Cameron.99 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 (edited) Hello, I’m sorry if this won’t be allowed. Im sort of looking for someone with not much to go on but I thought I’d give the club forum a shot as I know there is still a few people I know of that still reside here. Rewind to the early 2000’s (2003/2005) my “Dad” used to be a member of the club and every year we would attend car shows at billing and a few other places each year and was recently having a chat about billing on Facebook with someone who also used to be a member of the club. I was friends with this lad called Brendan (not too sure how it was spelt) and I just wondered if his dad is still a member of this club. I can remember the car and exactly where he used to pitch up for the week end. It was a red Opel Manta Hatchback with silver wheels (I know that isn’t much to go on) he would always pitch up towards the back left if you was looking at the field from where the toilets were, next to the bridge. my mum has pictures of us together eating donuts or something in our camping chairs lol. I will have to dig the picture out and post it here and hopefully find who it is. Again, sorry if this is irrelevant to the forum but it was really bugging me and I just have to find out who he was. thank you Edited July 19, 2023 by Cameron.99 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Pounsett Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 I like enquiries like this 😁 There are a couple of Brendans come up in a member search but they’ve not been active for years. Someone may know Brendan’s dad but I recon details and photos of the Manta will jog some memories. Good Luck with your search 🤞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron.99 Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Jonathan Pounsett said: I like enquiries like this 😁 There are a couple of Brendans come up in a member search but they’ve not been active for years. Someone may know Brendan’s dad but I recon details and photos of the Manta will jog some memories. Good Luck with your search 🤞 I think… I may have found the Manta in question. But it’s in a YouTube video from 2003! im trying to inset the link but it’s not letting me? If you type in on YouTube “Opel Manta Club UK, Billing 2003” and click to very top video (Three Manta’s in the thumbnail) EXACTLY!… 58 seconds in, you’ll see it. The picture isn’t good quality but that’s the car. I’m sure there’s probably a better quality video out there. I shall find it 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickfrad Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 (edited) Edited July 20, 2023 by Mickfrad 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutty2006 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Sorry I can’t help with your search but after watching that video I wonder how many of those mantas are still around? Spotted a couple, red hatch CYD 1.8 is still alive I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron.99 Posted July 21, 2023 Author Share Posted July 21, 2023 On 20/07/2023 at 10:20, Mickfrad said: Thank you for that! It wasn’t letting me insert the link. I’m pretty positive that’s the car tho! I can’t remember the bloke who owned it. Got loads of pictures & tapes from that time period in billing and other car shows. Will have to look through them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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