Opel Manta Owners Club UK
Midland Area
Your cars
This is a selection of photos that have been sent in to me by area members.
If you would like to see your car on this site, please
email
me some pics with a few details about the car.
Remember Jackie's Manta ?
Well it's going through yet another transformation.
Keep up the good work, Mick !
Carlton GSI 3l 24v engine, electronic auto gear box, digital dash.......the
list goes on.
The following pics were sent to me from a fellow Manta nut in Italy, He has
written a song called " The Manta's Shuffle" Check out the link to his site and
hear it for yourself.
Hi, my name is Stefano Arcangeli, I'm 31 and I live in Milan, Italy. I'm the
proud owner of a red '88 Manta gsi that i recently purchased from a guy who had
hinerited it from his father... can you believe it? he didn't like the car and
he bought a fiat punto instead... Well better for me, he sold me the car (that
is in perfect shape and with only 70.000 Km on the clock!) at only € 1.500,00
and I only had to change oil, air filter and fill her up.
There is a little more about this story... When I first saw and tried the car
was last september and at that time I was writing the last few songs for the
first album of my band (we play rock blues). When I saw the car I fell
immediatly in love with her and as I got back home I wrote "Manta's shuffle".
Not so long a go when Kev was moving house, he sold me a lot of his garage
equipment. He said he didn't need it any more because
" He was not doing any more cars, only general servicing, that why he only
what'd a single garage at the new house "
Well a couple of weeks ago I had a phone call from Kev " Can I borrow the
engine crane I sold you ?"
I always said it wouldn't last, once the modifying bug bytes it never goes away.
Another 24v conversion in the Midland, who's going to be next ?
A few new pics of Kevs car with its new paint job.
.An extract from " The life of Mojo" by Graham Taylor.
..........the once responsive engine had lost a bit of its grunt and was not as
quick as it could be.
I had a choice. I could get another GT/E engine and replace the one fitted, or
look for something a little better. After talking to a few people and
considering ease and economy (if it can be considered in a Manta) I opted for
the 2.2 Carlton conversion, however, fate was to play a cruel trick (on the
face of it).
I could not find a 2.2 Carlton anywhere and always seemed just too late (ask
Mick Maher Joe Greaves or John Wainman) when 2.2 lumps were going and so my now
rattling 2.0 lump was kept in employment as long as it would last.
Suddenly, out of the blue, Chris Collier received a phone call from a fellow in
Loughborough with a brand new 2.4 bottom end. The clouds lifted and the sun
shone down on Mojo
A swift visit with Clive and I was a 2.4 block richer. After persuading Clive
to transport it back to Leicester in the boot of his B coupe (I hope it hasn't
done any lasting damage to it Clive) it went into Mojo's boot.
Fate was again to step in favourably as Chris T decided to go the 16v route
instead of his 2.2 (suddenly they all came out of the woodwork again) and sold
me his stage 3 head.
Round to Chris Colliers with engine bits, spare engine for ancillaries and Mojo
was ready for a new power plant.
After much trouble, 6 weeks and 3 head gaskets it was ready at 2.00am on the
Sunday of Performance Vauxhall Show 03 at Santa Pod (15 June). After less than
3 hours sleep it made it there and back and has been running well ever since
(touch wood fast!)........
" The Rainbow Warrior" Jim's mat black manta has been under going a little work.
