1972 Opel GT, Will It Run After 30 Years? | Turnin Rust

As soon as we get the 1972 Opel GT back to the shop, we dive right into it to see if she will run after 30 years of sitting.

Join in with the crew on this mini-series of Will It Run, featuring a 1972 Opel GT.

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[gregwise]

Tip, When Pulling the plugs on an engine that has been sitting for a long time, I like to use Marvel Mystery Oil, or ATF In a Pump Type Oil Can To Put It In The Cylinders, I Let It Soak For A While, & Then I Start Moving It Back, & Forth By Hand With A Wrench On The Crank Pulley 1/4, then 1/2, Then a Full Turn, Then Several Full Turns, Before I Ever Attempt To Turn It Over With The Starter. But I Was Doing This In Order To Keep, & Use These Engines For Many Years, & This Method Has Worked For Me For 50+ Years, My God Has Taught Me Patience, & It Has Served Me Well. God Bless You, & Thank You !!

[johnpolczynski]

Had a friend that is the only cars he had from age 16 to 55 great to see it go on its own power brought me back to a better place. Thanks guys

[siamhossain]

These older cars have soo much character and history see’in them brings 😭 to my eyes. Thank you so much for restoring preserving history.

[johnedwards]

This has only been like my dream car since I was about 9 and that was back in the early seventies I've always loved the opal GT series

[akawireguy]

I like the less structured, more casual vibe in this video. Real world.

[j.v.s.coldshot]

Had a Opel gt in the early to mid 80's, loved that car.Been wanting another ever since. Looked for years but couldn't find one. Now at 64, living on my SS, I could never afford to buy one let alone, cherry it out. Thanks so much for your video, it brought back many great memories.

[Munchy]

My parents used to have 2 of these. Seeing you all getting this to run again and hearing the sounds just brings back so many memories for me from my childhood. Unfortunately I had to sell both of them a few years ago but thank you for the memories.

[makeamericagratefulagain]

I had one of these in the early 80s. Need little car. When I finally sold it, a German flew out, paid me top dollar and put it on a boat back home.

I'll never forget when I tuned it up one time and got it all back together and I couldn't get the timing right on it. Nothing seemed to make the adjustment work. It ran a little rough. I finally noticed that the old rotor was out of it like it was supposed to be but the new rotor was still in the box like it wasn't supposed to be. That thing was firing on all four cylinders at the same time and still running, with the spark jumping across four huge gaps in the distributor. Got to love that Bosch ignition.

[neonstudio]

Thanks for not taking too much and not using any SUBSCRIBED

[dabbler]

Love that car! Had 4 between 73 and 76. Chromed the headlight covers, fender flares from Manta Part, and a 2bbl Weber carb! Like to have anther one to retire with me.

[moment]

When I saw the engine compartment in the video after the hood was down, I didn't expect the engine to work with so little effort.
"OPEL der Zuverlässige !" (Opel the Reliable !)

[patrickbyr]

My late father had a 72 Opel GT. I learned to drive stick in that thing, circa 1986! Brings back a lot of fond memories (and a bit of PTSD from Dad yelling at me to hold the flashlight still). Enjoyed watching you bring it back to life.

[Stubbykca]

I am 75 years young, and I absolutely love your Video's. God Bless you both & keep you safe!

[perotekku]

Man, old cars, God, and Texas! Can't beat that combo!

Greetings from Manitoba, Canada. Drove down to your beautiful state once before, hope to be back with my rusty project one day, I'll have to stop by!

[AttorneyBCollins]

I had the last decent one back in '90. The rumor is they were rusty at the dealers. Those head lights raise and turn on by a handle on the console. Might have gotten a little hard to pull since then. If you want to pull the engine, you take the front suspension out and drop it through the bottom. the Opel GT's were beautiful, but high maintenance. Mine was getting a loose timing chain causing the points to go fast. I fixed it by selling it to another owner. I spotted it about 30 miles away along a road I traveled frequently. It sat in the same spot for about 10 years.

[ГретыйТумблерг]

Да, с двигателем эти ребята работают профессионально. Немного волшебных движений руками и при звуке работающего двигателя автоматический переводчик написал на экране слово "музыка". Молодцы парни.
Yes, these guys work professionally with the engine. A little magic hand movements and at the sound of the engine running, an automatic translator wrote the word "music"on the screen. Well done guys.

[-iiixiii--identity-]

1972 : we will have flying cars!!
2020 : we will renew em and use ol cars

[blackfender]

Awesome when I was 15 years old my Brother had one of these cars.I have had it on my mind for over 40 years ! always wanted one.

[cartmanrlsusall]

The lesson to be learned here is pressure washing first is a good thing

[t.vaimaona]

I wish me and my Dad had this. I love there relationship between these two. Keep making great videos.