I had a 1969 gt when I was 19 I am now 70 .I had to sell her to buy a Family car ,69 fiat 124 coup, but still have a soft spot for my gt. my wife named it the bullet in a poem that decried the time I spent on the car, she was red.I do enjoy watching your passion with yours . jeff

Thank you for another great video, impressive work. 👍

I am mesmerized by your work and skill. Thank you for sharing your journey with us as you restore this amazing car.

Im Video ging alles schnell. In der Praxis nimmt das Messen die meiste Zeit in Anspruch. Es war wieder bewundernswert. Viel Gesundheit und Vernunft für das neue Jahr und alles wird gut. Grüße aus Haarlem. In the video it all happened quickly. In practice, measuring takes up most of the time. It was worthy of admiration again. A lot of health and sanity for the new year, and everything will be fine. Greetings from Haarlem.

Your doing an amazing job on that rust bucket I can’t believe how it was built with so many water traps and leaks

Amazing skills, verry gratifying to watch a skilled craftsman.

Great work man, you are saving a piece of history!

Seeing your work and a GT chassis down to its' bones really makes me appreciate the work Opel'a design team made to build this car, even though it's not perfect.

Once again, very big respect; Fantastic job. Best Regards Th.Manke

I just found your channel and watched all 20 videos in one day. Keep up the good work.

Great panel making and video, love your workshop/garage you definitely have all the gear keep up the good work fantastic 👍🏻

Every time I think you're done patching rust holes, you find more to cut out! Lol! Very nice work as usual...

Brother I can hardly wait for the metal work to be done! And I have been watching the summarized version of the work!! 577 hours so far. In Canada we have a saying " You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." Loosely translated, "Once a piece of junk always a piece of junk." You are proving that old saying a lie. Keep the faith, don't give up.

You have a great attention to detail. Nice work 👍

Amazing work as always. 👍

Splendid job, thank You for sharing! 🙏

Loving your ingenuity and tenacity in the face of sooo much rust. I hope you're having a nice Christmas break. I can't wait to see your next video! Keep up the good work! 👏🏻

As always quality work ❤❤

Wonderful work, you’re a king!

I'm am amazed at not only at the skill but the dedication. My GT is not in as rough a shape as yours, but I'm still worried about my ability level the time and tooling. GOD bless and keep on keepin on.

Your car was born the same year as I love those cars.

AWsome work I had a manta coupe. liked that car a lot!

Brilliant video, right from the beginning. The music builds up the tense, then bam - some stop motion animatons and i‘m already smiling. After this firework we see more holes in the Opel than good old moon has craters. And i‘m like, will this ever come to an end ? But you keep your head down and eliminate one rust nest after the other. This is all routine, but on a boss level. Oh, i almost forget the water flow demonstration. This came of out nowhere. Didńt expect that. Awesome. Never seen anything like that in a video about car restauration. What a highlight. Every viewer instantly understands the issue. Way of water 😅 And again the small details. Keep the workshop tidy and collect all the debris. Love it. Again Perfect Entertainment. Very well done 👍🏻

Great work yet again.keep it up.inspirational😊😊😊

Your skills with metal working are what keep me amazed... a friend owns 4 of these GTs.. I'll turn him on to your channel

Another Great video! That car sure has some weird rust. My opel gts I don't think are rusty at the air channel above the rear window. But I have heard of that rust before. And the rust on the side of the car was crazy! But man you are getting stuff done! Keep it up!

What a great job!!!

I have to admire your commitment to the work. You must give a heavy sigh sometimes when you come across new rust! And Talking of Admiration I do admire your garage and tools. I am working on my Maserati with nowhere near as much space or tools. Ok, ok I will admit I am bit jealous!

Great editing! Keeps me focused and interested!

Ich habe in den 90er Jahren eine "Restauration" mit GFK-Panelen beobachten dürfen. Gruselig, wie rott der GT da schon war. Ich genieße deine Videos und bewundere deine skills.

I’m amazed at your sheet metal fabrication skills and thoroughness of prep and fit/finish. 👍🏻 Your welding could be improved upon you’re right.

Excellent work.

I love CAD DESIGN, ...cardboard aided design it works so very well at replicating body sections for restoration, keep up the great video's!!!😅😅😅😅😅😅

Always a pleasure to see you working on metal sheets!

Loving your channel as it's the first car restoration that is showing every step of the way. Hope to see many more.

Love the little GT, I always thought it deserved a better power plant.

Great progress again, you are doing an outstanding job and it is a pleasure to see you going forward.

Your work its made its very good...💪🏻💪🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Again great work, you make it seem easy

Great work and skills!

I just finished binge watching all 20 episodes after getting recommendation a few days ago. Great work and very inspiring! I have a Volvo 1800ES that needs a similar amount of rust repair. I hope to get started on it within a few years.

Another beautiful video, it's nice to see that you restore everything so carefully, I'm looking forward to the next episode 🙂👍🏻

HELLO ALWAYS VERY GOOD to look your skills...

There's nothing like doing the right way, and having the ability and foresight to do it. GT's aren't rare, but it's rare to see a good one anymore. Highly underrated.

Man. Absolut stunning work up to the smallest details 💪

Excellent vid.

congratulations for your hard work, the sole point you could improve is the welding. Prepare even better your pieces where they must be joined, then weld slowly spot by spot, let's say every 5 cm before you slowly weld point by point until it is closed. Going always from the thickest metal to the thinner metal avoiding extre heat transferring. This method allows you to put less and less weld into your repair and then you will have not so much to grind. Keep the hreat work and the faith, your car will be amazing

new subscriber here! excellent choice of music! And may wuat great work! This car is going to be a looker!

Sehr gute Arbeit 👍

You make the corner drainage plates better than opel did it....absolutly amazing 🔝💯👌🏼👍🏼

i truly can't wait to see what you do with all the metal stripped from the car. Oh yeah, I can't wait to see the fully restored car too.

brilliant work sir...and 4:38.. genius directing 👌👌

Really a great job! 😀👍

lite kul när du nämner att "det ser ut som om det är lite rost"

Nice work

I saw a GT in blue metallic and chrome around 1984/5 in Kentish Town and wanted one, knowing very little about cars general and the Opel GT in particular. I then bought one in 1985/6 and it was rotten. I drove it from Wimbledon to Romford with very dead brakes, the handbrake was necessary to actually stop! I didn’t manage to restore it but loved it anyway until I met a girl and had to sell her. I lost money but still have an affection. Prefer original restored, rather than crazy custom versions. Keep up the great work. Not sure about the colour, I liked the Orange GT-J look, but I’d say a silver would work.

Cool cars !

wow, this is a titanic job, respect!

Super jobb!👏

Another nice work 👍. The GT was a function follows design so there are many spots illogical but they wouldn´t be that iconic the other way. They are the same league than 356 Porsche and Karmann Ghia (Design and Rust). Stay tuned.

Coach Gilbertson railed a blue one of those around snohomish when I as in junior high... cool cars

Superb work, as always. It's a pity that you felt that you could not butt weld the dissimilar thicknesses of metal, but it is sensible to recognise one's limitations and the job you have done looks very good. Best wishes.

I am old enough to remember the first Opels by Buick the model that appeared in the final death scene of West side Story a dark primerish orange the Mantas which came as sedans and wagons and finally those bad ass looking GTs though I have recognised the work on the BOOT. I recall the steel wheels the pop up headlights For some reason I can’t recall the body colors that they came in I recall a gray or silver but that’s it

I’m throughly enjoying your journey and agree that, that era of Opels are rust buckets. I’ve had a few Opels in my time and from the 1974 Ascona A to the 2001 Calibra, all were prone to rust. Agreed,the Calibra was better than the Ascona, but I only had for 3 years, but did see starting rust in the sill joints.

11:22 та немає чогось магічного у зварюванні різно товстих металів - просто тикай у тей що товстіше)) Даремно, що ви не сробували. Вважаю, що це вміння ви опнуєте за годину-півтори) Бажаю успіхів, дякую за відео.

That is going to be one sweet car when it's done..

You know, I think you beat yourself up too much about the quality oy your welding. This is some of the best overall restoration work to be seen on KZfaq. Argon/CO2 mix will definitely give you cleaner welds, and a better quality mask is always good, particularly from the point of being able to see what you are doing better. I am 71 now and ill quite a lot, so I feel I am coming to the end of my welding career, but I always wish I had spent more money and bought an R Tech MIG welder along with one of their masks. Many people on YT are using these and getting superb results. The designers at R Tech have spent years perfecting MIG welders that perform well on thin sheet steel. Some great YT channels for reference are Trev's blog, Yorkshire Car Restoration, Restore It and Dave's Garage. Anyway, looking forward to the next video.

Came across this channel yesterday and I was hooked. Watched them all now. I've enjoyed them very much. Wondering if you have used Wray Schelines shrinking disks. When you get to the outer panels you may find them very helpful. Pro shaper workshop I believe. My mate used them on my 69 Datsun roadster cowl and they are quite something.

Try a piece of copper plate when butt welding different thickness. Copper plate takes away the heat from the thin metal and can stop holes burning through.

Great episode, and your replacement parts making skills are very strong. Very nice work, looking forward to the next video. Also - loose the hour count as at the end you don't know if you should laugh or cry :D (just kidding, it is a nice touch)

Nice move with the epoxy between the parts ❤ Could be me 👍🏽

Hemmetin vaikeista paikoista joudutkin tekemään korjauksia mutta hyvältä näyttää 👍

Crazy that an e-type Jaguar cost the same in the UK! When it was launched.

Telling the complet story of the Opel GT. Fact is it has nearly the same suspension of the B-kadett. Nearly I quote. A lot of B-Kadett parts fit, sometime minor dimensional changes are made. This B-Kadett was notorious for its snaking, unsafe roadholding. Conclusion: I you have the looks, you don't automaticaly have the road holding... Many bought the GT but sold it soon after to a new victim(?), and were then cured from it. The same was valid for the glassfibre supercar bodies placed on Beetle chassis. The looks, but behind that it is hollow.

Hi You continue to impress, but I must correct you. You say "The Boot - unique rust trap" I say Opel GT 1971 - unique rust trap. Did a Fiat 124 years ago. It was so rusty TIG/MIG wasn't around those days so my choices were spot welds, brazing and solder. Didn't have your skill with metal so fabricated panels. Bends were OK but curves, pleats and depressions were hard to get right and all these were done by hammer and heat. No English wheel, No beader. the 124 was finished and it was good. It was sold to a guy nearby. I still see it from time to time. I made lots of metal working mistakes with this car and learned lots especially when some panels were done multiple times. You amaze me with your ability to fabricate panels without fancy tools and get it right the first time. I still can't do that.. I'll hang around to see you finish this car. Happy Christmas

Frankly the rust on this car is beyond belief and is making me queasy.

Danke für das tolle Video von euch ich habe schon sehnsüchtig drauf gewartet,ich war leider sehr erschrocken das ihr für den Rostschutz Spredosen nehmen tut ich bin Autolackierer Meister und ich würde immer Rostschutz auf Ep Grund nehmen das ist das beste und ich würde es auch immer mit dem Pinsel auftragen da die Karosserie sandgestrahlt geworden ist und dich den der Druck mit dem Pinsel die Materialien in die Poren einreiben werden, und daduch eine bessere Vernetzung eingegangen wird und immer schön vorher entfetten mit Silikonentfernen. Der beste Rostschutz ist der von der Firma Brunox Epoxy der ist auf 1- K Basis der wird nach der Trocknung schwarz und für Sachen wo es rein laufen soll ist Owatrol end weder zum streichen oder in Spredose so haben wir das in unsrer Lackierer gemacht und damit sind wir immer sehr gut gelaufen und haben nicht Probleme bekommen und zur Abdichtung von Nähte Sikaflex genommen es gibt es auch Produkt die Schleif fähig sind natürlich drauf achten das überlackiert werden kann aber das brauche ich glaube nicht drauf hinweisen so haben wir Oldtimer vor bereitete sol von mir nur als Info sein. Ich wünsche ihnen und auch ihrer Familie eine schöne Weihnacht Zeit und Gesundheit und ich freue mich schon sehr auf das Nest Video von ihnen mit freundlichen Grüßen Marcus Meyer Lackierer Meister Bremen

I’m sure British Leyland used similar designs of rust traps, as well of many of their own creations into the 1980s 😊

I restored a 70 Kadett Rallye 1.9. Happy i did it but would never do it again.

Like a jeweler. A true artist. Always a treat to watch your work. Thanks. BTW, can you axplain what is the white paint you use to seal?

Other than VW's Karmann Ghia, there is no other car that rusts so much as the Opel GT...😮 Unfortunately, this will really hold back the value potential of the Opel GT in the future....

👍👍👍😎😎😎nice

Opnieuw uitbrengen met beter onderstel en moderne , goede metaalbescherming. Misschien achterraam open te klappen naar een wat grotere bergruimte.

You should consider transforming your hobby into your business. Taking into account the rust experience you faced and tackled with this GT and the demonstrated mastery of reading curves, you are good to attack Porsche 356 projects

Wow

Hello,what is your time schedule?Do you expect that you can drive the car in summer 2024? Thank you for the video,always a pleasure Greetings from Germany

What's the white stuff you're brushing on?

Hi, i have just discovered your channel ,it’s very inspirational, iam in the middle of a very rotten classic mini so i need inspiration, whats the white paint you use on some metalwork ?i suspect its epoxy primer but not sure, keep up the good work, thanks again

Is that POR-15 for waterproofing?

Sehr gut. Hast du schon einen Zeitplan bezüglich der Fertigstellung?

Wondering why you didn't make a drain for the water with the first repair? Maybe you did, I'm not sure?

So, is it now a bug or a feature?

what is this paint?

Finland?

5:21 What kind of goo is this? Did I miss something or didn’t You mention it?

Mitäs tuo valkone maali on mitä käytät? Mistä saa? Manta -72 projekti menoillaa.

I really admire your skills and your patience. But to be honest: Although the Opel GT is a really beautiful car, I wouldn't do this to myself. Unfortunatelly electrocoating didn't exist in 1971. That would have saved you a lot of work and time.

Das Boot?

schweissen muss er noch lernen, sonst ein gute arbeit wie er die repbleche anfertigt.

I don't think Impressive is a strong enough word to use here