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Old 23rd October 2006, 07:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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newbie fae inverness scotland

hi, just bought a ph2 chamade 16v,grey, 2 owners from new, 70k miles with fsh, all mots from new and all tax discs,my old man had 1 in 1992 off the shelf and i drove it a few times when allowed as i was only 18, it was fast as i remember so when this 1 came up i thought what the hell, i just sold my astra mk1 gte so need a kind of project to play with. so who is gonna tell me the good and bad side to these motors??
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Old 23rd October 2006, 08:04 PM   #2 (permalink)
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ph2? rust a lot more than the ph1's. Thats really it apart from the headlgihts, the ph2's are about half the ooutput of the ph1's.

Also 18 in 92 eh, another old yin! lol
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hi and welcome

any pics mate of either the chammy or mk1 astra??
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Old 24th October 2006, 07:30 AM   #4 (permalink)
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its got brand new headlights on it and according to the receipts its on its 3rd set, i will put up pics of it and the astra. astra now lives in carlisle on its original number, when i owned it its number was A17GTE.
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Old 24th October 2006, 08:17 AM   #5 (permalink)
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you on migweb as well?
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Old 24th October 2006, 08:40 PM   #6 (permalink)
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what is migweb?
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Old 24th October 2006, 08:54 PM   #7 (permalink)
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well thats a negative to that then.

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Vauxhall site. I am sure I know the plate A17GTE
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Old 24th October 2006, 10:09 PM   #8 (permalink)
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i used mk1oc forums its on there.
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