Opel 33/60 hp

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33/60 hp
Production period:	1908
Class :	Upper class
Body versions :	Touring car , Pullman limousine , landaulet
Engines:	Otto engine : 8.6 liters (44 kW)
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Wheelbase :	3240-3700 mm
Empty weight :	Chassis: 1350–1450 kg
successor	Opel 35/60 hp

The Opel 33/60 PS was a luxury class car that Adam Opel KG only built in 1908.

History and technology

The 33/60 hp was the most powerful model in the Opel model range at the time, even more powerful than the contemporary 29/50 hp .

The 33/60 hp had a side-controlled four - cylinder block engine with T-head and 8620 cm³ displacement (bore × stroke = 140 mm 140 mm), which made 60 hp (44 kW) at 1500 rpm. The engine was water-cooled; a centrifugal pump provided the cooling water. The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a metal cone clutch, a manual four-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft .

The sheet steel U-profile frame was available with two wheelbases, 3240 mm and 3700 mm. The two rigid axles were suspended from it on semi-elliptical longitudinal leaf springs. The service brake was an internal shoe brake that acted on the output shaft of the gearbox. The handbrake was designed as a drum brake on the rear wheels.

The car was available as a four-seater double phaeton , as a four-door Pullman limousine or as a landaulet . The cheapest variant (double phaeton) cost 16,500 RM, other versions up to 22,000 RM.

Production of the 33/60 PS was stopped at the end of 1908. The successor was the 35/60 hp in the following year .

literature

• Werner Oswald : German Cars 1885–1920. Volume 1. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02211-7 , pp. 281-299.