Interesting find in a local junkyard

[Kern Dog]

First off, NO…this is NOT my car and No, I’m not posting this as any sort of sales ad. I'm not trying to be rude, I just don't need a moderator to get the wrong idea here.
At a local self serve yard, I saw this on Friday….

1972 Opel GT.

Mostly complete. The engine and transmission were there, suspension, brakes and steering were complete. Someone needed something back here though. Does anyone know how to remove a fender on these cars ? The front header panel has no seams, its as if the whole front is one piece of metal but I know that can't be true. You can see seams on the dutchman below the rear window.

Today a friend and I stripped this dude bare. Windows, doors, suspension and some interior stuff.
I haven’t seen one of these at a yard in years. His wife has a 69 GT and spare parts for these are hard to find.
Score!

 

[DeltaV]

First off, NO…this is NOT my car and No, I’m not posting this as any sort of sakes ad.
At a local self serve yard, I saw this on Friday….

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1972 Opel GT.

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Mostly complete. The engine and transmission were there, suspension, brakes and steering were complete. Someone needed something back here though.

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Today a friend and I stripped this dude bare. Windows, doors, suspension and some interior stuff.
I haven’t seen one of these at a yard in years. His wife has a 69 GT and spare parts for these are hard to find.
Score!

Why not buy the whole enchilada and strip it bare? Bag and tag everything.

 

[Kern Dog]

Once the cars are set in the yard, they cannot legally sell them whole.
Todays haul was over $700! I have never spent that much at any self serve yard!

 

[davek]

Greg, Wayne wants it.

 

[MarPar]

@33 IMP

 

[33 IMP]

@33 IMP

Thanks for the heads up. The only thing I really needed for mine was a hood, and I found one a few years ago. I just haven't bothered to cut it up for a hood scoop and valve cover clearance yet. Other priorities.
Saw the bronze one a couple years ago at a local tire place. I like the color better than mine.
Dang they look tiny next to any kind of full size pickup, hunh?

 

[DeltaV]

Greg, Wayne wants it.

Not me. I thought they were interesting back in the day though.

They are a rare sight nowadays.

 

[Kern Dog]

They have been called the "Baby Corvette" for years.

The red one on the right belongs to the wife of @CoronetDarter

 

[jimbosride]

First off, NO…this is NOT my car and No, I’m not posting this as any sort of sales ad. I'm not trying to be rude, I just don't need a moderator to get the wrong idea here.
At a local self serve yard, I saw this on Friday….

View attachment 1900479

1972 Opel GT.

View attachment 1900480

Mostly complete. The engine and transmission were there, suspension, brakes and steering were complete. Someone needed something back here though. Does anyone know how to remove a fender on these cars ? The front header panel has no seams, its as if the whole front is one piece of metal but I know that can't be true. You can see seams on the dutchman below the rear window.

View attachment 1900481

Today a friend and I stripped this dude bare. Windows, doors, suspension and some interior stuff.
I haven’t seen one of these at a yard in years. His wife has a 69 GT and spare parts for these are hard to find.
Score!

fender removal tool

 

[68BabyBlue]

My neighbor up the street had one back in the day, but it’s long gone…His older brother had a Corvette that dad bought. Who said life is fair? Junior did just fine, by the way. CFO for a major restaurant chain in my region.

 

[33 IMP]

There's one regularly parked on the street in front of an apt building,
a couple blocks from my best friends house. Orange.

 

[33 IMP]

I sure wouldn't mind finding a fiberglass hood for mine..... but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[Budnicks]

not his car just a cool example

my old roommate Dan B. in the 80's had one, it was candy red too, 1900#s race ready
NHRA S/C 8.90 car single trick 950/1050cfm 4 bbl, went like 8.54 @ 160-ish IIRC
with my old 377cid trick sbc/alum head/alum rod, 400 block 350 crank,
full roller everything, PG/5,500 stall out of my old altered
(It was faster & injected on methanol in my car, S/E 7.90s)
& he mostly ran S/G 9.90 car with a mild 358cid all iron, engine of his own w/PG 5k stall
it was a famous old Opel drag car, from Bob Tietz, NHRA Champion (spell),
Dan B. he did rather well in that class

 

[33 IMP]

There's a video on you tube of a black Opel GT, dialed 5.30 something (!?!)
that gets out of shape, sideways rolls a couple times, recovers, lands on the wheels with a stuck throttle, loses it again, rolls a couple more times, lands on its feet again, finishes the race in the other lane, and runs 13 second lap. Unbelievable!
Barely misses t-boning a 69 camaro that got in his lane in front of him.
At least half of the commenters have no clue what kind of car it is. They say "the black car....."

 

[Budnicks]

I sure wouldn't mind finding a fiberglass hood for mine..... but I'm not holding my breath.

www.FiberglassTrends.com
or
www.USBody.com
both used to sell them
I think they were just the flat hoods, no scoop

 

[Belvedere408]

Once the cars are set in the yard, they cannot legally sell them whole.
Todays haul was over $700! I have never spent that much at any self serve yard!

Wow 700$ how much goodies did you get?

 

[Belvedere408]

When I lived in Germany from 03-07 the only project car I ever saw there was a 72 Opal GT.

 

[33 IMP]

www.FiberglassTrends.com
or
www.USBody.com
both used to sell them
I think they were just the flat hoods, no scoop

Thanks Bud! I'll check em out. Either way, hood clearance would require an adjustment, lol.

 

[Budnicks]

There's a video on you tube of a black Opel GT, dialed 5.30 something (!?!)
that gets out of shape, sideways rolls a couple times, recovers, lands on the wheels with a stuck throttle, loses it again, rolls a couple more times, lands on its feet again, finishes the race in the other lane, and runs 13 second lap. Unbelievable!
Barely misses t-boning a 69 camaro that got in his lane in front of him.
At least half of the commenters have no clue what kind of car it is. They say "the black car....."

There was a Grey/silver wicked 8.71:1 Blown Enderle Inj. on methanol on an all alum Rodeck big 420+cid SBC
(later had an all alum BBC Rodeck 481/Blown-Inj., rarely made it down the track, but cool as hell, but hoodless)
was a hand full in the short wheel base, Fremont/Baylands Raceway back in the day

 

[eldubb440]

knew a girl in HS who drove one ......big boobs too.... now what was her name?