Definitely bonus points for you Shrew, great answer (especially the telly ariel part!).
I thought the Datsun 120Y would have been harder to spot........John (Justsuds) got the fully name, 120Y Sunny
The Cavalier is indeed a 1983 L (the 'Y' plate can just been seen), and was a company car hence unloved.
The year is 1985 - not sure whether a complete guess from Fluffy, or a calculated one.
For the bike, I as expecting someone to mention 'fizzy' a bit sooner, so a point to Kev. Good call on YB100, only for the fact we were stupid enough to try and fit a YB100 engine to it (I'm sure plod woudln't have been fooled).
But, bike bonus points have to go to Shrew........
Tis indeed a FSIE-DX of 1981 vintage hence no pedals (foot pegs by then), it does have Suzuki X1 mag wheels and X1 front forks (hence disc brake) and the X1 rear hub which needed a spacer making to stop the wheel bearing collapsing every ten minutes. The side panels are late 70's fizzy panels to replace the naff plastic ones, the seat was aftermarket, the chrome front tubes were optional extras, the rear shocks where off some Honda, cant remember what.
The best part was we knew someone who raced bikes, and he got us a spec sheet for race tuning a Fizzy, we followed it to the letter and the Fizzy would pull 60mph on the flat, and out accelerate the 120Y to about 40mph - sad eh! I got pulled up by the police, who wouldnt believe it was a 50cc. I saw just under 70mph on the speedo while laid flat on the tank, down hill and a following wind.
The jacket, no idea, and the helmet was actualy an AGV - with Bell stickers, but triple points to Shrew for even mentioning them, we sprayed the helmet in the front room because it was cold in the shed! Parents obviously were not at home!
here is anothe pic of the Fizzy (complete with pet dogs turd on the flag stones)...
And for good measure, a Kenny Roberts tribute my brother started during his mid life crisis, but failed to finish so sold on a couple of years ago, and finished like this...
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