Ok,
No one bid on it. I called the owner, sounds like an awesome car with need of some minor repairs. This car can own the street, the big boys will think twice about going up against it. The wheelie bars are there for a reason. My dilemma, I have a two car garage with two classics in it that I don’t want to part with, one is the Opel. I have a late model Vet outside under cover with the wife’s car parked next to it. She refuses to budge from her spot, the drive narrows at the entrance so you can’t park cars in front of either one. A car like that I do not want to park on the street and leaving it outside with a cover on it would annoy me even if it was in the driveway. Indoor storage around Washington DC is not cheap. The two classics are not finished so their competing for my project dollars. My practical sides screams don't buy it, my emotional side says otherwise. The owner will hold on to it if it does not sell, but he mentioned I could call him after the auction and he would let me have it for the right price. I got it bad, please help!!
It's clearly undrivable on the street. Way too much power. You can't see out the windshield. The interior blows. No coffee cup holder. No tunes. It'll probably over heat like there's no tomorrow(especially in those steamy summers you have down there). It's a drag strip or car show car only. You'll have to trailer it around.
I would add to what the other said in that unless you are a fiberglass guru and have a paint shop, your going to be spending some bucks to fix the fubar'd fiberglass and the door damage, no a/c in that for sure, and the hood has been ruined but also as said, it is kinda cool, just not what I would spend bucks on and I would ask you "How much do you love your wife and how much is she gonna love you if you get it?"
Okay Jim,
Two GT's, a Mopar classic, and a covered Vette! Yeah buddy, you do have it bad. Can't tell ya not to buy, but follow your gutt, and beware of the possible anger from the wife!!!
If it was not for this. Geez, A V8 Opel that's unlimited. All the tough work has been done, sold for pennies on the dollar. I dreamt of doing this to my 1st Opel back in the late seventies, but I had no money and that car spun a bearing.
"How much do you love your wife and how much is she gonna love you if you get it?"
The wife loves the car. Thats what make this a tough decision. If she had been adamant about not getting another car I would not have given it a second thought
The wife loves the car. Thats what make this a tough decision. If she had been adamant about not getting another car I would not have given it a second thought
Ok,
I think the fever has passed. Clear thinking has returned. It helps to get a fellow Opelers perspective on these matters.
Gordon made some good points that I was willing to overlook.
Besides the obvious no storage and it will need some body work.
1. "The interior blows"
Yep, no resemblance to the cool dash/interior it had before. That would bug me every time I look at it. It also needs some decent seats and a headliner. End result; throw some cash at the interior/dash to make it pleasing.
2. "It's a drag strip or car show car only. You'll have to trailer it around."
Agree, its short distance car, 4.11 gears with no overdrive, I also found out it only had an 8 gallon fuel cell with not really any room to go larger. I like to drive my cars more than 40 miles round trip. I would probably end up throwing some cash at this for a gear vendors set up or overdrive tranny.
3. "No coffee cup holder"
Yeah, nothing worse than spilling a hot cup of Joe on your crotch.
Definitely a drag car, not built for the pleasures of extended driving, not what I am really looking for.
Thanks for the sanity check.
Jim
P.S.
I left out the "Way too much power" comment. You can never have too much power.
You can have it delivered to my address and I will store and drive it every so often for you. There will be no fee for storage. You can take your vacations twice a year and come out and drive it and take it to the local drag strip.
There............problem solved.
Its a GM 383. Its not a mopar engine, so it sucks too much gas for what "power" it has. ((my friends 860hp 426 hemi is getting 6mpg))
Small rear end (only a 8.8?? come on now. At least a 9.25 or a D70 shortened, or Drag axle.
ITS TEN FLIPPIN THOUSAND DOLLARS. If you aint got enough $$ to get your two classics up and running, you aint got $10k to spend on that nonsence and then the gas for it (probably gets like 0.3 mpg) and then insurance, and Do you seriously think your wife will go for that thing without putting you out in the cold??
The Semi-Plus side:
Power to weight ratio. It will seem like it has power compared to a regular GT.
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1971 Opel GT. I have a late model Vet outside under cover with the wife’s car parked next to it. She refuses to budge from her spot, the drive narrows at the entrance so you can’t park cars in front of either one. A car like that I do not want to park on the street and leaving it outside with a cover on it would annoy me even if it was in the driveway. Indoor storage around Washington DC is not cheap. The two classics are not finished so their competing for my project dollars. My practical sides screams don't buy it, my emotional side says otherwise. The owner will hold on to it if it does not sell, but he mentioned I could call him after the auction and he would let me have it for the right price. I got it bad, please help!!
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Thats what make this a tough decision. If she had been adamant about not getting another car I would not have given it a second thought
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