Between 1938 and 1953, Opel offered the first Kapitän, a modern yet robust vehicle with a self-supporting body that combined American characteristics with European engineering experience and sold over a hundred thousand units on the market. This report tells the story of the successful Opel luxury class model and shows it in three original brochures and in pictures and advertising illustrations from the time.
The Hebmüller company was once one of the hottest companies in German coachbuilding, but today it is known at best as the builder of the two-seater VW Beetle convertible, although many other bodies were produced in the workshops in Barmen and Wülfrath, including for Opel, Ford, Humber and DKW. This report looks back on the history of Hebmüller and shows some of the showpieces of their work in pictures.