hales Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 hi guys gauging interest in my manta exclusive had the car for 3 months and its not really for me. the car has mot about 6 months left i think and tax till december the car runs very well mechanically all original interior apart from speakers in door cards the car has a lsd and an uprated clutch also has drilled and grooved discs on front. the bad points are: paint is not brilliant previous owner has done a home spray job on the car and by looks of it hasnt laquered it very well so its flat and some of it looks like matt effect heaters dont blow hot and the headlining has been taken down at one stage and not put back properly exhaust is blowing and rattle on under body over bumps previous owner has been a wombat and not covered the windscreen whilst welding and has little tiny burns on it not mot failure though also two scuffs on front bumpers and ur usual car park dings remember this car has not been fully restored so expect a 23 year old car the car has had some welding done under neath and seems to be solid and has been under sealed. the car is also on koni suspension dampers and springs the car drives so well real pleasure to drive hope someone can enjoy it or restore it i am look for £2100 let me know what ya think on price not in a rush to sell if i dont get any interest i will get the car sprayed . regards simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Abbott Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 (edited) Hi, looks nice, where are you located? Cheers Kev Edit, looks like a converted GTE, can you confirm it's an Exclusive? Ta Edit again, or a converted 1800 coupe looking by the rubbing strips but then again it has the small washer( 1800 and exclusive) proper extra relay on inner wing ( on the wrong place though) no holes for washer jets on front bumper ( exclusive and 1800 ) Factory mounts for the air flow meter ( gte and gte exclusive) D reg exclusives should be the irmscher ones and are rarer than the others, should have an irmscher backflash and only a drivers wing mirror? arrrgh, did 1800 coupes have a sunroof? so back to my gte thought Don't let my ramblings think i'm putting the car down, i think it's a great car at the right price i'm just doing some detective work as my first exclusive was an irmscher exclusive monaco blue coupe that had one owner before me and i miss that car as it still is my favorite Edited September 6, 2010 by Kevin Abbott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couperman Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Bloody hell Kev, the Manta detecive, I must admit, I agree with all them points on the originality of the car... Still looks like a lovely car despite the minor failings! I say £2k is around the right mark at most! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hales Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 ok so have checked log book and it says the car is a manta exec which i didnt even know they did a manta exec but car is definately a 2.0 let me know kev what you know. im located in lymington hampshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Abbott Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 ok so have checked log book and it says the car is a manta exec which i didnt even know they did a manta exec but car is definately a 2.0 let me know kev what you know. im located in lymington hampshire Spot on then, it's an exclusive coupe, don't know why they put exec on the log book though, mine all had that on too. nice car, good price, should easy sell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hales Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 cheers for your help kev your a good guy regards si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTAMAN Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Very occainsionally Manta GTE's turn up with rubbing strips down the side,dont know why,perhaps you could have them as an option when ordering your brand new shiny Manta. I remember a black GTE that passed through the hands of a friend that had rubbing strips,they were attached by the plastic clips onto the metal pins/pegs. inside the doors the original sound deadening was undisturbed as was the inner surface of the front wing,other GTE 'bits' like the airflow meter brackets were original, so these strips were put on this GTE at the factory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couperman Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 A rare beast then! You learn something new everyday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hales Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 so no interest then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couperman Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 shocking hales, may take a little patience mate. The one I bought apparently had been for sale for about 3 months or so before I spotted it... Hang on in there. GAZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikejt26 Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Hi hales What's the milage on the manta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hales Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 mileage is uknown really to be honest clocks read 9800 but the car has run an xe under previous owner so car could be 109k maybe. but egine mileage is unknown car runs briilliant no faults rattles or anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikejt26 Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 That's hales. If the car was running an xe , did you replace the engine ? Any idea what milage the engine has done or any of it's history ? Sorry for asking loads of questions I am interested in the car. Any other bits of the car history ? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hales Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 Hi mike mileage is unknown Im only going by what previous owner tOld me on purchase there was no history with car just mot and logbook no idea how long xe was run for I never took it out previous owner did for the sale as he wanted to keep xe hope this is some help best regards Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikejt26 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Thanks Simon . I will consider the options , I know your looking for 2100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hales Posted September 25, 2010 Author Share Posted September 25, 2010 Ok mike no problem regards Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hales Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 Bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Manta Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I must admit, I'm a little tempted. It's mainly the paintwork putting me off and with the other jobs that I can't do myself(headlining and new windscreen are 'spensive these days) could be looking at doubling the asking price and that's with a mates rates respray. Still, I wonder how far Lymington is from me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hales Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 Where abouts are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Manta Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 (edited) ^ Witney in West Oxfordshire. I'd like to have a look but what worries me already is that pictures tend to make things like paint finishes look better. I'm noticing things like in the left hand shot of the front bumper that the chap who painted it left the GTE sticker on and sprayed over it. Edited October 3, 2010 by Rick-Manta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hales Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Hi yer he did but if you can get it resprayed that wouldn't be problem I mean it is liveable it's just not very show worthy rest of car is good though would be easy to make into really nice car and worth double the price I'm asking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hales Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 would anyone be more interested if paintwork was sorted out ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fermanta Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) I have linked your add to Total Opel . Hope you don't mind! Looks good value as it is. Edited October 5, 2010 by Fermanta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hales Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 ok mate cheers best regards si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hales Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Ok price now 2k oil pressure gauge has thrown a wobbler will try and fix some when regards si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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