I kicked the beloved zed out of the garage today, to make way for an older model, Ive put her in another garage over the road, but like they say out of sight out of mind!!

 

Heres the new baby!

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160248088360&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123

MK1 Astras rock! Ripe for a C20LET conversion. ;)

very nice, i would prefer a Z. If i was going for that look id like a matna GTE

I used to have one of those, a white one - very 1980's !

Dont see them about anymore, you must be mad to elbow the Zed for it though LOL

Dont see them about anymore, you must be mad to elbow the Zed for it though LOL

 

Ive not elbowed the zed yet, just shunted it aside for a while! had the zed over 6 years and it would be like losing a limb to sell it, but having just started our own business i havent picked the best time to take on a project, but i couldnt afford to let this one pass me by.

MK1 Astras rock! Ripe for a C20LET conversion. ;)

 

Nope this ones going to be restored back to it former stock state, std 1.8 ditch the silly headlamps and find some standard wheels, plus lots of new bits and welding!!

 

Its tax ran out in 02/2003 so its not been off the road long!!

Ive not elbowed the zed yet, just shunted it aside for a while! had the zed over 6 years and it would be like losing a limb to sell it, but having just started our own business i havent picked the best time to take on a project, but i couldnt afford to let this one pass me by.

 

mabey lock it up in storage, thats what we did with our a35

 

not my cuppa tea !

to me it looks like it needs a calibra turbo lump in it like one I saw in retro cars...!!!

yuk

Had a black GTE in the late 80's...... still remember the plate A140 KLN,

Great cars and VERY rare now.... Its good you are going to get her back to standard form ( My dad had a Manta GTE at the same time........My astra use to leave it standing off the lights:hyper:)

must admit i dont like them but that interior looks like its in near mint condition, good find matey

Ive had 3 manta GTE and a calibra in me time and grew up to a Z! wouldnt want to go back willingly :nono:

 

dan.;)

Here you go bud took this last year at a local classic car show...... It was bloody mint:bow:[/img]

Here you go bud took this last year at a local classic car show...... It was bloody mint:bow:[/img]

 

Thats exactly how i want mine to look when finished, have seen it on the mk1oc and it does look great.

 

Lots of work to do though.

Thats exactly how i want mine to look when finished, have seen it on the mk1oc and it does look great.

 

Lots of work to do though.

 

It will be worth it in the end though mate...... will stand out in the crowd and be worth a fair bit when finished.

Got it running on all 4 cylinders now, and done a compression test and all is good, making slow and steady progress.

 

Looks like the car is saveable anyway, was worried about how much metalwork needed doing underneath but its not as bad as we first feared.

Very nice!-had one and would have another in a flash!:cool:

Very nice!-had one and would have another in a flash!:cool:

 

How the hell did you get a V8 in one of them?

How the hell did you get a V8 in one of them?

 

:p:p:wack:

This was my baby..........

I had a silver one many years ago.

 

Kept getting stolen, even found it once reversed into a parking bay.

 

They must of licked it so much that they couldn't bring themselves to burn it. Wish they had in the end.

 

Managed to melt a piston in the end.

 

Good find and good luck with it.

 

Darrell

:p:p:wack:

This was my baby..........

 

My word, thats twice in a day ive seen cars with too much red on them!!!!

 

The car looks good but why the hell did you colour code the wipers?!!!!

 

From the pic it looks like you did the fronts too, you bad, bad man!!!!:nono:;)

Berks, me old mucker, you've GOT to let me come over and have a look at this baby - you know I love 'em!! I'd love to help out with a bit of paint restoration too if I can.

 

Email me at peachyclean@tiscali.co.uk and we'll sort something out.