Opel Rekord coupe

[Johann66]

Saw this on OLX...

1969 Opel Rekord L coupe (2.5 4cyl? Converted to a Chevy engine perhaps?)
https://www.olx.co.za/ad/opel-rekord-2- ... 22ae1760fc
R60000

Looks great! Did Opel not have its own 2.5 motor?

Yes! With Carter Carburettor!

[IndianaJones]

Saw this on OLX...

1969 Opel Rekord L coupe (2.5 4cyl? Converted to a Chevy engine perhaps?)
https://www.olx.co.za/ad/opel-rekord-2- ... 22ae1760fc
R60000

Looks great! Did Opel not have its own 2.5 motor?

Yes! With Carter Carburettor!

Oom Johann, I'm going to challenge you on this. The only Opel CIH engine in 2.5L capacity, was a 6 cylinder.
The largest Opel CIH 4-cyl found in this series of Rekord/Commodore was a 1900cc.
If the car in the ad indeed has the 2.5L CIH 6-cyl, it would be a Rekord "Six" and a rare find.
But I believe the Rekord "Six" only came in automatic.

[Ranger1]

The Rekord Coupe came with the 2,5 4cylinder engine, and the sedan came with the 2,1 4cylinder.
I don't think we got the 1900 engine in SA.

[IndianaJones]

The Rekord Coupe came with the 2,5 4cylinder engine, and the sedan came with the 2,1 4cylinder.

I know GMSA did things different than overseas, but what are the origins of this engine then, is it unique to SA? Is it a Opel CIH engine?
Not much info is commonly available on what changes were made to South African manufactured Opel's.

CAR Magazine had a road test of a Opel Rekord 2.5 Sprint coupe in the November 1970 issue.
Any member want to scan this article?

[ZA Perana]

The Rekord Coupe came with the 2,5 4cylinder engine, and the sedan came with the 2,1 4cylinder.

I know GMSA did things different than overseas, but what are the origins of this engine then, is it unique to SA? Is it a Opel CIH engine?
Not much info is commonly available on what changes were made to South African manufactured Opel's.

CAR Magazine had a road test of a Opel Rekord 2.5 Sprint coupe in the November 1970 issue.
Any member want to scan this article?

I have that test somewhere, I was actually thinking of the Sprint when I typed my previous reply.

[Johann66]

The Rekord Coupe came with the 2,5 4cylinder engine, and the sedan came with the 2,1 4cylinder.

I know GMSA did things different than overseas, but what are the origins of this engine then, is it unique to SA? Is it a Opel CIH engine?
Not much info is commonly available on what changes were made to South African manufactured Opel's.

CAR Magazine had a road test of a Opel Rekord 2.5 Sprint coupe in the November 1970 issue.
Any member want to scan this article?

I have that test somewhere, I was actually thinking of the Sprint when I typed my previous reply.

Mark is correct as we did not use the CIH engine! We used the McKinnon (Canada) engine. We used the CIH engine in the Opel"E" body.
In the "D" body we used the 2.5, 3.8 and 4.1 chev(Opel) Mckinnon engines.
The Opel Sprint came with the L6 CIH 2.6? motor. Very few built here!

[momentumm]

Great post and the site is also good. Thanks for sharing such a interesting post.

[Johann66]

The Rekord Coupe came with the 2,5 4cylinder engine, and the sedan came with the 2,1 4cylinder.

I know GMSA did things different than overseas, but what are the origins of this engine then, is it unique to SA? Is it a Opel CIH engine?
Not much info is commonly available on what changes were made to South African manufactured Opel's.

CAR Magazine had a road test of a Opel Rekord 2.5 Sprint coupe in the November 1970 issue.
Any member want to scan this article?

I have that test somewhere, I was actually thinking of the Sprint when I typed my previous reply.

Mark is correct as we did not use the CIH engine! We used the McKinnon (Canada) engine. We used the CIH engine in the Opel"E" body.
In the "D" body we used the 2.5, 3.8 and 4.1 chev(Opel) Mckinnon engines.
The Opel Sprint came with the L6 CIH 2.6? motor. Very few built here!

Just to complete the McKinnon saga: The "B" body 1965 to 66 Started off with the 2.1 McKinnon! GMSA Played with some variations with the "Powerglide Auto, 3 and 4 speed manual boxes, Rear diff ratios from disastrous 3.7 to a 3.45 that became standard in the Ranger! From 130 to the 153 Cub inch all used the same block!! My "B"body wheelspins with the 3.7 diff!

[barrydorr]

@johann66... i love to read when you talk about the Opel history in SA you have such a large amount of knowledge about Opel/GM it is truly a pleasure to read your posts...thanks for sharing

[Scorpionman]

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