1973 Opel GT at Country Classic Cars

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1973 Opel GT, at Country Classic Cars in Staunton, IL. Thanks for taking a look!

[@danheaton2522]

This was one of my most favorite cars growing up, my dad called it “the poor mans vette”. Great little car.

[@thamechanic3324]

Yes it's a classic and your dad is right... I know where three of them just sitting at a business collecting dust in Houston Texas... The business is always closed and the cars never driven!!?..

[@ramandeepbrar2590]

Do you see the price tag

[@Qusin111]

More like Corvettes were the small rich penis person Opel GT, they were made 4 years before the corvette looked anything close and were 1,000,000 times more reliable

[@ncautoman57]

Wow a blast from the past. These were great little cars. I worked on these back in the 1970s at the dealership. I still have the special tool needed to get the top bell housing bolts out in order to pull the transmission. Thanks for sharing this nice Opel GT

[@fredturner7079]

In 1970 I was looking for a new car, the salesman talked me out of buying a GT because the payments would be $103 a month for 36 months. He sold me an Opel Kadet at $65 a month for 36 months instead. I wish I hadn't listened to him!!

[@805ROADKING]

Good stuff Bud!! The Poor Mans Vette!! I always liked the way the headlights rolled over instead of flipping up!!☺

[@RamblinAround]

Yeah, I wish I could have showed the lights operating, it is pretty wild.

[@billace90]

A total flashback to my College years. Wow. Very nicely kept.

[@RamblinAround]

Thanks for taking a look. Hope it brought back some good memories.

[@bigelk0]

Wow, I like that Opel. Really clean too.

[@doublel7337]

Good to see one of these again, They called them the Baby Vette where I lived and knew a couple guys who owned them. They were fun little cars, with the 4 speed manual transmission. I always liked the body style of course, but the Datsun 240z had the market in this area at that time.

[@sinbad2969]

This is the car I learned to drive in brings back memories keep up the good work buddy👌👌

[@tmcmojo2292]

Love it!! Beautiful! Kudos to the owner for such care and a nice paint

[@mini_worx]

Such a beautiful looking car.

[@johnsmyth3281]

Just a beautiful car....

[@johnsmyth3281]

Beautiful and proper RoyStyle copy wheels

[@kevaninthe4135]

I have a soft spot for these. The 1.9 L engine was cam-in-head. It makes a very pleasant sound.

[@timwhitlock3500]

In '72 my mom leased a new silver Opel GT for $75/mo. She let me take over the lease in '74 when I was 19. I loved that car! Sadly I totalled it a year later.

[@charles1964]

One of my first cars was a cool little white '72 1900 GT with a 4 speed. They were unit-body so they didn't rattle, but it burnt points and vapor locked constantly. I was just a broke teenager at the time and still learning, but if it was nowadays I would sort that out without too much trouble. I remember girls telling me "I had a cute car" so that was pretty cool. I ended up getting a white/black 1974 Opel Manta Rallye 1900/4 speed and I never had any problems with that car until I crashed it, TBH I thought it handled better than the GT did....

[@peskypesky]

beautiful sports car

[@EdFertik]

I had a 71 purchased brand new for $3333. Great car. Extremely low aerodynamic drag coefficent. It will run 100 mph for hours at a time. I know !!

[@brettany_renee_blatchley]

Actually they are quite fast - Dad got his (tuned with electronic ignition) up to 140mph on a straight. The pinion failed on this run, dropping the drive shaft at the differential. I helped him swap-in Manta rear-end and it lost this insane top-end, BUT it climbed to its new top-end faster. Dad taught me to drive in this car.

[@certified68crazy3]

Hello Jeff , another flashback from back in the day . In the early seventies I fixed one of those , it was an olive green in color and the owner was a blonde amazon that I knew from high school days . The story goes that a dump truck stopped in front of her and she didn't ! [ LAUGHS ] She drove under the truck almost to the windshield , fortunately since the GT was so low it just put some creases in the hood and headlight doors . I guess she was just having one of those famous blonde moments ! [ MORE LAUGHS ] Anyway thanks for another memory from back in time. As always take care . Larry .

[@DwainDwight]

Cool!!

[@swm78]

FLASHBACK: I can remember in my junior high social studies class back in about 1973 looking out the window and saw a orange opal drive-by, great memory, great car! I really need to make an effort to come up and look at those cars, would love to take one home! Does the car have air-conditioning ? Thank you for your videos!

[@davidrogers4527]

1.1L SR engine had 67 HP while the 1.9L engine was 102 HP, but by 1973 they were 90 HP .

[@steppen10]

Almost died in one back in 1970. Pontiac hit us in the rear and the car folded up like cardboard. It was a looker for sure and the original color on the one I was in was also yellow.

[@canibusnj]

Never heard of those, probably a fun little car and I'm assuming that engine can be upgraded for more power. Hey Jeff, there's a burgundy 92 Roadmaster I saw on CCC's website. Could you possibly get a video on it if it's in a good location?

[@nicksothep8472]

I'm a huge fan of classic European cars, as long as they're rwd, and I think the GT is a beautifully designed car, which indeed looks like a baby C3. One of the reasons I like euro classics (for me domestics) more than good ol' Americans, is size, in fact as much as I love old yanks, I really do, some are just too big for the way I live cars, but this one has the opposite problem, it's way too small, they should have made it the same size as their flagship Rekord, I think it would have sold much much better, particularly in te US, as among other things they could have comfortably shoved in a bigger I6 or even a small V8, but they wanted to compete in the "British style" sports car so they went that way, and fair enough, it's not like every car has to be built for me! 😅

[@HVACSoldier]

Are the headlights completely closed?

[@mynameis9057]

Needs a nasty small block. Few upgrades and then you've got yourself a sweet little rocket ship there.▪☆☆☆▪

[@RamblinAround]

It would be a blast with a small block in it. That was definitely my first thought.

[@ziggassedup]

Opal had and still has connections with GM so it's hard not to see the influences...I think they were the opponent to the Ford Capri in Europe...Be a good candidate for a Turbo Ecotec 4 banga from an Opel Astra I recon..

[@ariegt]

this was designed before the shark vette though

[@ariegt]

@oliverthecat666 No the real designer is Erhard Schnell , but after Erhards drawings were on the table Mckitchen helped him further to work everything out

[@ariegt]

@oliverthecat666 i am not punching ? Just shared some facts and took your right answer into that but only more detailed. If you can't take this , just look your car videos but don't reply

[@ariegt]

@oliverthecat666 and you are always right i guess... in 1962 Erhard Schnell (RIP) drawed the GT looking at the XP-833 project or pontiac banshee , even the dash cluster looks the same. Mckitchen helped in the designers devision at Opel. in 1964 GM started to design the Corvette c3 shark nose. Please don't shout something because a design is smaller and is a lookalike. The Vette has the looks of the GT and the GT is daddy of the C3 Vette. And that's final

[@tombankwel4822]

It is My brother is a fan of opel this car is his favorite he just love opel usely it 19cc poor mans vette

[@cyclemaster46]

Worked for Buick dealer in the 70s. Customers were giving Opels. Had 7 at one time. Sold a wagon with V6 fire hawk alum V6 4speed drive train. Basically a Vega parts would inter change.

[@ariegt]

never heard of this , could you elaborate this for me? thanks

[@cyclemaster46]

Opel is the same as G.M. in Germany. So a lot of parts interchange.

[@ariegt]

@@cyclemaster46 yes i know , got a 70 skylark and a 69 cutlass next to a GT back here in Holland but didn't knew about Vega parts

[@VincePGallant]

Pretty car. Too bad she's an automatic😎

[@manuelmolina5368]

It's a cool looking car. ☺️👍👍 Hehe... First. LoL ☺️👍 👍

[@cyclemaster46]

Great German built car.

[@Qusin111]

These were made long before the corvette looked anything like it

[@gdm9970]

No, the Opel came out a year later than the C3 Corvette.

[@Qusin111]

@@gdm9970 you can say that but GM purchased opel and used this design dreamed up by the opel engineers for the corvette PS the opel gt came out in 65

[@jerrybailey5797]

1.8 litre engine in a car that size would be plenty fast enough 😉, my brother had an Opel,Manta 1.9 litre , it was a quick car

[@robaimadani5207]

Wawo

[@user-jo7ry9cq3c]

エアロボディーを纏ったスタイリッシュクーペ

[@jonsingle1614]

My dad had a Opel....this had the same under powered 4 cyn as the Opel ....was never impressed with these....then or now

[@tombankwel4822]

PS also in a gti model faster so My brother says

[@Qusin111]

More like Corvettes were the small rich penis person Opel GT, they were made 4 years before the corvette looked anything close and were 1,000,000 times more reliable

[@mojooftheg5961]

Not worth 12 grand

[@charles1964]

@Mojo of the G IKR? Almost $13,000 for an automatic that has a terrible paint job? WTF are they thinking?