Apal
Apal Coupé
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Production period: |
1961 to 1964 |
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Class: |
Sports car |
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Body versions: |
Coupe |
| Engine: | Air-cooled 1200/1300cc |
| Wheel base: | 94.49 in, 2,400 mm |
| Overall width: | 63.78 in, 1,620 mm |
| Overall height: | 49.21 in, 1,250 mm |
| Ground clearance: | 7.09 in, 180 mm |
| Dry weight: | 1,543 1b, 700 kg |
The Apal Coupe was a small Belgium sports car from the 1960s
History
Apal (Application Polyester Armé de Liège s.à.r.l ) an Automotive manufacturer of Belgium produced the Coupe from 1961 till 1965 and featured a glass-fibre body for more rust resistant than steel fitted on a VW Beetle chassis with 2 doors and 2 seats This was a factory-built car not just as a VW kit conversion. These APAL conversions as the basic Apal 1200 coupe the 1200S with twin carbs. Also, the more powerful the APAL 1300 TVS Okrasa and APAL Porsche.
The VW Beetle and Porsche air cooled engines from 1200cc up had various HP ratings and in VW Porsche fashion were rear mounted with rear wheel drive. to increase power 2 Solex 32 PIBC downdraught single barrel carburettors fitted to the air-cooled engines. The chassis using VW backbone platform has front suspension as independent, twin swinging longitudinal trailing arms, transverse laminated torsion bars, anti-roll bar, telescopic dampers at the rear independent, swinging semi-axles, swinging longitudinal trailing arms, transverse torsion bars and telescopic dampers. Still with Drum brakes front and rear. These early cars still came with the 6-volt electric system.
PERFORMANCE:1300 TVS Okrasa
- Engine capacity: 79.08 cu in, 1,296 cu cm
- Fuel consumption: 31.4 ml imp gal, 26.1 ml US gal,
- Max speed: 91.3 mph, 147 km/h
- power- weight ratio: 30.9 lb/hp, 14 kg/hp
- speed in top at 1,000 rpm: 18.3 mph, 29.5 km/h.
- max power (SAE): 50 hp at 4,250 rpm
- max torque (SAE): 72 1b ft, 10 kg m at 3,000 rpm
- max number of engine rpm: 4,500
- specific power: 38.6 hp/l
