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Ash Space Kadett
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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I'd say yes because its rotted away where the Engelmann mirrors are fitted and they normally came on GTE's. Its also got the door brightwork fixings. The lower spec models didnt normally have this. The Euro models had a very different spec to the UK cars.
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nelson c. Astra Enthusiast
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Location: Portugal
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DeadEye Astra Legend
Joined: 14 May 2007 Posts: 4546
Location: Oxfordshire
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:34 am Post subject: |
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I'm not sure that cut in the chassis leg means much as the new inner wing I put in my car has that cut and there's only one part number if I recall correctly.
However, you do have the airbox mounting bracket on the far side inner wing which is a good sign.
Does the plate on the slam panel say "made in Germany"? if not, then check the floor for "GTE" written in chalk on the bit that would be behind your ankles if you were a drivers side rear passenger.
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nelson c. Astra Enthusiast
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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You mean those little aluminum plates that have the weight of the car, chassis code, etc? It does not say "Made in German", but it is all in written in German , and the chalk thing you told me, even if the car had that by now it would be covered in rust, I went there to see it now and I couldnīt find it. I took pictures of it and the plates, but I canīt take them out of my phone, my usb port is damaged.
ps:by slam panel you mean the front panel of the car, the one that goes up to where the hood closes, right?
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GT/Estate Astra Expert
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Location: Rotherham
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Check the welds on the cross member and the air box bracket on the drivers inner wing/turret, if the factory spot welds then it's a gte I'd say
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nelson c. Astra Enthusiast
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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It does have 2 spot welds, one on each end, but it seems to have some welding around also, maybe someone had it reinforced. (The previous owner of this car was a mechanic and the car was driven in a rally some time, thatīs why some things may be reinforced and modified)
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nelson c. Astra Enthusiast
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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Is this upper part of the bulkhead supposed to be made of zinc in all mk1īs? If I remove it from the car to repair the rusted out areas around it, would it be easy to weld again the zinc to the steel?
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DeadEye Astra Legend
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:36 am Post subject: |
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It's not zinc, sadly nothing is.
Someone may have sprayed zinc primer on it but that's it.
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nelson c. Astra Enthusiast
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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Thatīs not zinc primer mate, it zinc treated, I didnīt notice it has no rust on it, but when I was stripping the paint with the wirebrush I noticed it was zinc treated and that was when I noticed it isnīt rusted either. Then I switched for the grinder with a nylon paint stripper disc, and that removed a bit of the zinc protection, and it turned to normal steel. Funny how one method keeps the zinc treatment and the other removes it. Other clue I had is that after that I used some rust converter on it, and the steel around it, and that area where I removed the zinc protection, the rust converted worked as usual, turning the steel into a really dark blue color, in that area that is zinc treated it didnīt work.
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DeadEye Astra Legend
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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Well if it is zinc treated, it's not normal.
If you're worried about it, I have a spare one
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nelson c. Astra Enthusiast
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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well I am only worried about the middle bulkhead part, the top as it was zinc treated is fine, the bottom one is not perfect, but not bad also, itīs the middle one that worries me. How much shipped to Portugal?
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DeadEye Astra Legend
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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nelson c. wrote: | well I am only worried about the middle bulkhead part, the top as it was zinc treated is fine, the bottom one is not perfect, but not bad also, itīs the middle one that worries me. How much shipped to Portugal? |
Not sure but I've just realise it will be the wrong way round
About time you EU lot drove on the proper side of the road!
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nelson c. Astra Enthusiast
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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ahahah I was about to write the same thing
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nelson c. Astra Enthusiast
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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I will try to fabricate a copy of this piece, as this one is too rusted, can someone post some pictures of how this piece it should be undamaged. Itīs just to make sure if all the holes are there, or if any have rusted out.
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DeadEye Astra Legend
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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Same as that but without the rust
Check my resto thread for close ups of the cross member.
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