1966 Opel Blitz

1966 Opel Blitz in Greatest Years of Rallying: 1970s, Documentary

Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin:

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Author	Message
Ingo ◊ 2009-07-14 22:23	Is it from Britain?
Weasel1984 ◊ 2009-07-14 22:24	Yes.
Ingo ◊ 2009-07-14 22:36	Oh, was it available there? I haven't known that. I thought, only Bedford-vans were/are sold in the UK.
Weasel1984 ◊ 2009-07-14 22:42	Good question. This wasn't marketed in UK as Bedford?
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2009-07-14 22:58	The Dealer Opel Team might have imported a Blitz privately so that they wouldn't have to use a non-Opel van.
Ingo ◊ 2009-07-14 23:03	Now to something different: in the background there is that car: /vehicle_238409-Opel-Ascona-1974.html Could it be possible, if you look in the background of the Opel Blitz-pic, that there was also annother Ascona A, and this one in Steinmetz-trim It has wide cheeks, wider than the Ascona on the Ascona-pic.
Sunbar ◊ 2009-07-15 11:57	Gag Halfrunt wrote The Dealer Opel Team might have imported a Blitz privately so that they wouldn't have to use a non-Opel van. The Blitz commercial vehicles were not officially imported. However its almost certain that a few Opel vans were imported for DOT use. It would make economic sense if they were fitted out in the same way as the German Opel rally support vehicles. Use of LHD vans would also not be a problem as the DOT would operate probably in continental Europe as well as the UK.