Omega Buyers Guide?

[anV6]

Hi anV6

Here are some pictures of the Bitter Monaro. The pics are taken on a Freiburg industrial area. I knew the place, so I am sure that is no fake. The car was offered for 19500 €

Not so bad.

Pontiac GTOs imported via Bremerhaven  are (included toll and license) in the same range. But without history.

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I must say I like the way the Bitter looks better than the GTO. It must be a real mind twist in the autobahn when people see it. 

Do you know how many Bitter converted?

€19000 is indeed around the going price for a GTO. I would rather pay that for the Bitter because of the history as you say.

[Fraggles Rock]

Some correction is needed here...

That is an imported GTO... the Monaro/GTOs were all built in Australia. Eric Bitter bought an early production car from the Holden factory and made some detailed changes, the wheels being most obvious. It never made 'production'...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_Cars

Also confimed in this Australian article about the Holden VE Caprice...

http://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/bitter-looks-sweet-15296

The Gto version was lightly reworked for US regulations, but was launched in late 2003 for the 2004 model year,which confirms the Bitter SC11 as an early production car having been displayed in autumn 2003.

HTH

[Zirfeld]

Hi Fraggle Rock

That is not an imported GTO. It is an imported Holden. You can see it on the gasoline tank position. Holdens fill ins are in Omega position, the GTOs have their fill in high underneath the end of "C" pillar, because the tank is behind the backseats.

So Bitter did not only detailed changes. He converted a Holden into LHD and brought the car through the German law of licence. Also he created different front designs.

Sadly only a handful cars where build....

Rolf

[Fraggles Rock]

ALL early Monaro Coupes, including the earliest pre production Gtos from 2001 to 2004 had the fuel tank under the boot floor as per the Omega. 2005-2007 My, ie end of production, have the filler in the C pillar coupled with a smaller boot and the tank behind the rear seat.

As a rule of thumb, 5.7 cars have the boot floor tank and 6.0 cars have the rear seat tank and relocated filler all. Looks like the final production 5.7s jumped the gun on moving the fuel tank for type approval reasons.

The only place those lhd Monaros could have come from is the Holden factory. The Monaro had a variety of production front ends, of which the example you posted looks pretty stock

[anV6]

Is it difficult to get the cruise control to work? I have looked at a couple of cars which were converted from automatic to manual and the sellers said cruise control no longer work after the conversion. Something to do with it being programmed for an automatic or whatever was the explanation.  Is it difficult to put it right?

[Doctor Gollum]

Crappoy excuses for lazy work... requires a clutch switch and some loom... much easier to fit at the time than to mess around with after as the wiring can be done before the clutch is fitted

[anV6]

I thought the manual transmission shouldn't be the excuse as I have had several manual cars with cruise control.

But I guess to do it now after everything is in I'm looking at quite a bit of work then?

[Doctor Gollum]

Answered in my last post

[Zirfeld]

Hi an V6

As gollum says, you need a clutch switch. Most Opel Omegas are pre cabled for ride control use. For further details look for Kurt`s "Tempomat" postings (opel-voting.de)

Rolf

[anV6]

Answered in my last post

You said what needs to be done. I was asking how much work it is? 

Have you done the job?

[anV6]

Hi an V6

As gollum says, you need a clutch switch. Most Opel Omegas are pre cabled for ride control use. For further details look for Kurt`s "Tempomat" postings (opel-voting.de)

Rolf

Thanks Rolf! I will see if I find it. Never heard of the forum either, so it's good to know about it. But my German skills are very unimpressive. 

[zirk]

Answered in my last post

You said what needs to be done. I was asking how much work it is? 

Have you done the job?

Everything you need to know is in the OOF Guides, search for it.

[anV6]

Answered in my last post

You said what needs to be done. I was asking how much work it is? 

Have you done the job?

Everything you need to know is in the OOF Guides, search for it.

Do you mean the FAQ? I didn't see it there.

[henryd]

Answered in my last post

You said what needs to be done. I was asking how much work it is? 

Have you done the job?

Everything you need to know is in the OOF Guides, search for it.

Do you mean the FAQ? I didn't see it there.

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90592.0

[zirk]

Answered in my last post

You said what needs to be done. I was asking how much work it is? 

Have you done the job?

Everything you need to know is in the OOF Guides, search for it.

Do you mean the FAQ? I didn't see it there.

SEARCH for it, Im not doing it for you.