2000', had a massive catback on it was stolen several times, very big same that it most likely no longer exists

  • @Vic-Norman-1974
    @Vic-Norman-1974 Před 2 lety

    Fantastic job here.. Wow.. How did you get those lights so precise... I always struggle with them and make mine look like a 3 year old went to work on them with a crayon.

  • @MrPaynemania
    @MrPaynemania Před 2 lety +1

    Rob, are you ok buddy? Haven't seen a sign of life in a while.

  • @devernpinnock8176
    @devernpinnock8176 Před 3 lety

    I owned 2 cavaliers an 02 and 04 I liked the 04 because it was a manual shift I miss it. They were both white and made by Chevy.

  • @Grulaz
    @Grulaz Před 3 lety +1

    ah you had one of these back in 2002? what happened to it? did you sold it? scrapped it?

  • @user-hv7om4wc8k
    @user-hv7om4wc8k Před rokem

    Quite diff. from Opel Omega. That one is Holden.

  • @2ahdcat
    @2ahdcat Před 3 lety

    😺👍

  • @TinaMdot
    @TinaMdot Před 3 lety

    fully vaxed

  • @michaelb6729
    @michaelb6729 Před 3 lety

    Put a rear wing on it !
    In that color, you made it look like a Lotus Carlton ! 🤔

  • @bobfellows5758
    @bobfellows5758 Před 2 lety

    Double jabbed, going for my annual flu jab in the morning.

  • @Luedsi89
    @Luedsi89 Před 3 lety

    I'm currently close of being vaccinated with the second round of astraZ. There's no third vaccine here yet.

    • @Luedsi89
      @Luedsi89 Před 3 lety

      I always confuse that model with the saab 9000. that came in the same colour

  • @stephenmatthias3503
    @stephenmatthias3503 Před 2 lety

    Where have you disappeared to?

  • @Scrimjer
    @Scrimjer Před 3 lety

    C word 🤣

  • @nickdavis8905
    @nickdavis8905 Před 3 lety

    I always lube my peace before I taped that hole

  • @arrow1414
    @arrow1414 Před 3 lety

    You sound different somehow...?🤔

  • @SIQN-
    @SIQN- Před 3 lety

    99.83214