1985 Chevrolet Cavalier 4 Cylinder Wagon Derby Car

This car was actually bought by my good friend Jason in Trenton. He bought it expecting to build it for derby. However, I helped him build a Hyundai Excel for Belleville in 2002 and we called to enter him only to find out the derby was long since full! So he parked it until the summer of 2003 and entered it in the Friday night Belleville derby with my Mazda. So since he didn't want the car sitting around, we agreed to make a trade. I got a 1982 Buick Park Avenue full size from my friend Hugh and traded it for this Cavalier wagon. Jason runs the Brighton Speedway Enduro races and wanted a full size GM product (with a V8) this time to compete with (the last two years he had a V8 Chrysler Fifth Avenue that had it's own share of problems and didn't bring home the win!). This Cavalier ran very strong. I tried to pre-bend the back but didn't go far enough (plus I will remove the rear bumper next time!) as the rear of the car went down again. I had the derby pretty much won as I had the most mobile car out there until the flagmen stopped the derby due to a problem with my fuel tank! As much as it sucked to be blackflagged, I was more than happy to take that over getting burned alive inside the car! We sealed up the tank with the stock sending unit in the metal marine gas can, but we thought the sealer would hold so didn't screw the tank in as well. With all the bumping and banging, the sending unit broke free. I could smell gas but I wasn't sure if it was my car or the one next to me. After they black flagged my car, the other two cars made a couple light hits and both died.. This car will DEFINATELY be back again to cause more mayhem in 2004!!



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