Opel Super 6 Streamliner 1938 Blue by Autocult
The
fast Six
Based on the Opel Super 6 model, which was first introduced
in 1937, the company’s desire matured to create an aerodynamically offshoot.
There is a high probability that Georg von Opel himself made this request. In
the course of the rising network of highways in Germany (German Autobahn) – as with
other large German manufacturers – the Rüsselsheim management thought about
fast passenger cars, which could guarantee a high average speed on these roads.
Georg von Opel contacted the body shop ‘Dörr & Schreck’
in Frankfurt on the Main. At Dörr & Schreck’, the owners Jakob Dörr and
Matthias Schreck deciated themselves to the design of the ideal car shape in
aspects of aerodynamics and won the renowned car designer Reinhard Freiherr
König von Fachsenfeld as a body designer. In 1937, he designed the aluminum bodywork
based on the Opel 6 inspired by the ideas of Jaray – the signature at the
sketch bore the words “Entw. einer Jaray stroml. Karosserie auf Opel-Chassis 2
Liter …” (blueprint of an Jaray‘ streamlined car body on basis of a Opel 2
liter chassis …). The striking drop shaped design was implemented twice, in a
slightly differentiated design, at the Frankfurt factory in 1938. With a top speed
of over 160 km/h, the aerodynamic designs met the expectations, but went not into
series production.
Both cars were subsequently not only forgotten, but
were most probably also scrapped. Today knowingly neither of the two streamlined
cars exist anymore.
Description: | Opel Super 6 Streamliner 1938 Blue |
Catalogue#: | ATC04034 |
Product Type: | Resincast |
Scale: | 1:43 |
Event: | Road, Concept Cars |
Colour: | Blue |
Drivers: | - |
Sponsors: | - |
Dates: | 1938 |
Race/Position: | - |
Release Date: | April 2025 |
Weight: | 450 grams |
Comments: | Limited edition of 333 pieces |
About Autocult
A relatively new maker of very well finished resincast models, established in 2015. Very imaginative choice of subjects, often concentrating on the more eccentric episodes in motoring history! Production limited to 333 pieces of each subject, which often means that we get one delivery and that is it, so pre-orders strongly recommended!! Made in China for Germany.