Opel Manta 2.0 GT/E - Saxperience

blackie_2k5 · 30th October 2015, 20:21

few of you may know i pulled this out of a ten year sleep in a garage last week, same owner for 25 years.. emmigration forcing sale.

gonna restore the car to mint, its a good example of what left these days, but shes not without her issues, one of which being a seized engine.

few pics of how i found her...

blackie_2k5 · 30th October 2015, 20:45

in short.. i fucking love it! wanted one for years... got it back to the unit and give it a quick clean up, basically detailer and a wipe, its got some blistering round te sunroof and i didnt want water under the paint with it being so cold so ive not washed it, as sorting the body work will be the last on the list.

but shes a pretty good car given the age!

stevo67 · 30th October 2015, 21:04

Me jealous not half,i'll enjoy watching the progress thread on this.

blackie_2k5 · 30th October 2015, 21:06

basically going to do a ground up resto on it and get it mint, picked up a new engine and few bits off a mate (the chances a mate actually had a 2.0 injection engine and bits sat about in his way)

so took the engine out so i can crack on and at least get the car mobile, underneath the car is solid, i dont doubt its gonna need a bit welding here and there but all ive noticed from the floor is one of the swan necks is bust open which is really common on these, so thatll need sorting.

moved it to the back so its not in the way for now and cracked on-

blackie_2k5 · 31st October 2015, 00:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevo67

Me jealous not half,i'll enjoy watching the progress thread on this.

never even seen this mate lol. hows it going? i just posted it on here on here to see if many i used to speak to were still on, wont really update if no one is interested same with saxos etc... if wanna see i can link you to manta forum as dont see many on here being too bothered tbf.

will be PROPER restoration this one, top to bottom.

0rang3peel · 31st October 2015, 08:29

Love this and those seats are bloody delicious!

willsy · 31st October 2015, 08:57

Very nice Blackie!

I always enjoy a good proper resto progress thread so please do continue to post (or gimme the link to the manta forum)

stevo67 · 31st October 2015, 09:41

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Originally Posted by blackie_2k5

never even seen this mate lol. hows it going? i just posted it on here on here to see if many i used to speak to were still on, wont really update if no one is interested same with saxos etc... if wanna see i can link you to manta forum as dont see many on here being too bothered tbf.

will be PROPER restoration this one, top to bottom.

I'm fine thanks a mate of mine had similar to this he had an opel monza in bright orange.

Ashleyp · 31st October 2015, 11:47

bloody hell.

not seen one of these about in years, and certainly not as good condition as this!

looks like it's in fine shape to crack on and tidy up, good luck with the project man!

saxova · 1st November 2015, 14:30

Nice find!

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blackie_2k5 · 6th November 2015, 17:55

cheers all

i feel like a kid at xmas every time i walk past it, its going to be a slow process as i want it done right and im pretty busy with work, but once the other ramp and spray booth go up ill have a space for it/place for everything else and can start doing a bit more to it

not much has happened thus far, been advised to do the swan necks while the engine is out and i cant do those untill the other lift is fitted so thats stopped that lol

but i ave sourced some new boot struts.. the ones on have been knackered a while by looks of it (by this i mean it came with a handy broom shank in the boot LOL) and it seems the 106 bonnet struts are exactly the same size to replace, so that was an easy fix!