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From: cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (OrioleFan@uiuc)
Subject: Re: Opel owners?
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 21:10:23 GMT
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mliggett@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (matthew liggett) writes:

>In <C5t3B2.DG@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (OrioleFan@uiuc) writes:

>>boyle@cactus.org (Craig Boyle) writes:

>>>In article <C5sxI4.J9B@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (OrioleFan@uiuc) writes:
>>>>gibbonsa@fraser.sfu.ca (Darren Gibbons) writes:
>>>>>I'm looking for information on Opel cars.  Now you ask, which model?
>>>>>Well, the sad truth is, I'm not entirely sure, but it's a two-seater,
>>>>>with roll-over headlights, hard top, and really sporty looking.  My
>>>>>friend has one sitting in his yard in really nice condition,
>>>>>body-wise, but he transmission has seized up on him, so it hasn't run
>>>>>for a while.  Does anyone have any info on these cars?  The engine
>>>>>compartment looks really tight to work on, but it is in fine shape and
>>>>>I am quite interested in it.
>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>Darren Gibbons
>>>>>gibbonsa@sfu.ca
>>>>	
>>>>	This would be the manta, would it not???  Sold through Buick dealers in the mid '70's as the price leader????

>>>Sounds a lot more like an Opel GT to me. I'd guess that this is on the same
>>>chassis as the Kadett, rather than the bigger Manta - but I could easily
>>>be wrong.  I think the later Kadett's were sold here as Buick Opels.

>>>Craig

>>	I think the Manta is the European name for the "GT."  I'm pretty sure
>>that the only Kadett's sold here were/are the Pontiac LeMans.  I think the
>>GT is just an early '70s to mid '70s Manta.  
>>-- 
>>Chintan Amin <The University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign> mail: llama@uiuc.edu
>>*******SIG UNDER CONSTRUCTION HARD HAT AREA********

>Bzzt.
>The manta was a two-door sedan in the US.
>It had a 1900 engine.
>Was sometimes referred to as an Opel 1900.
>Manta's are also ve hot and fun cars too.

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	Funny, the Manta's over in Europe look surprisingly like the Opel
alluded to by the original poster.


-- 
Chintan Amin <The University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign> mail: llama@uiuc.edu
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