The Opel Project – Page 2 – The Mission – to get to the nurburgring in the Opel

A little bit of rewiring!

September 19, 2022

I decided i should do a little bit of rewiring to see if it would help to solve the mystery of the alternator not charging as since adding the new regulator it seems much better but not back to its normal reliable state. I decided to get some new terminals and fit these to all the connections so I could get rid of all the old hotchpotch ones! and while I was there I fitted some new battery clamps. I will have to do some run-outs new to see what the charging is like.

Travel

Classic Cars on the Quay

September 9, 2022

There is a great little car meet on Christchurch Quay on Sundays in the summer. Its a mix of all sorts of classics and this is the 3rd one I have been to (4th Sept) and weather being ok I will go to the last one of the year on the 25th Sept. Now the roads are a bit quieter I will be trying to use the Opel as much as I can over the Autumn and on good days in the winter.

Electrical

Alternator

July 30, 2022

As the alternator was not happy on the way to Northampton and back it thought it was best to take it off, check all connections and pull the regulator to make sure the brushes were not worn out. Did that, all looked ok, popped it back together and put it back on the car. Got the tester out and fired the car up and guess what, yep you guessed it, its all working fine now!! Why is it electrical stuff does that! Took her for a run this morning to get a coffee and she was running spot on and…

Travel

VBO 2022 at Sywell Airfield

July 26, 2022

Wow, Sunday was a long day and the longest trip so far in the Opel since the rebuild! 150 miles up and 150 back to the VBO at Sywell. It was a great day and Sywell is a great place and has an amazing bar!! All in all the Opel ran well. There was a slight issue that part way up I noticed the battery volt gauge was only just reading above 11v and seemed to move around a bit on the 11v but never seemed to be charging where it should be but the car was running fine, temperature…

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Enjoying the Opel

April 23, 2022

Its so nice now i can just roll the Opel out and go for a drive 🙂 I took her out for a run today and when I got back gave he a quick wash and that was all that needed doing 🙂 I have a small adjustment to do on the exhaust as it sometimes knocks on the gearbox cross-member bolt but that can wait until the weather is not so got, while its sunny I’m just going to drive her as much as I can!!

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The Opel Project is almost complete!

March 25, 2022

There are a few tweaks left and I’m sure there will be some other modifications and the engine bay does need a paint! but basically, the Opel Project is in its final stage and its now time to drive the car and enjoy it!!

Bodywork

What do you mean it only needs a wash!!

March 18, 2022

We, today the weather was beautiful down here in Bournemouth, about 15 degrees! So I decided to roll the Opel out of the garage and just give it a wash!! now I have not been able to say that for quite a long time!! I still have the trim to fit and an oil change, but there was nothing as satisfying as just giving it a wash and dry and not needing to really do anything else to it!!

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I just couldn’t resist a drive!!

March 10, 2022

I still have the gutter trim and washer jets to fit but the weather was nice, so I couldn’t resist a drive today!!

Bodywork

Fitting the new badges!

February 26, 2022

Some nice new badges from Dr Manta. All installed. Rear wheel arch trim and a few last bits to go now.

Bodywork

All ready to fit the front bumper.

February 11, 2022

Just the final polish to do after fitting the bumper and that’s the front finished, then onto the read quarters and the roof! And now all fitted!! Number plates next.

1974 A Series Opel Manta Blog

A little bit of rewiring!

Classic Cars on the Quay

Alternator

VBO 2022 at Sywell Airfield

Enjoying the Opel

The Opel Project is almost complete!

What do you mean it only needs a wash!!

I just couldn’t resist a drive!!

Fitting the new badges!

All ready to fit the front bumper.

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