In between all the more modern rides at the Tuning World Bodensee was this refreshing machine. It's an Opel Kadett C in a full Irmscher widebody outfit. The car is even a GT/E version that is quite rare. It featured a fuel injected 1.9 liter engine capable of 105bhp. Not much for today's standards but with a weight of 910kg it is more than enough to make this a fun daily driver.
The car is very popular amongst the hill climb enthusiasts because of its low weight and great handling. To improve the cornering capabilities the track has been widened quite a bit and still the Irmscher fenders have a hard time covering the wheels.
I don't know the exact measurements of the BBS wheels but they are 15" with 215/45 Toyo rubber wrapped around them. The gold contrasts really nice with the teal and black exterior. I must admit I have never seen these wheels with so much dish.
Just look at those fenders, crazy right? The overall appearance of this car was flawless. Everybody just walked by and I got some funny looks when I was all over this car with my camera in hand. I think they didn't understand my affection with this car, and I'm not even a Opel guy.
The interior has been treated with a rollc age painted in white and it had been stripped of all the unnecessary bits. It only had one racing bucket, so you don't have any distractions from the co driver; it's just you and the machine.
-Jeroen Willemsen
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Speedhunters just found us another brilliant car!
Oh my. Want.
Perfection. I wonder how much work would be required to turn a Isuzu Gemini into something like this over here in the US...
im in love
OLIVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! Wrong year, but ehh, I love Kadetts.
Just retweeted this on Twitter. Pure porn. More old skool Germans!
beautiful BEAUTIFUL kadett.. i dont think i've ever seen one so clean!
i must agree clean ass whip
That is on hell of a nice car. Those BBS's are amazing!
Those BBS make me hot in the pants
Those BBS make me hot in the pants
Sorry Jeroen, I Anglicized your name in my previous post. That's what I get for posting before having my morning coffee!
that car is calling a C20XE!!!
Best car i've seen from the Bodensee pics so far i think. I hope it gets used cos i bet some of the car we've seen don't see much tarmac
RAD! Nice find Jeroen! Love classic machines like this.
Great car Jeroen ! Thanks for sharing.
cause theire tons of this kind of cars at hillclimbevents in germany, nobody bothered to look at it. probaly would be worh covering one of this events (http://www.berg-meisterschaft.de/). anyway, i believe the hillclimbscene is even bigger in france or switzerland (well, there, cause circuitracing ist banned).
Such great, classic styling from this car, and it's complimented by the tasteful mods. You complimented it further with your photography. Well done, Jerome!
Tuffest circuit spec Kadett/Gemini I have seen. Nice work.
very nice
Would be sweet to drop an SR20 into one of those.
Love it!
Brilliant
Awsome Kadett ! OPEL for EVER !!!
AWESOME! More of this,
nice car, but it isn't a gte as they were only ever built in the coupe / fastback shape. this is the saloon version so someone has maybe just built it using gte parts (axle, engine etc) . nice car, all the same.
i've got 2 x in the coupe shape, and one's running an xe 2.0!!!
Time for another Kadett spotlight, maybe a bit less extreme than the last one I posted... .Well, his
Its not a real gt/e as those only came in coupe form,.. none the less a nice c-kadett