Opels in winter pics - Page 2

hrcollinsjr · 03-01-2009

Y'all are all excited, you just got our tailings.

I woke up to 8" of snow and no electricity.

This warranted a trip to Shoney's Breakfast Bar. Upon arriving home we were

to discover that the power was back on.

Harold

Aardvaark · 03-01-2009

We'll ship you shovels for a price......

BQS4 · 03-01-2009

Originally Posted by hrcollinsjr

Y'all are all excited, you just got our tailings.
I woke up to 8" of snow and no electricity. This warranted a trip to Shoney's Breakfast Bar. Upon arriving home we were to discover that the power was back on.

Harold

Hey;
It's not bothering me. I'm sitting here watching DVD's on my laptop, with a mug of hot apple cider, and enjoying myself.

samtheretardjedi · 03-01-2009

Originally Posted by wrench459

Let it snow let it snow...

damn that snow did a number on your GT :P

newman27 · 03-01-2009

...to post to the Opels in Winter thread!

newman27 · 03-01-2009

My GT was a Michigan car and saw its fair share of snow in its early years. Now, however, this is as close as the GT will ever come to seeing snow again having taken the covered parking that used to be occupied by the Oldsmobile (which can be seen shivering in the background...).

Matt

wrench459 · 03-01-2009

A rare opportunity for some snow pictures.

BQS4 · 03-01-2009

Just some updated pics took a few minutes ago...

Viny Charb · 03-01-2009

Northern Ontario Winter Opeling..
I had to drive super slow as to not get ANY road salt on my car.

heimue · 03-01-2009

Here's another one from HotLanta. We had 4" accumulated on the lawn by 6pm, the picture was taken earlier. We had about 2 hours of power outage, but I had my generator running.

Dieter

SteveGT · 03-01-2009

Hey it ain't fair...I am in the mountains of N. GA....we got nuttin...gotta go to work 'cuase we got no snow to hender...ain't fair I tell ya

SteveG

hrcollinsjr · 03-02-2009

Further north only got a dusting. These pictures were taken in the afternoon after the snow had already started melting some. The white lumps beside the shop are GT's and the one in the forefront that you can actually see what color it is, is an Ascona.

Harold

jlthunder · 03-02-2009

Originally Posted by RallyBob

Opels love snow and ice...

Hey Bob, you have a parking light out

What kind of rims are those? They look like space saver rims from the spare tires on newer cars

hallgeir · 03-02-2009

Well, you should think that taking a pic of an Opel in the snow should be no problem here in Norway, but where I live, we haven`t got much snow at all, so here`s a pic from last year.

Originally Posted by jlthunder

Hey Bob, you have a parking light out What kind of rims are those? They look like space saver rims from the spare tires on newer cars

Better grip on snow and ice with those than you`d have with wider tires.

West Coast GT · 03-02-2009

You guys and your snow....
We get more snow here in California than our northern states; we're just smart enough to put it up in the mountains where we can play in it, but not have to live and work in it.

I must admit I feel a bit whimpish because I keep the GT garaged and will not drive it in the rain. Right now we are into our rainy season (winter). But to counter-act the whimpishness, we were out in the rain & mud 12 hours yesterday for a practice exercise on our Search & Rescue ATVs. We figure there's no sense training in good weather as no one ever seems to get lost on a beautiful day before nightfall. Wouldn't that be nice for once?

I have to admit, those photos of restored Opels against new snow look beautiful; like Christmas morning with a new bicycle under the tree.

Phoenix · 03-02-2009

The GT after 8 hours inside work.

RallyBob · 03-02-2009

Originally Posted by jlthunder

Hey Bob, you have a parking light out What kind of rims are those? They look like space saver rims from the spare tires on newer cars

Yup, 14" space-saver wheels from a Honda or VW or something. Tires were studded 'Takki' winter rally tires. More grip than I had HP....

On perfectly smooth glare ice, you want the widest possible tire with a bunch of studs (more stud contact). But with any mix of ice and snow, you want very narrow tires, since wide tires will just ride up on the snow rather than cut down into the ice.

opelgtguy · 03-02-2009

I took these today, just before giving the snowblower a little exercise ..... like Duane said in a previous post, we don't get much snow anymore. The GT is undercover in the garage, the Manta and Sportwagon have to fight for themselves

Rick

jlthunder · 03-16-2009

I found this B&W picture from the Winter of 1982-83. Here is a scanned version of my '74 Manta Luxus(silver) in Bethlehem, PA

opelgtguy · 03-16-2009

Originally Posted by jlthunder

Here is a scanned version of my '74 Manta Luxus(silver) in Bethlehem, PA

Yean, right ....... Prove It !

jlthunder · 03-16-2009

Originally Posted by opelgtguy

Yean, right ....... Prove It !

The antenna is a dead giveaway

tekenaar · 03-16-2009

. . . belies the idea that it never snows in Texas . . . kitchen window pic of my 'Hooters' Staff Car' . . .

Redskinsjbs · 03-16-2009

Originally Posted by jlthunder

The antenna is a dead giveaway

I dont know, looks more like a 74 Dart to me!

jlthunder · 03-16-2009

Originally Posted by Redskinsjbs

I dont know, looks more like a 74 Dart to me!

But it has the big bumpers

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hrcollinsjr 2200 Post Club Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chapel Hill, TN Posts: 2,267 Real Name: Harold Collins	Y'all are all excited, you just got our tailings. I woke up to 8" of snow and no electricity. This warranted a trip to Shoney's Breakfast Bar. Upon arriving home we were to discover that the power was back on. Harold

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West Coast GT Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 931	You guys and your snow.... We get more snow here in California than our northern states; we're just smart enough to put it up in the mountains where we can play in it, but not have to live and work in it. I must admit I feel a bit whimpish because I keep the GT garaged and will not drive it in the rain. Right now we are into our rainy season (winter). But to counter-act the whimpishness, we were out in the rain & mud 12 hours yesterday for a practice exercise on our Search & Rescue ATVs. We figure there's no sense training in good weather as no one ever seems to get lost on a beautiful day before nightfall. Wouldn't that be nice for once? I have to admit, those photos of restored Opels against new snow look beautiful; like Christmas morning with a new bicycle under the tree.

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