From: boyle@cactus.org (Craig Boyle)
Subject: Re: Opel owners?
Organization: Capital Area Central Texas UNIX Society, Austin, Tx
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In article <C5t3B2.DG@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (OrioleFan@uiuc) writes:
>boyle@cactus.org (Craig Boyle) writes:
>
>>In article <C5sxI4.J9B@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (OrioleFan@uiuc) writes:
>>>gibbonsa@fraser.sfu.ca (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
>>>>gibbonsa@sfu.ca
>>>	
>>>	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
Well the European Manta and US GT have entirely different bodies. There is
little or no chance that they are the same. The Manta went through several
generations as the coupe version of the Ascona and was OK in its time.

>that the only Kadett's sold here were/are the Pontiac LeMans.  I think the

Not true. The Kadett has been in and out of the US market over the years.
The LeMans (old Kadett) is only the latest version. 

Craig
>GT is just an early '70s to mid '70s Manta.  

Different Cars. One looks like a sports-car, the other is a coupe.

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