Thread: Opel rekorc olympia (p1) - 1959

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Originally Posted by alapimba

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.


(Partido means Broken)

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

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.


mycar:


The white car:


I checked the manual and i found it was mine that was wrong...


check the diference before and after put everything as it should:

some little details that i have been painting to look better







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

Here is a little update about my car.
I have done new carpet

Have been feautured on a Portuguese magazine:

I have been racing in a historic rally in Portugal






and also on track