Mick Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 (edited) Looking at the prices of Coupes these days its depressing, I doubt I will be able to get another. As with everything the prices have soared beyond my reach, Mk1/2 Escorts now need a Mortgage, GTE and Exclusive Coupes are beyond me now. Struggled to sell Exclusives for £600 not long ago, B series Plastic bumpered cars fetched the least but now they are over a grand... I have a Jaguar XJ Sport for sale, full leather 220bhp quick quiet all the electic toys but cant get over £600 for it... I know its due to high fuel consumption but surely a decent car will sell right?? Dont know what to do now, not got loads of cash to get a toy but would love a Coupe again..... Edited November 14, 2010 by Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Looking at the prices of Coupes these days its depressing, I doubt I will be able to get another. As with everything the prices have soared beyond my reach, Mk1/2 Escorts now need a Mortgage, GTE and Exclusive Coupes are beyond me now. Struggled to sell Exclusives for £600 not long ago, B series Plastic bumpered cars fetched the least but now they are over a grand... I have a Jaguar XJ Sport for sale, full leather 220bhp quick quiet all the electic toys but cant get over £600 for it... I know its due to high fuel consumption but surely a decent car will sell right?? Dont know what to do now, not got loads of cash to get a toy but would love a Coupe again..... Xmas is comming Mick, so you have every chance, get your letter in to the man with the whiskers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantadog Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 keep hunting you will find one, in your price range!!! they are about !! you just gotta hunt them down! 2 forsale on ebay in cannock westmidlands good luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted November 14, 2010 Author Share Posted November 14, 2010 Seen a chrome bumpered B coupe no engine and a Black GTE Hatch I could afford as they are now... but as Julian says coming up to Xmas, not a priority. I used to have 2 or 3 Mantas at a time, Turbo Hatches, Low mileage Coupes, now its a struggle to get the petrol to get to work.. WTF happened!!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Looking at the prices of Coupes these days its depressing, I doubt I will be able to get another. As with everything the prices have soared beyond my reach, Mk1/2 Escorts now need a Mortgage, GTE and Exclusive Coupes are beyond me now. Struggled to sell Exclusives for £600 not long ago, B series Plastic bumpered cars fetched the least but now they are over a grand... I have a Jaguar XJ Sport for sale, full leather 220bhp quick quiet all the electic toys but cant get over £600 for it... I know its due to high fuel consumption but surely a decent car will sell right?? Dont know what to do now, not got loads of cash to get a toy but would love a Coupe again..... Build a cobra over a few years the jag will give you loads of donar parts and the v5 can be used to register the car problem with any classic car now is that a proper bare shell respay is hiting 3k plus, so the chances of getting a cheap car are slim. I was lucky early this year and picked up a mint , never welded car for a few k but that 's rare now. Main prob now is that people are looking 6k for 4 door ascona halfords sticker stile which no one wants, Take your time Mick, as with women the right one comes to he who waits. Body wise an early B or mk1 as the steel is so much better then fit it out the way u want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rutts Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 if i really wanted a coupe b series i would talk to drew on this forum, he can get good LHD ones from holland/germany at realistic prices if you ask him nicely great guy to deal with straight and honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opel2000 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Know what you mean Mick In the early nineties I paid through the nose for a 1.8 hatch then a Black GTE coupe, then a white GTE coupe, then went on to look at a 'B' series coupe for £200. Car was pretty much non existent, interior fooked, no bumpers, wings, wipers, trim, and a non runner. I paid for car and got it sorted travelling 50 miles to the car to get it running and sorted with red GTE front Bumper, black hatchback bumper, and black etch primed wings on a white car, thank God the police that dropped their jaw when they saw me driving it were stuck in traffic going the other way . (er no tax mot or ins) But for very little cash outlay I ended up with a GTE coupe lookalike (eventually) which went on to beat Jock Ramsey's superb orange B in the modified B category at Billing. Also picked up for free (talking to Pat Maher recently about these good old days) a couple of Manta 'B's one of which was really stuffed and went on to win car of the show with it, the other was tidy as hell but I crashed it, also picked up an absolutely fantastic 'B' hatch for £100 I bet to this day it still doesn't need any welding. Can't remember the others, had many many Manta's over the years but the 'B's were always the best and the cheapest. Current Manta project is an old B that was free as the previous owner new I would do something with it. If you have some time and facility/ies I would keep my eyes out for an old B series over a GTE, and just make it look and drive like one or rather, drive better than a GTE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drew Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 hi mick give me a call if you are still looking for a manta coupe. i have an exclusive coupe and 2 early b coupes 1 lhd 1 rhd. my contact details are 07977950044. cheers drew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 Sold the Jag for £820 but coming up to Christmas and the repairs to usable cars mean I'll have to wait to get a Manta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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