In a message dated 02/10/2000 7:22:27 PM Pacific Standard Time,
crothfuss@coastalnet.com writes:
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Rich,
The stock Opel GT had a 1.9 liter inline 4. With an iron head and block
the thing is nearly indestructable. Unfortunately the head doesn't flow all
that well without a bit of carefully thought out porting. The GT bodies are
the biggest headache, since the panels are all welded in place. Seen lots
of botched body repairs on these cars that were ugly as home made soap.
If you really want the low-down on STOCK Opel GT stuff Eric Pare' at
Orphan Motorsports is the man to talk to. Eric has the largest stock of
Opel replacement parts on the East Coast and has quite a collection of rare
Opel automobiles. (My favorite is the Opel Diplomat with a factory 327 Chevy
engine!) You can get hold of Eric at (910) 326-6028 or e-mail him at
<elpare@coastalnet.com>. Now that I think about it, he may also have a line
on some early Desoto parts too.
There's a guy up on the ridge behind me who had put a 350 Chevy in a GT,
then in one weekend he pulled it out and started putting a rotary in the car
out of an RX7. By the end of the weekend the RX7 had the 350 in it (and had
a new paint job) while the Opel had been pushed into the back yard where
it's sat ever since. He never did say what changed his mind, but I suspect
it was too much gin.
Chuck "Walkin' out to get the paper in bare feet again!" Rothfuss
ECTA #9
Pole Cat Hollow, NC
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Rich,
Bill Ward, from somewhere on the Left Coast, was been running a SBC
powered Opel, driven by John "Jet-Car" Paxton, for several years at the salt
in Modified Sports, currently (as of late 98) holding the B/BMS Bonneville
record at 241 and the D/MS Bonneville record at 222.........Ardun Doug in CA
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