Pastry's Corsa GT- 1986

[pastry]

Since yesterday I'm the happy owner of a Original GT. I found the car at a Dutch Opel Meeting and got it for a bargain. It was owned bij a real Opel lover, he'd got 1 kadett A, 1 Manta B and 1 Manta B Berletta. The Corsa was his wife's and the traded is for their old Yellow Corsa SR....

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/71C94B34-5A8B-4224-B1BB-0EF2537CA261-168-00000044132BA8E3_zps9f1c3f55.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/71C94B34-5A8B-4224-B1BB-0EF2537CA261-168-00000044132BA8E3_zps9f1c3f55.jpg.html)
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/105D62D4-EB2E-4760-8F11-8C106D518740-168-0000004376690930_zps0d3d3d38.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/105D62D4-EB2E-4760-8F11-8C106D518740-168-0000004376690930_zps0d3d3d38.jpg.html)

Tradition in the south of Holland is a nice vlaai!
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/D306B233-5245-4833-BFD7-CF44F1967724-168-00000045BFA6F10E_zpsc0a414bc.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/D306B233-5245-4833-BFD7-CF44F1967724-168-00000045BFA6F10E_zpsc0a414bc.jpg.html)

At the gasstation
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/42D7DEF9-9BD1-471D-A30C-913B7AAF9C20-168-00000044236840B3_zps5b48f40c.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/42D7DEF9-9BD1-471D-A30C-913B7AAF9C20-168-00000044236840B3_zps5b48f40c.jpg.html)
The Corsa has some point, because it was used for many years. But it quitte hard.
In side rear end
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/9E514D63-AA27-4F67-9731-2499BB54F930-168-00000043C55EBC53_zps9bf64f8c.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/9E514D63-AA27-4F67-9731-2499BB54F930-168-00000043C55EBC53_zps9bf64f8c.jpg.html)
Battery corner and the corners in the back.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/63C00151-B9FF-4565-A1DA-E63962E534A9-168-00000048728C3F86_zpscfde8f3b.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/63C00151-B9FF-4565-A1DA-E63962E534A9-168-00000048728C3F86_zpscfde8f3b.jpg.html)
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/57476495-B251-4A8C-ABC7-5B0E13E00860-168-00000043AA341F54_zpsa834eac8.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/57476495-B251-4A8C-ABC7-5B0E13E00860-168-00000043AA341F54_zpsa834eac8.jpg.html)
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/3ADC40D5-17CF-4DF4-84AA-CBD1697E0193-168-000000439E9A4990_zps017a5b7d.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/3ADC40D5-17CF-4DF4-84AA-CBD1697E0193-168-000000439E9A4990_zps017a5b7d.jpg.html)
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/22A21E9F-9905-410D-83DA-49B251316B04-168-00000043BCA2D8D0_zps0d812ca0.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/22A21E9F-9905-410D-83DA-49B251316B04-168-00000043BCA2D8D0_zps0d812ca0.jpg.html)
The engineroom is dirty!!! and needs some TLC.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/07228871-76F6-4756-B07C-C13EBE99DB9D-168-000000434F53B8D5_zps8f6c0d76.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/07228871-76F6-4756-B07C-C13EBE99DB9D-168-000000434F53B8D5_zps8f6c0d76.jpg.html)
.It drives great. Don't know if I'm keeping it or store it.
The seats are the gray checker ones. I need a left seat in good shape, so if anybody has one, please let me know.

[pastry]

Today I started with my GT first pulled of the bumper and made the front something better. No serious rust found. Just to be sure, put some tectiel in the inside.


Before
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/EE21E1F3-6A23-4085-88FD-B0830CFC97AB-147-0000001F696752D4_zpsc41b6ec7.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/EE21E1F3-6A23-4085-88FD-B0830CFC97AB-147-0000001F696752D4_zpsc41b6ec7.jpg.html)

After
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/69208DE0-2D4D-4174-8407-A439D56A4325-147-0000001F74D668F8_zpsdf88259b.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/69208DE0-2D4D-4174-8407-A439D56A4325-147-0000001F74D668F8_zpsdf88259b.jpg.html)

The front bumper I made nice with the blowdryer, what a differance. I switched the snowplow with one of my others, so it looks nice again.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/98EEF0E0-5511-4013-AB04-A08903CC17B1-147-0000001F97364A30_zpsd6fc8f40.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/98EEF0E0-5511-4013-AB04-A08903CC17B1-147-0000001F97364A30_zpsd6fc8f40.jpg.html)
Total end picture.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/10EEB8F3-6BF9-40B2-A492-DA1CB9FD6B4C-147-0000001F7F889199_zps97322bff.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/10EEB8F3-6BF9-40B2-A492-DA1CB9FD6B4C-147-0000001F7F889199_zps97322bff.jpg.html)

[marc69]

nice car

[duick]

Great buy :thumb: :eek:

[Novasport]

Looks great, standard snowplough SR's look the best and it looks nice and solid.

[pastry]

Thanks, I like to make it so original as possible. The seller told me he had some spare parts.... Thats was a Astra station full! Behind seat, rear window, complete extra engine, lights.

[Novasport]

Bumper looks like it has previously had headlamp washers fitted but no sign of the tank having been on the inner wing.

[DAVIDKEDENS]

Lovely.

Dave

[NOV4_SPORT]

Very nice mate looks like a really good purchase : )

[pastry]

thanks! I hope to trade my old snowplow agains almost the complete and good gray plastic interior parts. :-)

[Vlietje]

Now go clean the inside of that bonnet boy!

[pastry]

The last weeks begon to work on my GT. First the trunk, it was dirty a view scratchen and a can of paint fall on it. The result.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/EF5C7C82-3642-4048-A3CA-727AD6152A49-2069-00000247A034CB85_zpsd4a05a00.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/EF5C7C82-3642-4048-A3CA-727AD6152A49-2069-00000247A034CB85_zpsd4a05a00.jpg.html)
The cool thing is that the sparewheel is the Original from 1985.



After that I found a brand new mk1 bumper and I mounted my almost new snowplow. (the new one I store for a few years. ;-))
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/53629D27-9F45-4819-8F4F-4123E7FB0833-2069-000002477FB9B112_zpsc0b69163.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/53629D27-9F45-4819-8F4F-4123E7FB0833-2069-000002477FB9B112_zpsc0b69163.jpg.html)

[pastry]

The last weeks I spend my time to the engine compartment.
Tis is before, real dirty.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/FE4479CE-40A0-4938-A212-576AF0D7D711-2069-00000247424F9B66_zpscc17d45f.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/FE4479CE-40A0-4938-A212-576AF0D7D711-2069-00000247424F9B66_zpscc17d45f.jpg.html)
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/A596B5B7-E621-4CED-99A4-016A39DA08F0-2069-0000024739E273DB_zps74d344b3.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/A596B5B7-E621-4CED-99A4-016A39DA08F0-2069-0000024739E273DB_zps74d344b3.jpg.html)
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/F9AA7504-96C5-461E-BA5D-357407856632-2069-000002473108F0C2_zps8118024a.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/F9AA7504-96C5-461E-BA5D-357407856632-2069-000002473108F0C2_zps8118024a.jpg.html)
After some work it looks completly different.

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/66421D6D-5426-4014-B3A8-409979A8EC36-2754-0000044525FD52EF_zpsc6949ce0.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/66421D6D-5426-4014-B3A8-409979A8EC36-2754-0000044525FD52EF_zpsc6949ce0.jpg.html)
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/516C0BF1-895B-48BA-898E-4B15908C6816-2754-000004451CFDBDD1_zps0f67c485.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/516C0BF1-895B-48BA-898E-4B15908C6816-2754-000004451CFDBDD1_zps0f67c485.jpg.html)
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/4D026476-F78B-4CEE-8F21-9F1281B191E3-2754-0000044514913648_zpsb9830fb1.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/4D026476-F78B-4CEE-8F21-9F1281B191E3-2754-0000044514913648_zpsb9830fb1.jpg.html)

A new coolcan (whats the the uk word??) is ready for mounting.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/DCB42303-4465-4F8B-A394-CE4EBDA2D328-2754-000004450C869233_zps7d9829ea.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/DCB42303-4465-4F8B-A394-CE4EBDA2D328-2754-000004450C869233_zps7d9829ea.jpg.html)
And the bonnet, before and after.
Voor
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/F7FA257B-60F1-4333-BA79-B425197906C9-2754-00000445031EECCF_zps9fdd850e.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/F7FA257B-60F1-4333-BA79-B425197906C9-2754-00000445031EECCF_zps9fdd850e.jpg.html)
Na
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/B2A93DF8-3FA7-46B4-A988-17BB5A8EAFF8-2754-00000444FB70E6C6_zps74e4ea46.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/B2A93DF8-3FA7-46B4-A988-17BB5A8EAFF8-2754-00000444FB70E6C6_zps74e4ea46.jpg.html)

I cleaned also the airfilterhome amd gave the screws a quick polisch.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/D680DE96-C5F3-4433-8596-F5A492280543-2754-0000044535788400_zpse85eb3af.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/D680DE96-C5F3-4433-8596-F5A492280543-2754-0000044535788400_zpse85eb3af.jpg.html)
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/140EA9F5-CA46-4D28-86E4-F94E2068F705-2754-000004452E56F638_zps2ebb45d7.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/140EA9F5-CA46-4D28-86E4-F94E2068F705-2754-000004452E56F638_zps2ebb45d7.jpg.html)

[millworm]

A new coolcan (whats the the uk word??) is ready for mounting.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/DCB42303-4465-4F8B-A394-CE4EBDA2D328-2754-000004450C869233_zps7d9829ea.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/DCB42303-4465-4F8B-A394-CE4EBDA2D328-2754-000004450C869233_zps7d9829ea.jpg.html)



Coolant bottle or expansion tank

looks good mate, wish mine was as rust free as this

[7ova]

Clean and fresh nice work

[jimbob-mcgrew]

pastry's pimp machine :)

[pastry]

LOL a little pimp machine, I know my little bling bling won't last very long, but for the mean while. :-)

[pastry]

De motorarea is realy cleaned up after a view weeks.

Before:
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/07228871-76F6-4756-B07C-C13EBE99DB9D-168-000000434F53B8D5_zps8f6c0d76.jpg
After
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/57192785-362D-412A-8533-413A3675B6FF-534-000000DCB1E02483_zps507f8d6e.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/57192785-362D-412A-8533-413A3675B6FF-534-000000DCB1E02483_zps507f8d6e.jpg.html)

[nova_niek]

Nice find sir Pastry! Good to see they're still about down our end of the channel. :thumb:

[Benn]

Edit*

Looks nice.

[Vlietje]

Result! All you need to do now is realign the RH windscreen wiper.

[pastry]

A lot has happend! So some sharing time.
I pimped up mij rear bumper with the hairdryer trick.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zpsdf576540.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zpsdf576540.jpg.html)


and after.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zpsf850b64b.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zpsf850b64b.jpg.html)


And off course cleaned the front.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zpse6a8a9b1.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zpse6a8a9b1.jpg.html)



The next step was to fix the front driver seat. I had some donor fabric and tought to give it a good clean in our bathtub.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zps5de6276b.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zps5de6276b.jpg.html)


http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zps3b594a19.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zps3b594a19.jpg.html)


http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zps4970d5a4.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zps4970d5a4.jpg.html)


And dirty it was....

:D


In between I recieved a pair of brand orginial Corsa/nova new rearspeakers right from Ebay for a stunning price of 10 pound. :-)
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zps8fcaf19c.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zps8fcaf19c.jpg.html)


and well mounted
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zpsd6f4a52c.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zpsd6f4a52c.jpg.html)


A view days later I fixed al the lights in my dash.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zpsf0dc075c.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zpsf0dc075c.jpg.html)

[pastry]

<p>The next step in making my GT better was giving it a good cleaning on the out side. So I called a couple of guys who done some detailing and the transformed the paint of my car from matt til a nice shine! Do'nt have a glue what the did, bit it shined like a dogdick in the moonshine. <br>:-)<br><br><br>http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zpsc768a0ca.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zpsc768a0ca.jpg.html)</p><p>First the glay treatment.<br><br>http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zpsa42c685f.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zpsa42c685f.jpg.html)<br></p><p>The pollised&nbsp; it twice!!<br><br>http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zps4ecc184c.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zps4ecc184c.jpg.html)</p><p>&nbsp;and again.......<br>http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zps9c96e705.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zps9c96e705.jpg.html)</p><p><br>Here you can see the differance between old and new.<br><br>http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zps54a2f7af.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zps54a2f7af.jpg.html)</p><p><br><br>http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zps8ab144c9.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zps8ab144c9.jpg.html)</p><p><br>http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zps2edcd2a5.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zps2edcd2a5.jpg.html)</p><p><br>The result was amazing! <br>http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zpsedbf577f.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zpsedbf577f.jpg.html)<br>http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zpsa2fb5552.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zpsa2fb5552.jpg.html)<br><br>While cleaning my rear panels I found this paper inside the cassis. Is super sport a type in the UK?
So the seats! <br>Before</p><p>http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/EFE04CA6-7064-40E3-B9D9-3930FE142DED-718-000000CA901DDD75_zps839f49eb.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/EFE04CA6-7064-40E3-B9D9-3930FE142DED-718-000000CA901DDD75_zps839f49eb.jpg.html)</p><p><br>Here the side part.<br>http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/4C6A700A-088F-42FC-B6CC-F026F4899FE4-441-000000E7F84418A1_zpsd05f210c.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/4C6A700A-088F-42FC-B6CC-F026F4899FE4-441-000000E7F84418A1_zpsd05f210c.jpg.html)<br>http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/C5286B50-BB9E-4750-AAF2-A07C69374AE6-441-000000E7EFE56BE7_zps87bffb5c.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/C5286B50-BB9E-4750-AAF2-A07C69374AE6-441-000000E7EFE56BE7_zps87bffb5c.jpg.html)
Happy as can be! >http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/A92A6194-02F1-4D30-8AF2-9A5C4BF78686-441-000000E81E9F0792_zps226cdc61.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/A92A6194-02F1-4D30-8AF2-9A5C4BF78686-441-000000E81E9F0792_zps226cdc61.jpg.html)






so far my update!

[chris862]

Your Nova is looking great! :thumb:
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/pastryz20let/null_zpsf0dc075c.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/pastryz20let/media/null_zpsf0dc075c.jpg.html)
and I thought I had all my dash lights working, didn't know the fan/rear heater one lights up too!

[pastry]

i just replaced all the lights. ;-) thankx m8!

[Benn]

Looks lovely. Guy's using a tiny end to buff the paint work.... Must of taken ages!

[corsafan.de]

A fantastic GT! Great work.

And I love their old school seat-design.

[Balley]

Very nice little project.

[7ova]

Great work on the seats

[pastry]

Great work on the seats

Yes I was very happy to. Lucky enoug I had some donorfabric!:d

[Vlietje]

It's ready for Billing 2014 mate!! Top job!!

[pastry]

It's ready for Billing 2014 mate!! Top job!!


and leaving my Michalak at home????

[Vlietje]

Put the Michalak on a trailer, the GT has a tow bar... SORTED!

[istf]

Nice work! I really love you keep it as original!

[craig green]

Love this. Great resto.