How Many Miles Has Your Opel Seen?

opelgtman1973 · 11-17-2003

This was inspired by oldopelguy's post about his Kadett with 547,238 miles on it (completely stock). Holy Opel, Batman!

http://www.opelgt.com/forums/showthr...7533#post17533

I thought my GT was high with 199,000. Curious as to what others are getting out of theirs. I'm going to round up to 200K personally, cause as soon as I get the brakes rebuilt, I'm making up for lost time

calvin · 11-17-2003

there are 2500 miles on my Manta now since the prolonged and still ongoing rebuild. Everything but the torque tube, glass, wiring and interior are new or newish old stock parts. ( the trany works finally) So I bet I have one of the least amount of miles currently.

tekenaar · 11-17-2003

AND you would be WRONG . . . I am original owner of a 1975 1900 with 1095 miles, stored for 28 years, never licensed and purchased from original dealer in July 2003 and then titled and licensed in Texas in August.

Otto's 1975 Ascona A

GTJIM · 11-17-2003

My 1972 GT has done 104,798 miles and is getting its second major body rebuild - the PO (Ist owner) had it redone in 1985 after a minor rear ender and I am now repairing the ravages of the "delightful" panel shop that did that repair.

Those are on the road miles. It has also travelled from Bochum to Boston; then to Hawaii; on to Mexico and out here to Auckland in New Zealand from whence I shipped it down to Christchurch.
Don't think to many GTs have that much sea milage on them!
Probably accounts for some of the (now gone!!) RUST.

Gary · 11-17-2003

Originally posted by tekenaar
AND you would be WRONG . . . I am original owner of a 1975 1900 with 1095 miles, stored for 28 years, never licensed and purchased from original dealer in July 2003 and then titled and licensed in Texas in August.

Otto's 1975 Ascona A

Quite the find Otto!! That is a museum piece!!

I thought my 1951 Olympia with 41,000 miles was "low miles"

oldopelguy · 11-18-2003

When I bought my wagon 2 years ago it only had 84k miles on it. Now it has 114k, so I guess I'm not properly doing my part for keeping it a low mile origional.

Oh well, it's a ton more fun to drive it!

Jason73GT · 11-18-2003

Just bought a GT that has 227,000 miles on it. Runs fine, though it burns a bit of oil. I'm planning on rebuilding it anyway and trying out some of the hp mods I've been reading about here.

Jim Branham · 11-18-2003

My Dad's GT, the first one I ever saw , had about 100,000 on it when he got it back in 1977-or 78. It was a 71. He put in a new clutch in then and it went to about 200,000. I was amazed he went almost 100,00 miles on a single clutch. I got his GT in 86 and immediately the clutch shed its remainig bit of disk so I did a complete engine rebuild using the high compression pistons along with a new clutch, p/p, t/o bearing. It didn't need a rebuild really bad, used about a quart of oil between changes, never touched the rear. It also got a new paint job around that time. It looked good and ran execellent even with points and a Solex. It was a good little car, I put a bunch of miles going back and forth to school for about a year and a half. I went to Jefferson County Community College in Hillsborough, Missouri. Let's hear it for the "Show Me State"- Hurrah! And that's where I sold it before I moved to NJ, a young fellow in my electronics class bought it and I never heard a thing about it since. I put a lot of time and work into that car and often wonder if any of them good ole boys from Mo. are still running around in my and my Dad's old GT. Flame red and black interior, it was a looker! and a runner!

tekenaar · 11-18-2003

Originally posted by Gary
Quite the find Otto!! That is a museum piece!!

I thought my 1951 Olympia with 41,000 miles was "low miles"

And THEN there's my gold 1969 Kadett LS Rallye that I bought in Seattle a few months ago with a little over 26K original miles on the clock.

Otto's ~30K mile Kadett LS

Drove her back, with points no less, through 7 states over 4 days and with only 3 minor glitches, all fixed on the road. Then, when I got home, fixed MAJOR oil leak at front of head (replaced head gasket), rebuilt original twin canister distributor, replaced resonator with NOS part and rebuilt original Solex to return car to complete stock condition and then drove it to our Texas OAA meet in Houston 2 weeks after my trip back from Seattle. There are now just over 30K miles on the clock.

DESTEC · 11-19-2003

...first liar hasn't got a chance....

I bought my blue GT "Opie" in 1977 with 84,000 miles on it. only thing I did to the engine was put on a new timing chain in 1981. Drove it another 220,000 miles to 2 different jopbs for over 20 years, and am still driving it--occationally.
It has not got much power but I just want to see how many decades that little 4-banger will go. Starts every time.

JJ

opeldean · 11-20-2003

215,00 on the clock.no rattles,rebuilt solid suspesion..1st owner ran her oil dry..second engine($300-1970 junk yard engine) was installed 70,000 miles ago. With all the parts from OGTS and the help from this website(pertronix ignition,etc)..

think about this...

If I could only buy a "flux capacitor"... and take celeste back to say 75-76 she could hold her own against any Fiat,MG triumph etc with say 50,000 miles...in looks or speed...

beautiful sunny day in KC MO..I will have to cover her on the lot at work ...too protect her skin...you know red heads tend to burn..

just my 2 cents..you guys and gal(i have ony heard of one gal on this site)..have a great day!

baz · 11-26-2003

well thay say a picture paints a 1000 words

JML · 12-05-2003

155,623 miles as of this morning. I bought my 71 GT off of the original owner back in 84 with just over 50,000 miles on it. It served as my main mode of transport through high school (with a year or two of autocrossing), college and my first few years at a real job. It went out of service for few years once I got an RX-7 Twin Turbo to drive while I stripped it down to the bare metal for paint. It took forever to get it reassembled but I finished up earlier this year and have enjoyed the heck out of driving it again. There are a lot of years worth of memories in this one and I see no reason it won't have another 100,000 happy miles put on it in the years to come.

West Coast GT · 12-06-2003

131,569 miles (I think)
My GT was abandoned in 1983 after being stripped down as a "Project" by the PO. The owner of the property it was sitting on said it was mine if I towed it away and left a bottle of red wine in its place. Later, after re-assembling & painting, it was rear-ended & totaled in 2000. I bought it back under salvage title. This time I'm upgrading the interior, sound system, engine, body, and paint. It's intended use is for occasional weekend fun.

nobody · 01-15-2004

For me this is a trick question, the car was nothing but a collection of parts when I got it. Even the majority of them didn't belong to it. There is no record of milage on the car and as for the speedos that were with it, I used a totally different one. Every piece on the car was redone or replaced so I am going to call this speedo correct. 26 miles is what this car has on it and I've driven it 3. I think I will ask DMV to see if they will call it actual.

Gary · 01-16-2004

Originally posted by nobody
... I think I will ask DMV to see if they will call it actual.

They will probably brand it TMU for "True mileage Unknown"

nobody · 01-16-2004

I have a friend who rebuilt an old truck and when finished he got Dmv to roll back odometer to 0 and call it actual. It was because of being like mine with no real history and the money he spent on it. It was an early 70's ford with around 1000 miles on it. I forget what percentage of original cost it took, seems like 300 or so percent.

namba209 · 04-13-2004

A friend of mine in the dog community has a frame-off restored Buick GSX, 455 cu. in. Stage I, 4 speed, 2 door hardtop. When he was done with the car, he drove it to the local DMV to get it registered and they allowed him to "Zero" the odometer. Everytime I go to visit, he hands me a large towel when we look at the car, I can't stop drooling over it.

Ron

billiard13 · 04-15-2004

83900 miles

TeenageOpeler · 04-28-2004

my opel has 157,000 miles on it. about 12,000 on the engine, and it's only been driven 20 miles in the last 6 months. i get it inspected tomorrow morning and im ready to make up for lost time.

GoinManta · 05-07-2004

Well my Bitter has to be one of the rigning champs for a Bitter (Most were babied).

I am pushing 188,000 miles as of today. Expect to break 200,000 by end of summer.

I replaced the motor, fuel injection (all of it), entire suspension and brakes, gave it a paint job, etc...

3 weeks after the engine swap I drove it to CA and back from VA. About 7600 miles in less than 2 weeks. With only minor glitches.

Plan on rebuilding the 3.9L and dropping it back in with a 4 speed automatic with overdrive.

I play with the idea of selling it at the same time I am inquiring about 3.9L rebuild costs go figure. I probably will never get rid of it.

yiger · 05-12-2004

I like to think I can go with the 46K miles on my odometer, but that might probably doesn't tell the whole story. I bought the car from someone who had a '70 (now mine) and a '73. Someone totalled the '73 by crashing into it while it was parked, and since the engine had less mileage than the one in the '70, my car got a transplant. That all happened back in the '70s before he stored put it in storage in '83. I think the 46K is correct for the car, but there's no telling what's on the engine (logic says less than 46K). I bought the car in '98 and have only put about 6,000 miles on it so far. Luckily the '70 engine is still around, and so is the tranny, so if a catastrophe strikes, I'll be in good shape. No matter what the actual mileage is, it's still more reliable than my 2003 Passat!

opeldude · 05-19-2004

my gt has 62662 miles all oringinal, last summer it saw its only major rebuild and that was replacing all the gaskets and getting some new valve springs.

tunepipe911 · 07-17-2004

154.360miles
original engine on original (aprox)1971 gt

greensmurf20 · 08-18-2004

my GT has seen 2,200 miles in the last 10 days!!!, anybody here beat that too often? all in all its seen 7,500 miles since april.

View Poll Results: How Many Miles Has Your Opel Seen?
< 25,000 (you lucky devils)	16	6.81%
25,000 - 50,000	23	9.79%
50,000 - 100,000	96	40.85%
100,000 - 200,000	82	34.89%
200,000 - 300,000	12	5.11%
300,000 - 400,000	3	1.28%
400,000 - 500,000	0	0%
> 500,000 (oldopelguy territory)	3	1.28%
Voters: 235. You may not vote on this poll

11-17-2003	#1 (permalink)
opelgtman1973 Opel Metalhead Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 68	How Many Miles Has Your Opel Seen? This was inspired by oldopelguy's post about his Kadett with 547,238 miles on it (completely stock). Holy Opel, Batman! http://www.opelgt.com/forums/showthr...7533#post17533 I thought my GT was high with 199,000. Curious as to what others are getting out of theirs. I'm going to round up to 200K personally, cause as soon as I get the brakes rebuilt, I'm making up for lost time __________________ Scott '73 GT - Work In Progress '74 Manta - R.I.P. '75 1900 - R.I.P. Last edited by opelgtman1973; 11-17-2003 at 08:50 PM.

11-17-2003	#2 (permalink)
calvin Senior Contributor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: St Louis, Mo Posts: 653	there are 2500 miles on my Manta now since the prolonged and still ongoing rebuild. Everything but the torque tube, glass, wiring and interior are new or newish old stock parts. ( the trany works finally) So I bet I have one of the least amount of miles currently. __________________ http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/470044

11-17-2003	#4 (permalink)
GTJIM Old Opeler Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,686	My 1972 GT has done 104,798 miles and is getting its second major body rebuild - the PO (Ist owner) had it redone in 1985 after a minor rear ender and I am now repairing the ravages of the "delightful" panel shop that did that repair. Those are on the road miles. It has also travelled from Bochum to Boston; then to Hawaii; on to Mexico and out here to Auckland in New Zealand from whence I shipped it down to Christchurch. Don't think to many GTs have that much sea milage on them! Probably accounts for some of the (now gone!!) RUST. __________________ GTJim Opel Owner since last Century! Copyright © 2000-2009 J D Henry All Rights Reserved

11-18-2003	#6 (permalink)
oldopelguy Have Opel, Will Travel Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Saint Michael, MN Posts: 1,727 Logbook Entries: 3	shame When I bought my wagon 2 years ago it only had 84k miles on it. Now it has 114k, so I guess I'm not properly doing my part for keeping it a low mile origional. Oh well, it's a ton more fun to drive it! __________________ 1958 Rekord Sedan, 1958 Olympia Wagon, 1959 Opel Olympia Sedan, 1967 Kadett Coupe, 1967 Admiral Sedan 4L CIH-6, 1968 Kadett fastback 1.1L, 1970 Kadett Wagon Turbo 2.2L, 1971 Kadett Sedan 1.1L, 1975 Manta Wagon 4.3L V-6

11-17-2003	#3 (permalink)
tekenaar Cunning Linguist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Plano, TX 75074 Posts: 4,441 Real Name: Otto	AND you would be WRONG . . . I am original owner of a 1975 1900 with 1095 miles, stored for 28 years, never licensed and purchased from original dealer in July 2003 and then titled and licensed in Texas in August. Otto's 1975 Ascona A

11-18-2003	#7 (permalink)
Jason73GT Opeler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Aurora, IL Posts: 37	Just bought a GT that has 227,000 miles on it. Runs fine, though it burns a bit of oil. I'm planning on rebuilding it anyway and trying out some of the hp mods I've been reading about here.

11-18-2003	#8 (permalink)
Jim Branham Opel fan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: N.J. Posts: 380	My Dad's GT, the first one I ever saw , had about 100,000 on it when he got it back in 1977-or 78. It was a 71. He put in a new clutch in then and it went to about 200,000. I was amazed he went almost 100,00 miles on a single clutch. I got his GT in 86 and immediately the clutch shed its remainig bit of disk so I did a complete engine rebuild using the high compression pistons along with a new clutch, p/p, t/o bearing. It didn't need a rebuild really bad, used about a quart of oil between changes, never touched the rear. It also got a new paint job around that time. It looked good and ran execellent even with points and a Solex. It was a good little car, I put a bunch of miles going back and forth to school for about a year and a half. I went to Jefferson County Community College in Hillsborough, Missouri. Let's hear it for the "Show Me State"- Hurrah! And that's where I sold it before I moved to NJ, a young fellow in my electronics class bought it and I never heard a thing about it since. I put a lot of time and work into that car and often wonder if any of them good ole boys from Mo. are still running around in my and my Dad's old GT. Flame red and black interior, it was a looker! and a runner! __________________ Jim B.

11-19-2003	#10 (permalink)
DESTEC Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 327	...first liar hasn't got a chance.... I bought my blue GT "Opie" in 1977 with 84,000 miles on it. only thing I did to the engine was put on a new timing chain in 1981. Drove it another 220,000 miles to 2 different jopbs for over 20 years, and am still driving it--occationally. It has not got much power but I just want to see how many decades that little 4-banger will go. Starts every time. JJ

11-20-2003	#11 (permalink)
opeldean 1000 Post Club Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Overland Park KS Posts: 1,999	not older... but better 215,00 on the clock.no rattles,rebuilt solid suspesion..1st owner ran her oil dry..second engine($300-1970 junk yard engine) was installed 70,000 miles ago. With all the parts from OGTS and the help from this website(pertronix ignition,etc).. think about this... If I could only buy a "flux capacitor"... and take celeste back to say 75-76 she could hold her own against any Fiat,MG triumph etc with say 50,000 miles...in looks or speed... beautiful sunny day in KC MO..I will have to cover her on the lot at work ...too protect her skin...you know red heads tend to burn.. just my 2 cents..you guys and gal(i have ony heard of one gal on this site)..have a great day! __________________ Thank you members of opelgt.com for helping me on a 5 year reconstruction of the most beautiful car in the world Celeste: 1917,cc ,getrag resealed, 2liter Intake valves,ported,ISKY cam on solids,Opel forged rods,9.52 compression,total seal gapless,oil dam,RB gasket mod., DCOE side drafts,sprint,2in straight exhaust,pertronix,OMNI paint,SACHS clutch,OGTS & Kadette sway bars,Manta finned pan,3 V clock,Ball joints and Poly all... SAA-WEET!

11-26-2003	#12 (permalink)
baz opel free after 26 years Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sunderland england Posts: 4,941 Real Name: barry williams	well thay say a picture paints a 1000 words __________________ Copyright © 2003-2009 barry williams All Rights Reserved save praying to God for sunday today we pray to Nike and run like hell

12-05-2003	#13 (permalink)
JML Opeler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Flowery Branch, Georgia Posts: 12	155,623 miles as of this morning. I bought my 71 GT off of the original owner back in 84 with just over 50,000 miles on it. It served as my main mode of transport through high school (with a year or two of autocrossing), college and my first few years at a real job. It went out of service for few years once I got an RX-7 Twin Turbo to drive while I stripped it down to the bare metal for paint. It took forever to get it reassembled but I finished up earlier this year and have enjoyed the heck out of driving it again. There are a lot of years worth of memories in this one and I see no reason it won't have another 100,000 happy miles put on it in the years to come. __________________ 1971 GT 1973 Manta GT3 Racer 1973 Ascona AutoXer

12-06-2003	#14 (permalink)
West Coast GT Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 931	131,569 miles (I think) My GT was abandoned in 1983 after being stripped down as a "Project" by the PO. The owner of the property it was sitting on said it was mine if I towed it away and left a bottle of red wine in its place. Later, after re-assembling & painting, it was rear-ended & totaled in 2000. I bought it back under salvage title. This time I'm upgrading the interior, sound system, engine, body, and paint. It's intended use is for occasional weekend fun.

01-15-2004	#15 (permalink)
nobody No Access Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: in transit Posts: 3,873	For me this is a trick question, the car was nothing but a collection of parts when I got it. Even the majority of them didn't belong to it. There is no record of milage on the car and as for the speedos that were with it, I used a totally different one. Every piece on the car was redone or replaced so I am going to call this speedo correct. 26 miles is what this car has on it and I've driven it 3. I think I will ask DMV to see if they will call it actual.

01-16-2004	#17 (permalink)
nobody No Access Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: in transit Posts: 3,873	I have a friend who rebuilt an old truck and when finished he got Dmv to roll back odometer to 0 and call it actual. It was because of being like mine with no real history and the money he spent on it. It was an early 70's ford with around 1000 miles on it. I forget what percentage of original cost it took, seems like 300 or so percent.

04-13-2004	#18 (permalink)
namba209 6,000 Post Club Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Imperial Beach, CA South of San Diego Posts: 6,054	A friend of mine in the dog community has a frame-off restored Buick GSX, 455 cu. in. Stage I, 4 speed, 2 door hardtop. When he was done with the car, he drove it to the local DMV to get it registered and they allowed him to "Zero" the odometer. Everytime I go to visit, he hands me a large towel when we look at the car, I can't stop drooling over it. Ron

04-15-2004	#19 (permalink)
billiard13 I finally own an Opel! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Knoxville Posts: 105	83900 miles

04-28-2004	#20 (permalink)
TeenageOpeler Opeler Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Bothell,WA Posts: 62	my opel has 157,000 miles on it. about 12,000 on the engine, and it's only been driven 20 miles in the last 6 months. i get it inspected tomorrow morning and im ready to make up for lost time. __________________ Robert, -------------------------------- Already a Opelholic at 18 '74 1900 Temp. Out Of Order

05-07-2004	#21 (permalink)
GoinManta Opelitis since 1984 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 2,213 Real Name: Charles Goin	Well my Bitter has to be one of the rigning champs for a Bitter (Most were babied). I am pushing 188,000 miles as of today. Expect to break 200,000 by end of summer. I replaced the motor, fuel injection (all of it), entire suspension and brakes, gave it a paint job, etc... 3 weeks after the engine swap I drove it to CA and back from VA. About 7600 miles in less than 2 weeks. With only minor glitches. Plan on rebuilding the 3.9L and dropping it back in with a 4 speed automatic with overdrive. I play with the idea of selling it at the same time I am inquiring about 3.9L rebuild costs go figure. I probably will never get rid of it. __________________ CURRENT '06 Pontiac GTO '71 Opel Kadett 4 Door 36D (w/ Opel Parts & Service 2.0L) '74 Opel Manta (Bens Manta) '74 Opel Manta (w/ LK5 transplant) Past '73 Opel Manta (Blue Max) '75 Opel Manta (Yellow) '85 Bitter SC '73 Opel Commodore B GS '73 Opel GT (w/ Vinyl Roof) At least 16 or So Parts Opels

05-12-2004	#22 (permalink)
yiger Opeler Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Sicklerville, NJ Posts: 64	I like to think I can go with the 46K miles on my odometer, but that might probably doesn't tell the whole story. I bought the car from someone who had a '70 (now mine) and a '73. Someone totalled the '73 by crashing into it while it was parked, and since the engine had less mileage than the one in the '70, my car got a transplant. That all happened back in the '70s before he stored put it in storage in '83. I think the 46K is correct for the car, but there's no telling what's on the engine (logic says less than 46K). I bought the car in '98 and have only put about 6,000 miles on it so far. Luckily the '70 engine is still around, and so is the tranny, so if a catastrophe strikes, I'll be in good shape. No matter what the actual mileage is, it's still more reliable than my 2003 Passat! __________________ Jeff Support the Coast Guard, get lost! Last edited by yiger; 05-12-2004 at 11:56 AM.

05-19-2004	#23 (permalink)
opeldude Opeler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Regina Posts: 33	my gt has 62662 miles all oringinal, last summer it saw its only major rebuild and that was replacing all the gaskets and getting some new valve springs.

07-17-2004	#24 (permalink)
tunepipe911 Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: belgium Posts: 261	how many miles 154.360miles original engine on original (aprox)1971 gt __________________ opel gt freak,what a car!!

08-18-2004	#25 (permalink)
greensmurf20 OPEL-LESS!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gobles michigan 49055 Posts: 2,112	my GT has seen 2,200 miles in the last 10 days!!!, anybody here beat that too often? all in all its seen 7,500 miles since april. __________________ previousely owned 8 GTs and 1 manta. currently own 92 25th anniversary Z28. Ttop, 350, T56 swap, many upgrades, basically a complete restore. 67 chevy sportvan deluxe....next in line.

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