Bought this VERY rare Corsa !!!

[duick]

Hi

I bought a(nother) very rare Corsa and picked it up yesterday.



It is an '83 Corsa Mattig Extreme, the wide body that was done by the german company Mattig.
And the VERY interesting fact is that this was once this car



Means: (and I got all the papers with the car to prove it) THIS is the 1st car Mattig converted in 1983 with the wide body kit, the car that was in their catalogues and on car shows, in magazines for tests and so on.
Peter Mattig owned the car until August 1989, it was then sold to a guy in Luxembourg. in 1995 it was sold again and then the disaster started

Repainted very bad in blue, removed the original brown SR interior, removed the rear window frames, fitted bucket seats, a rollcage, twin Weber carbs, a big ICE in the trunk and other disasters. From 2003 until this week, the car sat outside!!!!
Means it is rotten very bad!!!







The paint is peeling off everywhere

[Stoo]

thats interesting

alot of work too by the looks of it!

[duick]

A little more history of the car:
At the beginning, it was fitted with ATS wheels with 225 in the front and 285 on 15" at the rear. In 1988, Mattig introduced their SSF wheels (which I got with the car)



and they were also put on the their Corsa. 9x13 with 235 on the front and 11x13 with 235 on the rear.
The car has still all the Mattig equipments that were fitted at Mattig, means the fibreglass bonnet, the exhaust, the suspension, the upper and lower bars in the front, the exhaust manifold and the big rear spoiler.

A few more pics







The car is indeed a piece of History of the Corsa A / Nova, but as the body is that bad, I will disassemble it

And maybe the wide body kit with the wheels will be for sale, so if anybody's interested, let me know

Cheers
Steve

[srs1]

as much as i dont like kitted cars.
you have to tip your hat for buying a rare car and going to restore it.

fair play to you.

[duick]

you have to tip your hat for buying a rare car and going to restore it

Yes, thx. But I will not restore it, it is really too bad, would have to cut the whole floor, as it thin as paper due to the rust.
It was like a wetland inside, carpet completely rotten. There was even a squirrel living inside!!!!

[hendrix]

such a shame to see a great piece of history like that go to waste, some people eh .
Would be good to see it reshelled and looking like the one in the top pics

[John]

Yep, agreed. i think you should re-shell steve! Along with all your other projects!

[LEWI007]

FFS, sell it as a whole car so someone else can restore it, your ruining a piece of history...

[Andy_L]

Real shame it's beyond repair but at the same time it's awesome you found one and posted the pictures up.

[Mazz]

As said, its a shame, but from the pics, it really is bad But imo it looks ace in the original pics..