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From: [email protected] (matthew liggett)
Subject: Re: Opel owners?
In [email protected] (OrioleFan@uiuc) writes:
>[email protected] (Craig Boyle) writes:
>>In article [email protected] (OrioleFan@uiuc) writes:
>>>[email protected] (Darren Gibbons) writes:
>>>>I'm looking for information on Opel cars. Now you ask, which model?
>>>>Well, the sad truth is, I'm not entirely sure, but it's a two-seater,
>>>>with roll-over headlights, hard top, and really sporty looking. My
>>>>friend has one sitting in his yard in really nice condition,
>>>>body-wise, but he transmission has seized up on him, so it hasn't run
>>>>for a while. Does anyone have any info on these cars? The engine
>>>>compartment looks really tight to work on, but it is in fine shape and
>>>>I am quite interested in it.
>>>>Thanks!
>>>>Darren Gibbons
>>>>[email protected]
>>>
>>> This would be the manta, would it not??? Sold through Buick dealers in the mid '70's as the price leader????
>>Sounds a lot more like an Opel GT to me. I'd guess that this is on the same
>>chassis as the Kadett, rather than the bigger Manta - but I could easily
>>be wrong. I think the later Kadett's were sold here as Buick Opels.
>>Craig
> I think the Manta is the European name for the "GT." I'm pretty sure
>that the only Kadett's sold here were/are the Pontiac LeMans. I think the
>GT is just an early '70s to mid '70s Manta.
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Bzzt.
The manta was a two-door sedan in the US.
It had a 1900 engine.
Was sometimes referred to as an Opel 1900.
Manta's are also ve hot and fun cars too.
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