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Re: The astra you never heard of....
Thumbs! Any bigger pics?
Was definitely known as a Jubilee here, that spec. Never seen a metallic black one before though.Comment
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Re: The astra you never heard of....
Just to add to the thread, yes the GMx was an upgraded Merit, had the Merit seats, mechanically just the 1.3 4 speed box, did have tinted glass with top tint screen, plus all the other bits listed, when i had mine my Dad had a D reg Merit and to be fair the GMx looked a lot more car, i bought mine in Aug 89 so around 3 years old
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Re: The astra you never heard of....
Wow! it does exist! Thanks for the post Dave its great to clarify the spec from someone who actually had one. it looks great in white, did you ever see anymore in different colours etc? did you buy from a main dealer? if so where? long shot i know but i doubt you still have it?Comment
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I notice it had side repeaters and the aerial on the wing rather than the roof? ive never seen an early spec car with these?Comment
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Re: The astra you never heard of....
No sadly i don't still have it, i have seen them in yellow before but don't recall seeing any other white ones, i bought it from an independant dealer who didn't know anything about it really, back in 89 there wasn't the info available that we have now with the internet etc so i couldn't find anything else out about it, the G-MEX motorshow thing is news to me, i really had no idea, i did know it was a genuine special edition car but that was about it, the car hasn't been taxed or tested since the late 90's so i suspect long gone by now, that picture was taken in 89 when the car had around 20k on it, i have to say i've always preferred the Polar white to Glacier white, glad you like the car, i have some more pictures...somewhere...if they turn up i'll post them on hereOriginally posted by Speedett View PostComment
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Re: The astra you never heard of....
Yes good old Polar white you cant beat it ! Yes please do post any more pictures you come across we would love to see them as this car was a real rarity because like you say there was no net so any info is very scarce. Thanks again.Comment
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Re: The astra you never heard of....
Dave was there a numbered plaque somewhere inside do you remember?Comment
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Apparently it should come with a certificate with the number on it which i was never given but to be fair i didn't know that until a couple of days ago, it didn't have a plaque anywhereComment
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Just to clarify, the bottom half of this was metallic paint, not matt black transfer as per Astra SRComment
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Re: The astra you never heard of....
Looking at the advert it appears to have had its number on the tailgate too. Do you recall what number it was out of interest?
Maurice - wing-mount aerial was standard here from the get-go (manual or electric), the side repeaters were fitted from approx Nov '85 onwards in response to legislation I believe. Tends to be that really early cars with the narrow tailgate handle don't have them...Comment
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Re: The astra you never heard of....
As said side repeaters were legal requirement from around March 86 so most cars produced from late 85 would have them, I think the boot had been painted on mine so the number was never there, I asked the local dealer who had absolutely no idea, I think the certificate was the only way to know, being 17 when I bought this I had no idea about cars other than how to clean them, I wonder if any of the participating dealers are still around, don't know if you get the owner history from dvla the number would be there, I did this with a Capri a couple of years ago and all the original dealer registration forms came with the paperwork, costs about £15 there aboutsComment
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