From: mliggett@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (matthew liggett)
Subject: Re: Opel owners?
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In <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
>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.  
>-- 
>Chintan Amin <The University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign> mail: llama@uiuc.edu
>*******SIG UNDER CONSTRUCTION HARD HAT AREA********

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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