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Rarities On The Road
Manicminer:
I had an Opel Manta Berlinetta SR 2.0L with a pancake air filter and a cherry bomb exhaust. Massive roaring noise :evil:
It would leave a Manta GTE standing...until you ran out of gears :'( It had a 4 speed gearbox and once up to 80 it sort of let the GTE with it's 5 speed box catch up.
Had a 'tweaked' SD1 which did 30 mpg until you *raced* it. It dropped down to 6 mpg if you kept doing 120+mph in third gear :twisted:
I had numerous Marinas. The fastest 0-60 vehicle I ever had........ I placed a 1.8tc engine in a 1.3 vehicle and left the original axle off the smaller engine in. 3.5 seconds to 60 if you started off in 4rth gear :dance:
My first car was a Talbot Sunbeam. You sure could throw it around.
Bush Tucker Man:
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--- Quote from: Bush Tucker Man on February 29, 2008, 20:40:01 ---I was in Wakefield this afternoon & saw 2 rarities, both on Ings Road;
A Fiat Tempra estate, the last one I saw was the one we used to have :lol: (got a photo, will add later)
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And here it is;
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--- Quote from: DEANO3528 on February 29, 2008, 23:56:52 ---Weren't all Manta's RWD?
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I thought the name was applied to the Cavalier equivalent later. Might be mistaken though.
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It was the Ascona/Cavalier mechanicals (& basic body), & rear-wheel drive.
The Manta was available in both bodies, as was the Cavalier, a coupe & a lift-back
(the Cavalier varient being the GLS???)
That's not forgetting, of course, the earlier gorgeous Manta as seen below;
Todays Additions To Discuss;
I had to go into Castleford this morning, & as I drove down Willowbridge Lane (A655, M62/jct 31 to Castleford), there was a Mark 1 Golf GTi parked up.
Due to traffic I couldn't stop, but hoped it would be there on my return
It was (are those BBS alloys?)
Further along on my way into Castleford, I came up behind a van.
There was nothing special about it but the registration seemed reasonably apt........
Range Rover Blues:
There are, I'm told, less than 60 Marina vans in existance :-k
ben_haynes:
how rare are these (ok they are in a barn)
does any one know what the 3rd image is (the 2nd image is a morris Minor)
i will get a couple of pictures of the 50 + Hillman Imps in another barn
the barns are owned by my boss - the Vehicles are not
Bishops Finger:
Its a mark 1 Ford Cortina........
I'd also like to personally thank everyone who has contributed to this thread for causing me to spend a large chunk of this pm investigating owning a 3 litre or 2.8 Capri............
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