A real piece of rocking horse shyte

DeadEye

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Seitenteil-Seitenwand-innen-hinten-rechts-Kadett-D-ORIGINAL-OPEL-183282-/271557160835?pt=DE_Autoteile&hash=item3f3a116f83

brianm · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 6:46 pm Post subject:

Oh how I could have done wi that when I was doing the rebuild

DeadEye · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 6:47 pm Post subject:

AntB · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:56 pm Post subject:

I had one for the passenger side of mine , picked it up at Billing years ago , because it was such a pain to use the whole panel I just used the the wheel arch tub with the lower rear 1/4 and the lower inner sill piece , made a very easy repair compared to fabricating new bits from scratch

Jon_Kadett · Astra Legend Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 4087

I'd love a pair of them to match my quarter panels!

If you look at the bit that's always rotten inside the sills, it welds to the actual outer sill. You can see the spot welds on a mint car that's never had work there.

DeadEye · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 1:38 pm Post subject:

AntB · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:04 pm Post subject:

I bet someone has a floor and doesn't even know what car it's from !!!

DeadEye · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:32 pm Post subject:

Jon_Kadett · Astra Legend Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 4087

Both of my estates, neo (the blue 5dr) and Ecks van had them visible. It's nice to see original spot welds in the archs and sills, then you know you have a minter.

DeadEye · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:44 pm Post subject:

DeadEye · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 12:35 am Post subject:

Joking aside, you can see why that area dissolves. Crying or Very sad

Ash · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:42 am Post subject:

Ant, i've asked Opel about floors before and they can't find any record of them not even a part number. I think that part wasn't available as a whole.

AntB · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:00 am Post subject:

I'm not surprised tbh , although I did once see a brand new complete nova floor for sale at Billing ,probably just left over from the production line , not an actual replacement part

DeadEye · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:32 am Post subject:

There was an Astra boot floor on eBay a few months ago.

It doesn't really make sense that the a-pillar and rear inner web is available as a part, but the floor isn't/wasn't.

Ash · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:39 am Post subject:

I need to check but its the same on the micro fiche. everything but the floor is illustrated with numbers.