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OpelGirl
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differences between '71 and '72 gt?
Okay, I am brand new to opels, just brought home my first two last Sunday. One is a '71 and one is a '72 and no, i dont know which is which till i match the vins to the titles, lol.
one is bright yellow and one used to be bright purple but has faded to a grey/purple. I keep telling my husband i swear the yellow one is bigger as in taller with a shorter nose, the purple one looks lower to the ground, shorter and looks like it has a much longer nose. He says it's the difference in paint colors, is it? |
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No....its not a Buick....
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Unless one has had body damage and had somthing spliced in, they are excactlty the same size. Might be that one has sagging springs or shocks but thats the norm. Paint wouldnt really tell the year, and purple wasnt a factory color so its been repainted. Only true way would be from the VIN # but...........those can be changed as well, so make sure they all jive, one on dash, under hood i think, and there might be one on the doors(whitch are switched up quite often as well as motors)BTW the numbers on the motors DONT coincide to the VIN # so forget that plan of attack. There are a few numbers in some odd spots and my memory fails me but I'm sure someone will chime in and let you know where to look.
Congrats. and have fun! Joe |
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What we got here is........failure......................... to communicate....
Some men,you just cant reach...so you get what we had here last week...which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it...I dont like it, any more than you men... |
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OpelGirl
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I kinda figured that they were identical as to part exchanges and it had to be the color, just blows my mind how much color, tires, etc. can trick your eye as to what it sees. I have to stop and stare at them everytime i pull in the driveway. Maybe i need to move them so they aren't side by side and it will quit messing with my head, lol.
When we brought them home the garage was full and has to be resituated before i can get them in. The "garage" was acutally a pig barn at one point, then converted to use to service semis, there is lots of room, in fact Dave said if you parked them all in sideways instead of front to back you could fit 8 cars in there. But right now my sons '80 chevy lowrider and daves '67 chevelle are right in the middle and need to come out to make room at the back for the opels. Dave asked me where in the yard I wanted them(we live on 12 acres, 3 of it being yard "proper" around the house and outbuildings) and I told him, where I could see them from a window anytime i wanted till it warmed up or we got them in the garage! I look several times a day and get a big grin on my face every time i do. |
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Living in the past
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If it is a 71 it doesn't have the two extra bolt holding the front of the head to the front cover. also if you take off the valve cover the year is cast into the head between the oil return holes, unless of course the head or engine has been changed. If it has been repainted purple there is no telling what has been done to it because that person was not well, lol.
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Hard to tell apart .....
Both should have Chassis numbers starting with "77" - the model designation for the GT in both years. The earlier '69s and '70s started with "93" or "94" and the later '73s had "OY07" or some such (and "77" as well .... so Nobody tells us!).
The 1972 production year started with Chassis No. 77-2560567 so the 1971 one will have a number before this and the 1972 a number bigger than this. However ... they could have been initally titled at any time after construction as they had to be shipped to the US of A; sold and titled ... after they were actually built. |
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GTJim
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Ron
72 GT 3.4L V-6/T-5/ZF posi - almost done - Just need AC installed. ![]() 75 Chevy monza 5.7L/TH350/Auburn 3.08 posi - Next |
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Über OpelGT.com Moderator
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http://www.opelgt.com/forums/showpos...04&postcount=8 on the thread: http://www.opelgt.com/forums/gt/5403-need-help-identifying-gt-year-model.html
between the '70 and '71 model year (mid-'70 build date IIRC)
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Keith Wilford
working on my '71 GT and '75 SportWagon |
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Adam
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Living in the past
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71 or 72 GT
All the GT's that were imported to the US had the swing out quarters after the 1970 model. The GT/J that was sold in europe and Canada did not, they had fixed windows. As far as the 10 or 12 bolt head afew of the early 72 models had the 10 bolt and those are 8.5 to 1 compression ratio with a semi-dished piston, when they changed to the 12 bolt head they went to the full dish piston and compression went to 8.0 to 1.
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Über OpelGT.com Moderator
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Keith Wilford
working on my '71 GT and '75 SportWagon |
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Cunning Linguist
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Here's a link for US Opel Models 1958 - 1967. Here's a link for US Opel Models 1968 - 1971. Here's a link for US Opel Models 1972 - 1975. And here's a link for All Models Drivetrain Guide 1964 - 1975. |
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1960: ♥ '61 Rekord PII 1.7 3S 3.9 ♥ '69 Kadett LS 'sprint' 1.9 3A 3.18 1970: ♥ '70 GT 1.9 4S 3.44 ♥ '72 GT 2.2SSD 5S 3.44 ♥ '72 GT 2.4FI 5S 3.44P ♥ '73 GT 1.9FI 4S 3.44 ♥ '75 1900 1.9FI 4S 3.44 1980: ♥ '85 Bitter SC 3.9FI 5S 3.44P |
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