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Mar 25, 2008 22:54:36 GMT
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The coupees are ridiculously overpriced too, in my opinion  Nice car, nice colour! Maybe I should have stock piled them when they were cheap. Mine cost £350 with a full ticket, plus another sunroof one that cost £50 and I missed a tidy (untested) one for £75! Oh to have forsight. And a barn  Sweet ride tho  spyke wants to put a chevette front end on a coupe that could work quite well if you hear of any other cheap coupes let us know  |
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Mar 25, 2008 23:04:19 GMT
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spyke wants to put a chevette front end on a coupe that could work quite well Do it.  |
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Mar 25, 2008 23:10:33 GMT
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^ That works a lot better than you'd expect!  |
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delmastiff
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Loving Life in the Fair Cape
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Mar 25, 2008 23:10:56 GMT
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Love these cars. Learned to drive and passed my test in one back in '84. Can't wait to see how this one develops
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Forgive me for my lack of knowledge in this area, but does the Vauxhall front panels simply bolt to the existing holes of the Opel?
The reason I don't know, is because I'm in Canada, where we never got the "good" versions of the old T-body, yet strangely enough, I have the urge to build one, and I was thinking about trying to import the front panels of Kadett actually (prefer it to most others).
Course, if I get one, I plan on cramming a Suzuki V6 into it as well...mmm..alloy V6.
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1980 Nishiki International - Commuting
"The 2cv's looks at least have certain quirky charm - sort of like an old VW bug with tuberculosis."
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you would need weld on the kadett front panel but the wings and bonnet should lineup after that
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Mar 26, 2008 12:41:53 GMT
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Thank you for the information man! I hadn't thought about the front panel really before, but it makes a lot of sense that I would need it for such a conversion. Now, to get out and find a good one! Oh, and I wish you good luck, and for good ideas in times of frustration |
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Last Edit: Mar 26, 2008 12:42:35 GMT by bloodanoil
1972 RA21 Celica - Stalled
1980 Nishiki International - Commuting
"The 2cv's looks at least have certain quirky charm - sort of like an old VW bug with tuberculosis."
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Mar 30, 2008 19:47:53 GMT
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managed to get a couple of small jobs done on the kadett over the weekend ged swapped a couple of tires over as it had been fitted rather scarily with crossplys  so the new tires brought the fron down a couple of inches but it still looked like it had had a row with its wheels so ged hit it with the stick ;D kadett with its rather second hand door and newly dropped front ;D :  today while I was priming up the van I primed up the new passenger door Karen had bare metaled in the morning to replace the misshapen fubar'd one :  |
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Mar 30, 2008 20:48:15 GMT
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While digginf through the shed i found the springs that came with the cavalier that lowered it too much. Stu reckons they are chevette or kadette , do you want?
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Mar 30, 2008 20:52:01 GMT
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yes please dude |
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Loving the rake on this - band those babies tho!! |
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Apr 20, 2008 20:25:39 GMT
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big thanks to pandemonium mrs nightmares and spike for helpping with the strip down on the kadett today while I was fitting up the van got a fair bit done but I think I have my work cut out to be able to get it welded up prepped painted and refitted up ready for the 9th of may for the drayton manor show but i'll give it a go ;D wings off :  some welding needed then  :  erm some more welding needed then :  pandemonium removing the windows ;D:  spike doing his council worker impression he found hole and was looking into it:  rear quarter stripped new and sill needed there then :  erm not sure what was going on here ;D :  |
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Apr 22, 2008 22:03:04 GMT
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more bits removed tonight . went down the workshop for a couple of hours to get the car ready for welding up and on the whole although it looks pretty bad its actually better than my old kadett its got rot in the normal places but its not as bad i first thought hope to get the welding and most of the bodywork done by the end of the weekend and ready for paint next weekend . :  :  :  :  :  :  :  :  :  :  :  :  :  :  |
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bstardchild
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1976 Opel Kadett (new pics)bstardchild
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Apr 22, 2008 22:47:10 GMT
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I struggle to keep up with readers rides - I really really struggle with any thread you start Mark
precis
"here we have project start"
bish bosh bang
"project finished"
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pac1982
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?And on the eighth day, god created the Astra GTE.?
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Apr 22, 2008 22:51:57 GMT
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Sweet as a nut mate i fancy one of them
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BiAS
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1976 Opel Kadett (new pics)BiAS
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Apr 22, 2008 23:03:22 GMT
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I struggle to keep up with readers rides - I really really struggle with any thread you start Mark precis "here we have project start" bish bosh bang "project finished" awesome ;D ^^^WHS It's gonna look good, it's a foregone conclusive. |
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Apr 22, 2008 23:13:19 GMT
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You're a welding lunatic! I really don't know how you work so fast - MAD SKILLS!
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What do you use to cut the rot out leaving those neat "windows" Mark? - looks like it leaves no distortion. Just a cutting disc?
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good stuff nightmare, look forward to see this finished.
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Apr 23, 2008 11:45:59 GMT
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What do you use to cut the rot out leaving those neat "windows" Mark? - looks like it leaves no distortion. Just a cutting disc? yeah just an angle grinder its getting the new bits in without distortion thats the tricky bit ;D |
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Nice car, nice colour!
so the new tires brought the fron down a couple of inches but it still looked like it had had a row with its wheels so ged hit it with the stick ;D 
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