1981 Vauxhall Chevette HSR - Vauxhall's Wild Child of the 80s

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1981 Vauxhall Chevette HSR - Vauxhall's Wild Child of the 80s

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In this video, Jake gets to have a look around a late 70s/early 80s rallying Homologation Special from Vauxhall and needless to say, it was an unforgettable experience!
A massive thank you to Terry of the Droop Snoot Group for allowing Jake to have a look and tell the story of this wonderful car.
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Thank you to Joseph for inviting Jake to have a look around this extremely rare car
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@lloydvehicleconsulting 2 жыл бұрын

A real experience filming and driving this car on that day, sir! Thank you again for being part of it.

@FuelPower 2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@retromatt74 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a very special car indeed. From an era when I was getting into cars and especially rallying, I remember watching Russell Brookes hooning his around the RAC rally’s of the early 80s

@FuelPower 2 жыл бұрын

Very very special, I enjoyed this one enormously. Rally cars of the 80s were just something else.

@markonmotoring 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Jake. It's good to hear the car gets used so much in a world where so many are squirreled away as investments. Loving the the video format too. Well done.

@FuelPower 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark!

@MyriamGILLARD-hp1et Ай бұрын

❤the normal version then.my brother had one of those.in Belgium.

@F222RST 7 ай бұрын

Lovely car my dad had a hs shame we didn’t see it in action

@davidswift2542 2 жыл бұрын

What a car I have met Terry who owns this amazing brilliant hsr chevette so different from any else on the road hs and hsr j

@FuelPower 2 жыл бұрын

It is certainly a great car!

@benhooper1956 Жыл бұрын

What a brilliantly slick video, and you filmed it on one of my favourite pieces of road!

@FuelPower Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! A new style was rried with this and I feel it worked well for this car. The road up to Thruxton is great for a blast in a vehicle like this for sure!

@DL-ls5sy 11 ай бұрын

I have a Talbot Sunbeam Lotus and I like this car very much, especially its engine

@SimonWallwork 3 ай бұрын

I had an HS. HMS109S might survive?

@ianrimmer6004 Жыл бұрын

Lovely car will look even better when striped up again. Where on earth did he get the long stroke crank from? Last time I was looking Farndon would only make a run of 20 cranks minimum. I've got the block all machined and Blydenstein/Cosworth pistons ready to go to 2.6.

@TheGentlemensMotorRacingTeam 2 жыл бұрын

fantastic car and a fantastic video - nice work sir

@FuelPower 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

@terrycobbold91 2 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks for the drive bys she sounds good I never hear it from the driving seat.

@FuelPower 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Terry, it was a great day filming this and the pictures i've seen of the Chevette now it's all graphiced up look awesome! I can send you through the drive by raw shots if you'd like.

@rogerking7258 Жыл бұрын

You obviously like the car, but as a member of DTV at the time, I can assure you that this car is an AitchSR, not a HaitchSR. So far as I am aware, all the HSRs were actually converted from the original HS Chevette of which they made (ahem) 400.

@FuelPower Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching the video Roger and you're quite correct, I do like the car and it's clear to see that you like them too. However, the owner of this car has a long history of working within the Vauxhall company and is a bit of a Vauxhall nut, hence why they are the chairman of the Droop Snoot Group (DSG) and because of that, I am inclined to believe that the information they have supplied me regarding this particular car is correct.

@CooperSTraveller 2 жыл бұрын

Love it .. I nearly bought a 1.3 Chevette not long after I got my test and a friend of the family had a full HSR kit he would have sold me. Wish I had done … £200 for the mint condition Chevette and 50 quid for the kit .. you have to love the 90s. What would that have been worth today????

@FuelPower 2 жыл бұрын

This car is worth about £60k+ now (with the engine mods). Chevettes are not something i got to experience much of as they were mostly gone by the time I got into cars but this one has me kind of hooked, I might be wanting a fast Vauxhall now.... 😅

@CooperSTraveller 2 жыл бұрын

Totally … even the 1.3 I should have bought would be hitting £20k I’m sure by now and the kit would be several thousands. I do love Vauxhalls of this era as they were my childhood memories.

@davidswift2542 2 жыл бұрын

You mean 1980s

@CooperSTraveller 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidswift2542 no the 90s was when I started buying cars. Got my first one with my own money in 1993 as a 12th birthday present to myself.

@bigtrev8xl 2 жыл бұрын

A mate of mine had one, it was one of Vauxhalls ex race cars, an absolute beast.... Please, please keep the music to a minimum, for old gits like me, the music becomes dominant, and difficult to follow what you're saying.... Thanks.. 😊😊🍺👍

@FuelPower 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and for your feedback!

@typhoon5445 Жыл бұрын

Done signwriting on many of these in SMT perth …and a limited edition. Chevette ecosse on boot lid of some in script dont think any of them survived

@FuelPower Жыл бұрын

What a cool thing to have done!

@typhoon5445 Жыл бұрын

@@FuelPower jimmy mcraes aswell ..think terry kaby was there too .. 78 i think would be the time there about ..i was just 18 long time ago lol

@Oliver3863 4 ай бұрын

I have a mk 1 Sunbeam Lotus and I like this car very much, especially its engine, but don't love this muzic, just engine sound, please !

@stevenmoran4060 8 ай бұрын

A normal Chevette wouldn’t get near 100 mph so a bit of a daft comparison. You say it’s loud, all we heard was pointless music. As for rallying, never saw one once, saw Ascona, Manta and Firenza but not a shove it.