1938 Opel Admiral Cabriolet [AD-38]

1938 Opel Admiral Cabriolet [AD-38] in Petróleo, Movie, 1940

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
lfierrero ◊ 2025-06-01 16:36	More pics of this car to try to identify it.
CougarTim ◊ 2025-06-01 21:05	Right hand drive... English?
lfierrero ◊ 2025-06-01 21:14	CougarTim wrote Right hand drive... English? Yes, in Argentina in those years you could see a lot of cars driven by the right hand. It was in that way because Argentina (and others south american countries) no had a big cars industry and it was influential by britain cars of that period. That was ntil 1945 when the argentinian goverment reglued the traffic with left hand drive cars.
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2025-06-01 21:26	Argentina switched to driving on the right on 10th June 1945. Quote The anniversary on 10 June is still observed each year as Día de la Seguridad Vial (road safety day). Link to "en.wikipedia.org"
nzcarnerd ◊ 2025-06-03 02:29	The way the folded top sits I reckon it is more likely German. Maybe a late 1930s Opel Kapitan. They did build them in right hand drive.
Lateef ◊ 2025-06-03 19:11	I'm thinking more along the lines of an Admiral.
Gamer ◊ 2025-06-03 19:12	Wipers definitely look GM in any case.
cossieboa ◊ 2025-06-04 02:05	Lateef wrote I'm thinking more along the lines of an Admiral. Agreed, looks like 1937-39 Opel Admiral. Here's another picture from the movie: