Limeysore Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 I received an e-mail from my brother earlier today with these pictures of a Manta Hatch he spotted while out on his Sunday morning cycle ride. The car is located in Tilton on the Hill in Leicestershire. If anyone is interested I'll see if he can give me more details on the location. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEPETE Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 C518UAY OPEL MANTA Colour Red Fuel type Date registered January 1986 First MOT due Unknown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limeysore Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 Update, my Bro supplied this Google Earth view of where the car is located. The blue dot marks the spot. Loddington Road, Tilton-on-the-Hill. . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®evo03 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) Why do people park cars on grass? It acts as a constant wet sponge, bottom 6 inches will need welding, thats alot. Mini would be closer to ground, and minis are not known for not rusting! They are better parked on gravel, or quarry stone, best drainage. Concrete and tarmac gets splashback! Grass if you wanna go fred flintstone. Athough saying this, it does look in decent nick, hopefully hasnt been there long. Edited September 22, 2020 by ®evo03 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpy Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 On 22/09/2020 at 07:58, ®evo03 said: Why do people park cars on grass? It acts as a constant wet sponge, bottom 6 inches will need welding, thats alot. Mini would be closer to ground, and minis are not known for not rusting! They are better parked on gravel, or quarry stone, best drainage. Concrete and tarmac gets splashback! Grass if you wanna go fred flintstone. Athough saying this, it does look in decent nick, hopefully hasnt been there long. deffo regards the minis tha helped me make the decision to go full spaceframe on mine.. as the whole floor sills ect were rotted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutty2006 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 This is probably what my garden will look like in 50 years 😂 Ruths mini isn’t red though lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®evo03 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Its sort of nice in a weird way to see a car in its natural state, slowly rusting away, sometimes people looking at our cars that are 40, 50 yrs old plus and actually forget what they should look like, and are blind to the effort it takes to keep them nice! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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