1956 Opel Rekord [R-56]

1956 Opel Rekord [R-56] in Le petit soldat, Movie, 1963

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

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Author	Message
sixcyl ◊ 2006-02-26 10:07	the car on the left
Jun ◊ 2006-02-26 14:51	Opel Olympia Rekord (1957-) It seems the top of tail lamp is edged and short chrome molding exist on the rear fender. http://www.bilhistorie.no/5060/lav175.jpg
sixcyl ◊ 2006-02-26 19:34	It is not a 1957 model, rather a previous model (1953?)... the year on the data sheet http://www.bilhistorie.no/5060/lav175.jpg is just a date of the catalog here another:
Jun ◊ 2006-02-27 13:09	Sure.I found '57 Rekord picture today. Link to "www.autowallpaper.de" So the year is 1955- (rear window was extended from 1955) 1953- narrow window picture http://www.transportstation.org/show/3325/1953%20%20Opel%20Olympia%20Rekord Once my neighbour owned '56 for long years, so Rekord is familier for me
sixcyl ◊ 2006-02-27 14:13	Thank's for this info, I agree that there are 2 generations of this 1953/1957 Olympia Rekord (Grill , rear windows diffenrences), but what I wanted to notice is that what is named "1957 model" is radicaly different with new body and panoramic US style windscreen such as /vehicle_13259-Opel-Olympia-Rekord-P-1957.html
Jun ◊ 2006-02-27 14:49	Thank you, and I have a question. Does Opel (and Germany) use the 'model year'? I don't know whether Germany uses or not, please let me know...
Lateef ◊ 2015-12-29 15:55	Long boot handle, so 1956.