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Powerflex do this kit.

So it’s worth remembering that the front wheel arch liners came in four parts originally. These above seem original, the copies lack a lot of the small detail and are sometimes one big part.

Erm, would have to dig out invoices but I’m fairly certain it was not too far short of £300 :oops: Kinda old money as well.

These threads are making my decision to buy and salt away one of the original splitters a while back an expensive mistake. Ho hum.

There seems to be a pattern…….. I think I could think of worse customer service but I would have to try very hard. My experiences with AST are fairly well know, in the end I got in touch with the guys in Europe to do some arm twisting. Shame because it’s mostly quite good.

A sort of neither here nor there price for a runner or a keeper, was kinda interested at about £6k.

All true, but a scruffy car is unlikely be as attractive to bidders as it could be. As Ed mentioned, it wouldn’t need much and you can’t state in the blurb that the wheels are correct when they’re lookalike’s.

Very much showing its age and I guess that is okay, it’s very nearly 20 years old. But this is my gripe ( there had to be one didn’t there) If you are putting a car up for sale on a premier(?) auction site, why wouldn’t you get the car looking the best it can be?

Blimey, what kind of fool is this, jeez they are not even mint. No one seems to have mentioned the big old dent. That has just got be impossible to answer. Tomorrow? Three years down the line? To be honest I’m regretting having one of my spare sets serviced a few years ago, probably money wasted.

The name escapes me too. Rota? Some of the Turbo’s have Gotti. Another fun fact. The ph1 and ph2 5GTT both have Speedlines fitted as standard.

Surely Minlite for the mini? But I also want to say BBS? Our little red cars definitely have a big dose of 5GTT dna.

And yes wheels are wrong but reminiscent of the wheels on the 5 Turbo 1 with the split red and silver. Yep and there I go again. Also I guess the Spanish versions would have had different features to the UK.

That a pretty little car isn’t it? Early though not a phase 1 as it has a rear spoiler and the trim above the rear lights is colour coded as per ph2 so probably literally a ph 1.5 Ew, look at me, a 5 nerd. Ffs

That’s a bit nice isn’t it. Jules, do not open this thread again.

I mentioned and then deleted, that I thought the photos were a little low res, but is that a really bad scratch on the bumper just in front of the front (drivers side) wheel of just a reflection?

Yeah, it would have been nice as I think the engine bay had some attention to get it looking acceptable. As Ed says, I don’t think it was hiding too much, jacking points were all very tidy.

It‘s what I do isn’t it? 🙂 Tbh I think expectation was a little high, beery, post Xmas funk or not.

I thought that £18.5 would have been a good price, for the buyer! My guess is that They must have been expecting closer to £25k Really nice example but not perfect. Are we allowed to pick holes now? 🙂

Whoa, something not adding up there. I bet the underneath is horrible.

It‘s a B50 “Goldstar” from 1971. Still have it but not ridden it for years.

And this is worth a laugh.

:)

Astra GTE incoming at some point, though may need to raid the photo albums.

Ha, another ex had one of those ( so gorgeous) absolutely useless but in 4wd was brilliant and a lot of fun.

I guess I ought to add this here in an effort to rejuvenate this post. (An old photo that I have posted before)

Nick, not sure those two experiences should share the same paragraph. Gti micra, yeah nope doesn’t work. Your insurance must have been mental. Ed, it really was simpler and scarier and an absolute hoot driving those crisp packets back then. No rose tinted specs needed..

An ex girlfriends twin sister had a 1.6 gti that went the way of many others, literally backwards through a hedge at high speed.

She is lovely, privilege to own her.

Let’s bring the love back this way shall we.

Yep it’s been stored in a pretty damp garage of some description. Having said that, all the rust appears to be on the bolt ons and they can all be unbolted and sorted. Forget about the exhaust we all know that is just poor. it would be interesting to see other pictures as the one view of a...