Opel GT Epic Roadtrip: CONTINENTAL ICONS PART 3

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In the early 2000s he finally stumbled across the car you see in this video, and had it restored (badly), but it nevertheless cemented his love for the car, and even his then very young son fell in love with the car. Unfortunately, in 2011 he had to let the car go, and regretted it immediately.

Then started a near-five-year long search for his Opel, which he eventually tracked down in Kimberley, but the new owner didn’t want to sell. He kept trying though, and in early 2020, just as the world became aware of the COVID-19 pandemic, he bought his beloved GT back. His busy schedule meant that he had not seen the car in the metal until the first day of shooting of this film. So, would he still feel the same love for the car after nearly a decade apart? And would the little Opel, which had been standing for much of the past 11 years be capable of a 1 600km roadtrip to Cape Town? With its new Continental tyres fitted, and some new cooling pipes, it was time to hit the long road, with our trusty Opel mechanic, Werner Meyer, riding shotgun.

Enjoy the film! We enjoyed making it!

0:00 - Intro
1:04 - Welcome
1:41 - The discovery of the Opel GT
3:34 - Seeing the Opel GT after 11 years
5:33 - Preparing the Opel for the drive to Cape Town
6:43 - Hannes gives an update on the drive to Cape Town
8:00 - Some info about the Opel GT
10 20 - Another update on the drive
11:40 - Hannes decides on the restoration process
13:00 - Hannes reaches Cape Town

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[davesmith]

The interior and rims reminds me a lot of the Opel Manta. Really awesome vehicle and may she give you millions of awesome safe km's Hannes 😎👍.

[carelok]

Congratulations on getting it back - true car people understand the bond that can exist with a car - and we’re all rooting for you to get it back to pristine condition!

Hope you’ll record the process as a build series 😀

[nealprinsloo]

epic story, beautiful car. best frame at 11:09, what a beaut! two claps for the camera peeps, well done

[panashetinotenda]

Petrolheads! We have one universal language that is love for cars, classic and modern ones

[arthurasia]

Thank you for such a beautiful story ❤️🥺 glad you could reunite with it Hannes.

[Neevarshan_Naicker]

You know what I love about this car... It looks identical to a Chevrolet Corvette well a very tiny and cute one 😉. Genuinely happy for Hannes Reuniting with this car. I could see him wanting to tear up there. Such a special video

[TD]

What a beautiful car. Seriously up there with the E-Type in my books. Always great to see real enthusiasts who love what they do. :-D

[KyleJHB]

What a moment to get the same car back after so many years. I've often dreamt of similarly getting my W203 C-Class back one day, hopefully in as pristine condition as I sold it in in 2016. Also what a throwback to that Opel advert on the roof top, I'd almost forgotten it! Amazing '90s memory unlocked.

[DavetheCarGuy]

What a great story and such a pretty film too!

[jeancoetzee]

The Hagerty channel fairly recently posted a video as part of the Barn Find Hunter series in which they'd interviewed a gentleman with approximately 13 of these little Opels.

[DaveGillespie-wf]

Nice story. My wife and I are visiting Capetown in Oct.2024, and would we would love to see you and your Opel GT. We have a Black 71 GT here in Canada.

[amgguy]

I sold my 1970 in 1977 and bought a 1973 in 2005 with only 21k originalmiles. The '73 has lower compression and is a bit down on power. I've also become accustomed to AMGs as daily drivers. All those years I had many cars, but really missed my Opel, it makes me smile.

[Frank_inSA]

I understand the poor guy. My brother and I owned different Opel GTs and Kadett C Coupes 😥
He has his car back, ours are gone...

[midnightcatianfanfic]

just got my first gt, sitting in my driveway in horrible condition right now

[pietstemmet]

In the 70 there was a opel gt in riviersonderend it was also red maybe the same car

[johanneswehrmann]

Even gave mé some misty eyes you bugger. ☺️

[captainunderpants]

Hi can someone please help I need to buy a good second hand car but nobody wants to help me I'm under depth review had some problems few years back and had to go under depth review. Today I'm al good but still under it and nobody wants to help me depth review is al good but it messes up other stuff I really need a better car my car has over on the clock but starts with al sorts of problems now

[catsoverlord]

Why did you get pulled over by the police? It was in a museum for 10 years?

[keithmatthias]

Now don’t go and sell it again! Unless to me.