Scribe of Lincoln Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) I have been contacted by a gentleman based in West Sussex, who is in poor health and would like to sell his Manta. I am advised that the car is in excellent condition and has only done 31,000 miles (only 70 miles within the last year). He would like the car to go to a club member who will continue to care for it as he has done. Details are as follows: Manta 1800s Berlinetta Hatchback 1984 B Registration Colour is "Charcoal Grey" Orange interior (quite rare) Stainless Steel Exhaust The car has the factory fitted sunroof. Price - looking for around £4,500 Please call me if interested and I will give you Richard's contact number. My number is in the front of Manta Magic ("B Series Register"). I'd be tempted myself if I had the space and hadn't just bought another car for work! Edited April 2, 2017 by Scribe of Lincoln 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monaco Blue Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 (edited) A timeline of events since April 2017 for reference. Milestone Classics who sold the car a few weeks after the above post for £6995: https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C868397 Border Reivers then advertised for ages at between £16000 dropping to £14000: https://borderreivers.co/portfolio/opal-manta-berlinetta-1-8s/ One wonders what it eventually sold for given that it's currently for sale as of Feb 2020 for £11000: https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1166763 Edited February 28, 2020 by Monaco Blue 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutty2006 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Passed between the dealers trying their hardest to up the value to make a few quid for doing nowt. Shame it didn’t get sold to someone who could have just enjoyed it, instead of being passed from pillar to post. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapierdave Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 (edited) Presumably dealer one bought the car for around £4.5K & sold for around £7K a few weeks later, nice quick profit Dealer two buys at £7K then gets greedy & drops a bollock by advertising at between £16K - £14K (get real mate its got a "Burnt Orange interior") After a long while Dealer Two tries to offload to another dealer for around £8.5K Dealer Three (current seller) trying to get £11K (good luck with that, you'll need it) Conclusion: Its a good car but has the least popular interior colours of any Manta model, IMO with that interior its worth £5K, put a different interior in & its worth £6K, these are private sale values. Moral of the story: Do your homework on Manta hatchback achievable values before buying to make a profit. Edited February 28, 2020 by Rapierdave 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealExile Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Funny thing is I like that interior 😆 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapierdave Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 30 minutes ago, TheRealExile said: Funny thing is I like that interior 😆 I don't dislike it & i like originality but in this case i would fit a GTE interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1900SR Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Rapierdave said: I don't dislike it & i like originality but in this case i would fit a GTE interior. Whereas I don't dislike it, and would leave it as is if only because it's so rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutty2006 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 £4.5k was a good price for this, but £11k now, not going to sell. There’s so many of these so called classic one man band dealers about nowadays they seam to just sell cars to each other. Joe public ain’t gonna spend 16k on a car that sold for 4.5 not long before. The internet, social media and forums put a stop to that 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monaco Blue Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Rapierdave said: Presumably dealer one bought the car for around £4.5K & sold for around £7K a few weeks later, nice quick profit Dealer two buys at £7K then gets greedy & drops a bollock by advertising at between £16K - £14K (get real mate its got a "Burnt Orange interior") After a long while Dealer Two tries to offload to another dealer for around £8.5K Dealer Three (current seller) trying to get £11K (good luck with that, you'll need it) Conclusion: Its a good car but has the least popular interior colours of any Manta model, IMO with that interior its worth £5K, put a different interior in & its worth £6K, these are private sale values. Moral of the story: Do your homework on Manta hatchback achievable values before buying to make a profit. Not so sure the current seller is a dealer given this post on the UUW158S Facebook post. Such a shame there were no photos attached to the original post on this thread. There would have been a queue for it at the original asking price. Quite possibly myself included, despite the burnt orange interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutty2006 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 You’ll be suprised, one man band dealers will advertise anywhere and everywhere. Even using their own profile pages. I’ve struggled to sell cars in the past, sold for naff all then they’ve gone back up for sale for double the price. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe of Lincoln Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 You think that's bad. There is a low mileage 1800GT for sale near me for £22,995 I nearly spat my coffee out.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monaco Blue Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 57 minutes ago, Scribe of Lincoln said: You think that's bad. There is a low mileage 1800GT for sale near me for £22,995 I nearly spat my coffee out.... Presumably this one: https://www.ppscltd.co.uk/used/opel/manta/18-gt/brigg/lincolnshire/18557914/#top-image It's now priced at TBC so perhaps realised it's not going to sell at £23K. If I'm not mistaken, this sold at auction for circa £14K a while back and has been for sale since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlecHowie Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Hi Just to confirm JPH on Facebook above is my car and was not for sale as a dealer. I have owned Manta A's and B's since the late 70 s since we had dealer just up the road so could not resist them. I enjoy JPH but only posted it for sale because it is so pristine I tended not to use it enough. Anyway now taxed and out and about. By the By I did not pay the asking price when purchased 2 years past. Cheers Alec 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisb Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 On 27/05/2020 at 17:04, AlecHowie said: Hi Just to confirm JPH on Facebook above is my car and was not for sale as a dealer. I have owned Manta A's and B's since the late 70 s since we had dealer just up the road so could not resist them. I enjoy JPH but only posted it for sale because it is so pristine I tended not to use it enough. Anyway now taxed and out and about. By the By I did not pay the asking price when purchased 2 years past. Cheers Alec Thats a lovely car Alec, enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monaco Blue Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 (edited) Back up for sale again at £12950 after being sold a few weeks back by Alec Howie (see previous post). https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1372959 Edited August 17, 2021 by Monaco Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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