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Post by crazytim on Jun 23, 2008 12:47:01 GMT 12
Seem to be as rare as rocking horse sh*t mate... I lucked out and was gifted a parts car from a fellow member... it had a good bonnet, passenger side guard and front end nose-cut. When i crashed the chevette i had a panelbeater cut the whole chevette front out and trim off all the excess gemini bits and weld in the whole gemini snout which as you can see is the same as the kadett...and all the rest practicly bolted straight on with the addition of a few holes drilled for the guards.
When i get my butt in gear im gana contact isuzu japan and see what the situation is in regards to new parts... the holden dealers over here are completely f*cken useless, unless its a commodore (or opel senator in your lingo!!) or some boring generic piece of sh*t plastic fantastic mrs frunt ma'runt barry whiting modern holden they just arnt helpful or even the least bit interested in attempting to help... plus they hell expensive... what are kadett guards like supply wise over your way? Wanting to get some of the later model ones with the indicator cut outs for my chevette wagon...kadett c wagon with widened steels would be friggin bad asss. Have a spare nosecut, i am sure the bonnets are the same as the early gemini so all i need is the headlamp/indicator units and a pair of guards, im guessing you guys would have them rot in the same place as all t-cars in the sill area between wheel and door?! If i get my hands on a set of kadett guards moulds would have to be taken, they would be good sellers across the ditch, those boys always keen on somthing different, plus by the sounds of it guards arnt in plentiful supply over there either. A few of us have enquired about getting some guards from oz and been turned away already...
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Post by coggers on Jun 24, 2008 5:07:33 GMT 12
The guards supply over here is now pretty non existant tbh , you get the odd pair pop up on ebay but they're not available new any more. i picked up a genuine n/s guard for about 142NZD off ebay but the ones that are on mine I bought brand new about 10 years ago for 90nzd each ( pattern ones mind..) The trouble is there were never many opel dealers over here , the majority were Vauxhall so consequently the demand for Kadett stuff was never great.. But yeah they all rot in the same place , at the bottom of the inner wing ...  ;D Looking at yours , it's identical at the front apart from the side repeater holes and the front panel has got a slightly different shaped hole in it - nice job though  |
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Post by zep on Jun 24, 2008 9:09:32 GMT 12
What is the supply like in the germany? They must have a bit of stock lying around and I can't imagine postage would be amazingly expensive, tis not that far away!
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Post by coggers on Jun 24, 2008 9:34:49 GMT 12
Yeah quite right Zep , sorry I should have said .. The stuff is all available in Germany , I got a load of bits from there - new bumpers/bumper brackets/shortened konis/HS console/adjustable panhard rod/engllemann mirrors etc Most of the body panels are remade , Dr Manta do nuts loads of stuff , bit pricey mind but at least it's available www.dr-manta.de/eng.htmI've had a lot of stuff fom this guy , hes always breaking Kadetts stores.ebay.co.uk/Retroracing-Parts-Shop_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkmjust put' kadett C' into the 'shop search' bit.. |
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Post by crazytim on Aug 16, 2008 11:10:44 GMT 12
What is the supply like in the germany? They must have a bit of stock lying around and I can't imagine postage would be amazingly expensive, tis not that far away! the gerries cud jus strap em to a V2 rocket and send em over the channel!! |
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Post by crazytim on Aug 16, 2008 11:16:57 GMT 12
due to uber lameness with the stock chevini having less compression than one of my more impressive farts i have decided to raid my 2nd wagons drivetrain from front to back, everything from the front end with vented discs, engine,(G180)5 spd, driveshaft and diff... anyone know if the master cylinder volume is similar tween gem/vette? do have 77vettes gem cylinder sittin there...whats the rule with nuts like that think i mustv had it the best part of a year...tom if u readin this u better hurry up and come fetch it before its gone!!!!!!! or maybe i score you another one...if we do it gana try and do it quik!!!
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Post by crazytim on Aug 18, 2008 22:53:41 GMT 12
G180 was on the floor as of yesterday...not gana be as quik as i hoped, carb missing also gana give me clearance issues with master cyl etc... i think of sumfing!!
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Post by crazytim on Dec 15, 2008 22:04:56 GMT 12
Crrrrazytim!!! Me and my mate James thort it'd be a good idea to rip out the vette engine outta the Chevini yesterday... then we thought why not chop the rusty(er) half off the fuct guard and weld on half a vette guard. Why we at it why not paint all the radiator panel that I never did after the chevini convo... both of us spent 2 days on this, decided to repaint spraybomb satin blk, prepping all the front under the guards, also gana take a heap of pics for reference shots for the chevini wagon, all in all shaving the side indicators, aerial holes,(there is 1 on each side!) gana have a vette bumper in place of the TX bumper, putting in TX diff, all the mountings on the vette diff are to be welded on to it as the lower spring cup was rusted thru and also so we dont need to uprite the shox, diff will be painted up in chev orange, along with various other bits...
Just cant friggin believe this car is gettin the treatment... need to get the feckin wagon goin!!! Arrrggggghhhhhh!!! Sooooo happy tho, been a long time coming!
Was supposed to be lets bang a gem engine in but the usual ...'why we're at it'....thing comes into play!
Very pleased tho...hopefully we can keep momentum up on this, will be schweet!!
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Post by crazytim on Feb 1, 2009 4:06:10 GMT 12
Bump for Prozac. Those lights should be on page 1 or 2...
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Post by crazytim on Feb 1, 2009 4:08:17 GMT 12
chevettes rule ;D
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Post by crazytim on Jul 24, 2009 18:08:58 GMT 12
 this was the 1st time I saw this car, was dropped at top of drive at old house and was there when I got home from work... spose to be a partser lol now its matty b!!  This pic is from panelbeaters part way thru chevini convo |
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Post by taistorm on Jan 11, 2010 15:08:32 GMT 12
...yea i know...im rangi!! LOl wat u mean by that quote bro? u ex rangitoto or sumthin cos i just left there ay n we say that a bit takin the piss outta the hory school ;D |
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Post by crazytim on Jan 12, 2010 19:38:08 GMT 12
nah rangi hori boe... I'm Long Bay College reprazent class of 98... (old Mrs Funt'maRunt)
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Post by taistorm on Jan 12, 2010 21:00:19 GMT 12
haha i see mate.. LBC psssshh amateurs fo sure  |
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Post by crazytim on Mar 13, 2010 21:19:12 GMT 12
 These carbs are now at CSL getting the treatment. He will be setting them up on the mani and linking the throttle up too. |
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