The “Mini-Brute”, it was called, and the ads featured an elephant, for some reason. ![]() Not an isolated incident either, more cars have come through here I’ve owned, or had some sort of contact with, it’s almost creepy. Have any of you owned a Kadett Rallye?Īlright, that’s it, somehow, this here Barnyfinds, has a way of getting into our heads. The seller has a video here on YouTube showing the car and its a beauty. They say that it starts right up even after sitting for weeks, idles as it should, and generally runs great. Maybe a bit more with an upgraded Weber carb and electronic ignition. The engine is Opel’s 1.9L cam-in-head inline-four with just over 100 horsepower. I don’t see really any flaws anywhere inside or out, in the trunk area, or even underneath. They’re a restoration shop and they mention that this car isn’t up to their high restoration standards but it looks fantastic to me. They say that it was traded in as partial payment for restoration work that the owner had them do. The seller says that this car was restored about 16 years ago and is from the St. Those two typically came with a buckskin interior but I’ve seen them with black interiors. What I refer to as the “classic gold” Rallye is Aztec Gold and they also offered Copper Bronze. This one is Rallye Orange and they also made Spring Green and Chrome Yellow – all three of those came with a black interior. This generation of the Kadett was made from 1965 to 1973 and the Rallye was made from 1968 to 1970. The Opel Kadett B was the second version of this German car – after the Kadett A, of course – and Buick imported them for their showrooms. There really is nothing that I don’t like about this car other than the price, and the reserve hasn’t even been met yet. I haven’t seen a Kadett Rallye for sale since 2017 when we saw one here on Barn Finds in the classic gold color and I’ve seen thousands and thousands of listings. This is probably why I don’t have one yet, the current bid price is $15,100 and the reserve isn’t met yet. The seller has this car listed here on eBay in Cookeville, Tennessee. We have only seen one here in the history of Barn Finds and that was back in 2017 so it’s been a while. ![]() Lodged within the top five of my master car wish list for years, a 1968 Opel Kadett Rallye is the definition of a unicorn for me.
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