Joerg wrote:

Vacuum?


Reduced air pressure, suction, lift, or whatever you prefer to call
it, but it tried to lift the front end of the car, and ripped the hood
loose.


Anyhow, Germany _is_ a lefthand drive country. Kadetts were built in
Bochum, Germany. I knew some guys there. AFAIR the other place in Europe
was somewhere in England where they were called Vauxhall instead of
Opel. Maybe there were more places but I've never heard of a French
Opel. The French didn't like German cars much and from a marketing
perspective it wouldn't have made much sense. In fact, I once repaired a
transmission on a Kadett. All the stuff in there that I touched was
German made and the spare for the broken gear came from Bochum.


I have no idea, but that was what was marked on the vehicle and some
repair parts. The car body was scrapped 30 years ago, and someone
stole the engine and transmission, along with the front axle. I was
going to mate the 55 HP 4 cylinder engine with a 27 KW Agtronics 120/240
VAC PTO driven alternator head for a portable genset, and to use for
emergency power at my home. A couple bolts separated it from the
damaged body, and adding a simple trailer tongue would have made it into
a trailer.


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prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida