richevans Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 I'm trying to find out the model of my grandad's old sports car. I'm convinced it was an Opel Manta and so do my parents, but Im also convinced it had pop up headlights? Did any models or special editions get manufactured with pop up headlights? I wish my parents had let me keep it when he passed away, but I was only young and the answer was no. I loved that car. Lots of memories. Thanks in Advance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
611 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 You sure its not the Opel GT? as that has popup headlights. Not see a manta with popup lights as standard as they are all located in the front grill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richevans Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 1 hour ago, 611 said: You sure its not the Opel GT? as that has popup headlights. Not see a manta with popup lights as standard as they are all located in the front grill. Yep, definitely not a GT? I'm looking through old family photos to see if there is one with the car in the background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
611 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Hmm, not sure what it is then. Be good if you can find a photo as that will help to solve the mystery 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam.in.head Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 what sort of age are we talking here .are we definately thinking opel ? i only ask as the years are flying by so quickly some people nowadays can call cars from the 90's a classic or 'old' car !. that could put it more into the mazda / miata terrtory ? ( sorry !) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irmscher Man Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 The Mazda RX7 had pop up lights and sits in the ‘attractive coupe’ category. More of a headache in the engine bay than a Manta though! be interesting to see if you find any photos. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®evo03 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Did the Britten have pop ups, was it only the GT with rotating lights. Can't think of any pop ups on Opels. Can see richevans coming back, lambo ! My bad! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rutlish Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 The 70's 80's, Opel bitter SC Coupe had pop up head lights. Really cool car. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 13 minutes ago, rutlish said: The 70's 80's, Opel bitter SC Coupe had pop up head lights. Really cool car. There has one on eBay for a while, price keeps coming down https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225088385405?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=gG3aSFQlQuy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=1oAQMJSaQsq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irmscher Man Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 That’s Bitter SC is a nice car for that money…they are seriously rare in the Uk now. I’ve always hankered after a Bitter CD, but they are getting out of reach price wise now. Chevy V8 power and th styling was just beautiful. Rarely see any for sale as they only made 395 of them, and most went to the US. Be nice if it was one of them! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®evo03 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) And one popped up, nice wheels. Edited August 29, 2022 by ®evo03 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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