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From: [email protected] (Matthew R. Singer)
Subject: Re: Opel owners?
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In article , [email protected] (OrioleFan@uiuc) writes:
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|>From: [email protected] (OrioleFan@uiuc)
|>Subject: Re: Opel owners?
|>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 19:45:02 GMT+5:00
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|>[email protected] (Craig Boyle) writes:
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|>>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]
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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????
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|>>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.
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|>>Craig
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|> 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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The GT was based on the Kadette chassis. It was built model years 1969-1973.
The Manta came out in the 1974 model year and was a 4 seat coupe.
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