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Opel apprentices´ design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« on: March 07, 2011, 02:14:54 PM »
I´ve visited the "Carmania" model swap meeting at Opel works Rüsselsheim last weekend.

I´m not really the model guy, but always hunting for old brochures and photos.

And, well - I´ve found something quite special:
The "Opel Modellbauergilde".

In the 1960´s every Opel apprentice could take part in the Opel design challenge.
This was quite clever, because Opel did not pay the working time or building materials, but just had to look out for the most gifted talents and best ideas.
Brain drain at its best...

And because I think that there are some guys at my favourite website who might like to see some of them, I´ver scanned them all.

I´ve never seen photos of them before, but if you do know some more of those, please post them in this thread!

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Re: Opel apprentices design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2011, 02:18:54 PM »
Wow! What an interesting assortment - thank you for sharing  :thumbsup:
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Re: Opel apprentices design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2011, 03:12:05 AM »
Great post!
Some of these designs are very interisting
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Re: Opel apprentices design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2011, 12:35:36 PM »
Cool! Thanks!
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Re: Opel apprentices design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2011, 04:15:50 AM »
I have some postcards in my collection showing the winning models of the 1971 contest. Enjoy it:
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Re: Opel apprentices design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2011, 04:21:57 AM »
Tasty! Thanks for sharing
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Re: Opel apprentices design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2011, 05:40:52 AM »
 :applause:
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Re: Opel apprentices design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2011, 02:31:18 AM »
Cooool!
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Re: Opel apprentices design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2014, 05:40:30 PM »
We haven't had this one yet:
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Re: Opel apprentices´ design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2014, 01:09:06 PM »
Are there any more photos around?
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Re: Opel apprentices´ design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2015, 01:09:27 PM »
Some more colour shots:
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Re: Opel apprentices´ design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2015, 05:05:30 PM »
 :thumbsup:
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Re: Opel apprentices´ design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2015, 08:17:44 AM »
Two other ones:
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Re: Opel apprentices´ design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2015, 08:41:19 AM »
some more photos:
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Re: Opel apprentices´ design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2015, 09:25:31 AM »
And 6 more from the 1973 contest:
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Re: Opel apprentices´ design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2020, 09:33:22 AM »
One model is for sale:
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Re: Opel apprentices´ design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #16 on: May 03, 2020, 12:52:48 PM »
 :thumbsup:

And it looks pretty well after those decades!
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Re: Opel apprentices´ design challenge: 72 models of the 1960´s!
« Reply #17 on: November 26, 2020, 06:10:09 PM »
Does anyone have more info about this Opel Modellbauergilde (history)? It's for a friend who wants to write an article about it. Sources would be welcome as well.
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