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From: [email protected] (Matthew R. Singer)
Subject: Re: Opel owners?
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Mark Maynard) writes:
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|>From: [email protected] (Mark Maynard)
|>Subject: Re: Opel owners?
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|>In article [email protected] (OrioleFan@uiuc) writes:
|>>[email protected] (Darren Gibbons) writes:
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|>>>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.
|>>>[email protected]
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|>> This would be the manta, would it not??? Sold through Buick dealers in the mid '70's as the price leader????
|>> Chintan Amin
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|>Sounds more like an Opel GT. Neat cars, fun to drive. Sold through
|>Buick from 196? through 1973 (if I remember correctly). I believe it
|>was in '72 that there were some engine mods made such that parts
|>were not interchangeable with the older models. Parts are thus much
|>harder to come by for the later models. Parts in general are not
|>too difficult to find. At one time JC Whitney carried some stuff
|>including a brand new (not remfg) long block. Either a GT or a
|>Kharman Ghia (hmm that spelling looks hosed) will be my next project.
|>
|>Mark
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In 1972, they lowered the engine compression so that it would run on
regular gas (not to mention the addition of emission controls). The '72
also added pop-out rear quarter windows...
Alot of parts are available for the GT from C & R Small Cars in CT and
used from Bill Daley's Opel Parts in MA....
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