Bristol
Bristol
Classic Opel models
OPEL 2-LITRE
4-door saloon, convertible cabriolet.
Another unit construction model from Opel, again with semi-elliptic springing and live axle at the rear and Dubonnet type ifs (called 'Synchron suspension' in company publicity). There were hydraulic brakes, a four-speed 'box, 104ins wheelbase, bevel final drive and six-volt electrics. Good for 60mph and 25mpg, another sturdy but unspectacular motor car.
In 1973, the arrival of a new Toyota Crown raised eyebrows in our middle-England cul-de-sac, where most driveways were decorated with conservatively styled British products, plus the occasional Fiat or Renault.
But even these daring entries were wholly conventional in comparison to the Crown.
Our neighbour Heinz Minor’s example was orange, vast and, to an impressionable eight-year-old, its neo-American design smacked of the Detroit metal that served as a backdrop to every American TV detective show at the time.
In 1973, the arrival of a new Toyota Crown raised eyebrows in our middle-England cul-de-sac, where most driveways were decorated with conservatively styled British products, plus the occasional Fiat or Renault.
But even these daring entries were wholly conventional in comparison to the Crown.
Our neighbour Heinz Minor’s example was orange, vast and, to an impressionable eight-year-old, its neo-American design smacked of the Detroit metal that served as a backdrop to every American TV detective show at the time.
In 1973, the arrival of a new Toyota Crown raised eyebrows in our middle-England cul-de-sac, where most driveways were decorated with conservatively styled British products, plus the occasional Fiat or Renault.
But even these daring entries were wholly conventional in comparison to the Crown.
Our neighbour Heinz Minor’s example was orange, vast and, to an impressionable eight-year-old, its neo-American design smacked of the Detroit metal that served as a backdrop to every American TV detective show at the time.
In 1973, the arrival of a new Toyota Crown raised eyebrows in our middle-England cul-de-sac, where most driveways were decorated with conservatively styled British products, plus the occasional Fiat or Renault.
But even these daring entries were wholly conventional in comparison to the Crown.
Our neighbour Heinz Minor’s example was orange, vast and, to an impressionable eight-year-old, its neo-American design smacked of the Detroit metal that served as a backdrop to every American TV detective show at the time
In 1973, the arrival of a new Toyota Crown raised eyebrows in our middle-England cul-de-sac, where most driveways were decorated with conservatively styled British products, plus the occasional Fiat or Renault.
But even these daring entries were wholly conventional in comparison to the Crown.
Our neighbour Heinz Minor’s example was orange, vast and, to an impressionable eight-year-old, its neo-American design smacked of the Detroit metal that served as a backdrop to every American TV detective show at the time.
In 1973, the arrival of a new Toyota Crown raised eyebrows in our middle-England cul-de-sac, where most driveways were decorated with conservatively styled British products, plus the occasional Fiat or Renault.
But even these daring entries were wholly conventional in comparison to the Crown.
Our neighbour Heinz Minor’s example was orange, vast and, to an impressionable eight-year-old, its neo-American design smacked of the Detroit metal that served as a backdrop to every American TV detective show at the time
In 1973, the arrival of a new Toyota Crown raised eyebrows in our middle-England cul-de-sac, where most driveways were decorated with conservatively styled British products, plus the occasional Fiat or Renault.
But even these daring entries were wholly conventional in comparison to the Crown.
Our neighbour Heinz Minor’s example was orange, vast and, to an impressionable eight-year-old, its neo-American design smacked of the Detroit metal that served as a backdrop to every American TV detective show at the time.
