Of my old Cavalier Coupe and also my Opel Manta gte , brings back some memories .

In the cav, coupe my old mucker Mantav8 helped me drop in a Fiat 2 litre twin cam engine and 5 speed box from a 132 Mirafiori , great little engine :dance: dropped on a 400 rally bodykit and painted it in Rothmens colours :dance:

As for the Manta gte i bought it damaged , repaired it and fitted an Ellegance bodykit and some 17" rims :dance:

Had a GTE, which went up in flames lol. But my favorite manta i had was the A series had 3 1.9 Berllinetta's the last 1 was going to have a Rover V8 dropped in it, which never happened as my neighbour offered my a good price for it as they where quite rare then, impossible to find 1 now, would love to get hold of 1 for a project and drop a zed TT in it

My second car was an A series 1.9sr , lovely looking old cars :dance: :dance: .

Bought another a fair few years ago as a project to do the same as your neighbour , got the rover v8 and manual box , got loads of new panels and trim , did a fair bit of welding then lost interest in it , it sat on the back garden for a few years , doing bodywork as a job and then doing it in your spare time was getting a bit teadious , in the end it got scrapped when we moved house :headvswal

Is the black one your neighbours v8 one ? cos i did see and drool over a black A series with a Rover in it at Santa Pod many years ago :bow:

It was very rusty !!!!

 

The engine which also was scrapped :smash:

 

Feckin' ell!-is that the same welder!! :eek:

My second car was an A series 1.9sr , lovely looking old cars :dance: :dance: .

Bought another a fair few years ago as a project to do the same as your neighbour , got the rover v8 and manual box , got loads of new panels and trim , did a fair bit of welding then lost interest in it , it sat on the back garden for a few years , doing bodywork as a job and then doing it in your spare time was getting a bit teadious , in the end it got scrapped when we moved house :headvswal

Is the black one your neighbours v8 one ? cos i did see and drool over a black A series with a Rover in it at Santa Pod many years ago :bow:

It was very rusty !!!!

 

The engine which also was scrapped :smash:

 

No thats not my car its just a pic i found on the web to use as an example. The one i sold was metallic blue, the one you saw at the pod could well of been my old one if he finished the project, i dont know what happened to the car as i moved away and never saw it again :( But they do look the part when done up. Its a shame you didnt finish the car, you try finding one now.

They have some realy good cars but they are not quite right in the looks department, they can be stunning from front but damn fugly at te back end.

 

The rear end of the Chrysler charger

not bad huh? They also came with a 265ci Hemi engine :bow: a 318ci, 340ci (this engine was built as a racing engine by chrysler in the states) or the 360ci (bored out 340ci)

Old skool metal (whats left of it). Gotta Love it!

No thats not my car its just a pic i found on the web to use as an example. The one i sold was metallic blue, the one you saw at the pod could well of been my old one if he finished the project, i dont know what happened to the car as i moved away and never saw it again :( But they do look the part when done up. Its a shame you didnt finish the car, you try finding one now.

The one at the pod looked stock but had a really neat job done in fitting the Rover lump and box :bow: :bow:

Not looking for another as a project bud , i havn,t got a garage , i know i didn,t back then but i was a bit younger , the old bones can,t take the cold and damp anymore :cry: :cry: :D

The one at the pod looked stock but had a really neat job done in fitting the Rover lump and box :bow: :bow:

Not looking for another as a project bud , i havn,t got a garage , i know i didn,t back then but i was a bit younger , the old bones can,t take the cold and damp anymore :cry: :cry: :D

 

What was i saying, you cant find them anywhere :dance: How tempted am i!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OPEL-MANTA-A-SERIES-INCREDIBLE-PARTS-COLLECTION_W0QQitemZ180150712920QQihZ008QQcategoryZ100932QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

What was i saying, you cant find them anywhere :dance: How tempted am i!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OPEL-MANTA-A-SERIES-INCREDIBLE-PARTS-COLLECTION_W0QQitemZ180150712920QQihZ008QQcategoryZ100932QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

 

I was looking at this one too....... ( if only had the space ) there is a Yellow one at a restoration club up here and its beautiful... much better than half the crap turned out these days

What was i saying, you cant find them anywhere :dance: How tempted am i!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OPEL-MANTA-A-SERIES-INCREDIBLE-PARTS-COLLECTION_W0QQitemZ180150712920QQihZ008QQcategoryZ100932QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Go on , you know you wanna :dance: :dance:

It,s a good base for a project with all the spares included :bow: :bow:

Ooooeerrr! :o

Seems like every fooker had a manta!! :o