Ultra rare mk1 astra gte ogle edition

[TomVauxhall]

My best mate has recently purchased, and is in the process of completely rebuilding an ultra rare mk1 astra gte ogle edition. 1 of 5 made and possibly the last one left as 2 are known to have died, 1 was stolen and never recovered, and one is unaccounted for like me, he loves anything vauxhall and also like me, has recently dipped his toe into the murky unknown waters of online forums.

Here is a link to his build thread..

MK1 Astra Owners Club :: View topic - astra gte ogle edition

Any mk1 fans, go and check it out

 

[Kev_mk3]

That is going to take a lot of work

 

[TomVauxhall]

That is going to take a lot of work

Apparently you can get pretty much every panel now for a mk1.
Let's hope they start knocking out mk3 panels again soon!

 

[FrostyWaffle]

You can get counterfeit panels yeah
They fit but requires quite a bit of adjusting just to stop it from looking shanky.

As for this body, i think it's gone a tad too far gone. Hope he didn't spend too much on that body.

 

[TomVauxhall]

You can get counterfeit panels yeah
They fit but requires quite a bit of adjusting just to stop it from looking shanky.

As for this body, i think it's gone a tad too far gone. Hope he didn't spend too much on that body.

Anything is possible with a bit of love and a lot of money! Where's all the love?!

 

[FrostyWaffle]

Love plenty, it's the money that's missing! lol

 

[Andy]

That's pretty cool. Mostly for the rarity, but also the period mods.

Very eighties kitsch.

 

[FrostyWaffle]

 

[Andy_Mk3]

Nice project, going to end up with something very special once done that's for sure.

 

[ady347]

Nice, only up the road from me

 

[rc]

Very interesting, amazing to find something like this surviving (just) for over 30 years. Never heard of it before.

 

[TomVauxhall]

Seats stripped out. Boot floor is surprisingly solid.

 

[TomVauxhall]

half leather recaro's have cleaned up well and are in the process of being leather treated before being stored

 

[rc]

Are the arches plastic/fibreglass? Be interesting to see what underneath there.

 

[TomVauxhall]

Are the arches plastic/fibreglass? Be interesting to see what underneath

They're fibreglass. And at the moment, theres not a lot under there! The outer quarters, outer wings and outer sills are all perished. Surprisingly though, the inners are all quite solid.