msjrb5 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Hi Folks, I'm Martyn from North east Scotland. I'm planning to buy a 70's or 80's classic this year and I'm leaning towards a Manta for sentimental reasons, I always loved them as a kid, a few of my older mates had Mantas or Cavy Coupés in the late 80's. I currently own an Impreza RB5 which I hope will be a future classic Myself and my 2 brothers in law have been talking about getting cars for a while now, imagine my surprise when one of them appeared at my door last weekend in a bright orange '79 Capri 3.0s Anyway, I'm not too clued up about Mantas so I thought I'd join up here and find a bit more about them. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiffy220 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Manta is a good choice mate, more exclusive than the Capri I would say. I live in Essex, and there are still Capri's everywhere, reckon I see at least one most days. I haven't seen another Manta in Essex on the road in 2 years. There are quite a few Manta owners in Scotland on here, I'm sure they'll drop replies themselves. Do you know what model you're after, A or B series, or the later GTE or Exclusive models, often refered to as the C series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msjrb5 Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Hi Smiffy, I love the B series, that would be my ideal choice but I've just noticed a 1986 GT sport (I guess this would count as a C series?) for sale very close to me. It's at a decent price and because it's local it would be very handy for me so my Manta ownership may come sooner than I was expecting I'm going to enquire about it today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adz the stig Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 hi aye! names adam and i live on the other side! lol north west of scotland by kinlochbervie/durness. i have a white coupe. you wanting a hatch or coupe? there is a coulpe of manta's up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf21 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Welcome to the site martyn where in the n/e are you? i'm in stonehaven and have a b series (manta sr hb auto) been stored for 20 years, away to start working on her soon.also have a mk 1 cavalier 2.0 sports hatch cavalier and two mk 2 cavaliers one being a rare sr model. Good luck with your search cant wait to get mine on the road very soon. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msjrb5 Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Cheers for the warm welcome! Adam - To be honest I'm not too fussed what style I go for, I like 'em all. Andy - I'm from Turriff, thas quite a collection you've got mate! I live on a farm and we scrapped 3 mk2 cavys last year that had been sitting rusting away. There's still one left though, I'm sure it's an SR or SRI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf21 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Martyn if you get a minute could you call me a call on (07775916778) or txt your no and i'll get back to you, would be interested in the cav for spare parts Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB15 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Welcome Pal Good luck in your search for a Manta, I`m in Inverness myself , When / If you get a manta remember to get sum pictures up Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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