1980 Opel Ascona

[roine]

My Ascona at this moment. The plans are to change the engine to the c20xe (Astra GSI/Vectra 2000), get it painted (white) and update the interior.




/Roine ,Sweden

[djushka]

Perfect colour. In your place I would not paint it white... But anyway - wish you luck and good results with this car !

[rmad]

Nice!

[crazycruzer]

lovely car!!!!

[grizz]

Welcome.

These seem to have disappeared as well.

Good luck with the build.

[MightyMork]

Very cool motor there!

[roine]

Thank you all!!!
About the choice of color. I love the current color of the car, but it is in pretty bad shape. A respray is a must. I did get over 3 litres white really cheap. And the paint is not the only thing that I need to fix and the budget is limited. As for now it seems like the best idea to fix the rust and get it in good condition metal-wise again. I don´t plan to sell the car in a good couple of years so it´s probably not the last time I paint it. And I like white cars!

[kadett1200]

en sån ha ja haft fast en diesel

[conrad]

cool car

[leigh]

I like it, wheels so suit it. Looking forward to following your build

[retromk11]

awesome!, more pics are needed though

[roine]

Ok here´s some more pics:)

Rollcage about to be installed.

A new pair of seats.

The new carpet (I´m not sure if that´s the right word for it:) ) is just test-fitted in the car.

A new fibreglass bonnet in the making.




Donor car. (C20XE and electronics) The Vectra has Calibra turbo disks and calipers, might take them aswell.

That´s all for now. Hopefully it gave you an idea of the end result.

[carloskadetts]

love the car dude!
two door asconas are very rare in uk these days.
do it white if thats what you want, white opels are cool!
(i would say that because i drive a white kadett with c20xe)

good luck with it. i'll be following this thread. keep us posted with updates mate.

[luckygti]

Love these cars. There are very few here, but seem to be loads around Scandanavia? Guess Opel did a proper job of rust treating them there Like the sound of your plans too. And welcome of course

[roine]

Thanks again!
I didn´t know about the rareness of 2dr Asconas in the UK. Yes they are pretty common in Scandinavia (for a car of that age...) but there isn´t that many in good condition. I think the most of them were wrapped around trees at the rallystages:)

Tomorrow is the last day I drive the car to work. I will then put it in my brand new garage(!) and start to work on it properly.



Sorry for that crappy last pic but it shows my new playground:)

I think I have posted all the "old" pictures now which means I have to start working on the car so I have something to show you!

[roine]

Kadett1200: Jag missade ditt inlägg! Kul, du råkar inte ha kvar dieselhuven? Inget man "glömmer" att skicka med vid försäljningen kanske. Antar att du åker Kadett nu? De är riktigt tuffa tycker jag. Enda anledningen till att gå ut och promenera är att det står en 1,2l Kadett några kvarter härifrån. Den ser riktigt fin ut. Kommer jag ihåg att ta med kameran så kanske jag kan posta en bild här sen.

[roine]

Early winter for my Ascona! Today I parked it in the garage and I won´t let her out ´til spring:) I´ve also found a R25 gearbox to go with it.
Update with pictures at the end of the week...

[roine]

A little update...



It surprised me that the car is in such good shape. It will need a little welding but not that much.

[Lopez]

Excellent car! I have a Manta and need new carpets, where did you get the red carpet from?

[roine]

The red carpet isn´t really made for car interiours, and it isn´t pre-cut either. Look at your local carpet dealer or hardware store. But believe me, it isn´t that easy to work with... I think I have seen pre-cut carpets at e-bay.de