1991 Astra GTE 16V

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y2blade

56,029 posts

214 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Good news cool
Any more recent pics please.

Le Mans Visitor

1,119 posts

201 months

Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Great news on the MOT, I hope you gave her a right good thrashing to celebrate!!

Clivey

5,108 posts

203 months

Thursday 31st January 2013
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Top work. Keep it up! smile

BriC175

961 posts

179 months

Thursday 31st January 2013
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zygalski said:
The "very slight corrosion to underside of vehicle" is just a tiny bit of surface rust where the sill rails have been jacked up at some stage. The rest of the underneath was 100%
LOL at that as an advisory! Must have been extremely thorough! I may have already complimented your car in this thread, but either way, it's lovely!

zygalski

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7,759 posts

144 months

Thursday 11th April 2013
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Well just got SAJ back from Ian Taylor's bodyshop.
The bill came to just over double the £400 estimate, because the inner arch was rotten & they blended the rear wing into the O/S door.
Everything was thoroughly waxoyled & should last the lifetime of the car.
Ian spoke to me about the previous botch-job of a repair to the arch. Let's just let the pictures do the talking...
















Then the finished repair. No hall of mirrors shocker, that's for sure!


zygalski

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7,759 posts

144 months

Sunday 14th April 2013
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A few pics today. Finally a bit of sun!












mwstewart

7,553 posts

187 months

Sunday 14th April 2013
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That really is nice. Very tasteful colour, too.

Clivey

5,108 posts

203 months

Sunday 14th April 2013
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Want. lick And yes: the colour really suits it!

superboss

1 posts

113 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Hi Do you know if v-tuning are still up and running and do you contact details

zygalski

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7,759 posts

144 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Yes they're still going. Contact details here....

http://www.v-tuning.com/

jk888

110 posts

125 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Loved these, there was loads about in the 90's when I was a teenager. Really wanted one but sadly never managed it. I remember Greater Manchester Police had a fleet of these, always remember them steaming around in them

TheAngryDog

12,394 posts

208 months

Friday 10th July 2015
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Love it.

Want it.

Frimley111R

15,535 posts

233 months

Friday 10th July 2015
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Great thread and great work, just one thing....sort that hideous strut brace out! At least spray it silver or something.

Felt for you with the rust issue, I had a Clio Williams and it was lovely but rust......O...M...G

zygalski

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7,759 posts

144 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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85,256 miles & the car went through the MOT with no advisories biggrin

Few pics after a quick celebratory wash between rain showers...










abarber

1,686 posts

240 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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Very nice, such a blast from the past. Back in the hot hatch days, if you saw one of these in the rear view mirror, you'd better pull over!

I test drove a new one, stepping out of a 1.9 205. The engine was awesome, but the handling / traction was way behind on those silly 14" wheels. With your mods though, it must be great.

Mr Tidy

22,065 posts

126 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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OP, that is absolutely fantastic!

Good to see one of these getting some love. thumbup

Back in the mid-90's I borrowed one of these from a motor trader mate of mine; dark metallic blue IIRC but it only had an 8 valve engine as the 16V had been broken. I only had it 1 day, the night I drove it home the digital dash turned itself off twice (scary on an unlit dual-carriageway when you are pressing on) and the next morning the camshaft seized on my way to work! But even with the 8 valver it was good fun.

Anyway he collected it and left me an XR4i instead, so I wasn't too gutted! If only he had kept them both (or just one of them)!

Keep enjoying it - must be the ultimate old-school hot-hatch!


neilbauer

2,467 posts

182 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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Love it, remember these brand new smile

Tasmin200

1,258 posts

186 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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Looking great. I blew up my RS1600i trying to keep up with one on those in the early 1990s. Proper James Bond smokescreen when it went! They were nippy machines the GTE.

Edited by Tasmin200 on Sunday 14th February 21:48

Lgfst

391 posts

108 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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Very tidy car that OP. Reminds me of mine when I was 19 year old. Mine was the other red (that went pink if you didn't take care of it!).

Ended up putting a Calibra turbo engine in mine and having it tuned, it was running just under 280bhp. Good fun. Then I put the 16v engine in a Nova.

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

99 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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Lovely motor OP.

I'm only down the road in Horsham, pretty sure I've seen you buzzing around in this on some occasions when I've crossed the border wink

Great to hear it's all going well.