1962 Opel Rekord P2 1700
Almost three decades the company OPEL from the town of Russelheim (BRD) had the best medium car in its model range with the name "REKORD".
This model had a great number of corporate bodies, as the change of the modification took place every three years.
The REKORD was in particular 2-door and 4-door and according to the desire of customers it was provided with different engines.
The automobile presented in the museum Historama, was built in 1962 and employed till 1996.
Technical characteristics:
Engine - 4 – cylinder water-cooled four-stroke
Engine capacity – 1,672 cc
Power - 65 hp (50 kW)
Transmission - 3 forward speeds, 1 backward speed, rear wheel drive
The Opel Rekord P2 is a large family car that was introduced in the summer of 1960, by Opel as a replacement for the Opel Rekord P1. It shared its 2,541 mm wheelbase with its predecessor, but was nonetheless a little longer and wider. The wrap-around windscreen which had been a defining element of the Rekord P1, and which had given rise to the P for "Panorama" designation, was now gone, but the P designation remained and the driver's view out, assisted by relatively thin A-pillars, remained good.
Unlike the modern bodywork, the 1,488 cc ohc four-cylinder water-cooled engine was very little changed since it had first been offered in the Opel Olympia back in 1937. The claimed power for this engine had been increased in 1959, while it still powered the previous Rekord, to 50 hp (33 kW) at 3,900 rpm, and this remained the power unit for the entry level Rekord P2 throughout its production run.
The 1,680 cc engine offering 55 hp (40 kW) at 4000 rpm, which had also first been seen in the predecessor model in 1959, was also available from the outset in the Rekord P2. For those specifying the more comfortable "L" version of the car, from June 1962 the company also offered a 60 hp (44 kW) "S" engine supported by an compression ratio increased from 7.25:1 to 8.0:1, a carburetor diameter increased from 30 mm to 36 mm and, for the first time in a Rekord, the requirement for customers to use premium grade (increased octane) fuel.
The Rekord P2 took its three-speed all-synchromesh transmission from its predecessor, along with the column mounted gear lever through which it was controlled. However, the P2 was also the first Rekord on which, as an option, buyers could specify a four-speed all-synchromesh transmission, still controlled using a column mounted gear lever.
Motor: 4–cylinder in-line four-stroke
Engine capacity: 1,488 cc, 1,680 cc
Power: 50 hp, 55 hp, 60 hp
Top speed: 125–140 km/h
This model had a great number of corporate bodies, as the change of the modification took place every three years.
The REKORD was in particular 2-door and 4-door and according to the desire of customers it was provided with different engines.
The automobile presented in the museum Historama, was built in 1962 and employed till 1996.
Technical characteristics:
Engine - 4 – cylinder water-cooled four-stroke
Engine capacity – 1,672 cc
Power - 65 hp (50 kW)
Transmission - 3 forward speeds, 1 backward speed, rear wheel drive
The Opel Rekord P2 is a large family car that was introduced in the summer of 1960, by Opel as a replacement for the Opel Rekord P1. It shared its 2,541 mm wheelbase with its predecessor, but was nonetheless a little longer and wider. The wrap-around windscreen which had been a defining element of the Rekord P1, and which had given rise to the P for "Panorama" designation, was now gone, but the P designation remained and the driver's view out, assisted by relatively thin A-pillars, remained good.
Unlike the modern bodywork, the 1,488 cc ohc four-cylinder water-cooled engine was very little changed since it had first been offered in the Opel Olympia back in 1937. The claimed power for this engine had been increased in 1959, while it still powered the previous Rekord, to 50 hp (33 kW) at 3,900 rpm, and this remained the power unit for the entry level Rekord P2 throughout its production run.
The 1,680 cc engine offering 55 hp (40 kW) at 4000 rpm, which had also first been seen in the predecessor model in 1959, was also available from the outset in the Rekord P2. For those specifying the more comfortable "L" version of the car, from June 1962 the company also offered a 60 hp (44 kW) "S" engine supported by an compression ratio increased from 7.25:1 to 8.0:1, a carburetor diameter increased from 30 mm to 36 mm and, for the first time in a Rekord, the requirement for customers to use premium grade (increased octane) fuel.
The Rekord P2 took its three-speed all-synchromesh transmission from its predecessor, along with the column mounted gear lever through which it was controlled. However, the P2 was also the first Rekord on which, as an option, buyers could specify a four-speed all-synchromesh transmission, still controlled using a column mounted gear lever.
Motor: 4–cylinder in-line four-stroke
Engine capacity: 1,488 cc, 1,680 cc
Power: 50 hp, 55 hp, 60 hp
Top speed: 125–140 km/h
