I go to a lot of Cruise nights to show off my GT's. A few weeks ago one of the spectators and his son asked quite a few questions about Opels and GT's in particular. He originally came from Portugal where he use to race Opels and he had a keen interest in getting back into Opels and his son, not quite 16 yet was overly enthused about any car. Anyway, they kept coming back to the various cruise nights around the area and would spend hours talking to me.

When he found out that I had...

sawdust

Pics taken previously, before and immediately after bringing it home. Notice the lovely finish, and the lovely interior.

oldopelguy

More pics, of the really bad part of the car this time: the trunk floor. It's going to be a tough floor to restore, were that my intention, but it should be solid enough around the edges for me to drop in a sheet metal box with supports to allow mounting of a poly fuel cel inside the trunk.

oldopelguy

Just posting some pics of the new Ascona. Outside pics and driver's side front and rear floor, which is the only interior floor rust. Passenger's side looks new, strangely enough.

oldopelguy

Today was a fun day.
The shop pulled down a pro mod engine in a fox car.
Ohhh seeing those needle bgrs. in the cam bores that made my day.

wrench459