I have recently received many pictures of vintage, mostly from the 1980's, catalogs of fiberglass and other materials body kit and parts upgrade catalogs from Uwe Klippert, who works(ed) at an Opel plant. I have just spent the last few hours trying to sort through the hundreds of pictures I have of modified cars, mostly GT's, and random catalog pages I've gathered over the years trying to match up the catalogs with the various pics of stuff on cars. I have more work to do and I'm sure I've made labeling mistakes, so correct what I post as needed. Please add any pictures of cars or catalog info you may have to this archive. Because the catalogs are mostly in German, I have very little idea of what they say.
These catalogs are all mostly from the "Opel CIH engined cars modification era" of the 1980's, when many small European and a few other countries' businesses cropped up to make body kits and replacement parts. Replacement oem body panels and upgrade parts were hard to find, especially here in the US, during the 80's/90's and so these companies tried to fill that need. Only parts from a few companies, like Lenk and Steinmetz, still exist or the original molds still exist, but are made by other present day companies. Many of the fiberglass body kit parts currently offered by OGTS and a few other companies fall into this category. Lenk is still in business and currently I have not copied every single picture from their online catalog. There's a lot of stuff there. I will only be posting a few of the Lenk pics. If you want to look at everything that Lenk still sells, go to the link below, click "Catalog", scroll down to section 3 to see the body kit stuff, and click on the individual lines to make a small picture or two pop up. Most of their fiberglass stuff is made to order and is not just sitting in stock on a shelf, so you would have to contact them, place the order, and wait for them to make and ship the part. I have bought a number of things, like grill inserts, from them this way. It takes about 2 months to get the part. Much of Lenk's fiberglass stuff is available from OGTS with names like "LT10, LT15, etc.". The "LT" stands for "Lenk Tuning".
Here is the Lenk site link:
Here is a Steinmetz link:
www.steinmetz-automobiltechnik.de
Here is a link to Edelschmeide:
www.edelschmiede.com
Here is a link for Norm's Fiberglass who makes body kit parts for the "New Opel GT Roadster" based upon the Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice body:
normsfiberglass.com
Here is the link to Splendid Parts in Germany, which carries many upgrade parts. They are very hard to order from these days due to difficulties with shipping, but if you know someone in Germany or Poland you can have parts shipped to them and they can then send them to the US.:
This is the link to Class Glass Performance, who make the fiberglass GT dragster bodies:
There are other Opel parts suppliers in Germany, but they are also now difficult for North Americans to order from.
To start the ball rolling, here are 3 pics that were sent to me of the Chausson factory that had a hand in making the GT:
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Here are pics from the Class Glass GT dragster body section:
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These catalogs are all mostly from the "Opel CIH engined cars modification era" of the 1980's, when many small European and a few other countries' businesses cropped up to make body kits and replacement parts. Replacement oem body panels and upgrade parts were hard to find, especially here in the US, during the 80's/90's and so these companies tried to fill that need. Only parts from a few companies, like Lenk and Steinmetz, still exist or the original molds still exist, but are made by other present day companies. Many of the fiberglass body kit parts currently offered by OGTS and a few other companies fall into this category. Lenk is still in business and currently I have not copied every single picture from their online catalog. There's a lot of stuff there. I will only be posting a few of the Lenk pics. If you want to look at everything that Lenk still sells, go to the link below, click "Catalog", scroll down to section 3 to see the body kit stuff, and click on the individual lines to make a small picture or two pop up. Most of their fiberglass stuff is made to order and is not just sitting in stock on a shelf, so you would have to contact them, place the order, and wait for them to make and ship the part. I have bought a number of things, like grill inserts, from them this way. It takes about 2 months to get the part. Much of Lenk's fiberglass stuff is available from OGTS with names like "LT10, LT15, etc.". The "LT" stands for "Lenk Tuning".
Here is the Lenk site link:
Here is a Steinmetz link:
Steinmetz Automobiltechnik -
Der Steinmetz-Rallye-Shop öffnet wieder. Angeregt durch die vielen Anfragen nach den legendären Steinmetz-Teilen aus den Jahren 1970 bis 1974 habe ich mich dazu entschlossen, die erfolgreiche Geschichte fortzuschreiben und genau an dem Punkt weiterzumachen, an dem mein Vater 1974 aufgehört hat.
www.steinmetz-automobiltechnik.de
Here is a link to Edelschmeide:
Fahrzeugtypen
Hier finden Sie alle Ersatzteile & Tuningteile die wir jedem einzelnen Opel Hecktriebler zugeordnet haben. Diese Kategorien bieten sich an, wenn Sie nach Au
Here is a link for Norm's Fiberglass who makes body kit parts for the "New Opel GT Roadster" based upon the Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice body:
Saturn Sky at Norm's Fiberglass Design Studio
normsfiberglass.com
Here is the link to Splendid Parts in Germany, which carries many upgrade parts. They are very hard to order from these days due to difficulties with shipping, but if you know someone in Germany or Poland you can have parts shipped to them and they can then send them to the US.:
This is the link to Class Glass Performance, who make the fiberglass GT dragster bodies:
There are other Opel parts suppliers in Germany, but they are also now difficult for North Americans to order from.
To start the ball rolling, here are 3 pics that were sent to me of the Chausson factory that had a hand in making the GT:
Here are pics from the Class Glass GT dragster body section:
