There are so many 'throw-away' cars that I wished I had kept now. That Cavalier has a great home now. 😊

Somebody got their money's worth and them some on those wiper blades. I had no idea some of the 80s 2.0s were sourced from Opel. I learned something today!

A reliable car is a reliable car, regardless of what it costs or looks like.

I had a red four door 88 cavalier in high school. Awesome high school car. Love watching these cars come back to life.

I like this vintage economy cars more and more. They are are just happy vehicles.

Cool - I had an 85 in 1991 I bought all rusted out for $500. Gave it a tractor paint roller paint job that fall - It threw a rod the next summer so we put a junkyard engine in. my sister rear ended a brand new Volvo 2 weeks later and that was that.

Jay, Thank you so much for another awesome video. Every time I watch your stuff it feels like i'm visiting with a friend. Thanks again, and congratulations on all the new subscribers.They are well deserved!

I worked at a GM dealership 1989-1990. Nobody there would have considered a square body Cavalier as a car to drive any distance back then. It is wild to see one this clean!

Loving that Cavalier. Back in the day (I'm 43) my Dad had an 84 Sunbird wagon with the 1.8 and that was a workhorse of a car. So glad this one got saved!

Please keep going with this car. It would be awesome to watch you fix every single little issue. The car would be so valuable to you then.

Hi Jay, they use to sell those cars in the UK back in the 80s, they were called Vauxhall Cavaliers in the UK. They are a very rare sight nowadays on the UK roads. You could get a sporty version called an SRI, it had a 1.8 fuel injected engine, cool cars!

I'm so glad I'm able to see the Cavalier come along. I remember seeing it on Facebook marketplace.

At least you have the chevy 2.0 liter engine. The Brazilian made opel 2.0 liter overhead cam engine is probably hard to get parts for now. Those ohc engines are more predominately in the sunbird up until 94, and the olds firenza as well as a few skyhawk models.

Idk if you do this in the video yet, but it's a miracle it came up, I was just thinking about how you could shift a 1st gen cavalier from drive to reverse (and vice versa) at WOT at highway speeds and not break the transmission. For $300, keep that car forever, and just keep replacing the tires every hundred times you do it, it will make memories for sure

The most impressive thing about this whole video is how well those factory mats cleaned up! Thats a badass cleaning solution/machine right there! Sweet little car, im glad someone cares and appreciates these 80s GM cars. Especially a little disposable (Jay's words, not mine 😅). J car such as this..

Looks great, dude! Some day, you've gotta do a car meet-up with the other 1st gen Cavalier furballs up in Wisconsin! I think someone else also has a Cimarron, or maybe one of them has a cav and a cim? Not 100% sure. I honestly would love to find a 1st gen Cavalier. I can't find one for sale in good shape ANYWHERE. Even the last-gen cavaliers are starting to disappear from the roads!

Looks like great progress has been made on this time capsule and for having a hard time finding rare pieces for it I’d have to say that you can start with a good starting point and end up with something you can be proud of,I like tinkering around with stuff and get my paws dirty turning wrenches but leaving paw prints on something just shows that it’s something I’ve worked on with my own 2 paws but I do get a few knots in my tails if I get stuck on something and cuss about it especially if I hurt my paw causing it to bleed from stupidity lol, I love working with tools and my paws 🐾🖤🐾🖤🐾🖤

I feel ya! Been buying up parts for my first year 82 Cutlass Ciera Brougham two door.....Its all several days out....Happy to see you keeping the ole girl going though!

what an awesome super rare survivor. I love these first gen cavaliers!!!!

Cool little whip. The best way I’ve found to clean carpet and mats is to pull them out of the car, hang them up, scrub and pressure wash the hell out of them, let them drip dry in the sun. The beige carpet and mats in my ‘97 Odyssey came up a treat after doing that

The GM "122 series" push rod 4 cyl. engines were from Chevy, as someone else posted. Sized from 1.8 to 2.2L. The car mags were always putting it down, asking for imported ones. The OHC 1.8 in Sunbirds was Opel design. The 122 lasted until 2002, replaced by Ecotec OHC.

The mats, with 40 years of gound in dirt, came out amazing. Not at all critical of the technique, but somethings that might make it easier next time is a cheesy $8 brush that attaches to a drill, and when the mats are that bad, you can also just power wash them if you want. To reiterate, I don't think you would've gotten better results, that was amazing, but might be easier,

That’s a peach of a Cavalier, Jay. Cool seeing one that’s still in decent shape. Not bad an amount of work to freshen her up either. Crazy how tough it’s getting to find parts for some of the older cars. Nice haircut btw. Looks snazzy!

That 2.0 OHV was developed in house by Chevrolet and started as a 1.8.It is the 1.8/2.0 OHC that was Opel designed and sourced from GM Brazil.

Hell yea, good to see this car still getting love. Thanks for another great vid 👍

You don't like the smell of PB Blaster? Try the taste! I made the mistake of using it on the door latch of a 1950's fridge == PB penetrated all my food for months! Great vid as usual

Really cool that you fixed that Cavalier up. I'm sure if it could talk, it would thank you! Cheers man, enjoy your content.

My first car. 1982 Cavalier 2dr. 2barrel carb on a 1.8L engine. 4 speed manual. Manual steering, manual windows, am radio. No delay wipers, no cruise. About the only thing it had was power brakes. Same color interior as yours with the door panels doing the exact same thing. You could just scratch the top parts with a fingernail and it would flake off.

Absolutely brilliant video jay I had a cavalier here in the UK badged as a vauxhall cavalier cd they are still a fantastic classic car here in the UK brilliant enjoy her

Great video. That Cavalier will last you a lifetime. It's sn awesome car. I just had my valve cover gasket replaced on my 2013 Chevy Spark. $502.00. I wish you were my mechanic.

I love seeing the old odd ball cars. Love your channel. Love to see if you could locate and fix studded issue in my 1989 Ford Country Squire.

Your doggie whimpering was hilarious

Congrats on 100k brother!!

Hi Jay I just love these virtual car drives hello to Charlie aww poor little baby wanted some food. Beautiful classic car

Nice to see an old J-Car brought back from (nearly) the grave. Obviously you put a good bit of sweat, labor, and money into it, but still ended up with an economical car that should be in good shape for many miles to come. Nice work!

Turned out good. Good work.

That interior cleaned up nicely Jay 🔧🔩

Congrats on 111k Jay.

I love these first gen J Bodies. Love love love them. It’s a shame how many parts for these cars are simply unobtainable

there are facebook groups with thousands of cavalier fans, we love these old things. I'll never get rid of my '96 3rd gen convertible

Hey Jay, I would by that car of you in a second if it wasn't for the tiny problem that I live in Sweden. Im close to Germany so getting parts for this engine would not be a big problem. Love your videos and what a nice looking car.

Jay: heigh ho, little cavalier-away we go into the great sunset! -not bad,friend-excuse the humor I used to describe the end of the video-I hope you appreciate it! 😂😂😂😂😂😊😊😊

Jay thanks for fixing it up hope you service the transmission

I love this series so far.

Good job saving that old Cavalier.

Nice job Jay! I'm hoping I can get the A/C going on my Firenza. It's been the most reliable car I own, these little J bodies are tanks!

Wow! .....looking and running great! I was more concerned with the torque converter unlocking after you got off highway...Glad it is running fine!

They can make fun about those throwaway cars like they want. Back in the 80s you US americans ROCKED it, what an awesome time capsule, i love it.

She's lookin good!! 😎👍 And has held up well over the years. Those cars were driven to death and that's why there are not many around. Good job, Jay!

My ex girlfriend's parents had one of these. It was a two tone white and rust. It's the car i did my drivers test in and got my license. It was an eye sore but i ran like a champ

Miss my 83 Cavalier sedan, was a good little car.

It looks Great,and sounds good.They didn't measure the '0-60mph' with a stop-watch, they used an hourglass.

man, I remember when these things were all over the place! Nice to see one still in good shape.

In Australia, they call MacDonalds, Maccas.

That’s a nice clean old car. Thanks for keeping it going and for the upload

Tough little car. My wife had 96 or 97 Sunfire (a gen or two past your Cavalier). The engine was a bit crude but otherwise it was a great. Got rid of it when the family grew to needing three child seats/boosters. 😅

A true survivor!

What???? No massive burnout at the end of the video???😂 It’s great to see you rockin’ the old cruiser!!

Love those old J bodys, mine was an '83 , blue. I miss it. Stay dirty 👍

4:57 if you’re good with an exacto knife you could try finding some gasket felt, or lacking that go to a craft or dollar store and pick up a cheap cork board. At least it’s not a head or intake gasket where it’s more critical for precision

I would've traced that gasket out for a template then found a sheet or gasket material so you can make your own if need be.

Rock Auto has the mounts - cheap. Well, the part price is cheap, they gouge on shipping. They are really pretty handy when it comes to the 1980's GM cars.

I always enjoy your vids.....keep it up!

Wow please keep going with this car 🚗 🎉

Dude! She's such an awesome car!

That lil 2.0 has been taken good care of. Now it has an even better home. Nice work jay

Great job on the cavalier I think the only reason Chevy quit making cavaliers cuz they couldn't improve on an indestructible vehicle

Beautiful car man, congrats on that finding

Imagine how much money someone would've saved if they bought that thing new and kept driving it until today.

I love your videos, also, happy Mother’s Day to your mom!

Nice video, next please put a Bluetooth headunit in it and speakers

Car looks great, glad for the video! 🙂

Cavaliers never die

Nice haircut! You look great with short hair!

Sup Jay. Looking sharp nice hair cut 💇🏽‍♂️ you are giving Leornado de Capri

I have been a follower since the beginning of your channel and the cavalier wagons and well everything. This video is pretty awesome. I have two aunts and one uncle that owned these. Two of these box style wagons and one 1989 two door.

A little secret that I don’t say out loud… I have always wanted a Cadillac Cimarron

I love that Charlie dog 🐶

Yay! I've been waiting on the update!!!

I’m sure you have noticed that the market is heating up for these old econo box’s people are paying huge amounts for old 80s cars in nice shape . Polish that baby up and fix the headliner and list it on cars and bids or Barret Jackson or eBay and someone will pay good money. You should do some videos on the other Cavalier and get it cleaned up and sold For top dollar

I had an 87 cavalier with an ultra plush interior. I loved that car.

Very nice car!

In 1991 I brought a 83 2door cavalier type 10

That's not the opel engine, it's gm I had the same car 1986, the opel is the one with over head cam 1.8lL- 2.0 L aluminum valve cover that has a timing belt.

I think you have yourself a great little grocery getter, money well spent. 👍👍

I think all these fresh haircuts are why the numbers of subscribers are going up ! 😂

Great work 👏🏻🇮🇪👍🏻

If you change your tires to 14in you'll drop your rpms and get better fuel mileage I did that to mine years ago it ran great

Clean old car for the year.

❤❤❤ like this car!!

Never knew that opel had a design effort on these 2.0 liter engines

awesome job saving the cavalier, keep up the great videos, I'm curious is the red Cimarron ever get saved?

Nice 😊

Camira Club is in here haha

15:00 Looks like Scooter has been building a house under there as well.

Would def drive that in 2024!!

I miss my 300$ Sunfire

Bought a new one in October of 88 biggest piece of crap the dealer had it more that me was going through the lemon law to give it back and ended up totaling it with 8044 miles on it had 1 mile on it when I got it

Most early 2.0's i remember had factory RTV only on the valve cover to head. Think this changed in 86 or 87 but same valve cover man

You even fixed the A/C.. that is awesome. Keep it or sell it ???