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Rallyeman
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Bullhead City, AZ
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Cedar Park, TX ('Burb of Austin)
Posts: 1,179
Real Name: George
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I'm guessing his parents paid for the car. You can get the same feeling at the carnival and it is much cheaper, well except for the flipping over part.
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Born to Drive 73 GT Sport suspension, lowered 2", polyurethane bushings, Koni Reds, adjustable pan hard rod, 205-60/13 Falcons on 13x6 aluminum rims, Ported intake, custom cold air intake, sprint exhaust manifold, 2" free flow exhaust, 4-core radiator, Getrag 5-speed, Momo steering wheel, Saks heavy duty clutch, Euro style driving lights, tinted windows, seats from Acura Integra, 3 point retractable seat belts from a '75 Manta, flush mount aircraft style gas cap
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Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Concord, North Carolina
Posts: 1,118
Real Name: Roy Bell
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Let me tell you what a moron is.... I took my GT for a spin a few weeks ago and stopped at a BBQ joint to eat. When I came out, there was a guy, with his kid, standing at the GT just looking. When I came up, he asked me, "Is this a Corvair?"...
I said, "Yea, an Opel Corvair". He then said he had heard of them but never seen one before.... Hummmmmm....
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Posts: 931
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As I fueled the GT the kid they pay to stand around and watch us pump our own gas comes over and tells me how his girlfriend used to have one like mine. I usually let folks talk and reminisce 'cause they don't always want to hear about my car. Anyway, the more he talks, the clearer it became that his girlfriend had a Vega. I never did correct him, just let him go on remembering the good times. Perhaps he even had something exciting to tell his girlfriend at dinner that night, "Babe, I saw a car just like your 1st car come in today". Hopefully he didn't mention roll-over headlights.
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Living in the past
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Chesapeake, Virginia
Posts: 1,372
Real Name: Lloyd
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Confussed
I had to GT out of the garage a couple of weeks ago in the driveway checking the fluids under the hood. The kid that just moved in next door (about 17-18) walked over and looked under the hood. He ask "is this Japanese" I said no Germany to which he replied "oh, a VW" I said no it's an Opel GT made in 1971. Then he came up with a real pearl of wisdom " could it be had with a V8" I said "no it only came with one engine, a 1900cc 4 cyl" and he said "it would really be cool with a V8 to bad you couldn't get one in it"
Trying my best to keep a straight face, I looked at his late model Monte Carlo sitting at the curb and said "I bet the V8 in your car will really get up and go"
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Swarthmore, PA
Posts: 871
Real Name: Jim
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Jim
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'74 Manta ("Sig") '75 Sportwagon (project) '72 GT (whenever I get to it) Sold or wrecked: '72 Manta Rallye '73 Manta '74 Luxus |
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Salfordville, PA
Posts: 2,143
Real Name: Jeff
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I agree with you Jim, I love that line. Mel Blanc, one of the best voices EVER!
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Southern Red Neck
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Snellville, GA
Posts: 6,027
Real Name: Gene
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Here's the real funny part, it's "supposed" to be the older people who would know or even recognized the OPEL name, but, uh uh
I dropped my wife off so she could pick up her Blazer, I was in my Sportwagon. The older mechanics in the shop asked her what I was driving when I left, she told them it was an OPEL. Well, I go 1/2 mile down the road and get gas. Pull up to the pump and across from me is a couple of kids in a "ricer", looked like they were just out of HS, and as I got out to use the pump, both exclaimed, an OPEL, cooooollllllllll Go figure......
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Swarthmore, PA
Posts: 871
Real Name: Jim
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The best line I've heard yet came on my trip home from the Carlisle meet. I'd stopped at a produce stand and some guy came up asking whose Opel Manta was sitting out front.
I said it was mine, at which point he uttered, "Wow, is that a real Opel or did you build it from a kit?" That's one I never expected to hear. ![]() Jim
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