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£800

1980 Vauxhall Cavalier 2000 GLS 4 Door Saloon

DVCA • UK • 19 Mar 2020

Market Position:

Lowest 10% of Past Sales

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£800

1980 Vauxhall Cavalier 2000 GLS 4 Door Saloon

UK • 19 Mar 2020

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Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This Vauxhall Cavalier is a well-preserved survivor from an era when they were common on British roads. It has under 68,000 miles, benefits from a respray and some mechanical work, and comes with spares and an original sales brochure, making it a rare find for collectors or enthusiasts.

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Condition 

6

The car has been resprayed and had some mechanical work done, but remains largely original with functioning instruments and the original radio. It has low mileage for its age, suggesting a less strenuous life than many of its contemporaries, but the respray and other work indicate it's not in pristine condition.

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68,000 miles

MHA 612V

1980

Auction

7705113542

RHD

United Kingdom

£800

1980 Vauxhall Cavalier 2000 GLS 4 Door Saloon

DVCA • UK • 19 Mar 2020

Market Position:

Lowest 10% of Past Sales

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Description

Vauxhall Cavaliers once pounded the motorways of Britain at a time when hazel brown metallic paint and a beige interior combined to be the height of fashion.

Few have survived intact, making MHA 612V a rare breed survivor that, if it had four legs, would be loved and cherished on Adam Henson’s Cotswold farm as an example of a beast that once powered the nation! The next owner of this motor car will have a talking point wherever it’s taken, gathering a crowd of people who once drove them or were driven in them by their sales rep / middle manager Dad.

The trim level determined their place in the company hierarchy so examples like this 2000 GLS would have been the chariot of at least a senior manager had it been in corporate ownership.

However, the fewer than 68,000 miles recorded suggests that this car escaped the ravages of company hack with a rather more sedate existence.

It was resprayed eight years ago, when new front wings and a front valance were fitted and it also benefits fro...

Price Analysis vs Other Cavalier GLSs

£660

Lowest Price (Since 2020)

£1,760

Median Price (Since 2020)

£16,932

Highest Price (Since 2020)

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MOT Information

Expired

Expired on 12th May 2021

Latest MOT mileage:

68,014 miles

MOT History

Passed

On 13th May 2020, 68,014 miles

There were 5 defects noted.

Advisory:
- Nearside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Offside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Nearside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Offside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Brake valve modified but affecting performance .

Failed

On 14th Apr 2020, 67,958 miles

There were 8 defects noted.

Major:
- Front Brake valve leaking under bonnet (1.1.7 (d) (i))
- Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (8.2.1.2 (b))


Advisory:
- Nearside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Offside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Offside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Nearside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Offside Front body repair covered in underseal .
- Brake valve modified but not affecting performance

Failed

On 31st Mar 2020, 67,940 miles

There were 10 defects noted.

Major:
- Rear fog lamp switch inoperative (4.5.3 (a) (ii))
- Front Brake valve leaking under bonnet (1.1.7 (d) (i))
- Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength under bonnet (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (8.2.1.2 (b))


Advisory:
- Exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases centre (6.1.2 (a))
- Nearside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Offside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Offside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Nearside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Offside Front body repair covered in underseal .

Failed

On 17th Mar 2020, 67,897 miles

There were 9 defects noted.

Major:
- Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired (5.3.6 (a) (i))


Advisory:
- body has corrosion
- Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Nearside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Offside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Nearside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Offside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Suspension component mounting repair covered in underseal multiple areas (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a))

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