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Welcome to the Opel Motorsport Club The Opel Motorsport Club is celebrating its 36th year of dedication to the preservation and appreciation of all German Opels, with special emphasis on models imported into the United States. We are headquartered on the west coast and have chapters across the country, in Europe, as well as members in Canada and Mexico. Membership benefits include subscription to this, listings for parts and service suppliers, the Blitz index and tech tip index (1985-date), free classified ads (3 per year), club items, a member roster, owner support and activities, including meetings and our annual picnic and car show. Officers President: Paul Kaman VP/Secretary: Matt Newman Activities: Gil Wesson Treasurer: Dick Counsil Blitz Editor: Mike Meier Web Master: Richard Kavadas To Join OMC: Write to Contents OMC TREASURER Official Club Business.................................... 1 c/o Dick Counsil 3824 Franklin Street 2016 Calender .......................................... 2 La Crescenta, CA 91214-1607 From the Archives....................................... 3 Bench Racing........................................... 4 Membership Dues: Murphy................................................ 5 Regular: $45 ($47 via PayPal) annually. Nineteen............................................... 5 Online: $20 ($21 via PayPal) annually. Conrero Opel GT Tribute.................................. 7 Name of Car............................................ 8 Check or money order (US funds only, made Jet Black Silk........................................... 9 payable to Opel Motorsport Club) Tinyvette ............................................. 10 PayPal to [email protected] Zooms Just Fine........................................ 11 Include your name and address information. Orange Monster........................................ 12 Luxus ................................................ 13 Meetings: Bill Ward ............................................. 14 The OMC meetings are as announced, at The OMC Library ...................................... 15 varying locations. Please consult the OMC Blitz calendar or the OMC website to find out The OMC Mall......................................... 16 who is hosting the next meeting or event. The Business Page ...................................... 17 The Blitz The Blitz is the official publication of the Opel Motorsport Club (OMC). It is published This Issue four times a year. Circulation is limited to Here are a few numbers to summarize this issue: club members and prospective club members. Pages: ? The Blitz is copyrighted © by the OMC. Words: ? Articles, photographs, drawings, technical tips, and other materials appearing in The Illustrations: ? Blitz may not be reproduced without the Print Cost: $ expressed, written permission of the OMC. Discounted Print Cost: $ Views expressed are not necessarily those of the officers or members of the OMC. Cover Photo: People who attended the 35th anniversary meeting of OMC were able to take home a number of commemorative items, including the shirt pictured on the cover, along with coffee mugs, decals, and hats. Opel Motorsport Club The Blitz Official Club Business About This Issue Ever since to became editor of The Blitz I’ve wanted to do an issue about the Opel people own and driver, or race, or I guess, live in. Finally, this is that issue. In late 2016 I put out a call on the OpelGT.com forum for a photo of and a few words about everyone’s cars, and that I’d give them a whole page in The Blitz just for them. In the January issue of The Blitz I asked our members to do the car. I even used our Facebook page to asked people to participate in this. At that point I started to worry that I might get more submissions than OMC can afford to put in a single issue. And so here we are at the end of 2016 and it has happened. We have photos submitted by XX people from all over North America and also from... 2017 Ballot This issue includes the 2017 membership ballot. ... 2017 Activities 2016 Treasurer’s Report 2016 Membership Report October - December 2016 Page 1 The Blitz Opel Motorsport Club September 2016 Calender 2 - 4 The Maine Event (Loring Timing Assoc.), Loring AFB, Limestone, Maine 10 - 13 World of Speed, Bonneville Salt Flats Here is your 2016 calendar of Opel events along with 23 - 25 International Route 66 Mother Road Festival, motorsports events that inspire us plus a few that Springfield, Illinois members of OMC will be participating in. October January 1 - 2 Button Turrible (24HOL, Tinyvette), 3 - 16 Dakar Rally, Argentina – Bolivia Buttonwillow Raceway, Buttonwillow, 10 OMC ballots and survey are due California February November 13 - 14 Sears Pointless (24HOL, Tinyvette), Somona 1 - 4 SEMA, Las Vegas, Nevada Raceway, Sonoma, California 16 - 20 Baja 1000, Ensenada, Baja Mexico March December TBA Texas Mile, Chase Field Industrial Complex, 3 - 4 Arse-Freeze-Apalooza (24HOL, Tinyvette, Beeville, Texas Phoenix Racing), Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA May 1 -8 Europatreffen in Nuremberg TBA NorCal Opeler’s Gold Country Fun Run/OMC meeting 20 - 22 Carlisle Import & Kit Car Nationals, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 21 - 22 Vodden the Hell Are We Doing (24HOL, Tinyvette, Phoenix Racing), Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows, California 28 Isle of Man (runs through June 11) 28 Opels in My Yard, Colfax, Indiana 29 Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis International Raceway, Indianapolis, Indiana June 11 International Opel Festival and Picnic, Perris, CA. 15 - 19 24 Hours of Le Mans, Le Mans, France 18 - 26 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Pikes Peak, near Colorado Springs, Colorado July 13 -17 The Maine Event (Loring Timing Assoc.), Loring AFB, Limestone, Maine 30 The Tacoma Meet, Tacoma, Washington 30 - 31 Arse-Sweat Apalooza (24HOL, Tinyvette, Phoenix Racing), Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows, California August 15 - 21 Monterey Car Week, Monterey, CA 13 - 19 Speed Week, Bonneville Salt Flats Page 2 October - December 2016 Opel Motorsport Club The Blitz From the Archives My Story of Inspiration By Dennis Gardiner, September-October 2008 October - December 2016 Page 3 The Blitz Opel Motorsport Club Bench Racing Another Tall Tale By Whomever Tell it! Page 4 October - December 2016 Opel Motorsport Club The Blitz Murphy Matt Schinelli’s 197x Opel GT This is the car that was the Yellow Baron. About... October - December 2016 Page 5 The Blitz Opel Motorsport Club Nineteen Kyler Norman’s 197x Opel GT About... Page 6 October - December 2016 Opel Motorsport Club The Blitz Conrero Opel GT Tribute Gil Wesson’s Conrero Opel GT Tribute About... October - December 2016 Page 7 The Blitz Opel Motorsport Club Name of Car Don Michaelson’s 197x Opel Sport Wagon Don’s wagon... Page 8 October - December 2016 Opel Motorsport Club The Blitz Jet Black Silk Irfan’s 197x Opel Manta Irfan’s Manta... October - December 2016 Page 9 The Blitz Opel Motorsport Club Tinyvette Mike Meier’s 1969 Opel GT run at Bonneville twice, been in shows at Monterey Car Alan Brattesani and Mike purchased this ran-when- Week, and has made the 1,500 round trip to the Tacoma parked field-find for $200, and nine weeks later had meet. Yes, it is street-legal. revived it and were racing in the 24 Hours of LeMons. That was back in 2010. Since then the car has competed in 17 races and logged over 12,000 race miles. It has also Page 10 October - December 2016 Opel Motorsport Club The Blitz Zooms Just Fine Roy Moulton’s 1969 GT Roy’s car is unique in that is has a 1.1L motor. More... October - December 2016 Page 11 The Blitz Opel Motorsport Club Orange Monster Troy Moore’s 1968 Rallye Kadett Troy’s Kadett was featured in ... Page 12 October - December 2016 Opel Motorsport Club The Blitz Luxus Jeffery Widder’s 1973 Opel Manta Luxus This is a 42,000 original mile survivor car, with original paint, vinyl top, and most of the interior. The photo was taken at Ambler’s Texaco Gas Station on Historic Route 66 in Dwight, Illinois. October - December 2016 Page 13 The Blitz Opel Motorsport Club Bill Ward Bill Ward Racing’s Bonneville GT Bill Ward campaigned this car at Bonneville for xx year, bringing home xx land speed records. With driver John “Rocket Man” Paxon at the wheel the car completed a 265 mph pass. Page 14 October - December 2016 Opel Motorsport Club The Blitz The OMC Library “Opel - so wird er schneller: leistungssteigerung am Opel Ascona, Manta, Kadett, GT : (1968 - 1972)”, Gert Hack: Motorbuch Verlag, 127 pages, 1972. OMC does not have an official library, but we are keeping a list of books and other items that deal with “Opel Wheels to the World”, Karl Ludvigsen: Automobile classic Opels as well as Opel (the company) itself. Quarterly & Princeton Publishing, 112 pages, 1979. “Nur Filegen ist Schöner”, S.W. Lukas, K.J. Hause: Verlag Video Jungjohann, 1985. “Opel GT, Driving the Dream”, El Dorado Productions, Mike Siegel, 2008. “Das Grosse Opel GT Buch”, Wolf Dieter; Walter Günther: Heel Verlag GmbH, 144 pages, 1990. Books “Opel GT - Gold Portfolio, 1968-1973", R.M. “Opel GT Projekt 1484", Etienne Henrion, Stefan Müller: Clark:Brooklands Books, 172 pages, 1996. Podszun GmbH, 191 pages, 1997. “Opel GT, Ultimate Portfolio, 1968-1973", R.M. Clark: “Opel Ascona - Mit jedem Kilometer wächst die Freundschaft”, Brooklands Books, Ltd., 200 pages, 2007. Peter Kurze, Rainer Manthey: Delius Klasing, 112 pages, 2011. “Opel Manta, 1970-1975", R.M. Clark: Brooklands Books, “Jahrbuch 2012 - Opel” Ltd., 92 pages, 1997. Eckhart Bartels, Rainer Manthey: Podszun GmbH, 2011. “Opel GT Motorsport, 1968-1975", Maurice Van Sevecotte, Detlef Kurzrock, Stefan Müller: Petrolpics GbR, 2008. “Opel Kadett GT/E”, Antonio Biasioli: Editrice Elzeviro, 144 pages, 2010. October - December 2016 Page 15 The Blitz Opel Motorsport Club to Original GT stock exhaust. Also comes with 2½” bolt- The OMC Mall on collector. Bruce Baxter, Missoula, MT 59802, 406- 728-9327, [email protected]. Will ship for the right price. Classifieds For Sale; for an Opel GT – Revolution aluminum OMC Swag wheels (4). 13x6, 3 inch backspace. For off-road use These items used to be available through OMC. Is there only. $200.00. Sport lowering front spring with poly any interest in them today? bushings. $125.00.
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    Heftnummer 01/2012 Vorwort HalloH zusammen, was zum Teufel soll denn das sein!? EineE Opel Onlinezeitschrift... DerD Sinn und die Macher möchten wir euch hier gerne vor- stellen.s WirW wollen bestimmt keine Konkurenz zu den etablierten ZeitschriftenZ wie zbsp. der Flash sein. Unser Layout ist auch nichtn annähernd so profi haft oder perfekt, aber dies ist aucha nicht unser Ziel. Ausserdem sind wir weder Journalis- ten,t Grafi ker noch Designer. Dafür sind wir Opel Freaks undu Schrauber aus Herzblut. Genau für jene ist dieses WebprojektW auch gewidmet. Falls ihr Vorschläge, Ideen oder abera auch Kritik habt, nur her damit, wir sind auch offen für Clubvorstellung,C eure Autos, eure Homepages und in naher ZukunftZ wohl auch Teilemarkt. Wo ihr uns auch live auf Tref- fenf fi nden könnt seht ihr auf der Seite 22. Wir versprechen auch die nächsten Fahrzeuge besser in Scene zu setzen, dieses mal drängte einfach die Zeit, sorry! „MV6_CH“ aus Klingnau (CH) „JJ“ aus Mannheim (D) Baujahr 1974 Baujahr 1965 80‘/90‘er Spezie 80‘/70‘/60‘er Spezie und älter www.monza.ch www.opelblitz.com Kontakt: webmaster@monza. Kontakt: [email protected] Seite 2 Inhalt Vorwort Seite 2 Inhalt Seite 3 Der Neue Opel Astra I Seite 4 Der Neue Astra I GTC Seite 8 Opel RAK‘s Seite 13 30 Jahre Opel Kadett D Seite 16 30 Jahre Monza und Senator A Seite 18 40 Jahre Opel Ascona und Manta A Seite 20 Poster Astra G Coupé Extreme Seite 22 Poster Vectra C1 GTS OPC Seite 24 40 Jahre Opel GT Seite 26 40 Jahre Rekord D Seite 28 Impressionen Opel Treffen Hoch-Ybrig 2011 Seite 31 Vauxhall VXR8 Seite 32 Zafi ra C Tourer Seite 34 Opel Ampera Seite 39 Shop Seite 44 Treffen Seite 45 Vorschau Seite 46 Seite 3 Der neue Opel Astra I: „Kompaktklasse im Premium-Format“ Mit athletischem Design, innovativen Technologien, hoher Verarbeitungsqualität und effi zienten Motoren bringt der neue Opel Astra frischen Schwung in das europäische Kompaktwagen-Seg- ment.
  • Opel History 1980-1989

    Opel History 1980-1989

    Opel History 1980-1989 1981 The engineering study Tech 1 demonstrates Opel’s pioneering role in the field of aerodynamics: the experimental vehicle achieves a drag coefficient of 0.235, setting a world record. Opel becomes the first carmaker to use environmentally friendly water-based paints. The Ascona C and the performance-oriented Manta B 400 enter the market. Opel’s Tech 1 study, 1981. Opel’s Tech 1 study, 1981. The paint shop in Automated painting in the Rüsselsheim, 1981. Rüsselsheim plant. Body variants of the Opel The Opel Ascona C Luxus, The Opel Ascona C Berlina, The Opel Manta B 400, Ascona C, 1981–1988. 1981–1988. 1981–1988. 1981–1984. The Opel Manta B 400, 1981– The Opel Manta B 400, 1981– 1984. 1984. 1982 A new plant is commissioned in Saragossa, Spain, for the production of the Opel Corsa. The compact model rapidly advances to become the bestselling vehicle in its class. Walter Röhrl and his navigator Christian Geistdörfer prevail over tough four-wheel- drive competitors, piloting their Ascona 400 to victory in the Monte Carlo Rally and winning the Rally World Championship. The plant in Saragossa, Production of the Opel The Opel Corsa A GSi, The Opel Corsa A Swing, 1982. Corsa in the Saragossa plant, 1988–1992. 1988–1992. 1982. Opel Corsa A Luxus, 1982– Walter Röhrl and Christian The winners of the Monte The Opel Ascona B 400, 1992 Geistdörfer win the Rally Carlo Rally, 1982: Walter piloted to victory in the World Championship in an Röhrl and Christian Rally World Championship Opel Ascona B 400, 1982.
  • Sept October 2010.Pub

    Sept October 2010.Pub

    30th Volume 30, Issue 5 Se Anniversary The BIG Blitz Index OMCOMC Blitz President’sIndex 1985-2010 Message Inside this issue: ptember/October 2010Inside this issue: 1985-2010 Welcome to the Opel Motorsport Club THE OPEL MOTORSPORT CLUB IS CELEBRATING ITS 30TH YEAR OF DEDICATION TO THE PRESERVATION AND APPRECIATION OF ALL GERMAN OPELS, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON MODELS IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE HEADQUARTERED IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA, AND HAVE CHAPTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IN EUROPE AND IN CANADA. MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS INCLUDE SUBSCRIPTION TO OUR NEWSLETTER, THE BLITZ, LISTINGS FOR PARTS AND SERVICE SUPPLIERS, BLITZ INDEX AND TECH TIP INDEX (1985-DATE), FREE CLASSIFIED ADS (3 PER YEAR), CLUB ITEMS, OWNER SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING MEETINGS AND OUR ANNUAL PICNIC AND CAR SHOW. The Club Regional Chapters The Blitz TO APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP European Chapter (Netherlands) SEND EVENT INFORMATION, TECH CONTACT: Contact Louis van Steen: (011 31) 297 340 TIPS, PARTS INFORMATION, LETTERS, OMC TREASURER, c/o Dick Counsil 536 (please take note of the time zone CHAPTER ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENTS, 3824 Franklin Street before calling), fast60gt (at) yahoo.com ADVERTISEMENTS AND ALL OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST TO: La Crescenta, CA 91214-1607 Florida Chapter (Coral Gables, FL) Opel BLITZ Editor Contact John Malone: 305-443-8513 P.O Box 4004 MEMBERSHIP DUES: Michigan Chapter Sonora, CA 95370-4004 USA Regular: $45 Annually via Checks and Contact John Brooks: 616-233-9050 ext 12 Deadline: (At Discretion of OMC Editor) Money Orders (US funds only, made payable to Opel Motorsport Club) or $47 Johncinquo (at) hotmail.com.