Cool Opel Manta Rallye

[Speedwell]

Hey Guys,

We are selling our Opel Manta Rallye if anyone is interested. We love our 2002's but this is a pretty neat aero-alternative :-)

Kindest regards,

Mikehttp://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Opel-Manta-Rallye-1973-Opel-Manta-Rallye-4-speed-2-owner-Original-Georgia-Car-Excellent-Example-/150733103648?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item231864a220#ht_3497wt_1165

[UroTrash]

Like my very first car except mine was green. I like it!

[roadhog0]

Thats sweet! A car that would be fun to own but have no where to put it...

[BMW0299]

I had a '73 Manta Rallye. Nice car in those days. On hot days, you had to dry the hood very quickly so the water wouldn't boil on the matte black paint.

Then the BMW fever started... -Raine

[UroTrash]

Actually mine was a 1972 without the black hood. My room mate had a 73 or 74 with the black hood.

[mcaden]

Saw your car made Bring a Trailer... congrats and GLWS.

[SteveJ]

I don't know. With a car like this I would expect more of a write up on the ebay ad. Damn! Great write up. It almost sounds like you still need to ask the original owner for permission to sell the car.

Stuff like this makes me glad/sad I already have projects filling my garage.

Best of luck with the sale. Hope it goes to an enthusiast that will drive it.

[Speedwell]

Thanks to all for all the positive comments. That's one thing I absolutely LOVE about this forum (and what sets it apart from most), this group is very supportive and appreciative of any honest efforts to engage our hobby :-)

[Kpeters]

Very nice Opel I bet very few would actually know what are you driving if you buy one of these.

[UroTrash]

when I had mine, people thought it was a Vega.

[Kpeters]

when I had mine, people thought it was a Vega.

That would piss me off!

[UroTrash]

when I had mine, people thought it was a Vega.

That would piss me off!

You said it! I used to HATE that!

[Speedwell]

when I had mine, people thought it was a Vega.

A VEGA!? Boy you really know how to hurt a guy :-)

[UroTrash]

when I had mine, people thought it was a Vega.

A VEGA!? Boy you really know how to hurt a guy :-)

Sorry! It hurt my feeling too!

[Mike Self]

other than serious rust problems that all Vegas shared, the Cosworth engined cars were both attractive and quick. And the last Vegas had an iron block engine--it was marketed as the "Iron Duke" engine, and was the old Chevy 2 four cylinder engine that went to Mexico for some years, was used in a Mexico-only Opel model, was converted to metric and came back to the US when GM realized the Vega engine was a dud. The Iron Duke engine was reliable and long-lived even if it was a pushrod vs the SOHC Vega engine--it put out about the same hp regardless--and didn't self destruct after 50 or 60k.

BTW, the problem that killed the Vega engine was very similar to the problems that BMW had with its Nicasil engine blocks 20 years later--you'd think BMW woulda learned from The General...

mike