dark_lord7000 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Hi all this is my manta I have been working on for the last year or so which is now Mot'd and back on the road after I bought it from the last owner its a little rough in places but its coming along nicely it had been garaged since 2003. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 That is a very nice Manta there Matthew, my godfather had a Manta like this many years ago in fact it is the one in my profile picture. Sadly it ended in a disaster story but looking at your Exclusive Coupe it reminds me of it alot. Jack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_lord7000 Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 its a cool car ive wanted one since i was 18/19 ive had astra gtes 205 gtis xr3is all sorts of hot hatches but this one had eluded me until i was looking for a new place to live and stumbled accross this one in a garage the owner didnt think anyone would by it. i told him what i thought it was worth and he could see i was pationate about it so he sold it to me for a third of what i told him and he wouldnt take any more he was a lovely bloke and it shows that honesty pays) it needed a fair amount of work inc welding etc but is not in bad nic needs some more work done and could do with a respray in the future but its a rare car and i think it could be really nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s11nmg Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 That's a nice find it's looks very good in that picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_lord7000 Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 its not bad its not great but I think I will get there 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Are you going to send us Manta lovers some more pictures of your Manta when you have finished on it? It's got an interesting story to it about how you found it waiting to find it's new owner. I can remember everything about my godfathers old Coupe he had that was like yours. He actually bought it when it had been restored and it looked and shone amazingly. The immaculate wheels off it are now with my Manta owning friend that is fixing up another Manta and he was amazed when he got the wheels off my godfather because they are so immaculate! Cheers, Jack. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manta again Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Hi Matt, good looking motor. I recognise where the photo was taken so your not to far from me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_lord7000 Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Hi jack, More pics to follow pending some nicer weather, Richard you are indeed close, would be worth meeting up at some point and comparing rust buckets, do you know of many other manta lovers down south! Cheers all for the comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggressor Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 looks a great project mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonayres Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Nice looking coupe. What a way to find it too. Best of luck, Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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