MickB Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Hi, Some of you may remember I bought this just over a year ago (the Manta A being my first car when I was 17 and always having a love of them) but had problems with the welding, which is all it failed its MOT on. Well I got all the welding done for £600 which I thought was a good price as I cannot do this myself, and it went through the MOT. I know this project is not quite as impressive as many of the total rebuilds on here, but I have enjoyed tinkering around with the engine and trying to bring it back to a certain originality and thought you may like to see some pics. I have managed to change the Recaro seats (boy were they uncomfortable) that had been fitted and now have original ones with head rests too, I changed the dashboard fascia as the old one had been cut about and put back the orginal steering wheel as a very small racing wheel had been fitted. The bumpers had for some reason been sprayed black but I managed to get all this off and take them back to the metal, unfortunately they do need fully re-chroming to make them totally respectable. I have put all the badges back on as they had all been removed and genrally cleaned the car up inside and out. Work still to be done is really cosmetic, I want to replace the wheels with the original Rostyle's, fix the centre piece of the dash that did hold the radio and gauges as this has been cut out, replace the yellow wing mirrors with chrome ones and generally repair all the rusty body work and then anything else that comes along, as i'm sure it will. At least it now gets driven nearly every day, want to get my monies worth from the £112 for 6 months tax! Anyway thats about it, not sure too much more drastic will happen to it and I will continue to get the parts as when my pocket money allows me. Many thanks for looking. Mick B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Hi, Some of you may remember I bought this just over a year ago (the Manta A being my first car when I was 17 and always having a love of them) but had problems with the welding, which is all it failed its MOT on. Well I got all the welding done for £600 which I thought was a good price as I cannot do this myself, and it went through the MOT. I know this project is not quite as impressive as many of the total rebuilds on here, but I have enjoyed tinkering around with the engine and trying to bring it back to a certain originality and thought you may like to see some pics. I have managed to change the Recaro seats (boy were they uncomfortable) that had been fitted and now have original ones with head rests too, I changed the dashboard fascia as the old one had been cut about and put back the orginal steering wheel as a very small racing wheel had been fitted. The bumpers had for some reason been sprayed black but I managed to get all this off and take them back to the metal, unfortunately they do need fully re-chroming to make them totally respectable. I have put all the badges back on as they had all been removed and genrally cleaned the car up inside and out. Work still to be done is really cosmetic, I want to replace the wheels with the original Rostyle's, fix the centre piece of the dash that did hold the radio and gauges as this has been cut out, replace the yellow wing mirrors with chrome ones and generally repair all the rusty body work and then anything else that comes along, as i'm sure it will. At least it now gets driven nearly every day, want to get my monies worth from the £112 for 6 months tax! Anyway thats about it, not sure too much more drastic will happen to it and I will continue to get the parts as when my pocket money allows me. Many thanks for looking. Mick B Looks great, and it's a great feeling knowing that the underside is all solid, you can carry on doing the top half in your own time, doing as you say " what the wallet allows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1900SR Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Good to see you've got it on the road and can enjoy it. Glad you got the seats in OK too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayman Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Well done Mick use it and enjoy it ,spurs me on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Barrett Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 good man! well done hope you enjoy it, is a good catalyst for us dragging our heels:thumbup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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