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Old 01-29-2006   #1 (permalink)
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Differences?

I have been noticing some odd differences in GT parts. Nothing major, probably nothing that interferes with interchangeability.

I have posted the pics in my member's album.

The first I noticed was on the inside of the front sidemarker housing, there is a little tang. On some housings, it is skinny, on others, fatter. Everything else seems to be the same.

The other is on the side marker lens. I have one lens that has a much more pronounced lip on the leading edge. It is almost twise as fat as on my other GT lenses.

None of it probably means much, but it could be of paramount importance to any anal retentive restorationist. Maybe....


I thought it might be nice to have a thread listing these little oddities. Anyone have others?
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my 73 gt doesnt even have the rear side markers. i think it looks better with out them
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The latest thing I've found.....

When I had my first GT, a '69..oh....21 years ago, it had a lace-on leather steering wheel cover, but for some reason I always remember it was over a cushy rubber steering wheel. I passed it off to poor memory or getting cars mixed up.

But I just got another parts car on Saturday. It's a '70. The odd thing is that it has a cushy molded rubber steering wheel. It is a GT steering wheel and the rubber is not some Autozone/Larry Lampert 'accessory'. As far as I can tell, there is no way to slip it on and the 'lacing' texture is molded into it.
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That is the right one for that year. 71-73 had the imitation wood wheel.
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My '69 GT had the fake wood wheel.
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All of the GT's I've seen, except for my first and this one have had the fake wood wheel.

Anybody know what the GT-J had? Perhaps some of the GT-J parts made their way into cars bound for the US?
Or is it possibly a dealer option?
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GT Steering Wheels

The steering wheel that came on all Opel Gt's have the same spoke pattern. Only the 70 had the rubberized rim covering and it did not hold up very well and came delaminated from the rim or wore out in spors around the rim. The 69, 71,72 and 73 all had the imatation wood rim cover. Most 70 wheels have either been covered with a steering wheel wrap or replaced with a imatation wood wheel.
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Originally Posted by opelnut10
The steering wheel that came on all Opel Gt's have the same spoke pattern. Only the 70 had the rubberized rim covering and it did not hold up very well and came delaminated from the rim or wore out in spors around the rim. The 69, 71,72 and 73 all had the imatation wood rim cover. Most 70 wheels have either been covered with a steering wheel wrap or replaced with a imatation wood wheel.
Vickie's 69 GT (Omi) has the rubber wheel. I know a guy who's father owned an Opel repair shop and worked for a Buik dealership previous to that. Maybe he can straighten us out!

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Steering wheels

I'm already straight, I worked on these cars for 20 years and if you have a 69 with a rubberized wheel the wheel or the whole steering has been changed. I think sometime in it's life it had a problem or someone wanted a softer touch wheel on it.
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