Opel Commodore Coupe

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Long story but ended up with this almost by accident.

It's an Opel Commodore Coupe 2.8.

I know nothing about them but a bit of research reveals they're actually very rare and were rather a nice car in their time.

Anyone know much about them ?

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I'm sure it will go to a good home.

It was bought as part of a garage clearance and I simply don't have the time or resources to do it justice. Other projects have priority.

The garage contents have been passed on to a friend and he's disposing of the Opel. I spoke to him yesterday and he's had a lot of interest in the car so no doubt it will go to an enthusiast.

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B'stard Child said:

I think that he's treading a fine line between truth and fiction

"I have included some text from a road test below and this suggests that the underside of these cars is galvanised"

They aren't and they have multi skinned chassis rails and when you get to see the rot on the outside it's very very bad inside

Be interesting to see what feedback he gets after the sale - it's certainly been bid up way beyond what I would have expected - give me a little hope as an "Opel Fruit"

How is he treading a fine line ? He's referring to a period road test that says exactly that. He's attached the road test report to the ad.

"In these days of growing concern for longevity it is encouraging to see that the Commodore's extremely well finished body has the benefit of galvanised steel for the underbody and rocker panels and there is liberal application of bitumen protection and complete underbody waxing."

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nrcnz said:

2150 pounds! You'll be pleased with that! I paid that for my nice white coupe four years ago!

Far more than originally expected Having said that there was an amazing amount of interest and the seller had several telephone offers, so we had an idea it would fetch a good price.