1973 Opel GT help/advice

[96firephoenix]

You mean one of these?

 

[eldirector]

I just checked my crystal ball, and this is your future.

You will drive your cool, interesting, classic looking car around. It may turn a couple heads, but not as many as you like. Girls will find it sort of interesting but then decide it is repulsive once they look inside. But at least you'll stand out!

It will have a list of 25-30 minor problems that you will be determined to fix ASAP. Just little stuff. Cheap stuff, right? You might tackle one or two. Each one will cost you triple what you planned and take an extra couple hours to finish, not including the time spent inventing new foul language. You'll put the rest off until some other time.

You'll discover a leak or two. They'll start small. Fix'em later. The tires will start losing air. Fill'em right back up! You'll get around to vacuuming out that nasty interior. It will still look nasty.

Something large will break. Here is your crossroads. Do you fix it? Or scrap it? You'll be motivated to try to fix it yourself. You may even succeed. But at what cost? Your savings? Your weekend? Your sanity?

Now you're hooked. You've spent an entire weekend plus $500 on parts and a lot of bloody knuckles fixing this piece of junk. You'll be damned if you don't get another few years out of it. But then something else breaks.

Then, if you're smart, you curse fate, scrap it, and buy something boring.

Ask me how I know

Wait a minute, are you talking about me and my old Jeep?

No, of course not. $500 wouldn't even get me started. Maybe another zero....

@ the OP: unless you have plenty of cash and know how to turn a wrench, I'd find something else. This thing will invariably leave you stranded, in the rain, with your date, on the wrong side of town. Cool ride, though!

 

[printcraft]

Wait a minute, are you talking about me and my old Jeep?

No, of course not. $500 wouldn't even get me started. Maybe another zero....

@ the OP: unless you have plenty of cash and know how to turn a wrench, I'd find something else. This thing will invariably leave you stranded, in the rain, with your date, on the wrong side of town. Cool ride, though!

Everything else is circumstantial. /\





Wrenching on a car for fun, is fun.

Wrenching on a car because it is your only means of transportation and you are screwed without it S.U.C.K.S.

 

[M88A1]

Electrical night mare, head lights fail to mechanicaly roll over. my sister had 2 in the late 80"s my dad finally sold them off after dumping a ton of money into them.

 

[steveh_131]

Wait a minute, are you talking about me and my old Jeep?

No, of course not. $500 wouldn't even get me started. Maybe another zero....

No, I was talking about my old 1992 Range Rover.
WTS: Extreme Bugout SHTF Tactical Range Rover

And my current Jeep

 

[Mosinguy]

I found a shweet 1982 Toyota Corolla wagon but I'd have to sell my WASR to get money for it. What do you guys think?

 

[steveh_131]

Are you shopping for cars in a junk yard?

 

[PINski1015]

I'd get an F-150 with the 300 I6. Nice and simple.

 

[Mosinguy]

I'd get an F-150 with the 300 I6. Nice and simple.

I wanted a truck but not the terrible gas mileage.

 

[Mosinguy]

Are you shopping for cars in a junk yard?

I love me some vintage cars?

 

[PINski1015]

I wanted a truck but not the terrible gas mileage.

My first car last summer was a bronco with the 351 and as long as you get a job it's not too bad.

 

[Mosinguy]

My first car last summer was a bronco with the 351 and as long as you get a job it's not too bad.

I'd love a Bronco

 

[steveh_131]

I love me some vintage cars?

I used the term 'vintage' loosely as well when I had my first car!