Originally Posted by PoochyCor
Lots of interesting stuff in the Interchange Manual but I'm not picking up on how to determine what changes with what.
Also, what's the Opel/Isuzu connection (I'm new to the world of Opel)?
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Your 1964 Kadett will have a 1.0 litre motor. Most all the parts except the pistons (which are bigger in diameter) with interchange with the 1.1 litre parts used in 1967 and later Kadetts and in the Early GTs with 1.1 litre motors .. all about 348 of them! The some of the 1.1 litre gearboxes will also interchange. See if you can find a "1964-67 Opel Kadett Parts Book" on EBay - it is very useful as it lists all the parts for these cars. It has those words in red writng on a white cover and is an original Opel/Buick produced book.
Opel/Isuzu 'took over' in 1976 when GM ceased importing German Opels into the U.S.A. GM started to source their 4-cylinder cars from Isuzu in Japan (also a GM company) in 1976 and just traded on the cudos of the Opel name - They are
NOT "OPELS" but Japanese Isuzus! Strangley enough Isuzu also sold 'real' German Opels in Japan - I have a couple of 1991 Opel Senators which were brough to New Zealand from Japan were they were sold new as Isuzu's Top-of-the-Line cars. Isuzu just stopped selling German Opels in Japan this year (they sold something like 1441 Opels last year) when GM sold all its stock in Isuzu back to the Japanese...... GM stopped Isuzu making cars in 1992 and concerntrate on 4WD and diesel trucks.