Listing snapshot
| Spotted | October 2022 |
| Asking price | Not recorded |
| Location | Fremont, Nebraska |
| Listed on | eBay, private seller |
| Status | Ad expired. This page is our archive of the listing. |
We spotted this 1969 Opel GT in October 2022, listed on eBay by a seller in Fremont, Nebraska. Our old page called it an “Opel Opel” and described a big six-cylinder sedan, but the photos show a red Opel GT coupe. The seller had just finished a long list of work. We keep the record for anyone pricing a sorted GT.
What this car was
A red Opel GT, the small two-seat coupe with the long nose and hidden headlights. The featured photo shows it in profile on a gravel driveway, with chrome bumperettes and steel wheels with chrome trim rings. Inside, the dash photo shows the row of round gauges, a wood-rim steering wheel and a floor-mounted four-speed shifter.
The seller said they had owned around 40 Opels and fixed them up for sale. The work listed on this one, done about a month before the sale:
- Transmission issue fixed, no leaks, smooth shifting and a new transmission mount
- New brake rotors, pads, drums, shoes, calipers, hoses and wheel cylinders
- Full new exhaust from the head pipe back, using new old stock parts
- Four new KYB shocks and new mounts and bushings
- New Weber carburetor, Bosch coil, and plugs, wires, cap, rotor and points
- New radiator hoses, coolant, fuel pump and fuel filters
- New carpet set, spare tire cover and rear window trim panel
- Fresh base coat/clear coat paint with no dents, plus new lenses, gaskets and bulbs all around
The seller asked for a $500 deposit at the close of the auction, with shipping paid by the buyer. The final price isn’t in our record.
A little Opel GT history
Opel built the GT from 1968 to 1973. The bodies were made in France and the cars were finished by Opel, and in the US they were sold through Buick dealers. Most US cars used a 1.9-liter four-cylinder. The pop-up headlights are a well-known quirk: they rotate sideways into place, worked by a hand lever inside the car.
More cars from the archive
- 1972 Opel GT, another Opel GT
- 1970 BMW 2002, another European car
- 1972 MG MGB GT Coupe, another European car
- 1966 Ford Mustang Coupe, also from the 1960s
