opel kadett cead info required for resto

andy 85

im after a couple of pictures of the kadett cead there were only 100 sold in ireland .they were black and had stripes down the sides i cant seem to get my hands on any pictures i am nearing the end of restoring one and need pics to get the stickers made up .any pics welcome and info thanks

carchaeologist

Is this your car?

andy 85

thats actually the 1 iv got theres no stripes on it and i cant get a pic of one with the stripes

carchaeologist

This is the 'Ultra' Kadett, similar supposedly? And also a special edition?

Meleftone

Like this one

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055836255

hi5

From memory it had the cead on the tailgate in gold in celtic style font .
Sorry,but it was almost 30 years ago:)

sid131

here ya go

hi5

A you sure that 412NZL is a cead, the badging seems different on the back?

carchaeologist

That is one retro '80s pic sid131!!!

Hermy

carchaeologist wrote: »

Is this your car?

Nice Saab in the background.

andy 85

its defo a cead had it verified by the dealers who sold it it was resprayed 15 or so years ago hense no badges and y i needed the pics its great to finally see a pic of one fair play sid131.if anyone else has any more feel free to put them up

gyppo

Andy, who are you getting to make up the stickers/stripes?
I need similar work done soon.

andy 85

i dont know yet to be honest i suspect some of the crowds that do the writing on vans are you doing a kadett aswell i needed a couple of bpics for something to go by so ill just drive the car and bring the pictures with me and c what happens

sid131

last one

Hermy

Great pic - lovely collection.

carchaeologist

sid131 wrote: »

last one

All cubic now I guess? How old is the pic?

sid131

1980 or 1981
the cead was stolen & recovered a while later kinda trashed dont know what ever happened it, just cant remember!

Hermy

carchaeologist wrote: »

All cubic now I guess? How old is the pic?

Ah, I thought it was a recent pic.:(

JabbaTheHut

You still looking for pics, Andy? I know a guy that was passionate about his one, and took a lot of photos of it. I can suss him out if you want.

andy 85

yea all the pics i can get my hands on that would be great see what u can do

JabbaTheHut

Leave it with me. Might take a couple of days.

hi5

For sale in DoneDeal

Would make a nice replica Cead:)


http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/2328764

bijapos

Looks to be nice and clean the way it is. I'd keep it original tbh. Theres plenty of modded fake classic cars out there, RS2000's , Mexico's and so on. You would need a new interior as well, and either way the Cead wasn't the most well known edition either. Just keep it the way it is, it looks grand.

JabbaTheHut

I managed to get my hands on a few. The GPI reg pics are of an untouched Cead I told. The rest are of the Cead owned by the guy that gave me the pics. He said the gold stripe was added to a good few by their owners. Also, TIC 286 was one of 2 sold in Carlow, the other being TIC 284.

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Thanks to Tommy Nog for the pics.

carchaeologist

What happened to TIC in the end?

JabbaTheHut

Shame really. The lads in the first pic were owners at different times. I know two others that had it too. She was never pucked or buckled in any way, although was well driven on. Iirc, she never had a respray. But the last I saw of her was about 10 years ago, and she looked exactly like someone took an iron bar to her and bet the sh1t out of her. Not a straight panel on left. Not really that it was in an accident, but actually bet with bars, kinda like Christine. Except the Cead never was able to repair itself. I heard shortly after that she was sent to the breakers yard. Maybe she still is sitting somewhere, but I doubt it. R.I.P. Cead.

mb1725

My brother used to take a note of Kadett Cead reg plates when he spotted them. I found it recently and it goes as follows:

464 GPI
489 GPI
909 FZB
992 FZB
152 GZB
IZB 100
JZB 100
ZB 9517
ZF 11
933 PHI
993 RHI
70 SHI
9839 FI
9750 FI
9850 FI
3444 KI
OWI 628
8606 TI
731 HIP
839 HIP
ZCI 842
VZN 323
973 HZL
91 MZL
589 UZL

100% accuracy can't be guaranteed but he was pretty eagle eyed in those days. Wouldn't it be nice to see how many of the 100 cars people remember to complete the list further?

podgee

mb1725 wrote: »

My brother used to take a note of Kadett Cead reg plates when he spotted them. I found it recently and it goes as follows:

464 GPI
489 GPI
909 FZB
992 FZB
152 GZB
IZB 100
JZB 100
ZB 9517
ZF 11
933 PHI
993 RHI
70 SHI
9839 FI
9750 FI
9850 FI
3444 KI
OWI 628
8606 TI
731 HIP
839 HIP
ZCI 842
VZN 323
973 HZL
91 MZL
589 UZL

100% accuracy can't be guaranteed but he was pretty eagle eyed in those days. Wouldn't it be nice to see how many of the 100 cars people remember to complete the list further?

You can add 101 UIZ to your list. They tried to get 100 UIZ but it was already gone - on what I've no idea.

P

carchaeologist

ZF11, a 1946 Cork city 80s re-issue. Neat.
ZB9517 is also a 40s reissue.
IZB 100 and JZB100 were originally 1960s issues too.

carchaeologist

podgee wrote: »

You can add 101 UIZ to your list. They tried to get 100 UIZ but it was already gone - on what I've no idea.

P

100UIZ was a Ford Fiesta. 101UIZ was scapped pre 1993 it would seem.

andy 85

great stuff lad thanks for all the help this will get me well on the way im waitin on it back from the sprayers ill stick up a few pics when its doen

andy 85

eventually finished the car here it is

S Line

Was this the same Kadette that was used as the getaway car for the kidnappers of Don Tidy in the TV3 documentary ‘Crimes that shook Ireland’

I reckon it was (it had a black and silver reg plate, I just didn’t react quickly enough to try and memorise the reg)

There were MK 2 & 3 escorts as well as a MK1 fiesta that appeared to have original regs as well as a Jaguar XJ with an 83-D- plate

A lot of the archive footage was good too – Datsun Cherry, Ford Granada Garda Cars and Army FJ Land Cruisers

manta mad

yep ,, was the same kadett on tv3 last night !

dingding

What extras had the Cead have over the normal car and was it much extra to buy.

Also what year were they sold.

THanks

andy 85

not too sure on the price it had the sr steerin wheel a rev counter the red and gold stripes cead badges alloys and they were sold in 1981 and they were all black

dingding

hi5 wrote: »

For sale in DoneDeal

Would make a nice replica Cead:)


http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/2328764

Looks like it has the proper Cead alloys.

hi5

They were on other Kadetts as well, not sure if they were on anything else sold in Ireland though.

Silvera

andy 85 wrote: »

eventually finished the car here it is

Nice restoration!
Btw, where did you get the plates made up? (or still on original plates)?

andy 85

the original plates were the same i got a company in ardee in co louth to make them . the guy did a great job hand made them had to cut the numbers and letters by hand

carchaeologist

andy 85 wrote: »

the original plates were the same i got a company in ardee in co louth to make them . the guy did a great job hand made them had to cut the numbers and letters by hand

Indeed he did, were they expensive?
Often a good resto is let down by cheap or 'wrong' long plates, they are era perfect!

Blue850

Press release from March 1981

The Red Ace

good find, I remember seeing a few of them around Galway in the early eighties