Monaco Blue Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Nice! Presumably well know being a show winner back in 2001: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OPEL-MANTA-HATCH-BACK-2000-CC-GTE-1983-A-REG-ICONIC-80S-MOTORING/322998400800?hash=item4b34347720:g:7g8AAOSwZ11aWhwn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starmist Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Didn't this used to belong to Anne Norris back in day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTAMAN Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Don't recall Anne owning this Manta, Her brother Keith has a Red 1800 Exclusive Hatch that is parked by her tent at most VBOA rallies. With the Reg 666 it must jog someones memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starmist Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) Think she did...she definitely had a red gte hatch. Edited January 15, 2018 by starmist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisb Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) It was Annies car guys, she bought it new from Pedestal garage in High Wycombe and had it till about 1998/1999 then i bought it from her had it for about a year and sold it to a guy in Oxford who changed it about a bit, after that it fell into a state of disrepair but now looks like its been ressurected. Glad to see it survives. Edited January 15, 2018 by chrisb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saving mantis Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Nice car, love the registration plates,, are they legal guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny D114BCW Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 No the plates are not road legal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapierdave Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, saving mantis said: Nice car, love the registration plates,, are they legal guys? Black & Silver plates used to be legal on cars registered before January 1st 1973 however i believe that since the government changed the rules on historic vehicle class to a 40 year rolling rule then once your car qualifies for historic vehicle tax then legally you can fit the "older style" plates. I tend to prefer cars to wear the plates that would have been fitted in that year. My 1972 Manta is fitted with black & silver plates but when it was supplied new i believe it had Yellow & white plates as from that era most new cars were being fitted with the new style plates & the old style plates were being phased out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saving mantis Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Ye just read on dvla website, pre 1975 cars are allowed to keep the classic period look, love that car rapierdave, very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny D114BCW Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 20 hours ago, Rapierdave said: Black & Silver plates used to be legal on cars registered before January 1st 1973 however i believe that since the government changed the rules on historic vehicle class to a 40 year rolling rule then once your car qualifies for historic vehicle tax then legally you can fit the "older style" plates. I tend to prefer cars to wear the plates that would have been fitted in that year. My 1972 Manta is fitted with black & silver plates but when it was supplied new i believe it had Yellow & white plates as from that era most new cars were being fitted with the new style plates & the old style plates were being phased out Being honest I agree. Black plates on newer cars look awful! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monaco Blue Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 54 minutes ago, Danny D114BCW said: Being honest I agree. Black plates on newer cars look awful! I have to agree. Just doesn't look right on later cars. It does suit that K plate Manta A however. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®evo03 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Another Nice wee car, plates are dead on, em...... 666, nice! Cars looks clean and straight, nice entry level honest car. Why are these not advertised on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo3000 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, ®evo03 said: Another Nice wee car, plates are dead on, em...... 666, nice! Cars looks clean and straight, nice entry level honest car. Why are these not advertised on here? It is a cracking manta mate for sure......the seller has got it in the cars for sale section also Edited January 20, 2018 by evo3000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapierdave Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 5 hours ago, ®evo03 said: Another Nice wee car, plates are dead on, em...... 666, nice! Cars looks clean and straight, nice entry level honest car. Why are these not advertised on here? If you join the OMOC then you get full access to all the forum topics including the cars for sale section. It is definitely worth paying the £25 fee to join 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisb Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Highest bid was £3800. I would have bought it back for that (possibly) as have a big soft spot for it as i owned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapierdave Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Seller wanted £6000 ono for the car which i thought was a fair price. At £3800 someone has got a bargain imo, Agree with Chris at that price i would have thought about buying it, i reckon it might have possibly gone to a dealer. Expect to see it up for sale again soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTAMAN Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 51 minutes ago, chrisb said: I would have bought it back for that (possibly) said the man who vowed to me that he would never have another Manta ever again....... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny D114BCW Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I think thats way too cheap. worth 5-6k all day long 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starmist Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Probably just wrong time of year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irmscher Man Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 That went for peanuts considering that car has some history. As ChrisB says, it was bought new by Anne Norris (OMOC Member number 1) and she kept it original for many years. I followed it on several occasions all around Europe and up and down the M6 to shows in the North West. It would look so much better with the correct era plates on though but each to their own. Whoever picked that car up has managed to get a little bit of OMOC history. It was at the first OMOC meeting ever held, and also at the first Concour's at the Buckby Lion Inn, Northants(1986?).....when it was less than 12 months old! It has been to countless Opel shows around Europe and regularly went with Anne to Switzerland every year for some enthusiastic driving up and down some famous mountain passes. It has lived an interesting life, so its great that it is still about. Has anyone told Anne I wonder? I may write to her and let her know (she doesn't really "do" computers). Here is Anne with A666 in the early 90's at the Kit Car Show. I believe this may have been the year with the Fiesta XR2 ended up in the pond, across from where we were camping! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny D114BCW Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Its great to see cars survive like this, I often wonder if anybody has any pictures of mine from the 90s shows as it went to Billing and Santa Pod etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irmscher Man Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 When I've finished with the House Move Danny, I will start to trawl through all my old photos and get them scanned. Im trying out a few photo scanning apps at the moment to see which ones work the best. I've just deleted Photomyne as the "free" app wanted to start charging me after 3 days....no mention of that in the App write up and that really fecks me off. I'm sure I must have some of your car from 20+ years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny D114BCW Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Great stuff, good luck with the move, i did that last year and i will be staying out now for a good while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bris jas Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) Just noticed it back up for sale! On Ebay Edited February 4, 2018 by bris jas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saving mantis Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 5 hours ago, bris jas said: Just noticed it back up for sale! On Ebay Ye well spotted https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OPEL-MANTA-HATCH-BACK-2000-CC-GTE-1983-A-REG-ICONIC-80S-MOTORING/323046552832?hash=item4b37133500:g:Y-YAAOSwFMdac2Dd Someone paid a £150 deposit then had a change of mind/someone is going to get a nice manta here looking at irmscher mans posts regarding the cars history. I,m gonna keep an eye on this one myself,, however i,m still all over the place as to what i want... ie project/road and or rally or just road car..one thing is for sure is that this car deserves road status and not rally...its a beaut ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.