The Opel Manta thread!

Silvera

Well, here goes.........

I'm looking for a 1976 or 1977 Opel Manta!
Ideally, I want -

- 2 Litre Coupe (hatchback considered)
- in excellent to mint condition,
- with an original Irish registration (though I would consider a ZV or 'Year' reg).
- ....and at a sensible price!

Silvera.

N.B. - Also now considering a later model Manta, e.g. 83-88 GTE Coupe.

Silvera

BTW, for the uninitiated, this is an Opel manta

manta mad

pm me silvera

manta mad

hey silvera heres one for you , at least you wouldent be late fore work:)

dubtom

Cool,is that your's mantamad.

mike65

Mad Max on a budget!

Mike.

manta mad

dubtom wrote:

Cool,is that your's mantamad.

no unfortunatly not:( its in england belongs to a manta club member, says it gos like a rocket,love to see it in full flight with lights and siren blaring.
but it dos look good , what a sight in your rear view mirror, frighten the s**t
out of you

dubtom

On the subject of manta's, are there any of those Manta 400's still around today. I believe there were 400 produced for Rallying, or to qualify for Rallying perhaps,that 'squad' car kinda reminded me of them.

Silvera

Yep, still plenty of 400's about!

Have a look at this N.I site dedicated to them - www.manta400.com

Silvera.

manta mad

Silvera wrote:

BTW, for the uninitiated, this is an Opel manta

one on the way

tommymanta

hi there.dose anyone know where i can get b manta floor pans.trying to get my berlinetta back on the road.thanks guys.

Silvera

Hi tommymanta,

Welcome to the forum!
(Great to have another fellow 'Manta Fan' onboard!)

What year/colour/body style is your Manta ?
Any pics to post here?

I presume that you are seeking new floorpans?
I have a few phone numbers which I will PM to you.

Also, try - www.onlyopels.co.uk


Silvera.

manta mad

tommymanta wrote:

hi there.dose anyone know where i can get b manta floor pans.trying to get my berlinetta back on the road.thanks guys.

the mantas are on the way back , watch out all ye ford fans:)
i have a good few parts up here tommymanta, pm me what you want& i will see if i can help.
post pics of your manta, give us a look at where you are at with your restoration.
welcome to the best site in ireland for classic car fans



old opels never die:D

barryi200

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-OPEL-MANTA-S-1600-BLUE-1-OWNER-23K-THE-BEST-EVER_W0QQitemZ200021407041QQihZ010QQcategoryZ2192QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

manta mad

silvera its nearly to good to pass up.
it looks as new as you could get.
get bidding mate

Silvera

It's looks a real minter alright!
I've made a couple of bids but I reckon that she will go for strong money - prob more than my budget will allow

......plus I'm now considering going for a newer model, i.e. 83-88 GTE Coupe :cool:

barryi200

that seller seems to straight, you should contact previous buyers from him to sus him out... if its as good as he says it is, id say twill go for around the 3k+ sterling mark

Do you fancy an i200...one of the cleanest in the british isles, if not the best bar rab's in Scotland!!! your budget will have to stretch to a five figure sum though!

Silvera

barryi200 wrote:

that seller seems to straight, you should contact previous buyers from him to sus him out... if its as good as he says it is, id say twill go for around the 3k+ sterling mark

Do you fancy an i200...one of the cleanest in the british isles, if not the best bar rab's in Scotland!!! your budget will have to stretch to a five figure sum though!

Yep, I reckon around the 3k+ mark too!

i200?? Hmmm.......don't think my budget will stretch that far at the mo!

Any chance of a few pics of it ?
We have some keen Manta fans here who always like to see Manta pics;)

barryi200

Silvera wrote:

Yep, I reckon around the 3k+ mark too!

i200?? Hmmm.......don't think my budget will stretch that far at the mo!

Any chance of a few pics of it ?
We have some keen Manta fans here who always like to see Manta pics;)

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=310730&page=2&highlight=manta

check out the pics i posted to the attached link above.

Silvera

Oh yeah, I'd forgotten that I'd seen your car before, i.e. last year?!


Can you enlighten me re the Manta range -

- What is the mechanical spec of an i200?
....Years produced ? Engine size? BHP? etc etc
.....Only available in white ?

- Is there an i300 ?

What other Manta models were produced?

Over the years I've only became familar with the following models -
1.6S, 2.0S, 1.9 Berlinetta, SR, GT-J, GT, GTE, 400.


Were there also some models available in Europe which weren't available in Ireland/U.K. ?

manta mad

the i 200 was built in small numbers ,around 30/35.
1979CC Fuel Injected engine.
High Lift Cam with Solid Lifters
Sports Distributor
Recaro seats with Opel Sport Cloth Trim
Irmscher Leather steering wheel (option)
i200 Graphics
Rothmans Sport Striping Kit
Ronal alloy wheels
Four Halogen Headlamps
Manta 400 rear spoiler
Green tinted glass
Opening rear quarter windows
Sill Extensions in body colour
Polar White or Astro Silver paint
Stainless Steel Sports Exhaust
only built as a coupe. i have to get one now after writing this .where ,where where is there one:eek:

barryi200

manta mad wrote:

the i 200 was built in small numbers ,around 30/35.
1979CC Fuel Injected engine.
High Lift Cam with Solid Lifters
Sports Distributor
Recaro seats with Opel Sport Cloth Trim
Irmscher Leather steering wheel (option)
i200 Graphics
Rothmans Sport Striping Kit
Ronal alloy wheels
Four Halogen Headlamps
Manta 400 rear spoiler
Green tinted glass
Opening rear quarter windows
Sill Extensions in body colour
Polar White or Astro Silver paint
Stainless Steel Sports Exhaust
only built as a coupe. i have to get one now after writing this .where ,where where is there one:eek:

only about 16/17 left in the british isles (hearsay!)


silvera - theres also i240, (6/7 came out in british isles), i300 - only 1 known to be in existence i think, and obviously the 400 road car and ex works.

my one is pushing out about 160bhp ish
has a 2.4 block in her, and a few other light mods.....smashing car.

barryi200

barryi200 wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-OPEL-MANTA-S-1600-BLUE-1-OWNER-23K-THE-BEST-EVER_W0QQitemZ200021407041QQihZ010QQcategoryZ2192QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

anyone here buy this........loads of irish interest........was going to make a bid in the dying minutes...but i pulled out!!! have enuff of em

Silvera

Thanks for the Manta info barryi200!

I think the only i200 that I've seen 'in the flesh' is your car (was it at Durrow Car Show, C. Laois in 2005?)

I didn't bid again for the '76 Manta on ebay.......reckon I will hold out for a nice GTE coupe

barryi200

Yep it was there in '05, think i had the i240 there aswell...cant remember... alsohad the i200 at this years show aswell. One of the lads from the northern clan also had his i200 replica down aswell..

MercMad

There was a Manta 400 at Kilbroney !

Lovely machine, absolute minter !

Blue850

There was an Ascona 400 there as well.

barryi200

Any pics of the 400's...i assume these were northern cars

Blue850

Opels from kilbroney

Blue850

a few more






and a GM 'cousin'

barryi200

Blue850 wrote:

Opels from kilbroney

that silver/grey 400 replica is nice.....

MercMad

that silver/grey 400 replica is nice.....

...........what makes you think its a replica ?

I wondered about that but I looked at the chassis plate which looked original and it read

Adam Opel AG
Manta B -400
** then the entire chassis number **

..........looked genuine enough !

barryi200

MercMad wrote:

...........what makes you think its a replica ?

I wondered about that but I looked at the chassis plate which looked original and it read

Adam Opel AG
Manta B -400
** then the entire chassis number **

..........looked genuine enough !

its right hand drive!!! only 1 right hander made...that was DPP 117Y

Silvera

Hmmm......

I've had two emails in the last few days from eBay re the '76 Manta which was up for auction.

Both emails offer me a "Second Chance Offer" on the Manta?
Now last time I looked the car was sold for £3,000+ , so why would they be offering it to me again when I only bid £1,000????

Are these scam emails ???
Or is there something dodgy about the car/seller??

mantaraver

Hi Everybody. I've been lurking here for a while and this is my first post.
That silver 400 is real alright. I have spoken to the owner a few times at shows and he has just completed a nut and bolt restoration on it.



Here are a few pics of my own restoration work. It's based on a 77 shell, fitted with the 400 kit, a redtop engine and a few other nice bits

Silvera

Hi mantaraver, and welcome to the forum!

.....and what an entrance!! Your Manta looks great!

Good to have another Manta fan onboard!

Silvera.

manta mad

barryi200 wrote:

its right hand drive!!! only 1 right hander made...that was DPP 117Y

DPP 117Y is the only right hand drive Manta 400 and its lucky owner is Tom Higgins of Aberdeen.

It was originally proposed that the 400 was made available in the UK in right hand drive form with a total of 25 for the 1982 model year. Unfortunately, this was not agreed, as Opel would only build left-hand drive cars.

DPP 117Y became the Vauxhall / Opel marketing display car. It was built primarily for UK type approval, which was attained in January 1983.

It was first seen by the public at the 1983 Motor Show. After that, the car was used by GM Motorsport as a "rally replica", and was the AC Delco 400 of Jimmy McRae and the 400 of Andrew Wood.

When the 400s finished rallying in 1987, it was put into store at the GM Sport workshops in Northampton. There it remained until being saved by the Vauxhall dealer, Thorlby Motors, in Lincs. Fully restored back to all its glory, it is now in the safe hands of Tom.

It is based on a Manta B 400 with the 2.4 16v engine. Compared with the Ascona 400, it has an "overdrive" indirect fifth gear, which gives greater top speed. The car is finished in Polar White with the door stripes. A full Irmscher bodykit is fitted, including the rear spoiler. Wheels are 8Jx15 Ronal at the front with 10Jx15 at the rear. The car has a spotless Opel Blitz interior and has just under 20,000 miles on the clock. What sort of price is a car like this? Well, as I said, it is the only one of its kind and is therefore priceless! Tom has no intention of selling his big arched monster; he has been after it for over 10 years.

welcome to the boards mantaraver, more picsplease &where abouts are you ?
would love to get a look under the bonnet of that manta, being toying about fitting a red top.


LONG LIVE THE MANTA

MercMad

Mmm well I bow to your superior knoweledge re the RHD 400, but this car had a 400 chassis number, so all I can say is it must have been converted to RHD at one point !

Thats a possibility isn't it ??

PS Love the red Manta !

barryi200

MercMad wrote:

Mmm well I bow to your superior knoweledge re the RHD 400, but this car had a 400 chassis number, so all I can say is it must have been converted to RHD at one point !

Thats a possibility isn't it ??

PS Love the red Manta !

Yep....but i find it very hard to believe that someone carried out alterations to a 400 especially as seeing there was only 245 of them made.... Nelso will be doing a feature on her shortly on the manta 400 website so all will be revealed...

Mantamad you must have the same data bases i have when researching the Manta!!!

Blue850

Sorry to hijack a Manta thread, but as there is a few Opel experts about,can anyone tell me the differences between a Kadett C coupe Rallye and Kadett C coupe GT/E?

I thought all Kadett coupe 1.2S's had chrome trim and bumpers but I saw one this year with all black trim like a GT/E except the rear windows could open outwards and it had black 1/4 bumpers on the front.

mantaraver

Here's a pic under the bonnet of my yoke for anyone who wants to see.



Spec as follows :
Body : 77 manta b
Engine : Coscast 16 valve from a doner gsi 2000
1.8 gearbox, carlton clutch, manifold from a rally car
Suspension : Koni adjustables all round with full polybush kit.
Brakes : 16v front discs with volvo 4 pot calipers, rear disc conversion
Diff : ZF limited slip.

Have I left anything out

Started this project at the start of last year when I bought the bare shell with the kit already fitted. Only welding i had to do was replacing the boot floor which was rotten due to sitting outside for 5 years with a wet carpet sat in it. This is what it looked like when i got it first.


Done every bit of work myself and im just a wee bit proud of my creation (can ya tell):D

Been a manta nut for a long time now and this is my 5th one. Im from Monaghan btw.

MercMad

Wow well done !

That was quite an abitious project and you did it justice !

One question ................why the blue engine ??

Also I agree about the RHD conversion, why bother if the car is that rare, but maybe and more likley it is a re-shell job, with evrything transplanted into a RHD shell. That chassis plate, and I am used to looking at Opel plates, was genuine IMO !

Dades

mantaraver wrote:

Started this project at the start of last year when I bought the bare shell with the kit already fitted. Only welding i had to do was replacing the boot floor which was rotten due to sitting outside for 5 years with a wet carpet sat in it. This is what it looked like when i got it first.

Hope you kept those daytona type alloys - they are the business.
I'd kill for a set on my old baby.

mantaraver

The Atheist wrote:

Hope you kept those daytona type alloys - they are the business.
I'd kill for a set on my old baby.

Unfortunatly they didn't come with the car but i have these instead

MercMad wrote:

Wow well done !

That was quite an abitious project and you did it justice !

One question ................why the blue engine ??

I just happened to have some candy blue paint lying about and I thought it looked good... a bit different from the norm.

corktina

anyone got a Manta back axle going spare?

barryi200

corktina wrote:

anyone got a Manta back axle going spare?

which model you looking for????

atlantean

I just found this thread so I thought I would post up a couple of photos of my GT/E.

It needs a bit of work doing to it - mainly a new exhaust, fuel sender, temp and oil gauge fixed, a bit of rust on the rear wheel arches and possibly a new front O/S wing.

corktina

barryi200 wrote:

which model you looking for????

i was told it didnt matter but its a bit like the black one on here......(not mine you see...)

john-h

Theres a green Manta for sale on the Sandyford Road (in Dublin). Think its a 1979 saloon, looks clean. Coming from the Dundrum crossroads (the old one in the village) head up past all the carparks for the new SC, go straight through the first junction towards Sandyford Village. 400m up on the LHS (just before the Balally r'bout) you'll see the car parked on the road with contact details in the window........

qazz

http://carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=Car&carID=486516&message=You%20searched%20for%3A%20Opel%20Manta%2E%20Your%20search%20returned%20one%20vehicle%2C%20which%20is%20shown%20below%2E&CFID=24171965&CFTOKEN=93421397

atlantean

Only 17,072 miles / 27,475 kilometres on an 84? I wonder if it had an extra digit on the odometer would it have a 1 on it? :rolleyes: