Chevrolet sold more than a million first-generation Cavaliers, built for the 1982 through 1987 model years, but the three-door hatchback version never really caught on with car shoppers. For the remainder of the Cavalier’s lengthy production run — 1988 through 2005 — various combinations of Cavalier sedans, wagons, coupes, and convertibles rolled out of Chevrolet showrooms, but the hatch got the axe after 1987. Here’s one of those rare Cavalier hatchbacks, which may or may not be a genuine Z24 model, found in an old-timey family-owned yard in northeastern Colorado.
The Z24 was the factory-hot-rod version of the Cavalier, and this car has real Z24 body skirts and wheels.
