well after restoring my mk2 astra ive got the bug.....
my favourite vauxhall is the mk1 astra gte, allways wanted one since i first seen them.
searched everywhere for one buying my time until the perfect one croped up......
spotted the perfect one just had to have it nothing was going to stop me!






going to be a long slow restoration but i want what i want!

Wow nice one, be sure to keep us updated with the progress, this is gonna be so interesting! Your other one is amazing imho!

Thanks Matt, wont be any time soon going to take my time with this one, its going to need a lot of work, like they all do but i think its worth it!
i need to find some sort of lock up somewhere, dont think they want to see another wreck on the drive

nice one mate
i got a classic eighties car too, glad to see i`m not the only one

proper cars i say!

I love the Mk1 and 2 GTEs - it just a pity Vauxhall made the interiors so bland, as they looked the nuts on the outside.

Whats going on with the Plate on the MK1 though - they where a 1.8 wherent they

....you going 2.0 8V........or 16V

Verynice loved the red one i owned pitty it was falling apart around me.

You going keep it looking as it is???

its had an engine swap some time in its life dont know much about its history, but for 25 years cant expect it to have the same engine it started with, so i dont mind really pitty its only the 8v 115bhp

well its need welding in most places, but ye its staying standard, too good for it to just be messed around with, wouldnt be right

get another one!!!

Some of the 2.0, 8v's where 130 bhp

ive got one in my garden now, just had to use it on the cavalier because the shitty ecotec has died! but was planing for it to got in the mk1 oh well cheap as chips to get anyway!

what a top motor

should be a brill project, cant wait to see it progress

@ the road side working lol

Correction - changing engine at the roadside by the looks of the hoist

Fair play matey

hehe what do you do when you have nowhere else!
neighbours love me

just got it out this minute one me tod, quite proud actually

That Looks superb...theres not enough decent older cars around anymore....xr2s are now basically non existant...i wanna see mk1 golf gtis etc making a huge comeback

sounds like it'll be a minter. heres some motavation for you

^^^^^^

that I aspire to ...lovely motor

nice motor

well got her home today heres a few pics

interior out today and in the loft
few nice holes but overall good i say
the plan 2 new floor pans, weld the odd holes up and seam weld the lot

sounds good.

how long do you reckon that will take you?

keep seeing you driving round in your mk2. saw you today in fact on mill hill

me dad had a cav sri the similar shape to that c reg (84 if i remember rightly)

quality vauxhall classics hehe - is this a restoration project or are u planning to make any mods?

im not rushing, so maybe sometime next year

where is mill hill?
ill keep an eye out for your car and try flag u down

its purely going to be a restoration, keeping the clean standard look...well maybe 17s and decked if i get bored

thanks for the posts

My cars not on the road at the mo

It's where Bidston road leads onto Storeton road
Map
If I see you again, I'll give ya a wave lol

You should come to the next meet in it

well ive striped her all down now, and all away in the loft

heres a few more pics.... with the phone....








a lot of the common places are real good which im well happy about

i couldnt resist a little pop up an down the road, she goes well i tell you!

just need somewhere to do all the work........anybody got any storage or know of any i could rent?

shes looking pretty solid as you said fella, can't wait to see what she'll finally look like.

I rent my garage from Wirral Partnership Homes.

About £30 a month

They have a lot in prenton which might be available - 666 7001 <-- prenton office

thanks for that joe do you know if they supply power??

ye im looking forward to getting stuck in

how much and where did you get your mini sprayed if u dont mind?

thanks

a place behind the carphone warehouse, birkenhead car repair i think. anyway it cost £1000 inside and out, with the car already stripped

ouch, did they do all the prep work??

I'm afraid they dont supply power

how do you use power tools with no power Joe.

The MK2 astra should have been in the running for car of the year imho.

lol he's not even got to work on it yet

I've only needed to use my 18v cordless drill.

Otherwise, I'd hire a genny or buy one if I had the money

Or ask me and you could lend mine.

Nice car by the way looked good the otherday and today when i seen you by my works.

i havent really got any decent pics of it, going to give her a clean and take a few tomorrow

thanks mate, where do you work?

i did most of the bodywork, all they really did was prep the surface and spray it.

was it worth the £1000 stu ?

yes and no, its a good paint job, but i've had hours of looking at it close up, and know where the flaws are. also rust is bubbling though in places, partly my fault as i didn't replace the metal. i guess to me it looks like a £700-£800 paint job. its hard these days finding a decent bodyshop, which is why i might give it a go myself with the proper equipment next time.

Loving the retro style of the mk1

Always have perfered the older cars

yeah its lovely little car

If you have got somewhere to spray the car Stu, you might as well give it a go .My mk2 isn't fantastic but is 100% better than what is was and only cost me about £100 for the paint

i also bought some fog lights .......... hmmm not sure yet



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inner wings aint looking there best, there not that bad from what ive seen, its also a bit spongy behing the outrigger there so thats also going to need sorting








bye bye mk2

got stuck in today, took the boot hatch off to get repairing, the bottom edge was rotten and was filled with fiber glass ............... so cut the lot off and me dad is going to fold me some steel in work and we will remake the bottom edge

Dunno if you use it...

http://www.mk1oc.com/forum/

Plenty of 200 quid mk1's on there, and parts for sale.

aint really done much to it, decided to do some yesterday got all the loom out and ready for the engine to be lowered out. my dad can get the shell sand blasted in work and etch primed for next to nothing so its got to be bare...
ouch its looking pretty rusty :(:(

a fair few rust holes there already! once you have got it shotblasted, are you going to put new panels in or just repair certian parts?

im trying to not have it plated everywhere so im getting all the parts, inner wings, full sills, arches, floor pans.... and whatever i need

done a bit today, carved the sills and arches off, took the battery tray out and cut the outriggers off, its mighty rusty




most of the sills was made up of fiberglass and filler bodge

Wow, are you actuall going to fix all of that

Jeeze it's astonishing what a seeming tidy car can hide underneath!! Im amazed you are bothering tbh, but dedication is the key I suppose, and if you want to do it, then it will be worth it!!

fook me! You sure that hasnt been at the bottom of a lake for the past 15 years???

Good luck with it lol

Crispy. Yummy, just how i like my Mk1.


Your a brave man

And your a mad man

If it where a classic, or even a rare GTE, maybe fix that, but just a Mk1 Astra....

Scrap it and find one thats at least 1/2 decent. Something that bad is just going to eat money, and once rot sets in - especially that badly, its fooked

And i thought ford were rusty

Wounder how much a garage would charge to fix that lot

i hate to sound like mr defeatist but i cant realy see the point in it as stuy says - its not like a special car to do this too (bit like spending a shit load of money on a treasure hunt and looking for gold, when you could be looking for dimonds at the same expence), but if its what you want to do then im happy to see the progress you make and good luck to you bud

i know.... its kind of dishearting seeing it, but im going to give it a shot, i mean its not going to cost a lot, old mans a fabricator welder so steel and welding isnt going to be a major problem. its just going to take a long time, ive got all the panels, im looking at 200 for the rest of the panels

wish me luck

http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/projects-restorations/296576-mk1-astra.html

makes me feel better

Yer good little read that, you gonna make your own custom box for her ?

Stuy this the Mk1 GTE thread not the one for his normal mk1.

Silly sausage

Oh Eye.

Well, good luck, weldings all well and good, but you need good metal to weld to

Look forward to seeing how you get on...

Isn't the price of scrap metal going up now LOL

lol

sadly it needed a bit more than welding this......... it needed scrappin.... pretty sad, mk1s are getting thin on the ground anyway let alone a black gte. stripped it nude before it went as parts are like chickens lips

RIP A933 TUV!!

Just spotted this for sale 175bhp
Euro look
£3500- or £4250- With OZ splits

car looks amazing!