1960 Opel Kapitän P2

Sedan

2.6-liter-inline six

Manual

222451352

Clear

Gasoline

I have owed this car for the last 16 years with the plan to fully restore it. When I bought it, it was in the exact condition it is today. I drove it onto the trailer to bring it home and I'm sure with gas it was start up again. I collect 111 Mercedes and wanted this one to be lined up with them but I am no longer restoring cars for my collection so this one gets to go up for sale. It's a project but there's someone out there is going to take it on. It's a California car that lived in the Napa area until I got my hands on it and since then it's been in San Jose California. The drives/pass floor pans do have holes in them but the pictures of the underneath of the car show only surface rust. I have the California Title that is Clear/Clean and shows 38,151 miles on the title. Note: it only has five digits. Car is sold AS-IS no Warranty. The P2 Kapitän came to market in August 1959, from earlier years it still had the panoramic windscreen, and gained a new grille and a redone body with a more angular roof and a new rear. It was driven by a stronger new, oversquare 2.6-liter-inline six (bore x stroke: 85 x 76.5 instead of 80 x 82 mm), still of OHV and pushrod design mated with the 3-speed manual Column shift.The P2 climbed to a top speed of 150 km/h (93.2 mph), reached 100 km/h (62 mph) in 16 seconds and consumed 12 L/100 km (24 mpg-imp; 20 mpg-US).From August 1959 to December 1963, Opel built 145,618 units of this Kapitän series. No other Opel Kapitän model, before or subsequently, achieved such a high production level.The large Opels were never dominating players in their market segment on the same scale as the smaller Rekord and Kadett models, possibly due to the strength of Mercedes-Benz in the big car sector. Nevertheless the highpoint for the big Opels was 1960 when together the Kapitän and Admiral were Europe's top-selling six-cylinder saloons, with nearly 48,000 sold.