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Next is from wikipedia: Der Karosseriebau Autenrieth war ein Karosseriebauunternehmen, welches zwischen 1921 und 1964 in Darmstadt Karosserien für Personenwagen fertigte. In den ersten Jahrzehnten der Automobilfertigung noch bis in die Zeit vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg war es allgemein üblich, dass es bei Personenwagen neben den herstellerseitigen Karosserien auch solche von darauf spezialisierten, externen Karosseriebaufirmen gab. Eine der bekannteren deutschen Firmen war Georg Autenrieth, gegründet 1921 in Weinsberg bei Heilbronn und seit 1925 in Darmstadt ansässig. Gefertigt wurden in Einzelauftrag nach Kundenwünschen Limousinen, Coupés, Cabriolets und Sonderanfertigungen auf Fahrgestellen verschiedener bekannter Vorkriegs-Automobilhersteller wie Adler, Audi, Horch, Maybach, Mercedes-Benz, Opel, NSU und den wie Autenrieth in Darmstadt befindlichen Röhr-Werken. Ebenfalls wurden bereits in den 30er Jahren Fahrzeuge von BMW karossiert. Ende der 1930er, Anfang der 1940er Jahre entstanden in Kleinserie auch erste Cabriolets auf Basis des KdF-Wagens, des späteren VW Käfers. Im Krieg wurde die Karosseriefertigung eingestellt und Autenrieth wurde zum Rüstungszulieferer. In der Wiederaufbauphase nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg wurde die Zusammenarbeit mit BMW wieder aufgenommen. Die damaligen PKW mit noch nicht selbsttragenden Karosserien boten sich weiterhin für fremde Aufbauten an, und so entstanden in ansehnlicher Zahl in den 50er Jahren Coupés und Cabriolets auf Basis der großen BMW-Modelle. Daneben entstanden auch Cabriolets auf frühen Citroën-DS-Modellen sowie Borgward Isabella. Bekannter noch sind aus den letzten Jahren der Firma Autenrieth Cabriolets und Coupés auf Basis verschiedener Opel-Modelle wie Olympia, Rekord und Kapitän. Daneben entstanden auch Kombis sowie Bestattungsfahrzeuge. 1964 endete die Fertigung des Karosseriebauers Autenrieth.
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most of the following text is written by Lars Schenk or (pink admin) | ||
I was told by Mr. Born that
Autenrieth has build 25 convertibles. Today
there are 4 known survivors: 1. BT-CN 302, Helmut Ries, Bayreuth 1B Cabrio with single chrom stripes 2. E - CN 4, Hilmar Born, Herne 3. Thomas von Kleinburg, Hamburg (no pictures) 4. OH - 0715 Diethelm Schenk, Ostholstein From the 3? now 4 build Coupes there
are 2 survivors known. 10. lookalike or real?
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There are also some
self made cabrios on this site. (Arjan Hart) Here is an overview: |
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1. BT-CN 302, Helmut Ries, Bayreuth | ||
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Each convertible from
Autenrieth was handcrafted specially for the
wishes of the customers. So this one has double
chrom stripes (the lower one is original and the
upper one was added by Autenrieth) and extra
fins topped on the rear fenders. - Admin
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The interior were handmade leather bucket seats and this one had red leather interior. - Admin (pinkadmin) |
Here you can see that the fins are just topped on - it´s not the original P1 design and in my opinion it´s nothing that adds dignity to the wonderfull original P1 look.. You can find wonderfull fins on US-cars of the 50th but in my eyes the P1 just seems to look better without them. Back to the facts: The baseprice in 1959 was 11.180,-- DM! This was nearly 200% of the closed version. - Admin (pinkadmin) |
German license plate reads:
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1984 opel meeting Netherlands:
Here it is again - same car as seen on press
release pictures above (BT-CN 302). - Admin
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Again "BT-CN 302" in holland meeting in 1984. Owner is Mr. Ries who is also the only known owner of the two remaining Autenrieth-Coupes. - Admin (pinkadmin) |
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1B Cabrio with single chrom stripes | ||
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big picture update 08-02-2010 |
Another convertible is owned by Hilmar Born, Herne. I was told that it was driven with the licenseplate "E-CN 4" by the dougther of the former owner. No pictures of
this one, too. |
Photoalbum of the White cabrio in Opel museum of Hilmar Born and pictures made by Arjan Hart by an Opel dealer | ||
3 Thomas von Kleinburg, Hamburg (no pictures) | ||
Spring 2005, Germany - Admin (pinkadmin) this is his website |
Photoalbum of the car of Diethelm Schenk seen on alt opel 2007 |
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big picture update 08-02-2010 "MA-AP 533" It has sharp fins but no double chrom molding. - Admin (pinkadmin) |
big picture update 08-02-2010 |
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6 Black and white coupe | ||
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"HU-H 999" is one of the rare Opel P1 Coupes that were handcrafted by Autenrieht. I was told by Mr. Born that 3 were build and 2 survivors are known. Owner of both survivors is Mr. Reiss. One is nearly restored. One is not in driving condition (parts car? or restoration undergoing?) - Admin (pinkadmin)
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8 Metallic-lack coupe | ||
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9 new , found on Facebook | ||
11 new , found on Facebook | ||
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Are there any more known survivors?
Please send infos and pictures to complete this Opel P1 Convertible
roster. I have been told that there is one convertible in Hamburg undergoing a restoration for several years now. Owner is Mr. Thomas von Kleinburg(?). My father told me he has seen a yellow P1 convertible many years ago in Hamburg - perhaps this is the same car?!? There are no pictures available from this one. - Admin (pinkadmin) |
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"K-TJ 888" found at Alt-Opel
Meeting in 2004. This is a reproduction
convertible and not a original Autenrieth
convertible. Is doesn't have the longer doors
for example. I hope the owner "Thomas Riese" can
tell us more about his car and send in some
photos of the car and the conversation. - Admin
(pinkadmin)
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On the question left : Here is the answer on opel-p1.nl:
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Miniature made by HSA | ||
Minichamps 1:43 coupe | ||
Minichamps 1:43 cabrio | ||
Minichamps 1:43 kapitan P1 coupe |
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the real kapitan P1
coupeOpel Kapitän P2.5 Coupe body by Autenrieth |
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next 9 pictures are original from the website history-of-cars.com (also spotted on Facebook.com) | ||
next 18
pictures and article about Autenrieth are a copy from: http://www.autobild.de/klassik/artikel/karosseriebauer-autenrieth-949691.html |
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Another Kapitan P1 from Facebook | ||
very rare 2 doors Kapitan P2 coupe built by Authenriet !!!
normal 4 doors Kapitan P2
next pictures are from:
www.traumautoarchiv.de
These pictures are found on Facebook ; Opel kapitan P2 Coupe
This site contains only information of Opel P1 models: Opel Rekord or Olympia end 1957 ,1958,1959,1960,1961. with a 1500cc or a 1700 cc engine and the opel 1200 cc model 1962.
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