That takes me back. My first motor was a council yellow Chevanne with one red door and one brown. We sprayed it over in black on the drive and every year it got fresh welding for the MOT! Happy Days :)
I miss my old Opel kadett, I only have a short video of it before it was finished. I spoke to one of your team at beaulieu years ago. I wish I knew what happened to it. What a beautiful example you have there he's a lucky guy ❤
What a Lovely Car. The Right engine RWD on Carbs making all the Right Noises and Old Skool.❤ Just one thing, bin them Filter Socks. They have a Habit of disintegrating into your Engine! A Domed filter with a Base Plate would be a much better choice. Thanks For Sharing 👍
I'm obviously biased, as it's mine 🤣🤣, always good to meet fellow petrol heads, great experience meeting up with you guys, and a superb edit. Many Thanks
I have an affinity with this as my second car was a black ex RAF Vauxhall Chevette estate. Great motor. Rubbish in snow though due to having no weight over the rear axle.
RWD Opel's are proper nice cars that did well in classes they were built to compete in. Much the same as the Toyota's, Ford's, Nissan's ,etc. Doesn't take much, lightweight, 4 cylinders, just add a twin cam, 5 speed, limited slip rear end, all can be sourced from wreckers or for cheap, well within anyone's budget, and voila it's good for keeping up in modern traffic and still feel quite lively. Nice thought out build, goes just like it should, no need for the dumb 1200hp crap everyone else is on about these days. As you bri's call it: Cracking auto. Thumbs up
This is read ringer for the Holden Gemini and there is more than two on the road in Australia and we did get the station wagon and the Australian Holden Gemini came directly from Isuzu in Japan in the 1970s of course coming from Japan they would obviously built very well and there was even a diesel Gemini available and of course been the 1970s the rise of the Japanese vehicles and the beginning of the death of British vehicles
@kieranjamieson In Australia motor vehicles don't rust as bad as in the UK as they do in Australia my 1997 Toyota Hilux has no rust issues one advantage may be almost half the body is aluminium because it is the tray nut believe or not many Chinese built vehicles are showing signs of rust the MGs BYDs and LDVs all rusting badly now rust isn't a big problem in many newer Japanese vehicles well our seven year old Suzuki Baleno isn't rusting obviously any vehicle rusts in Australia infact l know were tgere is a lovely Mercedes-Benz W123 300TD that isn't rusting away and it sits outside and older Japanese cars have rusted the same as older British cars but even 30 year old Toyota's don't rust in Australia apart from a few examples but in N.S.W we have yearly rego check similar to an MOT and any bad rust is a fail my Hilux has never been knocked back on rust and with tge inspection there are no advisories if there is a problem you have to fix it on my Hilux it the only knock back has been the exhaust system and one of the knock backs was due to a cheap Chinese part of the exhaust system and the part was fairly new because l have seen the same part for sale on ebay cheap Chinese rubbish most of anything made in China is rubbish
Love the sound of it. 😊
Mighty car mods have just done 1 of these in Australia ( they threw the kitchen sink at it) . Being 55 it's a great trip down memory lane.
We'll have to check that one out. Thanks for the heads up!
That takes me back. My first motor was a council yellow Chevanne with one red door and one brown. We sprayed it over in black on the drive and every year it got fresh welding for the MOT! Happy Days :)
My late father had an Opel Rekord Estate I remember dreaming about owning a Kadette GTe coupe after seeing one in a brochure.
I miss my old Opel kadett, I only have a short video of it before it was finished. I spoke to one of your team at beaulieu years ago. I wish I knew what happened to it. What a beautiful example you have there he's a lucky guy ❤
Spot on
What a Lovely Car. The Right engine RWD on Carbs making all the Right Noises and Old Skool.❤
Just one thing, bin them Filter Socks. They have a Habit of disintegrating into your Engine!
A Domed filter with a Base Plate would be a much better choice.
Thanks For Sharing 👍
Appreciate your comments, it's a lovely car indeed 👍
what a stunner.
Yeah, she's a beauty. Proper head turner
I left a comment on shorts, ours too was a Uk Northern Ireland car as we had Opel dealers and Vauxhall dealers .
Beautiful old OPEL, love it. :D
The colour scheme makes a huge difference too
Took a few mins for me to click how it has a relatively modern Fermanagh reg. But the story about the friend in northern Ireland makes sense.
Enjoyed watching this. I've seen this car in person. Lovely car.
It's lovely isn't it! Glad you enjoyed
My first work vehicle was a opal kadett 2door estate,mustard colour,used to get my tools to building sites ,😊
Nice car.
Love a long roof!
Amen!
Brilliant video, excited for the next!
Cheers Mack!
I'm obviously biased, as it's mine 🤣🤣, always good to meet fellow petrol heads, great experience meeting up with you guys, and a superb edit. Many Thanks
Great to have you along Malcolm!
Have a look for Holden Gemini (TD model) in Australia - maybe you'll be lucky with parts?
I have an affinity with this as my second car was a black ex RAF Vauxhall Chevette estate. Great motor. Rubbish in snow though due to having no weight over the rear axle.
Lovely looking car and a great engine.
We agree
Looks like a fiesta estate to me! Obviously it's a not but first glance! 🤔👍🏻🇬🇧
Not far off actually! Hadn't thought of that
RWD Opel's are proper nice cars that did well in classes they were built to compete in. Much the same as the Toyota's, Ford's, Nissan's ,etc.
Doesn't take much, lightweight, 4 cylinders, just add a twin cam, 5 speed, limited slip rear end, all can be sourced from wreckers or for cheap, well within anyone's budget, and voila it's good for keeping up in modern traffic and still feel quite lively.
Nice thought out build, goes just like it should, no need for the dumb 1200hp crap everyone else is on about these days.
As you bri's call it: Cracking auto.
Thumbs up
Glad you enjoyed👌
This is read ringer for the Holden Gemini and there is more than two on the road in Australia and we did get the station wagon and the Australian Holden Gemini came directly from Isuzu in Japan in the 1970s of course coming from Japan they would obviously built very well and there was even a diesel Gemini available and of course been the 1970s the rise of the Japanese vehicles and the beginning of the death of British vehicles
They were built well but with one exception, rust proofing, which is why there are almost none in the UK but loads left in Australia.
@kieranjamieson In Australia motor vehicles don't rust as bad as in the UK as they do in Australia my 1997 Toyota Hilux has no rust issues one advantage may be almost half the body is aluminium because it is the tray nut believe or not many Chinese built vehicles are showing signs of rust the MGs BYDs and LDVs all rusting badly now rust isn't a big problem in many newer Japanese vehicles well our seven year old Suzuki Baleno isn't rusting obviously any vehicle rusts in Australia infact l know were tgere is a lovely Mercedes-Benz W123 300TD that isn't rusting away and it sits outside and older Japanese cars have rusted the same as older British cars but even 30 year old Toyota's don't rust in Australia apart from a few examples but in N.S.W we have yearly rego check similar to an MOT and any bad rust is a fail my Hilux has never been knocked back on rust and with tge inspection there are no advisories if there is a problem you have to fix it on my Hilux it the only knock back has been the exhaust system and one of the knock backs was due to a cheap Chinese part of the exhaust system and the part was fairly new because l have seen the same part for sale on ebay cheap Chinese rubbish most of anything made in China is rubbish
Excellent car, nice and lightweight with lots of power.
Lovely car!
Cheers Peter!