[jlthunder]

I'm 40 and I had Opels since I was 16.

My first Opel was a 72 Manta Raylle Auto with 135,000 on the clock. It was a Bondo Buggy and was running with a camshaft which was badly worn. I towed it home(more like dragged) and had the cam replaced. I kept it for 9 months and had to sell it because it wouldn't pass PA State Inspection but before I sold it, I came across a 74 Manta Luxus 4 speed with a blown motor, dragged this one home too. Switched the gauge package from the Raylle to the Luxus(never got the oil gauge sensor for the motor), dropped a used motor in and we were good for two more years until the frame rotted out(car was from CT). Got a 72 GT in 83. Drove this one home. Ran it for two years and got into an argument with a guard rail(moved the rear axle over 2 inches). The rear axle locked up 6 months later. Towed this one(sense a theme here) on a car dolly backwards from NC to PA. Rebuilt the drive train and then it sat for 12 years in various garages. Body work complete in 02 and on the road in 03 with antique plates.


Sorry to drone on, but Opelitis can never be cured, just goes dormant.