Just in time for the summer vacation, the new issue of Oldtimer Markt has been published, full of topics for reading on the beach or in a tent. Among other things, it deals with truly eager Opel collectors in the United States, the restoration of a Citroën GSA, Stuck's Austro-Daimler, a Polonez-Stratos crossover and the VW Golf II that has matured into a classic car.
Opel collectors in the States
Well over 700,000 Opels were imported into the United States.
Around 700 of them are now at "Opels Unlimited" in California, most of them not exactly in top condition, but saved nonetheless. A parallel universe of four-cylinder cars in the land of the V8.
A rescued Citroën GSA
The goddess and the duck from Citroën enjoy large fan clubs, but the GS and the later GSA variant are usually spurned.
Not so for Max Gloth, who rescued a GSA 1300 Pallas that he had found in Paris.
The fuel-injected Triumph TR5
The Triumph TR5 came with significantly more power thanks to fuel injection, and the car testers were delighted with it.
But not all that glittered was gold. And so it was a short festival in Germany.
The Alpine winner
Hans Stuck drove to many victories with the Austro-Daimler brand, including at the Bernina hill climb.
With the ADM-R, he put himself in the limelight at the Shelsey Walsh hill climb and defeated the British.
The special cross
What do the talented Poles do when someone has driven a Lancia Stratos into a tree in a shortage economy and no replacement bodywork is available?
Well, they simply install the V6 with 285 hp in an FSO Polonez, which was then easily 250 km/h fast, a really special story ...
Everything problem-free with the VW Golf Mk II?
In terms of quality, the second generation of the VW Golf clearly surpassed the first, does this mean that it is "indestructible"?
The strengths and weaknesses are highlighted in the buying guide.
In the latest issue, you can also learn about spark plugs, find out how to flush an automatic transmission and take a trip to north-east Germany in a Mercedes-Benz 280 SE Cabriolet. And, of course, there is much more to read ...
