Opel rekorc olympia (p1) - 1959

Hello
this week i just bought this car. it's a 1959 opel rekord olympia, its a european car with american style.

It has a 1700cc engine with 55HP, 3 speeds and works with 6v.

The body is not bad but the mechanic needs some huge revision.
Anyone else with the same model around?

Here you have some pics:

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i bought it without see it working but the owner said it only need a battery..
so i got one... put some gasoline... and pull the choke.

Here it goes!

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anyone knows anything about this model to let me know? i don't know nothing.. but i fall in love so i bought it :)

I have owned several 60's Kadet Coupes & wagons, BUT I want one of these. Reminds me of the late 50's Buick wagons.....



http://www.opel-p1.nl/folder%20carav...n%2060%203.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvmXVqwEIek
can't help you but here's a few sites
http://www.opel-p1.nl/
http://www.opelgt.com/forums/
http://www.opelownersforum.co.za/forum/
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...play.php?f=765

There is a 2 door wagon version sitting in a garage that has fell down on the car,unfortunately the vandals had broken out the windows many years ago and its probably junk. I am thinkng about going back since there were quite a few 50s trucks behind it and I would like to see what is left. Jeff

That's a cute car, I bet the photoshop guys could do wonders with it.

A few months later i have done a few things in the car...
Basicly i did the chromes, new seats, new tyres, repaired wheels, and a huge mechanic revision
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Turist from japan like my car :LOL:
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slowly
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Hope you enjoy this european car

Nice work! Cool american knockoff!:eek: :D

The later pictures show a huge improvement over the first set, hard to believe its the same car, nice job. I am not much for white walls, but I think the white walls give it a good look.

That car is cool. My first car was a 1969 Opel Kadett. It was rough but I loved that car.

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I love the shot of the speedometer, for the average US viewer they'd think you were driving your car at 80mph.

I'd love to have an older Euro car just for the oddball look here in the states.......joe

my best so far was 100km/h hehe

while the car seems ready theres allways some things that appear.
The first was the tank sender... it's was damaged and as opel parts is a pain to find i had to re-wire the interior of the sender.
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I drive my classic cars for work and to everyplace so sometimes i have some notes in my car.
The last one was a message asking if i could let the sound of my car be taped to mix with old images from a movie in Portugal.
Obvious i said yes and here is some images of the sound recording :)
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Since the car finished the mechanic inspection everybody allways said the car was too high, but we allways tought it was due to be in a lifter with the leafsprings not making any strenght during about 7 months.

Other day in a local classic meeting i met one guy with a car like mine and his car was much lower then mine and we inspected it and found that mine had one piece placed in the oposite way.
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mycar:
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The white car:
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I checked the manual and i found it was mine that was wrong...
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check the diference before and after put everything as it should:
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some little details that i have been painting to look better :)
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Looks good? :)


everybody said to keep the original door panels so i kept them and restored only the seats.
Now i put the chrome trims again, it's not perfect because the panels are burned from the sun but it's the best i can do keeping the original panels

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Wow you have done a great job with that. The rear window reminds me of the one in my 1953 Studebaker. I have seen and driven many Opels while in Germany. They are a Division of General Motors. We had a 2 door 1969 Kadett Wagon. That little wagon ran great and was almost indistructable. Amazingly, the fuel gauge in it did not work either, we carried a stick to check how much gas we had.

Pat

Sure does look a lot better with the back end lowered! The new upholstery and the clean up and paint on the trim looks great!

Here is a little update about my car.
I have done new carpet
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Have been feautured on a Portuguese magazine:

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I have been racing in a historic rally in Portugal

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and also on track

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And last month i have been feautured again. This time in a magazine from UK

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:D

Congratulations, you've done a superb job on the car.:3dSMILE:

Fantastic...........

I would like to have one,I did find a wagon version in a barn but all the windows were broken and no roof on the barn so after 40 years of sitting it is junk.

I am curious as to what interchanges Disk brakes, engines, trans, Ect any help would be great!Attachment 44576 and any window rubber info would be great as well I am not looking to restore but make a reasonable powered reliable car.