1979 Opel Kadett 1.2 city - 1.6 16v supercharged (FOR SALE!)

Some more progress !

I picked up the front end from the blasters last night, and tbh for £40 it wasn't worth trying to clean them up by hand !,



He said once I have done the strengthening, he will dust them over again just prior to paint for me as well so that's a bonus

And as for the strengthening......
This is what all the rally and berg cup Kadetts have done as a matter of course





I want to do similar but maybe extend the skid plate a bit more to add some mountings for the flat floor, there will also be some chassis strengthening plates too, basically the shell will be built to the DTV manual (Dealer team Vauxhall) so it will appeal to the rally boys as well in case I still want to sell it on again afterwards ?

James I hope it's still ok ? But I hadn't thought of that ? Maybe I will have to strip it down after all ?!

Quiet in here again

Have managed to source a set of GTE Anti rollbars, front and rear, complete with all the drop links and mountings.

They should be on their way over from Germany as we speak.
The front is the same dia as standard, but the ARB itself is cranked to give more sump clearance, which will save me making spacer blocks to acheive the same result.
Should give me some room to fit the Dry sump pump as well.

The Rear ARB is a "Nice to have", I`ll mount it and then I can have a play with it if needed ;D
If I make one of the drop links Q/R then its an easy Grip/Drift or Wet/Dry adjustment

Cheers for looking
Dom

Hi Dom iv just spent the best part of a day reading your thread from the start and all i can say is I love it! Keep up the good work mate Steve.

Hasnt been forgotten, work is sorted now and that means I can start Cain off again on the shell
I was down at the barn last weekend and got some new storage racking in, a tidy up and got a few bits sorted out so I can see the benches again !!!
Not pic worthy but progress nontheless
I may have done a blinding deal on a new DC TIG welder too as I`ve decided its the process I really want to learn.
Cheers
Dom

Great news on the work front! Glad to hear that progress is forthcoming!

Still my most anticipated car of 2013!

Rysz.

A couple of pics, getting a bit more organised now thankfully !!





I actually have more storage than bits now !!
Might add another couple of unit to it yet as I still need to get the rest of my stuff down from Phoenix Capri as well
Cheers
Dom

Cheers Matey ;D

Been trying to get it organised since I brought it all down here over a year ago.
I can actually see all the components I have now, and can see what still needs sorting too.

I need to make some decisions and then I can get a load of stuff that I`m not going to use up for sale again.

I still have about 3 different "Build Kits" for the car ? and that doesnt include engine spec choices
N/A on Carbs
N/A on Throttle bodies
S/C with eaton M45
S/C with AMG Lysholm charger (I Think thats definately phase 2+ with Forged internals)

I have a Type 9 Gearbox and new bellhousing.
I have 2 different Billet steel flywheels, one for a 220mm uprated but std size clutch, which I have the clutch for too.
1 for a 71/4" race/rally type clutch which will be better for big power but I don't have a clutch as yet.
I also have an Aisin Close ratio 6-speed Gearbox which has great ratios, but will need an adaptor plate to work and a clutch plate to suit the Aisin input shaft and either the "ford std type" clutch cover or the 71/4" AP type clutch

So as you can see there are some decisions still to be made

;D I`d love to use the Golf rear calipers, but they wont fit under the wheels
Its only the sliding section that is alloy on them but I agree they are nice.

I even stripped the Cossie rear calipers and tried to use the Alloy slider on the Cossie mounting / pins which will fit ;D but Pads will become an issue.

As for weight, I think there is only the weight of the pads between all-Iron Cossie caliper and Iron-Alloy Golf caliper !! which surprised me.

I`d love to use the AP Calipers as they are just a lovely solution and super light but I cant see a way of doing that given the packaging constraints I have

I think I am going to machine the halfshafts to suit Golf 239mm discs as that gives me the most options (I can still fit the Astra 240mm discs) and see where everything ends up

Woo hoo new toys!! my toy cupboard is decidedly empty at the mo. I'm thinking of doing an introdution to welding coarse at a local training company its a skill iv always wanted to learn. any progress with the build?