Dome101

Has anyone got any pics of these? That would be worth seeing...

J4CKO

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I might root the pictures of mine out and scan them in!

Never heard the old Manta mentioned on Scoobynet, I had a 1986 GTE Hatch in the early nineties, quite enjoyed it but the 1.8 was nearly as quick and both got murdered by just about any hot hatch !

Really nice Recaros with 1972 dashboard, engine used to rock the whole car and feel really meaty and still manage to be fairly slow.

LeeMac

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Ah, the good old days, late 80s had a 1978 berlinetta 1.9 coupe in met blue, 60k mint apart from a bit of cam noise, had it 5 days before some p!ss head wrote it off and i never got a penny, got a pic somewhere, great cars, the Nissan 200sx 95+ reminds me of em.

Dome101

I've had 3, last of which was a late model exclusive. Love them to bits but they rust like crazy and need a bit of fettling to make them handle properly. I'll have another one day.

J4CKO

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Yeah, mine was well rusty on the back panel and Vauxhall replaced it just inside the warranty.

XT

I have about 40 pics from several Mantas. BTW the Manta has a huge and loyal following in Greece, as does the Opel 400

XT

Just made a thread in the same forum as this one with Opel Manta Pics

Mantamac

Had load's, still got 3 of them.
Here's one of my 2.7 Courtenay Turbo.

mantamagic

Mantamac,

That car in Monaco Blue is pure sex.

I love manta's too, was the saddest day when I parted company with my 1986 Dolphin Grey Exclusive Hatchback (100bhp @ wheels and blisteins). Before that I had a 1979 Sapphire Blue 2.0 Sr and after that 1.8 Berlinetta. Saw the Exclusive though and had to have it.
Good car's never die, they just get better!

Regds,

Mantamagic

RB5#295

I'll try to find some of my M8's old 3-litre conversion in anthracite. There are some of it airborne and others with clouds of tyresmoke (as a 1.8 in both of them IIRC).

He has another 3 litre now, but I haven't seen it (he's in Scotland and I'm in Devon...)

Edited to add that I have a Cav Coupe excatly like the green ne in the pic about 14 years ago.

Fen

[Edited by RB5#295 - 2/15/2003 9:43:17 AM]

Mantamac

The green Manta in the background is a 1979 1.9 SR. I'm in the process of fitting a 2.2 motor with a turbo and supercharger on it.The turbo is the old unit off the Courtenay and the supercharger is off a Torque Development's converted Manta.I'm not after big power ,I just fancied having a pop at the conversion. I think it should make about 220 bhp in modest boost form.
The 2.7 Turbo Has been off the road for ages. I did load's of work on the engine many year's ago. It was running 2 bar boost(it made 252 bhp at 14psi on the original 2.0L)so was making easily over 300 bhp. The problem was the shell was twisting with the power!!!!!
I took it off the road to seam weld it, and fit a roll cage.I just haven't got round to putting it back on the road yet
I will have finnished the 1.9 SR in about 2 month's so I'll post some pic's and a dyno sheet when it's boxed off. As for the 2.7 ,it's at the bottom of the list as I'm going to spend a few bob on the Lancer next as I'm fed up with getting fuel cut's..doh!

Mac.

The Zohan

I had four of 'em, three of the A series (round rear lights and a bit curvy) last one was a 1.9SR, great cars, not quick just a nice change from a Ford or such.

Mate had a Turbo version converted by ???
Had a GTE which loke the part but was not quick.

ah, fond memories!

DAC

always loved the exclusive coupe (that is the same as mantamacs 2.7 pic isnt it) in that purply blue.

just can't find any good ones for sale nowadays otherwise I'd be getting on also.

old girlfriends dad was an opel mechanic - used to bring coupes and such home.

Paulo P

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I had 2 GTEs too very cool cars That is a very nice picture of that blue one, what sort of power does that put out and what engine is it?

Paul

Toerag

A guy over here who's 75 years old hillclimbs a 2 litre jobby, he can easily spin it on a straight road if it's wet and he's on slicks! The mechanic who looks after my parent's cars put a chevy V8 in one, looks and sounds awesome!

Nik_B

Here's a couple of pics of my old one:






Enjoy!

Nik





[Edited by Nik_B - 2/18/2003 5:24:09 PM]

Merc_Cosworth

Turbo A-Series Manta's were Broadspeed conversions and factory approved.

Manta GTE = Great Car. Had three of em!

Nik_B

Try that again!!
Me and a few mates have been playing about with a few Manta's. This is how one particularly rusty example ended up:

<edited cos I can;t get the pics to show up, you can see them on this page...>

http://www.more-power.co.uk/themotahs/motahs_past.htm

[Edited by Nik_B - 2/18/2003 5:26:19 PM]

Olly

Always loved the Manta 400 group B cars: a lovely handling, quick, conventional "proper" RWD rally car. Buy "In Car Manx 1983" on board with Ari Vatanen in the Rothmans Manta if you have any doubts.

One of Jimmy McRae's AC Delco cars is for sale in Motoring News, yours for £35,000.

Dome101

Have a look here. Excellent Irish site devoted to Mantas.

http://www.btinternet.com/~nelson.stewart/

Also Cars and Car Conversions has a feature on Manta's this month aparrently but I've not had a look yet

[Edited by Dome101 - 2/19/2003 12:20:06 PM]

MARK MORRIS

heres my first two
84 gte, later fitted with an astra 16v engine with 240 bhp
[img]http://upload.turbosport.co.uk/getpic2.asp?
file=200212201138425014.jpg[/img]
88 i240. 162 bhp 2.4
[img]http://upload.turbosport.co.uk/getpic2.asp?
file=200212201138217521.jpg[/img]

mark

Andy Tang

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http://www.mantav8register.org.uk

I met one of the guys (Martin) on a SAS training course! Loads of pictures in the gallery and Martin's is the bright orange one!!

MARK MORRIS

heres my current manta, £200 with 11 months mot and 5 months tax, lhd with only 64k km on the clock
[img]http://upload.turbosport.co.uk/getpic2.asp?
file=2003220124325801647.jpg[/img]
mark