Vauxhall Chevette - 1970s Advert | Classic British TV and Cinema adverts

Three years ago, Jonny was driving the Retro Power Vader Chevette. The world's most expensive Vauxhall Chevette restomod build. Sequential gearbox and N/A red top screamer 16v. The shoot took place in rural south wales in the worst conditions possible - hard rain and freezing fog. | The Late Brake Show

Vauxhall Chevette which you may know as the Opel Kadett C, is based on the GM t-car platform and went global. Whilst quite a few examples have survived, I think it went largely unnoticed that this car reached its 50th anniversary this year. Like many cars of the 70s and 80s, the Chevette had tartan patterned cloth seats, it also very often had the well known 1256cc engine, pushing out around about 58hp. Many cars reached their 50 year, the golden anniversary, this year. Some of these milestone m