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'NO,......O P E L..G T!'
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Lincoln, UK
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Unanswered: It's rude not too
Several emails to the present owner and pictures offered in addition to those on the For Sale advert and i thought it would be nice to have an 7hr round trip and collected her yesterday. Service items have been purchased and the old fuel will be drained at the weekend and hopefully she'll burst into life. Next week i have the paint shop assessing her and hopefully before too long she'll be looking fresh. As you can see the interior needs a bit of a valet, but with 49k and 1 Family owning from new, i decided this was not to be missed, what you think? ![]()
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Mark I used to have an Opel....now i have a collection ![]() 69 GT 2.5 FI, Getrag, Irmscher Big Brakes, LSD, Lowered, 8" & 8.5" BBS RM's, Leather.....ex Dealer Opel Team 70 GT 1.9 Weber, 4 Speed 70 GT 1.9 Twin Weber, 4 Speed, Alloys 71 GT 2.0 Weber, Getrag, Lenk Styling, Alloys 71 GT 3.5 V8 Holley, RHD, TARGA, Leather Recaros 75 Commodore GS Coupe, 2.5 Twin Carb, Auto 76 Commodore GS/E Coupe, 2.8 FI, Auto, Alloys, LSD, Sunroof |
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Salfordville, PA
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Very Nice find! Good Luck and Enjoy.
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1972 Opel GT, Owner since 1983 2001 Saab 9-5 SE 3.0 Turbo V6 Weeeeeeeeeee!!! 1973 GT, Parted out, R.I.P. 1968 Kadette, Owner since 2006, Sold, 28 June 2008 |
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"The Jägermeister"
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Newnan, GA - greater ATL area
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It looks like a beautiful car, although it has the steering wheel on the wrong side!
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Manta Maniac
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Toronto
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Mark,
Pull the front wings off, and treat the rust you will find on the inner surfaces of the wing and inner wing...better to do it now than when it eats its way through...
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'NO,......O P E L..G T!'
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Thanks for the comments guys.
I do plan to go through, but want to avoid a full strip down. I do plan to 'shultz' the car throughout and will be going OTT on the troublesome areas, A pillers, chassis rails etc. Thankfully she's spent nearly all her life in a garage when not in use and also being a non-sunroof model has definately helped. She has picked up a few dings, hence my wish to get her painted, but at the price i paid i should have a very nice Manta for not a great deal of money.......which is good because the wife doesn't know i have it yet
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Mark I used to have an Opel....now i have a collection ![]() 69 GT 2.5 FI, Getrag, Irmscher Big Brakes, LSD, Lowered, 8" & 8.5" BBS RM's, Leather.....ex Dealer Opel Team 70 GT 1.9 Weber, 4 Speed 70 GT 1.9 Twin Weber, 4 Speed, Alloys 71 GT 2.0 Weber, Getrag, Lenk Styling, Alloys 71 GT 3.5 V8 Holley, RHD, TARGA, Leather Recaros 75 Commodore GS Coupe, 2.5 Twin Carb, Auto 76 Commodore GS/E Coupe, 2.8 FI, Auto, Alloys, LSD, Sunroof |
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Salfordville, PA
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A nice dinner and lots of flowers prior to telling her never hurts
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'NO,......O P E L..G T!'
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Well yes i could try that technique but as the car is away from the house in storage i guess i don't need to cross that hurdle yet.
I guess it's only when £00's start going out of our account that she'll probably say something......unless of course i use the 'secret stash'.
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Mark I used to have an Opel....now i have a collection ![]() 69 GT 2.5 FI, Getrag, Irmscher Big Brakes, LSD, Lowered, 8" & 8.5" BBS RM's, Leather.....ex Dealer Opel Team 70 GT 1.9 Weber, 4 Speed 70 GT 1.9 Twin Weber, 4 Speed, Alloys 71 GT 2.0 Weber, Getrag, Lenk Styling, Alloys 71 GT 3.5 V8 Holley, RHD, TARGA, Leather Recaros 75 Commodore GS Coupe, 2.5 Twin Carb, Auto 76 Commodore GS/E Coupe, 2.8 FI, Auto, Alloys, LSD, Sunroof |
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Atlanta GA
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You could alwas say.."Honey, looked what followed me home" or you could say "You know Opels have a way of multipling all by them selfs."
Either way, a nice dinner out, and some flower for the week prior to showing her the car is always a good thing. Build up the points prior to showing her the car.
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Ft Smith, Arkansas
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Naw, tell her you are just storing it for a friend... then a few months later, tell her the friend gave it to you to cover the storage fees.
Or Tell her you won it in a friendly Poker game!! Yea, Yea that's the ticket
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