manta88 Posted January 9, 2013 Author Posted January 9, 2013 Thank's for the comments,it all helps when the weather has turned cold again and it's a drag to go out and get some more done. Quote
Retro Power Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 must get time to pop over for a nosey sometime! Quote
rally bred Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 Thank's for the comments,it all helps when the weather has turned cold again and it's a drag to go out and get some more done. Sounds like you need some outdoor heaters Mick - go on treat yourself! Quote
manta88 Posted January 10, 2013 Author Posted January 10, 2013 Sounds like you need some outdoor heaters Mick - go on treat yourself! Now there's an idea Quote
manta88 Posted January 10, 2013 Author Posted January 10, 2013 must get time to pop over for a nosey sometime! Any time your passing,there is still lots of rust to look at Quote
Scribe of Lincoln Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 Keep up the good work Mick. Car of the show coming up I reckon, Is it staying Green? Quote
manta88 Posted January 11, 2013 Author Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) Keep up the good work Mick. Car of the show coming up I reckon, Is it staying Green? Not sure still Ben on the colour,but it will be alot more on the original lines than my Exclusive. Edited February 8, 2013 by manta88 Quote
manta88 Posted August 30, 2013 Author Posted August 30, 2013 It's some time since the last update ,so here goes. New inner and outter arches. Sure i have some more photo's of stripping the front suspension down, just have to to find them. Quote
rally bred Posted August 30, 2013 Posted August 30, 2013 Good progress shots. Taking shape nicely. Quote
x-pat mike Posted September 17, 2013 Posted September 17, 2013 are those outer wheel arches still available?? if so, where from? thanks, mike. Quote
manta88 Posted September 17, 2013 Author Posted September 17, 2013 Mike, i get all my panels from http://stores.ebay.nl/Opel-Tuning-Leidinger__manta-A_W0QQrtZncQQ_sidZ112131255QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em14?_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1581&_pgn=2&clk_rvr_id=521811691069 they have plenty of a series spare and delivery is very quick. Quote
x-pat mike Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 can they speak english? as i sure as heck dont know dutch! lol Quote
manta88 Posted September 22, 2013 Author Posted September 22, 2013 They have allways replied in English when i have asked a question, i don't speak a word of Dutch either. Quote
MANTAMAN Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 Had a look at the link you posted manta88 - thats a very interesting company, they list a huge amount of spares for both Manta A & B, i'm looking long and hard at the B chassie rails for 54 euro, be easier than trying to fabricate them and that price is not too expensive though shiping them would add a charge. just had a look on gooooooogly Earth, Leidinger Tuning's address is in the small town of Brotdorf, Merzig in Germany which is just over the border from Luxembourg, if they sell over the counter or make arrangements for collection it would be possible to detour on the way home from a show like the Dutch Manta Rally and fill the car up with orders from a group. Quote
manta88 Posted September 22, 2013 Author Posted September 22, 2013 They only charge 19 euros delivery to the UK and usually only takes 3 -4 days and if you have an ebay account it's easy . I would be interested in a group order if it turned out to be cheaper Quote
manta88 Posted September 23, 2013 Author Posted September 23, 2013 Progress over the weekend, made a trolley for the car so i can get it into the garage over the winter. Rear vallance. Inside the boot. 1 Quote
manta88 Posted October 6, 2013 Author Posted October 6, 2013 Progress over the last couple of weeks. My scrap metal bin is nearly full. Inner vallance, well some of it. Inner Vallance. Quote
mantaray Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Mike, i get all my panels from http://stores.ebay.nl/Opel-Tuning-Leidinger__manta-A_W0QQrtZncQQ_sidZ112131255QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em14?_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1581&_pgn=2&clk_rvr_id=521811691069 they have plenty of a series spare and delivery is very quick. Have been using this company for all my Manta panels for a couple of years now, can't recomend them enough. very helpfull guys. As has been aready said postage is only 19 euros per order and delivery is very good normally 3/4 days, but once I made an order at 10pm via Ebay and it arrived 36 hours later. Now thats what I call quick lol. If you need to contact them they do speak english, but I always email them in German using a web translater, they reply in English and it seems to work well. I have always found that most Europeans speak good english, but they also appreciate the effort of at least trying to speak there language. Group buy would be good, but with postage only being about £15 per order, it would probably caost more in petrol doing the diversion. Great work on the A. Starting to look good again. Quote
rally bred Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 Fantastic work Mick. Is there anything you can't do - love the trolley! Quote
manta88 Posted October 13, 2013 Author Posted October 13, 2013 Fantastic work Mick. Is there anything you can't do - love the trolley! Thanks mate, i wouldn't want to replace a clutch on a V6 Vectra b A bit more progress. Inner Vallance replaced. New outer Vallance going on. Quote
DiMarco Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 Looks like you have done one hell of a job there buddy looks great. From the photos of her sitting pretty looked mint wouldnt have thought it needed as much work as you have done from them. Quote
manta88 Posted November 6, 2013 Author Posted November 6, 2013 Looks like you have done one hell of a job there buddy looks great. From the photos of her sitting pretty looked mint wouldnt have thought it needed as much work as you have done from them. Thank's for your comments ,looks like a recent respray had covered over alot of repairs and rot that had been there for years, but still enjoying getting it sorted . Quote
DiMarco Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 Thank's for your comments ,looks like a recent respray had covered over alot of repairs and rot that had been there for years, but still enjoying getting it sorted . Yeah that is a real shame that they have covered over the bad bits as she does look mint from the first photo. But I guess with a car this old you have to look under the body to find out . To be far looks like you are doing one hell of a job mate well done will look awesome once you have finished. Nick Quote
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