[jeff denton]

We got it for $250. Pretty spiffy, huh?
Thus far we (three guys and a work truck equipped with boom and cutting torch) dropped all the running gear out of it. In fifteen minutes.
Oldopelguy wants the front clip.
Who wants the rest?
All proceeds go to finishing Speedway GT, a very worthy and definitely non profit (dis) organization...

 

[jeff denton]

Yes, it is too nice to part out but we gotta get our parts somewhere, somehow.
So I really hope our friends at Opel GT.com will help find good homes for all that's left of it.
The car is virtually cherry.
Unfortunately, only an Opel lover would appreciate what it is or was, around here that would be approximately nobody. The guy I bought it from had no other offers.

 

[jeff denton]

The sweet little shell would have to be blocked up just so in the back of a pickup, or would sit nice on a flatbed, even a snowmobile or boat trailer...
I swear we did not put so much as a scratch on this fine European automobile in our drivetrain salvage process.
There would be a little work involved in removing all the bolts whose heads were torched off, but it's all fixable.
The interior could use a quick swipe with Armor-all, and the driver seat edge is a tad tattered.
The vinyl top isn't quite perfect, dang it.
Here's a shot of the passenger side.

 

[jeff denton]

No, as of Sunday it has no front suspension/ motor/trans/rear diff, all dropped out of it at once. So it is only a body shell, looks just like the pictures but with no wheels now.

 

[jeff denton]

As far as I know it is a 69. Engine is 1.9, solid lifter, flat top pistons. It has the sway bar.
Yeah, I hated to part it out, but all I needed was an engine that ran. Alas, such was not to be. It had spun #4 rod bearing and the piston kissed the head. Block is good, it's in the hot tank as we speak. We also gained a spare diff with the gears we'll need to race at Pablo. And spare parts for the front suspension.
The car could be put back together again if somebody wants to.
Everybody so far wants to trade more parts for what is left of it.
As I need an engine that runs and have some parts to start with, I really need a set of oversize flat top pistons, a radical hot cam, rings, bearings, and gaskets. Expensive stuff, and we have had no luck getting race team sponsors yet this year.
So let me put it this way. Anybody want what's left of this sweet Kadett and want to come and get it and bring some money? If not, I'll part it out further, I know OldOpelGuy needs the front clip...