Was working in a big house today stripping out a Kitchen and had to turn the water off, the owner said the stop tap was in the garage....."Just mind the car" he said....

Went in there and found this.......... Vauxhall Magnum Sports....(Looks like a Chevette to me, lol)

2.2 RWD i think......

 

That is one seriously cool car ,

 

that looks the dogs bollocks

 

love it

 

Thats what i thought Paul.........

To look at the guy whos house/car it is you would NEVER EVER think he has such a cool car tucked away in the garage...... or is a car nut for that matter...

It still makes me wonder what cars are tucked away in garages........

 

thats looks mint and wonder how much it worth,looks like its based on a viva estate

 

WOW nice fine is it mint & original ?

 

Oh yes, fantastic motor that Tiff, looks mint as too

 

Vauxall viva droop nose cone jobbie remember them as a young kid


Luciano

 

that looks ace proper retro. that the manta and mk1 astra's are the only vauxhall's i would ever consider owning

 

fat that dude.

 

Fantastic. Have to say i am a secret fan of old skool vauxhalls like that. Magnum, Firenza, Chevette, up to about MK2 Astra is the cut off point in my opinion!
Think that one you found will be a 2.3 litre slant four engine, same as the HS/R Chevette iirc?

 

Hasn't Martoon got one of those.

Looks bloody immaculate !

 

nice car.

 

Cool! Have to say am a secret fan of Old Vauxhalls, Magnums, Firenza's, Chevette's, Manta's and the like. Even Mk2 Cavaliers and old Nova's and Mk2 Astra's are getting cool now in a sort of 'when-did-you-last-see-one-of-those' kind of way!
Think that one you found will be a 2.3 litre 'Slant' 4 engine, same as the HS Chevette iirc?

 

Droopsnoot sportshatch.

Taken from the DSG-

"Sportshatch
So what do you do if you've a few hundred Droopsnoot nosecones left over? You make a sporting estate...

Now officially called the Magnum, Vauxhall's big engined HC load carrier was crying out for the Droopsnoot treatment, particularly after the Styling Department came up with Wayne Cherry's one-off sporting estate, Silver Bullet. The Sportshatch wasn't quite as radical as Bullet, with only the four headlights and a standard Magnum 2300 slant four; but it got the Droopsnoot's tweaked suspension and Avon safety alloys, that nosecone, and a deep, dark red paint job with thick bright red stripes at the waistline - and another outlet for Vauxhall's '70s tartan fetish.

Sadly, as with the Droopsnoot, the Sportshatch didn't really fly off the forecourts, and the build finished at two hundred odd examples; but again Vauxhall created an instant classic, started a trend for sports estate cars, and established a name that continues with the current 16 valve Astras"

 

nice

 

As far as i know it is 100% standard and genuine as it has the original old skool type tyres andf the trim is MINT!!!...... Will try and see what milage ect it has and get a bit of history off the guy about it.....

 

Love that car! My dad had a Viva when I was a kid so I've always had a soft spot for them - especially the Sportshatch!!

 

Nice

 

superb-loved these as a kid!

 

thats mint!!!

 

Fantastic!!

Remember one of my uncles having loads of Vivas and Firenzas when i was a kid, fast cars for their time!!

 

wait 'til martin or alex sees this, they'll cream their pants

 

mint! as you said, just makes you wonder whats out there!

 

An HPI check shows the colour as being Maroon and he's only owned it since Dec 2007.

 

Cool Car!

 

not seen one for years

 

WWWWooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww that car looks dead cool

 

Very rare the Sports Hatch models, came across one couple weeks ago when i was in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire..













Was gonna ask if it was for sale but nobody was home !

 

Very cool car

Cant believe he's got bikes hanging above it - asking for trouble!

 

It certainly is.

Always loved the Sporthatch in that colour.

 

I did think that