Topic: Solved: Wendax 163 - Artz Cordett

[Wendax]

A car like an espresso - small, strong and black.

For one point, please respond and identify this car, its base and the year of appearance.

[olavr]

This is the Opel Kadett Artz Cordett

Firma Artz built this car as a Corvette on the body of an Opel Kadett E in 1986

[Wendax]

Yes, it is the Artz Cordett. The base car is a 1984 Chevrolet Corvette, on which an Opel Kadett E body was built. It had to be widened, lengthened and altered in order to fit the different wheelbase.

I saw the car at the "Oldtimertreffen Lübeck-Blankensee" a week ago. It is quite impressive. Quite funny looking are the two small back seats between the huge Corvette wheelhouses.

[DeAutogids]

I am not sure about any year. I found 3. One is explained (1984), but I also found 1986 and 1989. Can anybody shine any light?

[Wendax]

I'm not quite sure myself. I found those three dates myself. In 1986 it was made road legal, so I guess the build was finished then. In 1989 there was an article in auto motor und sport about the car.

[Wendax]

To add some confusion: I looked at my notes from last week-end and saw that the current owner claims the Cordett being from 1989.

[grobmotorix]

I this the same car with a different front end design or another Artz version?

[Wendax]

If I remember the Oldtimer Markt article right, there was just one Cordett. Since it has red licence plates from Hanover, the home town of Artz, I guess it is the same car at an earlier stage, being altered later on to keep the looks actual.