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chimp007_uk
23-06-08, 03:40 PM
My parents are on my case to get rid of my cars... Did a head gasket on the 1.2 nova this weekend, so that needs an mot and buff and that can be sold :)

Started sorting my Nova XE, got my Pug 306 back ont he road. Still got to sort and sell my 2litre 8v Nova.

But don't know what to do with my Manta GTE track/drift slag... :( I've been ordered to sell it, but its the one car out aff all of them I really can't sell! Best handing and breaking, just needs a bit more poke.

What should I do?!? I can't find a lock up big enough for it!

Chris
craig green
23-06-08, 04:07 PM
Can you net rent a unit with some mates & stash it there? You risk theft though when doing that.

306 sounds like the best candidate to sell on IMO, easy to source another if its a run about. Cars are big toys, unless you have your own land/house or are minted. Keep it simple.

I've gone from 4 Novas to 1. It hurt.... LOL
Stuart
23-06-08, 05:10 PM
Mantas are horrid cars. sell it to some other deluded fool :D
craig green
23-06-08, 05:28 PM
LOL. About the coolest RWD car GM has to offer after anything Lotus Carlton/GSi based.
Jack
23-06-08, 05:29 PM
Simple, sell the 206 and 8v Nova. Take the engine out of the 16v Nova and put it in the Manta. Sell the Nova shell. :cool:









....unless its a Manta B, in which case sell that for 20p on ebay and stick with the Nova XE.
draper
23-06-08, 07:01 PM
you can bring the manta to mine and leave it on my drive :D ;)
chimp007_uk
23-06-08, 07:15 PM
cheers guys lol

it is a manta b hatch :( but i love it! awesome car. 120bhp CIH 2litre 8v.

i'll leave it on your drive draper, but i'll keep the keys lol welded diff, you'll be going out late at night sideways lol

i want to sell the pug but its doing 55-60mpg :) and i'd love to put the XE in the manta, but the manta 1.8 conversion parts are going for £500 :(
Mike
23-06-08, 07:18 PM
Bite the bullit and sell the Manta IMO. No point fannying about thinking what to do when IMO you know what you want to do.
draper
23-06-08, 07:21 PM
i'll leave it on your drive draper, but i'll keep the keys



thats fine ;)
Mike
23-06-08, 07:22 PM
lol if there anything like a Nova you can open them using parts off them anyway :D
chimp007_uk
23-06-08, 07:38 PM
lol if there anything like a Nova you can open them using parts off them anyway :D

i havent tried lol

i just cant bring myself to sell it :( i dunno when i'll use it but its a car i want have when i'm older, and i know i'll only regret it!
draper
23-06-08, 07:40 PM
have you tried the local council for a garage ??
chimp007_uk
23-06-08, 07:42 PM
i have a what used to be a council garage, but its fecking tiny! and all the ones i can find are the same!
draper
23-06-08, 07:44 PM
but surely it will fit a manta in ??
chimp007_uk
23-06-08, 07:50 PM
well, i attempted with a lil bit of my ****e in lol and a no go situation lol


i'm in the process of selling everything! i'm a bad horder
Steve
23-06-08, 11:14 PM
Have you got any pics of the manta? I may know someone that after one.
CoupeUK
24-06-08, 10:14 AM
Theres plenty of storage here till mid December if you want it, you can keep keys aswell ;)
Dod
24-06-08, 10:40 AM
Mantas Rock, not as much as Asconas though. I'm after an early B to replicate this>>>
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Dods1/01-03-08_003.jpg

I say keep the Manta, but fit a proper diff. These are getting rare now so unless its a dog, its only going to increase in Value. Novas and Pug 306s are everywhere so sell the 306 and see if you need to get rid of a Nova.

Or a third option, kill your parents and concrete their Garden. Result: more car parking spaces.