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From: [email protected] (OrioleFan@uiuc)
Subject: Re: Opel owners?
[email protected] (matthew liggett) writes:
>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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>>Chintan Amin mail: [email protected]
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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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Funny, the Manta's over in Europe look surprisingly like the Opel
alluded to by the original poster.
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