So after two years I digged her out.
My house is ready, so... my wife is off my back ..

I pulled it outside.....
I don't know where to start! help!


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I'd start by putting the prop in and taking it for a quick blast

batery and a wiring loom might help too, oh and a coolant system

[Edited on 7/7/09 by omega0684]

Probably brakes as well

just work on getting a drivable chassis

get a pen, a note book and write a list off all the jobs

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be careful, someone has played a practical joke on you. They have put stg wheel on wrong side

Like the Opel a lot

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Originally posted by BenB
I'd start by putting the prop in and taking it for a quick blast

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Originally posted by nick205
Like the Opel a lot

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what opel is that?

Thx! that inspired me.

So I first started with welding...
Now I have a burned leg and sun-burned left arm, something in my eye

But hey, i'm building and it's fun again!

Btw: Maybe someday when that island hits europe you all have to move that steering-wheel to the left

is it the opel GT, what year is it?

kadett ooh lovely :0

got it, its an Opel Manta A series!

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Nope, it's a kadett coupe.

Ah, the memories of my coupe
Possibly the only car I regret getting rid of.
Mine was a limited edition SR which I ruined by fitting a Manta engine and box, then road rallied it for a few years.....

Hey, off topic. It's a Opel Kadett-C type C2
The C is build from 1973 - 1979.

Mine is build in 1978.
It's not orginal a GT/E which had a 2.0EH with 110 HP, with the early L-Jetronic (grey) and a 5 speed ZF

Mine has a 2.0E with 105 HP,L Jectronic (yellow) and a 5 speed Getrag.

Only the real nerd will notice because it's hard to see, i converted everything into the GT/E look including the details.

BTW: didn't you have in the UK the Vauxhall Chevette and the Holden Gemini Mark I?







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Yeah we had the Chevette, but not the Holden, that was Australian only I believe. That HSR looks Awesome BTW, but the Kadett was far prettier.
What have you done to the front of yours...looks like the front from a later Astra / Kadett grafted on...
You've got me thinking about another now...I was looking for a modern classic to play with!!

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Originally posted by Marcus
Yeah we had the Chevette, but not the Holden, that was Australian only I believe. That HSR looks Awesome BTW, but the Kadett was far prettier.
What have you done to the front of yours...looks like the front from a later Astra / Kadett grafted on...
You've got me thinking about another now...I was looking for a modern classic to play with!!

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Sorry TJ, I misread earlier post, I recognise yours It seems it was the Holden I couldn't work out!!
It just looks wrong

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Originally posted by Marcus
Sorry TJ, I misread earlier post, I recognise yours It seems it was the Holden I couldn't work out!!
It just looks wrong

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First thing to do, park the opel in my garage and don't think about that thing anymore Than take your toolbox, go back to work and finish the Seven!!

greet to see you working at the project again!!

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Originally posted by dr-fastlane
First thing to do, park the opel in my garage and don't think about that thing anymore Than take your toolbox, go back to work and finish the Seven!!

greet to see you working at the project again!!

[Edited on 7/7/09 by dr-fastlane]

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Hey T.J,

Have a nice and productive holiday!

The last and new pictures are in this topic:

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=113932

You can also see how I made the louvres myself. And no the alu wasn’t free, but got it really cheap! Last winter bought myself a little present, a Lorch Tig Inverter Ac/dc. Welding alu is also no problem anymore.