1989 Astra MKII 1.4
Friend had minor prang in it at about 140K.
I straightened the bonnet, replaced the wing and put in a new headlight.
I used it as a stopgap motor for another 134K.
Used it as service barge for rally car.
Competed in a production car trial, numerous navigational scatters and a road rally (21st on Starlight navigational).
At some point the cam belt snapped. 😮 It cost me about £10 to replace it, with no other damage. 😀
At 274K, with every body panel a slightly different shade of red, I gave it to fiancées young nephew as a banger racer.
It rather surprisingly did very well winning a least 1 event IIRC.
So he scrapped the shell and used the engine in a Corsa in the 1.6 hotrod category – apparently the torque produced suits the tracks (not having to rev the nuts off it).
As it still wouldn’t die, he’s rebuilt the engine (again) and it’s going into another hotrod – this time he’s going to have it rolling road tuned to be more competitive with the hot 1.6’s