I placed my order… It was called the Buick Opel in the US. My brother owned an 81 Civic and my Dad a 76 B210. The Opel looked like a crossover of the two. Looking forward to receiving the poster and seeing this gem finished.
I doubt you are able to read all the comments but it would be fantastic if you put round headlights in your Gemini, And that car looks very similar to my 1969 Toyota sprinter fast back!
Start from 17.58 and replay the screen Marty is looking at I am sure you can see a glimpse of the colour on the screen it looks purple to me but I am old and blind without my glasses so who knows
Come on guys you could at least take it back to bare metal. You cans call it a full resto if you don’t even take the paint off. I can’t wait to see all the shrink backs in a couple of years. And was that galvanised tin he was welding in? That’s not what you use. 😮
@@abcdefgh1 Yep some peoples dogs are watching as well, so that boosted the viewer count (dogs only count as .5, as they're watching with their humans)
@@mickmarrett9284 you wanna see something disgusting? look up "AE86 Trueno restoration project KrYpto&WiFe" and watch when he solder repairs the hatch rot lol (around 7m50s)
@@mightycarmods Its so awesome that you put all this music together yourself. Thats a huge inspiration for me everytime I think about it. Been dreaming of a YT channel to do car adventures and making the music myself for a long time. Keep it going guys, youre the heros of my automotive world
Martin I too delivered Dominos pizza in my gold Gemini coupe with tartan interior named Bad Gem. (Sticker on back window) Out in Sydney’s west in the early 1990s. I had 13” 4 spoke chrome Dragways 😂 purchased from Bob Jane T mart.
I love the throwback videos like this. It shows young people that you can start knowing nothing and learn as you go. Trial and error is the best teacher in the world. Neve stop paying, guys. The world is behind you.
A USA 1976 Isuzu/Opel (Gemini Coupe) was my 2nd car in 1982! I added a Weber carbie, "frenched" the turn signals and door handles and painted it yellow. I loved it because NO ONE even knew what it was. Neither did the car parts store. 2 years later I had to junk it because I couldn't get any parts.
@@StanleyKubick1 It happens more with older cars like this cause most people never garage kept them, so they rusted out and most people wouldn't pay for repair of rust cause cars were soooo cheap back then. I only know this cause my step dad ownes a bunch of vintage Vauxhall and other brand vintage cars. He keeps all his spare parts in massive sheds he stripped of similar make and models
Remember them being called Opel Isuzu by Buick in 78-79. A friend had the 2dr coupe’ in monkey vomit green. Another friend had one that was beige with a tan interior. Who spec’d that from new??
Love how you guys are still doing the very same thing 16 years on, only now on a much larger scale because of the network you both have built, inspirational to say the least 👍🏻
My first car was a vauxhall chevette here in the UK Poster was instantly bought . Got it when I was 17 for 200 pounds . So many memories .33 years later and I still miss it.
My dad had a white Chevrolet Chevette here in Brazil dude, oh the memories! hahahahaha I much rather like how the name Chevette rings, I didn't want to be mean to the boys but gemini sounds so weird!
I want to take a moment to thank you mates for you humor ingenuity craftynesss. Filming voice over editing. All spot on. I live in the states and with the utter insanity. It’s nice to find you 2 guys just a messing around with older cars. Thanks mates
The Gemini coupe was my automotive awakening. Dad built a black one ironically in the mid 90s when I was 5 or 6 years old.. I was obsessed with it, I would draw pictures of it in pre school and everything 😂
The EGR valve, the ignition coil - those things may go away, but if you haven't learned anything from Bad Obsession Motorsports ... KEEP THE BRACKETS! When you realize you need a place to mount something, you might find that EGR bracket is great for some controller box, and the coil bracket will hold your fuel filter. There's even already a place you might be able to put the bracket, without drilling new holes and adding nutserts.
I like Chevettes, the uk had a 2.3litre 16valve slant 4 hatchback known as a HS/HSR, it was a beast introduced in 1978, 135bhp, 135lb ft torque. Changed direction like a kitten chasing a spider, quick for its day. This Kadett style will be a great little restomod, can’t wait? Thanks MCM for all you do. 🙏🏼
Seems like everyone but the US got a cool version of the Chevette. We just got 'dull commuter car' or 'even duller commuter car' options. That said, a friend of mine has one that he's swapped a Subaru EZ30 into, behind the seats. It's absolute madness, to the point that it's had to be taken down to the shell and seam-welded because it was tearing itself apart.
@@musewolfman Yes, there has been some cool special versions of the Kadett (and it's derivates). UK had the wild HSR, mainland europe got the "Aero", "Rallye" and the GT/E. Good old times!
Love em & miss them almost daily. Memories with my mates back in the day are the best & unforgettable. I had 3 coupes back in the 80's, a TX (yellow) , TC (green) & TD (white). One with balanced, blueprinted 1600, twin 45mm side draft webers, cam, exhaust etc. Also member of the Gemini Car Club. Really looking forward to the series ahead !!
I have a 1979 Vauxhall Chevette over here in NZ that still registered, warrented, original carby engine, runs like an old mans dream. It's even harder to find parts for then this thing because it's a 2 door wagon! Never seen another one on the road! Been looking forward to this series for ages, it will give me a boost and some inspiration to tidy mine up!
Me too stumbled upon mcm in about 2008 budget Galant track car and subscribed also from the max power era got my licence in 97 , had many a nugget for many years worked on improved by myself on mother's driveway .
I had a Max power sticker in the back window of my Mk2 Astra and thought I was the boss. Of course I was 18 and couldn't afford a GTE so I had a 1.3L with a blown head gasket weighed down with half of halfords but I still thought I was Colin McRae
The music in this video was excellent!!!!! Please make as much of it available as you dare Moog! So awesome to see Marty so enthusiastic, clearly a lot of memories and emotion for these cars in him.
I love how the project cars have gotten more nuggety and unique. Been here since the radio install and “blue turd” days; yall are by far my favorite channel-much love from the US 🇺🇸
@18:42 _"Alright, there's some silver in there, some black, some grey, some white some red, some blue, could be anything."_ This means this car is going to be metallic *brown or maroon* because brown _paint_ can be made by mixing red and blue.
Flashback to 2005, i wouldve been 13. My brother gets his first car and its a gemini. I remember helping him fit the new head unit.. as well as paint the interior vents and trim in metallic green 🤌 What a time
11:28 Tip for next time you're fighting these bitumen sheets: dry ice. Just throw some dry ice in, let everything cool down and then tap it with a rubber mallet. It'll all shatter and come off clean and easy. No need busting your knuckles and scraping it all off in little chunks at room temp. ;)
I think they've had a 2.0 16v (Z20LET/LEH or C20) ecotec sat on the shelf in the background for years at this point. I can only assume that's for this Kadett, people have called it out in the past.
Makes me pine for my first car - a Mk2 Escort. It was far rustier 30 years ago than your Gemini is today :) Have a look at yorkshire car restoration for proper rust repair
Ohhhh!! I am loving that the Gemini pizza-delivery series is kicking off!! Still just 2 minutes in, but had to comment. Also, I suspect there is gonna be heeeeaps of "Doncha mean, Opel Kadett?", "isn't that a Chevrolet Chevette?", etc... comments. Lol
Finally it's here!! I'm coming along nicely on my own Opel Kadett C City C20XE build and I'm soo super stoked I get to watch this unfold while I'm still working on my own version as well!
Great video boys! Love all the smiles and excitement in this! Definitely not faking the fun and the passion you guys have for this crazy hobby we all enjoy! Looking forward to seeing this awesome little pizza delivery vehicle done tip to tail, and thank Dominos for helping make it happen!
Why oh why are these two crazy Aussies the most wholesome thing to do with cars on the inter-balls??? Humble and simple... and just so good... when they start a big build... i get so excited... 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
My first car was a gemini. A 1975 tx gemini. They are a fun car to learn on. Easy to work on and done right, i got a my g161 bored out a shit load and added twin webbers. People dont realise how light they are. My claim to fame was chopping 253 v8's with it. That was a long time ago. I am almost 50 now and still the car i think about when i reminisce
I don't ever remember seeing a Vauxhall Chevette Coupe in the UK, but in 1983 I was posted to Germany with a new driving licence and a desire to drive around Europe. My first car was a bright orange 4 speed manual transmission, 1976 Opel Kadett 1.2 SR. As I'm sure all of us can with out first cars, the registration number was TX 815 B (a British Forces Germany plate). It had been very well maintained by a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers mechanic. It wouldn't reach 100 MPH, but it would sit on the autobahns at 95 MPH for hour after hour until the fuel tank was empty. It had a 150 W/channel Pioneer stacking non working stereo, and huge speakers on the rear shelf with an illuminated "Pioneer" logo wired into the lights. I was an electronics technician and it turned out to be an easy fix, so I had an awesome (for the time) sound system to boot! Steel Ro-Style black and silver wheels with oversized 175/70/13 tyres and an aftermarket black foam rubber boot lid spoiler completed the look. I worked on the RAF airfields and with access to an enormous runway I learnt how to drive that car to the ragged edge in the dry, the wet and during the winter snow as well. All I did in 2.5 years of ownership was service it, it never needed anything and never broke down. The guy who sold it to me had brought an Opel Manta GT, it looked good but he often told me whilst getting drunk together in the NAAFI bar that he regretted selling it. When I sold it, I had put about 50,000 miles on it and due to the difference in the Pound to the Deutsch Mark exchange rate I sold it for more than I paid for it. During my ownership of it, we bought a tatty 1.6 together, prepped it and used it to compete in rallies and rally X events organized by the RAF. I don't remember that one ever having anything serious go wrong with it either and man did it get abused!! I'd love to own one now, but I live in Thailand now where they were branded as the Isuzu Gemini, they're slightly rarer than rocking horse pooh and having become familiar with the mod cons of modern cars, I wonder if the reality of ownership today would match the memories of ownership from over 40 years ago. But I am looking forward to the full restoration and the modernizing of it. Although from experience I do wonder if despite their cleanliness compared to early 70s engines, a modern engine will prove to be as robust and low maintenance oa the original?
What a way to end an episode we've all been waiting so long to see 😂 As someone possibly a little older than you Marty seeing this build is bringing back some memories of my own from when cruising around as a teen. We had a conversation a few years back at Penrith supercheap about my intention to build a gemgem as a circuit car but sadly it worked out cheaper to buy an early BMW 315i and drop the 5ltr ìnto it. So looking forward to the rest of the series and hopefully seeing the old girl out in the wild in the future 🫡
I used to have a slammed red tx gemini coupe with the td front end. Engine bay was polished everything with with a g180 carby turbo setup. Loved that car.
OMG, I suspected it but now I'm sure, the Gemini was sold in Brazil under the name Chevette, by Chevrolet! My dad had a white one, I didn't know it had been so iconic in Australia! Can't remember if anyone really cared about it back when I lived in NZ, but this is just awesome!
My very first car was a Gemini. Bought brand new in 1982. A TF limited edition “Starsign”. 2 tone blue and silver. Loved it at the time. Super poor quality engine. Did the rings at 25k. My old man is a mechanic. We rebuilt the engine. He and his mate who was an engine builder told me everything was rubbish. Sold it not too long after that. Great memories , tho, as my first car.
My brother was a huge Gemini fan, it was my first car also. He once found a gramps spec coup and was so proud of it. I crashed into it on the day he got it, and wrote it off. He didn't complain a bit and his first concern was my well being. He passed a little while ago, thanks for jogging my memory. Want to sell this once it's done?
I got my Ps in a Gemini. Half my year 12 had them for a first car. Other popular first cars were 70s RWD Corollas, Mk2 Escorts, and early commodores. Brings back memories as I worked on lots of mates Gems in the early 90s. Even did a non engineered V6 conversion into a TD that was dodgy as, and twisted the body when you nailed it. It lasted 6 months before we got pulled over and red carded….. By ‘95 they all seemed to just vanish.
Thanks for having me as your special guest, you really made sure i enjoyed it like a holiday , feeding me and showing me around the Sydney workshops ..much appreciated. Dazz
I own a 1966 Mustang 289 Coupe. You can fix EVERYTHING in that car, and the 289 with cherry bombs is one of the best sounds on earth. Love those old cars for the stories and history and everything they’ve seen, modern cars can’t compare
My first car and one of my ex-wife's cars were both Gemini's! Mine was a yellow 1984 Holden TG Gemini SL, 4 spd manual. Hers was the Pontiac version, sold in Canada as the Pontiac Acadian, complete with full red interior!
I’m always amazed how you guys really master the camera/editing/sound track on your videos… pure joy to watch! Thank you so much for elevating the internet!
This is the one build I've been waiting for the most. My first car was a TD gemini, which I delivered pizzas in too! Thankyou for allowing my younger self to live vicariously through this build. So many memories resurfacing of cruising with mates in my absolute nugget and having the time of my life. Love your work guys!
Well done guys! I can understand the hard work going into this build, my TE Gemini doesn’t have much rust but what it does have is currently being cut out and replaced, it’s a huge time and cost but I’m happy I have a very clean tidy car that I can still drive around while having some rust removed. Can’t wait to see this when finished and hopefully see this Gemini at the Gemboree 2024 in Mount Gambier in November
You did a 20min vid.....YESSSSS. Means you listened to the real fans... The one who usually watch the main channel, as opposed to this, the secondary one
Other options back then... My first car, the two door Mk2 Escort, which already had a worked 1600 put into it when I brought it, even though it started life as an 1100cc rental car, It ended up with everything from a 1600sport except the diff, I swapped that to the 4.44 diff from the Panel van & once I worked the engine even more with 1300 pistons, hotter cam, even bigger Webber carb, new extractors that were a vast improvement over the sports extractors... it was much faster than an Ausy RS2000, the only thing that was missing was the Capri vented disc's and split kit for the type 16 callipers to make it really awesome! but there was also the Vauxhall Chevette, and the ones that shocked people because they were much faster than they looked, the Hillman Avenger & Morris Marina!
FINALLY!!!! LOL. Been looking forward to this build since you've had the car Marty. Watched this episode as soon as I saw it. Your first Gemini brings back memories. I had exactly the same model and colour Gemini back in the young years. Loved it and had fun driving it. Was about to start doing mods with it when I got t-boned by a lady coming through a give way sign and writing it off. It was a sad day in deed. Hanging out for the next video already.
Aside from the amazing work that went into the car, the production and the direction of this video, I have to give you extra credit for the soundtrack. You've always produced fantastic music on your videos but this time you outdid yourselves! Hats down to you, truly!
One of my neighbours had this car in yellow when i was a kid, i used to pass that house just to look at the car in his yard. Years passed and the car dissapeared. When i got my licence i tried to find the same car but i was out of luck..... happy to see someone i love watching gives us a trip down memory lane. Thank you :)
When I was in high school (at a similar time to Marty), one of my teachers had a Gemini coupe the same model as this one. We all thought it was an old banger back then. It leaked and water pooled in the same spots as Marty's car. PJ's (the owner) solution was to hammer a phillips head screwdriver through the floor at the deepest point of the puddles.
What memories....my first car was a yellow Gemini and used it for doing deliveries on my P plates. I fixed a leaky heater core, rust in front guards, stereo upgrades. Then did mods of lowered springs, stainless exhaust, rebuilt the motor and made it a 1.8l from a 1.6l. Was still slow but fun.
The first color I thought of when they mentioned a custom color not in any manuals was Supergramps’ “Squid Juice” paint color. Looking at the video, it might be possible, though I seem to recall that that might be a color profile you can look up now. Thanks Moog and Marty for another banger video, can’t wait to see the next installment!
Did my lessons and test in a Gemini. Ground up Rebuilt an Opel Manta B here in Australia in 2013, they are very similar, strut towers torque tube etc, this build is already giving me flashbacks. Looking forward to the rest of this!
Ah man, so excited for this build! I just thought this car was such a weird nugget back all those years ago when you guys bought the car, and about three years ago one of my now best mates had a C Kadett. Best shitbox ever. Had a tape stuck in it that only played 'what is love' and I miss that car every day. Can't wait to see the result!
My second car was a TD gemini coupe with a TG front end. Drove it all the way from tugun QLD to TAS in the mid 2000's it was a little beast. Was Midnight purple with V4 Simmons.
