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Welcome back David. Too bad you are not on FB anymore but I understand. Good luck with the rebuild.

Darn what a rollercoaster story. I hope all goes well now and you find internal tranquility to focus on the rebuild. It was a beautiful car when you had finished it the first time. Concerning unassisted brakes, I removed the servo as well but kept the Metro master cylinder. It works fantastic, good ...

Those undertrays will be awesome at high speed. Unbelievable how the car feels planted with these things. They really work!

I modified the front lights of my mk3 with LED lights. I installed LED lights in the existing Cibie beams, still have to find out if it passes the MOT this way. Plenty of light though and I like the 5000K color in favour of the 3000K yellowish color.
Citylights and indicators were replaced by a ...

Could be friction in the system. That said it's a sort of black art. Mine have never worked as they should be. Disconnected the rods from the motor, felt okay with manual input.. Put a new motor in, result still the same. grrrr.

Awesome bit of detective work. Thanks for sharing. Makes me a bit melancholic though.

Yes David Manifold has.

Is it hydragas or shockabsorber/springs ?

Welcome to the forum. Great stuff, those 2+2 are practical cars but very rare. GTM built only 20 or so. Good to get her on the road again.

I was already for years fed up with the Opel Ascona (Cavalier) tail lights on my mk3 convertible. It's basically a timeless car, but the lights give it away. I wanted units that could be installed without body mods, for if a next owner wanted to install the originals again.
It is tempting to go for ...