Well, there's a well documented one here in GA as it is still owned by the ORIGINAL owner. Right now it is going through a resto and should be on the streets soon.The 1970 Model -- They are known to exist and some were imported to US. Documentation is sketchy at best.
Hmm, that is only 82,024 Manta's brought into the States, compared to something over 80,000 GT's (although I think that includes Canada). I would have thought there were a LOT more Manta's brought in as Opel was a major import in that period, but maybe the Kadett numbers were much higher. Anyone know how many Manta's were built in total? And how many Ascona's were built and how many were imported into the US?Production numbers appear on the Opel Motorsport Club web site at,
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I just cut and pasted the numbers. Check out the web page for lots more information.
The 1970 Model -- They are known to exist and some were imported to US. Documentation is sketchy at best.
1971 Model Year -- U.S. Sales: 8378 (No separate numerical breakdown for the Rallye version)
1972 Model Year -- U.S. Sales: 10, 647 (No separate numerical breakdown for the Rallye version)
1973 Model Year -- U.S. Sales: Standard & Luxus 17,536; Rallye version 8360
1974 Model Year -- U.S. Sales: Standard & Luxus 14,026; Rallye version 7959
1975 Model Year -- US Sales: 15, 118
