Love it! My dad had a green 4dr many years back except it was badged as a manta.
Nearly bought one myself a while back. Not to sure about 300bhp and an 1800 back axle though!?
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Love it! My dad had a green 4dr many years back except it was badged as a manta.
Nearly bought one myself a while back. Not to sure about 300bhp and an 1800 back axle though!?
This is a belter :thumb:
What colour do you intend on spraying it? A nice rustic orange or red maybe :)
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boot floor pokeyness!
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...v/DSC00193.jpg
inner arch
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...v/DSC00192.jpg
inner arch repair panel
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templates made up
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...v/DSC00202.jpg
chassis leg repair panel
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...v/DSC00200.jpg
exhaust cracked
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...v/DSC00199.jpg
crack in chassis leg, has been patched before!
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...v/DSC00198.jpg
close up of the leg
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spare wheel well, not good, gonna replace the full well and boot floor!:eek:
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boot floor to quarter seam, r.i.p!
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boot floor to rear valance, did this when i pulled the underseal off underneath!
more pics soon!
staying the standard colour. i meant the box not the axle. the manta boys run em with lets as its a getrag box. the back axle may get a quaife atb lsd, not sure tho. steve you sure it wasnt an ascona? the opel version?
quality loving the mk1 cav...
Nope, definetily a 4dr manta, ive got some old photos I want to scan, it had the manta front grille as well.
Wouldnt have thought the gearbox could cope with that power but thats all good then. :thumb:
I was getting excited til it turned out to be a Cav. I used to have an Ascona B which is the same but with a different front.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Dods1/Pic263.jpg
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As for a 4dr Manta, no such thing ever made I'm afraid. The mk1 Cav has the same front as the Mantas though which is where the confusion came from, with people swapping the nose cones over.
Repair Panels for these are easily gotten, in fact theres a lot similar underneith to the Mantas. Look on www.totalopel.com to be pointed in the right direction...
It would look yummy in standard form with some Revo RFX's.
nice ascona there dod. my dad had a white one with a 2.4 frontera engine in it, was really good. got cracked on again, no pics till tomorrow tho as phone went on strike! cut out boot floor, removed front subframe to weld the chassis leg. was worse than it first looked, gone right upto the bit where it goes to the front of the car i.e top of the s part, and stripped the rocker cover for polishing. oh and bought some sheet steel, handy as the merchants is only next door! 13 quid 7x5 ft 0.5 thick! was well impressed! daft q but has anyone got a 2.4 lump?
retro ain the wourd last time i saw one of those was in the back of an old classic car mag
Nice Cavalier!! They are about the only car I know that likes to rust more than a Nova though!!!!!!!
I have an Ascona B, but it's being kept standard!!!
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