Another insane Euro build, Jon Haas style.
Opel Kadett body grafted onto an S2000 chassis - http://vxopel.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4209
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April 22, 2009 1:17 a.m. Luke Dork
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April 22, 2009 1:45 a.m. geomiata Reader
some day i hope to be half as good as these maniacs
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April 22, 2009 1:52 a.m. MitchellC HalfDork
Man, you want to talk about some quick progress...
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April 22, 2009 8:20 a.m. Xceler8x Dork
What was wrong with that S2000? What was wrong with the Opel? Did he just cut up two good cars to make one?
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April 22, 2009 8:33 a.m. kreb Dork
It looks like that's exactly what he did! You'd think that there's got to be a good rollover S2000 out there somewhere to use.
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April 22, 2009 8:34 a.m. Travis_K HalfDork
I also think they were both better in their original form.
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April 22, 2009 8:36 a.m. Appleseed Reader
Travis_K wrote:
I also think they were both better in their original form.
A hot rodder you are not, then.
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April 22, 2009 8:39 a.m. jcanracer New Reader
thats some love for the Opel there. pretty awesome build.
I hope they dont ever have to do headwork on the s2000 engine they just dropped in, as it looks like the overhang by the firewall would now block the removal of the valve cover. meh, i guess they would just drop the engine...
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April 22, 2009 8:45 a.m. jwdmotorsports Reader
Dang..........
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April 22, 2009 11:05 a.m. 81gtv6 Reader
The site is closed, dang.
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April 22, 2009 11:14 a.m. jrw1621 HalfDork
jcanracer wrote:
thats some love for the Opel there. pretty awesome build.
I hope they dont ever have to do headwork on the s2000 engine they just dropped in, as it looks like the overhang by the firewall would now block the removal of the valve cover. meh, i guess they would just drop the engine...
I was thinking the same thing about the head (or even valve cover) when I first looked at the pictures. At that time I also noted that in the interior the shifter appears to be at your elbow, not your wrist.
I think the wheel flares are going to look goofy, we will see.
I will say, I thinked the unmolested Opel looked very good as it was.Of course, I have little room to make these critiques since the work is not finished and the work seems to be quality otherwise.
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April 22, 2009 11:49 a.m. 4cylndrfury HalfDork
umm yeah...So before lunch I went tothe first page where both vehicles were being stripped, and after lunch, I go to page 2 and:
VX Opel website says:
Site Closed Thanks to all who have contributed to the site over this past 3 years, keep restoring/modifying all those VXOPEL's and best of all driving them.
Wiskey Tango Foxtrot?
It closed while I was on my lunchbreak
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April 22, 2009 12:16 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
I love the engineering.. but I agree.. the flares are going to look goofy
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April 22, 2009 1:56 p.m. Adrian_Thompson New Reader
Wow, I looked at that site it this morning, way way cool. I sent the link to a friend, he tells me the site has gone! Sure enough I cklick on it and get the following message "Site Closed Thanks to all who have contributed to the site over this past 3 years, keep restoring/modifying all those VXOPEL's and best of all driving them" No one happend to DL the pics did they. Way cool, I used to have a Kadett, actualy mine was a UK Chevette, but the same thing underneath.
