GTEPETE Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Looks nice,,,, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134461147718?hash=item1f4e824a46:g:1FIAAOSwXClj9ib8&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsPRjbqnVrQTTqUyJpU7jj8%2Fa84gUUHTmr2zX90mHn4qxYJS8lRKe89QLGfAOfldRS544IuWim1z7AzdJqBJczVZx3qirJc%2FuAn9YyDScmfZuPijTg3v4f5U9VizPm05dQ0HQsesbvVspkQoI1qkjD%2BFgYB2tF3tT04TZidErrY2ZZgqNQkN3dHAPIab8S7e5U6eFeTwGbBEWMH76Lro2BV4D3ZyBvC5SjiAhaur0oA2i|tkp%3ABk9SR5bflqjPYQ 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmanta Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Astra Seats, was an 1800 when new. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooker Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 mmmm shiny! The ad states “ Club member / enthusiast owned for 15yrs ” is there a thread somewhere on the forum for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutty2006 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Who’s is it then? I’ve not seen that one before. Mines a Carmine red hatch in GT form but is widely mistaken for a GTE. The 1.8 was a nicer engine though, despite the CIH being utterly bullet proof 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessopia74 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 3 hours ago, Sutty2006 said: Who’s is it then? I’ve not seen that one before. Mines a Carmine red hatch in GT form but is widely mistaken for a GTE. The 1.8 was a nicer engine though, despite the CIH being utterly bullet proof 🤣 Would have been great had they put the AstraGTE 1.8 in with the injection too 😂 can imagine the design to family too was supposed to be a planned upgrade , but guess they had a lot of CIH engines still to get rid of. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutty2006 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 5 hours ago, Jessopia74 said: Would have been great had they put the AstraGTE 1.8 in with the injection too 😂 can imagine the design to family too was supposed to be a planned upgrade , but guess they had a lot of CIH engines still to get rid of. I think with the impending loom of the calibra meant they had to kill it off. I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooker Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 The Calibra only came out in ‘89, I suspect they thought the days of a GT or Coupe was over, the Manta B had a long production run! The Kadett D GTE was out by ‘82 so a lighter quicker injected manta could have happened with the ‘82 Manta facelift but either there was much more production availability for the CiH or the marketing guys wanted their ‘hot hatch’ to seem much more modern. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Manta Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 12 hours ago, Jessopia74 said: Would have been great had they put the AstraGTE 1.8 in with the injection too 😂 can imagine the design to family too was supposed to be a planned upgrade , but guess they had a lot of CIH engines still to get rid of. Yes, or perhaps the 2.0 Astra GTE 8v from the MK2 as a replacement for the CIH GTE midway through the run or the "new" engine of the exclusives. It would have given us a lot more "conversion" gearboxes! 😬 I wonder how this passed an MOT without side repeaters? They were mandatory from April '86. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1900SR Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 7 hours ago, Rick-Manta said: Yes, or perhaps the 2.0 Astra GTE 8v from the MK2 as a replacement for the CIH GTE midway through the run or the "new" engine of the exclusives. It would have given us a lot more "conversion" gearboxes! 😬 I wonder how this passed an MOT without side repeaters? They were mandatory from April '86. 7 hours ago, Rick-Manta said: Yes, or perhaps the 2.0 Astra GTE 8v from the MK2 as a replacement for the CIH GTE midway through the run or the "new" engine of the exclusives. It would have given us a lot more "conversion" gearboxes! 😬 I wonder how this passed an MOT without side repeaters? They were mandatory from April '86. I suspect it's actually an August 85 car, not August 86. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT2400 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Now living in Scotland 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooker Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, GT2400 said: Now living in Scotland 👍 Did you buy it? or know who did? Edited March 18, 2023 by Trooker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT2400 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, Trooker said: Did you buy it? or know who did? I supplied it 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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