markben Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 (edited) how do all well i use to be a member years ago from halifax and now in oxford .now have a bmw m5 and thinking of getting a manta again . was a member when sue and graham from brighouse were area reps .i had a exlusive coupe 88(e)in white .wish i still had it .one of the first with a 2l 16v unit in it prep done by dprs of huds. he did the 16v turbo as well 17" evo alloys and had the yellow dtm stipes on the side .was in revs mag when it was still going. was also in the club mag a few times i seem to think . lost all my pics and mags with the car in in house fire and lot of house moves .think the car has been scrapped now (bummer) part reg E504 *** . so if anyone has any pics of it would love to see them and would be good to show my kids what a propper car was. lol . i took the car to billing a few times as well as santapod hope you all are havin fun in the snow hope to see some pics soon mark in witney Edited November 28, 2010 by markben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark morris Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 (edited) Hi Mark Is this the car ? I was there, had the imperial blue manta, cant remember if it was valved then or still 2.2 Mark Edited November 28, 2010 by stoo2000 Fixed your image embedding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markben Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 wow yep thats the bugger car was in revs after that .any more pics mate thanks mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTAMAN Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Hi Mark, welcome back, i must have been in the club about this long but back then i didn't get very involved in the club scene. Your not that far from me, i live just near Milton Keynes,if you get yourself another Manta you can join us at a few local shows. You do have another member on this forum that lives in or around Witney, Rick Rose, on here as Rick Manta, propably wont be long before he reads this thread,he's always lurking about and posting,either that or you could PM him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markben Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 cheers mantaman will keep my eyes open 4 meets and a car Hi Mark, welcome back, i must have been in the club about this long but back then i didn't get very involved in the club scene. Your not that far from me, i live just near Milton Keynes,if you get yourself another Manta you can join us at a few local shows. You do have another member on this forum that lives in or around Witney, Rick Rose, on here as Rick Manta, propably wont be long before he reads this thread,he's always lurking about and posting,either that or you could PM him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoo2000 Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Welcome back! You're making me feel young now I was only 10 back then! I'd love to see some pictures of your M5, is it one of the latest ones ? Mark Norris, thanks for that link too, found a picture of my Manta on there (This one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markben Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 nice 1 .will post pics up soon good god man dont remember when pic was taken think it was @ santa pod Welcome back! You're making me feel young now I was only 10 back then! I'd love to see some pictures of your M5, is it one of the latest ones ? Mark Norris, thanks for that link too, found a picture of my Manta on there (This one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Abbott Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Hi Mark. Mate of mine called Grahame, in Bradford cut that up, in fact i hand chopped the 2 rear quarters off it Was a nice 16v and had some trick bits on it, saved many a car that Manta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markben Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 had to get rid it was the car or the wife .she won .bitch.not with her now i rember him thik he had i200 and maybe a 400 @ the time he got it off my and was a top car as it was a compleat stirp down when we built it .think i got a few bits from graham to finish it off Hi Mark. Mate of mine called Grahame, in Bradford cut that up, in fact i hand chopped the 2 rear quarters off it Was a nice 16v and had some trick bits on it, saved many a car that Manta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Manta Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Hi Mark, sorry for noticing your thread this late. As Ian says I'm in Witney, so once you've found your manta I'd be happy to give you a hand with it, either picking it up or if you need a hand with repairs or even borrow some tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markben Posted December 7, 2010 Author Share Posted December 7, 2010 cheers mate .im on the smiths estate just off burford rd .got few probs with my bmw to sort out b4 i get another manta .but will give you a shoout when i get 1 . Hi Mark, sorry for noticing your thread this late. As Ian says I'm in Witney, so once you've found your manta I'd be happy to give you a hand with it, either picking it up or if you need a hand with repairs or even borrow some tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
399Road Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Hello, I've got a copy of this revs magazine somewhere. If you want it , let me know .It's probably a bit scruffy but better than nothing! Luke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markben Posted December 8, 2010 Author Share Posted December 8, 2010 ah up mate that would be good to see as i only have a crapy old photo copy.may be you could post it on here for everyone to see Hello, I've got a copy of this revs magazine somewhere. If you want it , let me know .It's probably a bit scruffy but better than nothing! Luke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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