1200bandit Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 Have seen of Facebook White Manta up for sale at £28,495 Are prices on the up again or is someone being hopeful 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealExile Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 (edited) It's on Fleabay and advertised as an OMOC show winner, someone's on here? It's a beauty but I'd need a lottery win! Or to sell the house which I can see the Wife going for 🤣 Edited December 16, 2023 by TheRealExile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Chris Burt's old car. Won the OMOC car of the show at Sywell this year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryD89 Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Must mean there’s hope to break even on the sale of my hatchback some day 🤓 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisb Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Yes my old car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1200bandit Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 What does anyone think of the price What’s the true price of the manta ls it a realistic price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisb Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 3 hours ago, 1200bandit said: What does anyone think of the price What’s the true price of the manta ls it a realistic price? Who knows? i personally think its high, and i know how good this car is, but its probably one of the best unrestored cars left, yes its had a glass out bare metal respray but its never been taken apart and restored. Thats a rare thing in itself, Good luck to them if they get near that price, and i mean that sincerely as they were fantastic to deal with when i sold it to them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1900SR Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, 1200bandit said: What does anyone think of the price What’s the true price of the manta ls it a realistic price? The market will decide, if someone is willing to pay that for the car then it's realistic. If they've still got it a few months down the line then they are being optomistic. Obviously any car sold through a dealer will be a higher price than one sold privately, and even then if it does sell for that money it doesn't mean that a similar car that came to market would make the same (there might only have been one person who was willing to pay that much) Edited December 17, 2023 by 1900SR 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSoul Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 4 hours ago, 1200bandit said: What does anyone think of the price What’s the true price of the manta ls it a realistic price? It seems pricey, but still only a little over half what you'd pay for a comparable Capri 3.0s or an RS2000... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®evo03 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 (edited) What would an average, GTE white coupe be, OMOC market guide 15k, would you get it to this standard for 10, 15k ? Less than 30k, restoration, paint, parts. So is this a bargain? With just 65k miles. I will do the normal and say very nice car, good luck with sale. Edited December 17, 2023 by ®evo03 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike. Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 If you buy this Manta at £28.5k to drive and enjoy you won’t be disappointed, but if you’re buying it purely as an investment I feel it could be a big risk. it certainly looks stunning, over the last few years Manta Coupe’s rarely come up for sale, but here we have two fantastic examples offered to the market, a Monaco blue coupe £25k, and the white coupe 28.5k, is this happening because of the uncertainty going forward with classic cars and owners timing the market correctly? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSoul Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Somebody agrees - white one sold already 😃 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Boyd Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Mike. said: If you buy this Manta at £28.5k to drive and enjoy you won’t be disappointed, but if you’re buying it purely as an investment I feel it could be a big risk. it certainly looks stunning, over the last few years Manta Coupe’s rarely come up for sale, but here we have two fantastic examples offered to the market, a Monaco blue coupe £25k, and the white coupe 28.5k, is this happening because of the uncertainty going forward with classic cars and owners timing the market correctly? This Monaco blue coupe: OPel Manta GTE Exclusive - 3 Owners 40K Miles | eBay? Quite local to me but I don't really know any other Manta owners up here and don't know the car, nice as it is. High prices are a funny thing, a bit like equity in your house, great if you wanna sell but not much so much use if you're holding on to / staying put. I'm lucky having had my car since the late 90s, always fancied another (or a Monza) but with prices high I don't think I'll ever achieve that. But mustn't grumble, very fond of mine 🙂 As Mike says, if you want it to drive and enjoy you won't go wrong with either car, but if buying as an investment it is maybe going in a little high. And as Steve says, you only need one buyer 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®evo03 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Wonder do Ford guys grumble and take a slightly negative view on prices. Manta did sell, and didn't sit about long. As the saying goes, they are not making new ones. Guessing a new magnum mk2 shell wouldn't be cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSoul Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 1 hour ago, ®evo03 said: Wonder do Ford guys grumble and take a slightly negative view on prices. yes, they do! Too high, too low, wrong time, back when, had one, nearly had one, sold one, kept one, if only...😁 Maybe that's just me though! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike. Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 It’s always the same, if you have a Manta you want prices to keep rising, if you’re in the market to buy one then you want the opposite 🤪 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®evo03 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Scott Boyd@ Monza on FB marketplace 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®evo03 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 (edited) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225601376436?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=tdc89HutT0m&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=wFenwa1xSWu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY As nice as it is, iconic, piece of history Or build something like this. More power for a little less? Maybe 😎 About time someone built a (dare I say mk2 spec), Manta. Well that's the shell, runner and looks sorted, but what axle? surely the 1.8 getrag would be upgraded 😂 Edited December 18, 2023 by ®evo03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY ABBOTT Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 9 hours ago, ®evo03 said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225601376436?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=tdc89HutT0m&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=wFenwa1xSWu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY As nice as it is, iconic, piece of history Or build something like this. More power for a little less? Maybe 😎 About time someone built a (dare I say mk2 spec), Manta. Well that's the shell, runner and looks sorted, but what axle? surely the 1.8 getrag would be upgraded 😂 The black 400r is mine I'm building it on YouTube. That shell just had 13k spent on it for paint and fitting of the body kit. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY ABBOTT Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 I've hydro dipped the front crossmember and dash etc.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanpren Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 12 hours ago, ®evo03 said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225601376436?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=tdc89HutT0m&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=wFenwa1xSWu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY As nice as it is, iconic, piece of history Or build something like this. More power for a little less? Maybe 😎 About time someone built a (dare I say mk2 spec), Manta. Well that's the shell, runner and looks sorted, but what axle? surely the 1.8 getrag would be upgraded 😂 DME (Dunne Motorsport Engineering) in Ireland are doing the fab work on a Manta for class 14 rallying. Spec is meant to be millington diamond, sequential box etc... Really hope that goes ahead, would be brilliant to see 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1200bandit Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 5 hours ago, ANDY ABBOTT said: I've hydro dipped the front crossmember and dash etc.... The is got be batter part of £35,000 going into this Manta,which is looking 110% spot on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®evo03 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, seanpren said: DME (Dunne Motorsport Engineering) in Ireland are doing the fab work on a Manta for class 14 rallying. Spec is meant to be millington diamond, sequential box etc... Really hope that goes ahead, would be brilliant to see Be great to see this, manta shells are not as scarce as must think, wise thing would be to have a spare shell, should it go wrong. Given this would be easy to tally up what it would take to build a competitive class 14 manta, against a mk2. And would it be less than a 400? Better is questionable, as you have the rarity, history, and luck of owning such a piece of Opel history / a manta 400. 😎 On a more down to earth conversation, would the white example be more sort after than an all bells and whistles resto ? 8 hours ago, ANDY ABBOTT said: My car Yes, closest photo available of a pre build shell, to this, plug to link your YouTube channel. 👍😎 Edited December 19, 2023 by ®evo03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisb Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 I see that my old car is reserved again, so looks to me like the very best examples are now achieving the money they deserve. Been in the shadow of fast fords for too long now. A classic car dealer i know has said the ford market has started to stagnate a little currently, not dropping but not rising like we have seen, but the GM market is still showing an increase on cars like the Manta, Kadett coupe, Astra GTE and Cavalier SRi etc. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®evo03 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) Class 14 build photo as above from DME Motorsport. Top Modified Class👍 Edited December 19, 2023 by ®evo03 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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