Pics & Vids Opel Kadett C - A Pile of Rust

The story begins with me,my brother and my friend going to tow the car in the neighbour city 25km's away in one direction



We saw the cops on the road,they just waved and looked away

Opel Kadett C 1.2S 2 Door Limo





There are some visual modifications,like Irmscher rear ducktail



And some plastic parts,that are normally made of steel.




3 Spoke Opel aluminium steering wheel,but unfortunately with original 2 Spoke wheel horn button :?




The stupid things about the car,tow hook



And this hideous front bumper,removing it was the first modification





The rear bonnet absorber,not working at all.



There is corosion on fenders,front part of the car.Front and rear shock mounts are not rusty.





I really don't know anything about the engine,the starter is not working,gotta fix that first.


This is after removing the air filter plastic lid.



There is 3 same wheels,and one different

The different one has the bigger oval cuts




Here is the fourth one that i managed to get few days ago on the junkyard



Last registration was half year ago,not so bad.



I'm not going to tell you plans,gonna tell it when the time comes,step by step.

It costed me about 200 euros,i think it's not so bad.

I'm very happy about it,and i think i'm gonna start working on it very soon

Cheers from a112- Der Neue Kadett C Fahrer

Day 2

Here is the photos from later today.
Haven't did anything much,beacuse all the time my friends were coming over to see the car.

I detached the side trim




It was easy to detach,but i had problem with front blinkers that i wanted to get detached undamaged,the screw was all worn out and rusty but i managed to do that.



Then i pulled the car on the trench so i can see the floor,it's ok in compare to some cars over here.











The luggage floormat is ok,there is maybe about 2 dead spots of rust,floor mat seems fair ok,and the door panels are probably going to be replaced.


I wanted to detach the rear spoiler,but i gave up,beacuse it's so bad installed that i would probably broke if i was detaching it.

Tried to pull out the co-driver's seat,but it was kinda hard,since all the screws were completly rusty,and you can't move the seat back,so it was hard to get to the screws,but i managed to do it.







I pulled the antena out,the whole panel structure is f'ed up,needs replacement.




I put it in the garage,to take a nap .



It was all for today,since i haven't had time,beacuse all the time my friends were coming over to see the car.I'm enjoying doing those small things for now,but soon going to strip the interior and get on the welding buisness.

Cheers, a112.

looks like a project! Get to it! I love seeing any old car out on the road!

Jim Prower

looks like a project! Get to it! I love seeing any old car out on the road!

Yes,and probably a long term one,since i'm mostly low on cash,but it's important to have will and not to be lazy,you can always do small things.

Day 3

Continued to do some things today.

I pulled out the car from the garage and tried to detach the front seat,it was all ok,a bit coroded screws,but got used to it.It was down in few minutes.



Found some money in the car



I vacuumed the carpet so i can easly remove it,and detached the seatbelt mechanism,the plastic at the gear shifter,and few other plastics,the carpet was out.

The floor is in pretty much in a good condition,a few rust spots,but nothing to worry,usually the floor is completly rusted.





















Moved to the back seats,part of the job outside,but the sun came down,so i had to move in the garage for the light.
Had a few problems with the seats,but it was eventually out.








Detached the rear panels also.





I remembered that i have old rear bonnet somewhere,and i took a flaslight to see around the house.Voila,found it.
Detached the old one,and attached the new one only with 3 screws beacuse the mountings were all rusty.Left it without keylock,and attached the hammer to it to get some weight .










I fixed the handbrake a bit,it was also a bit rusty,it's good now,and put the car to sleep.



Cheers.

Day 4

Haven't done much of a job today,haven't had time.

Shortly,removed the rear bumper and the tow hook finally
There was a few problems with the hook,as usually rusty screws and hard reachable.
After that,i disconnected rear lights.





Started removing the front ligths and fenders,but screws were very very rusty,so i put some WD40 on it and had a sleep . Detached the fender screws that went down well.And yes,detached some badly done DIY net over the cooler that was also fitten with lousy and rusty screws.



That's all for today,cheers.

EDIT: Fixed the order now,should be ok.
Sorry for double posting,but i'm copying this from another forum by the days i've done things.

And I thought that I had hard time with my '82 Cortina/Taunus.. well, atleast your car weights about 500 kilos less than mine ( that was around 1400kg), and has pretty spunky 1'2l OHC engine. it should be good for about 50-70 bhp which is plenty for light car with rather short gear ratios.

It has 740kg by the papers,it's pretty much light.
Engine is 1.2 OHV inside,but not gonna stay inside

That's a cool looking little car actually. I'd love to see one in pristine condition to see what it looked like back then.

My brother has one,it's '73. But he swapped most of the parts.
Engine is 2.0 from Opel Monza,transmission is Getrag 240 from Manta B,complete rear axle from Ascona 2.0.Front brakes from Rekord 2.0,suspension is custom made + some of the original parts,custom car mostly as i would say

Woke up at 9AM and started to do some work.

Ordered new front fenders at the local parts shop,for C2 line(blinkers next to the lights) since they don't have C1 type.

Went home,turned the car around,and detached the hood and engine mount,mounted the lifter and pulled the engine little up.
Detached the motor starter that is not working.
We made a direct connection starter > battery and it didn't work.I took a visit to my friend who knows car electics,since my grandfather,also auto electrician is now for nothing(he is 83 year old).






Then started to detach the fenders and found out something new :P
















All for today.
Cheers.

Was the car originally yellow and someone painted it red?

Looking forward to seeing what your going to do with it...

Yeah,it was yellow,and just repainted on outside,i think i mentioned it somewhere.
Thanks.

It's gonna turn out great! Keep up the good work.

Nice project mate.

Good luck - looks like you're going to need it!

Make sure you keep us updated, it should turn out nice.

Something new arrived today

Those are rear sidepanels, right?

Those arches look huge!

Gingiba

Those are rear sidepanels, right?

Other end, I think.

Are they Reproduction, or N.O.S.? (To Ricers: In the Old Car Hobby, N.O.S. means New Old Stock, Not Nitrous Oxide. To Everyone Else not in the know: "New Old Stock" Is a term meaning factory parts originally made as spares or crash parts, that are no longer in production.)

Yeah, looking back at the pictures I see that's the part he pulled off - and also noticed that kink at the edge, which must be for the headlights.


I love seeing completely everyday old cars. Maybe I should go ahead with that Bimmer 1702 rotting in the neighboorhood when I reach the age and money-minimum.