Apal Coupé: Some original pictures

[botic]

Found on the net...

[wdfifteen]

^^
Never heard of Apal. Looks like they were offering a body plus a hot-rod kit for a VW engine. I see they also offered a Porsche based kit.

[masraum]

Great looking little car. Got any more information about it?

[botic]

That's correct, first cars were fitted with vw engines but later on, 30 of them received 356 engines and around 8 cars had a lightweight body. In total 97 Apal coupés were ever produced in the early 60's.
In the eighties and nineties, Apal Sunset launched back a small production but rear clip was different. It celebrated the aniversary of the Apal Coupé (maybe in relation with the Porsche 550 RS (VIN 550 0082)?

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by botic

In the eighties and nineties, Apal Sunset launched back a small production but rear clip was different. It celebrated the aniversary of the Apal Coupé (maybe in relation with the Porsche 550 RS (VIN 550 0082)?


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That looks like a four Cam exhaust on that car. (Top photo)

[Tobra]

four cam exhaust, rock for parking brake in first picture

Neat looking cars

[botic]

Wdfifteen,
More, this Apal was fitted with a 2-litre Porsche 4-cam engine; later on it has been replaced by S90.

[petrolhead611]

Rocks for parking brakes have been supplanted in my case by redundant house bricks, a more upscale solution chosen by me to prevent my AutoX car from rolling away.( Don't use the manufacturer supplied because I only use the car every 4-5 weeks or so).

[botic]

First picture is showing the Apal protoype, maybe that's the reason why a rock was preventing the car from rolling away? I'm also using house bricks for the oldtimer stored in my garage;-)