garymanc Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1977-OPEL-MANTA-1900-/280708605799?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item415b896767 i like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robah Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1977-OPEL-MANTA-1900-/280708605799?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item415b896767 i like this Defintely Different, I some how like it aswell (Unique) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clack54 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Number plate familiar as soon as I saw this car found photo from Billing 1994, was metallic blue then with black vinyl roof, it was a nice car then as I remember! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason b Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I had just got it out of my head that I wanted to try satin black with soem subtle chrome when I respray mine... great... now I'm tempted again - with a few tweaks that styling is great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*energy* Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 i love it!and i dont know why! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 i love it!and i dont know why! Could be because it's a MANTA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Fish Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 crying out for a turbo/v8 Another one for the mad max files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutty2006 Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I saw this at retromania a few weeks ago. Had a good chat to the owner too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayman Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 very nice ,different but so tempted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymanc Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1977-OPEL-MANTA-COUPE-B-Series-DIFFERNCE-/270783991634?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3f0bfbcf52 different seller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fermanta Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 (edited) When i got the car it was in it's original metallic Blue, but the sun had lifted and thinned most of the lacquer. Obviously i have slightly modified the body work which has been done in STEEL including the rear spoiler, wheel arch spats, wing vents and front nose panel!!! Body work was then all prepped and two pac primed/sealed, after which it was finished in a satin black which i think suits it really well (all trim and glass was removed). Lots of waxoil was then injected into various cavities!! Pictures before during and after!! Three days later... As can be seen from the pictures she is not your run of the mill b series !! , the car has costum rear spats , rear spoiler , wing vents , and nose panel all done in sheet steel to a very high standard. also she has been de bympered. the car was 2pac primed and then painted in a colour called honda deep bronze black pearl as can be seen on new civic type rs !! In normal light the car looks black but when the sun hits it she comes alive and the deep bronze shine comes through !!. this really is one of the nicest colours you will ever see and suits the manta perfectly ! The finish on this car is outstanding and every panel is perfectly straight the gaps in the panels are also perfect ! the car is rock solid with no structual rot . Edited July 18, 2011 by Fermanta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiney_norman Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Quickest respray ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantaray Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 It has now been posted up on here..... http://forums.mantaclub.org/topic/29105-manta-b-series-with-a-differnce/page__pid__205241#entry205241 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapierdave Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 How bizarre Nice car though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 guy selling this car said something about not knowing how much the respray was going to cost ect but hes on mig welding forum showing pics of his old capri and saying hes a painter by trade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason b Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I know, it's why he has buggered off of here and deleted the thread... I called him on it, in a very friendly way though! I don't have a problem with a tradesman buying a car cheap and using their skills to turn it round quick, I do have a problem with honesty - and he was not being honest! nobody who is a painter under estimates the cost of bodywork - and also, you wouldn't pay for a paintjob if you were going to be skint before the paint was dry (two days after buying the car!!), it just didnt add up to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opel2000 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Really wanted to say a lot of stuff about that car, all I will say is......... Proffessional respray that was masked off on the screen rubbers, Fcuk me i've been spraying my Manta on my drive (total amateur) and yet managed to remove the screens to paint the respective areas.............. TBH even I could prep and mask off a car and paint it in couple of days if I didn't remove any trim, doors, wings, bonnet, boot, glass etc etc. Best of it is there were no bumpers to deal with. 2nd best of it is, slapping on a few litres of Honda paint you had lying around your spray booth doesn't constitute a £3500 Manta, If I spent that amount of cash I would be wanting to see the door shuts, engine bay and all the stuff which wouldn't have been painted (due to quick respray) PAINTED AND I would liked to have had no MOT issues due to no rear No. Plate light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 its relisted on ebog now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymanc Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 its been on and off ebay more times than a brides nighty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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