Old Skool Cool - UK Style

[Greggy]

One of the guys at work keeps TEASING me with his 'weekend toy....he has had it for many years and has onloy been the last 4-5 months that he has had it on the road....

Excuse the quality, but you get the general idea..

(1984 Astra 1800i GTE - totally original - Just awesome - right up my street)

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/greggy_2007/cam_00422.jpg

[MK]

Opel Kadett??? nice, every part original???

[Greggy]

Opel Kadett??? nice, every part original???

As far as the guys recalls - he has had it for about 12 years - been garaged for most of its life - only done about 30,000 miles....

very very little rust....and even has the original radio (casette and Alpine equaliser)....

he still wont sell it to me - even tho he is moving abroad... :(

They are becoming more rare as the rust takes over - they had a stand at a big vauxhall / Opel show here last year - there were 8 examples, 7 of which had been 'tamprerd with' (Turbo conversions etc)

[Apex]

Nice car, need a set of period alloys though! Looks origanal, apart from the Irmie Grill and light surrounds.

They put out 115hp, went 0-60mph in 9.2 seconds and had a top speed of 116mph, not to bad for 1984.

[nadg63]

The last car I owned in the UK was one of these, (but that was 17 years ago), a Black Mk1 GTE Astra, reg. A232MEX, was a great car, lowered springs with Spax shocks, extractors, full exhaust system ......... memories as they say! (first front wheel drive car I ever owned having been an RS2000 Escort fanatic - needed a hatch for the dog!)

Did a check with the Mk1 Owners club in the UK and nothing has been seen/heard of my old one for years so presumably scrapped/written off - sad that.


One of the guys at work keeps TEASING me with his 'weekend toy....he has had it for many years and has onloy been the last 4-5 months that he has had it on the road....

Excuse the quality, but you get the general idea..

(1984 Astra 1800i GTE - totally original - Just awesome - right up my street)

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/greggy_2007/cam_00422.jpg

[Tfer]

Never seen one before.... it was said before but a new set of alloys would set it off :)

[nadg63]

Yeah, the Irmie grille and twin headlight conversion, (not surrounds - might even have been Morette but cannot remember that far back!), was pretty popular with the GTE Astra even way back then!




Nice car, need a set of period alloys though! Looks origanal, apart from the Irmie Grill and light surrounds.

They put out 115hp, went 0-60mph in 9.2 seconds and had a top speed of 116mph, not to bad for 1984.

[EL BURITO]

i like the look of the old skool cars

[platypus]

oh i thought we were talking about a piranha here!!

[Greggy]

oh i thought we were talking about a piranha here!!

random..... :confused:

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The grill / surrounds were a factory fit option at the time as were the alloys.....which as suggested would finish the car off for sure - baffles me why the person who bought it new didnt go for the wheels.....:confused:

I am of the age where the liks of the below were all the rage :-

MKI Ford Fiesta XR2
MKI VW Golf GTi (hubba hubba)
Lotus Sunbeam (2.2 litre of rear wheel drive mayhem)
VX Astra GTE MKI / MKII (Digi dash)

Anything early / mid 80's in the 'hot hatch' and i could go on for hours....:D

[platypus]

random..... :confused:look here:
http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/car_info_ford_capri_perana.htm