Very old Opel Blitz bike
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Very old Opel Blitz bike
Some pics of very old Opel Blitz bike. I've no idea how old is that bike but I suppose it remembers an ancient second World War times...
I wish that bike can told his story...
I wish that bike can told his story...
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Nice to see that you have snow there. Makes me feel a little better...I think that that particular seatpost arrangement had fallen from favor in this country by the early 30's. I am no expert at ancient bicycles, though, and Polish fashion may have been considerably different than American fashion. Blitz means "fast"?
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Opel Blitz is a name of whole company built a vehicles during second world war and now this brand is known as General Motors company I think.
Yes we have a lot of snow in Poland and huge frost!! I can't wait summer!!!!
Yes we have a lot of snow in Poland and huge frost!! I can't wait summer!!!!
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In the automotive world Opels were (are?) GM owned cars built/sold in Europe. They had one model sort of a Corvette lookalike but smaller that got some US distribution and has some following. I remember seeing 1 or 2 when I was in high school (early 80s but I think the cars were a few years old when I saw them).
No idea at all if that has anything to do with your bike.
No idea at all if that has anything to do with your bike.
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There's some information about the history of the Opel brand here:
https://www.automedia-online.com/coll...quell/opel.htm
According to the site, Opel built bicycles until 1937.
https://www.automedia-online.com/coll...quell/opel.htm
According to the site, Opel built bicycles until 1937.
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Walter,
That would have been an Opel GT, great car, poor design if you asked
me. My roomate had one, helluva lot of fun but he had to pull the engine
to change the timing belt. . .
Still, I'd take one.
marty
That would have been an Opel GT, great car, poor design if you asked
me. My roomate had one, helluva lot of fun but he had to pull the engine
to change the timing belt. . .
Still, I'd take one.
marty
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Marty,
GT it is. I did some surfing and saw pics of the only other Opel I can remember seeing, the Manta. Also a cool ride IMO.
I remember hearing that the GT had "issues" when it came to service but I'd take one too.
I still don't know if this has anything to do with the OP's bike.
GT it is. I did some surfing and saw pics of the only other Opel I can remember seeing, the Manta. Also a cool ride IMO.
I remember hearing that the GT had "issues" when it came to service but I'd take one too.
I still don't know if this has anything to do with the OP's bike.
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i heard, in GERMAN is a opel service and the name off owner is mr. BLITZ....
i dont know how old the story is
Walter in Poland people own GT opel too its a great car and they drive only sommer on his car
"ccording to the site, Opel built bicycles until 1937." but we see our OPEL BLITZ is old
https://www.automedia-online.com/col.../quell/opel.htm
i dont know how old the story is
Walter in Poland people own GT opel too its a great car and they drive only sommer on his car
"ccording to the site, Opel built bicycles until 1937." but we see our OPEL BLITZ is old
https://www.automedia-online.com/col.../quell/opel.htm
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Originally Posted by jaqb
"ccording to the site, Opel built bicycles until 1937." but we see our OPEL BLITZ is old
https://www.automedia-online.com/col.../quell/opel.htm
https://www.automedia-online.com/col.../quell/opel.htm
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how cool is that!
offtopic: your whitebalance went nuts on the snow. Or choose a 'snow' program or adjust the white balance in the white balance menu, succes!
offtopic: your whitebalance went nuts on the snow. Or choose a 'snow' program or adjust the white balance in the white balance menu, succes!
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ah, babelfish. In German, blitz means "Lightning". Er, I suppose an analogy for "really fast", although really fast doesn't seem to be quite the right moniker for this type of bicycle...
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Wow, amazing!!
I have something similar, will post pictures when I reach 10 posts.
I am wondering if it's ok to restore it
Best regards,
Rok
I have something similar, will post pictures when I reach 10 posts.
I am wondering if it's ok to restore it
Best regards,
Rok
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thanks very much for posting!
chainset appears to be Thun
head tube dent can be rolled out with a mandrel
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thanks very much for posting!
chainset appears to be Thun
head tube dent can be rolled out with a mandrel
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NO IDEA that Opel made bikes. Cool. Of course, seen enough photos of the old Opel Blitz trucks. I always thought it would be cool to El-Camino-ize an early 70's Opel 1900cc "Ascona" 2-door station wagon into a "Blitz" pick-up truck. Might make a great bike carrier.
Alternatively, if it's Opel it should be powered by solid-fuel rockets (look it up, start with "RAK1")
Alternatively, if it's Opel it should be powered by solid-fuel rockets (look it up, start with "RAK1")
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Opel bicycles were considered fine bicycles at their time and they have a huge followership here in Germany. Pictures of the 5 Opel brothers on a quintuplem are quite well known
https://alt-opel.eu/index.php?sn=typengruppe47
You can play a lot of money for an originl ZR3 racer... and i mean a *lot*. Even bikes like the one above in good condition can have asking prices in the 4 digits. https://www.ebay.de/i/183499710674
For dating yours, this Sn# table may help https://www.tilman-wagenknecht.de/nummern/opel.pdf
"Blitz" was the brand name of the light truck models produced from 1930 until the 70ies. I wasn't aware there were "Blitz" (lightning) *bicycles* too, but i'm no Opel insider at all.
Although Opel was sold to GM some time between the wars, it is still considered by many as a german brand and because Opel always specialised in robust, affordable cars, many are around. Many models were designed in Rüsselsheim (near Frankfurt) for the EU market (sold in the UK as Vauxhall), some dcesigns like the Mini-Corvette "Opel GT" (The designers claim convincingly to not have known about the 'Vette which was designed around the same time) even made it across the pond, and there's religion-like rivalry toward the very similar Ford/Germany products from Cologne. Many models were produced for decades and always had Ford counterparts (Opel Kadett/Astra - Ford Escort, and so on).
One Opel grandson started a bike company recently.... https://opelit-bikes.de/opelit/
https://alt-opel.eu/index.php?sn=typengruppe47
You can play a lot of money for an originl ZR3 racer... and i mean a *lot*. Even bikes like the one above in good condition can have asking prices in the 4 digits. https://www.ebay.de/i/183499710674
For dating yours, this Sn# table may help https://www.tilman-wagenknecht.de/nummern/opel.pdf
"Blitz" was the brand name of the light truck models produced from 1930 until the 70ies. I wasn't aware there were "Blitz" (lightning) *bicycles* too, but i'm no Opel insider at all.
Although Opel was sold to GM some time between the wars, it is still considered by many as a german brand and because Opel always specialised in robust, affordable cars, many are around. Many models were designed in Rüsselsheim (near Frankfurt) for the EU market (sold in the UK as Vauxhall), some dcesigns like the Mini-Corvette "Opel GT" (The designers claim convincingly to not have known about the 'Vette which was designed around the same time) even made it across the pond, and there's religion-like rivalry toward the very similar Ford/Germany products from Cologne. Many models were produced for decades and always had Ford counterparts (Opel Kadett/Astra - Ford Escort, and so on).
One Opel grandson started a bike company recently.... https://opelit-bikes.de/opelit/
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Glad to see you found an Opel head badge!
Looking forward to seeing your bike!
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