What a fantastic buy, there can’t be many of these left in garages… and a coupe as well. Has it had much paint? Notice the red exclusive stickers are all missing….
I had a 1984 black manta GTE and I put a switch in like you’ve got to cut the coil power as an anti theft device back in the day . Great car great video.
I am thinking about buying an e reg vw golf it's clean like that manta I love old cars because I can play with them and do the simple jobs like service that engine . I love get oily and mucky 😂
@@ChrisFEJackson correct mate,white was a great colour for certain cars,I had a H reg Astra gte 16v with the white alloys and I also had a white K reg cavalier Sri 8v with the fan blade alloys,both looked great in white.
@@davidwebb8877 I got an H reg Calibra the reg was H884 DTM...DTM brilliant as the Calibras were panning the DTM at the time. My mate had the Astra GSi, that was quick but he had to get rid of it as it was always being stolen or attempted. They even took his leather steering wheel, that was enough for him. Great car though. I've had a lot of Vauxhalls, last two were J VXR's so under rated!!
Lovely car. My uncle has the cavalier coupe same shape 1977 in metallic blue. Owned since he was 18 . Yours is a good find. I'm surprised you didn't remove spark plugs and put some oil in the bores ,before you tried starting it as it hadn't been started in so long .. Hopefully, you haven't caused any damage, or it will burn oil like crazy. Good find tho front jacking points look solid also which was a major issue for rot on these. Thanks for the look around it.
Manta and Capri were my dream cars when I was a kid. However they made 1.2 Manta and 1.3 Capri too. What were they thinking? Manta 1.2 accelerated to 0-100 km/h in 19.5 seconds. LOL.
Hi, sorry if i'm being cheeky but will you be telling how much you got it for. That manta sure is one beautiful car and after washing it, well what a transformation, i'm gobsmacked it's stunning considering how long it has sat for 😵😲😲✔✔👍
Great find! Loved these cars. The saloon versions are much rarer that the estates due to the a factory burning down and they didn't bother retooling for the saloon car version and just produced the estates. These cars were so advanced or appeared to be back in the day and drove a few Manta GT's when new, loved them.
It’s had period 90s mods such as airbox delete and replaced mount to put a k&n cone filter on it. Leads. Speakers in the doors. Side indicators as everyone wanted clear. Alloys are classic 90s. Great find. Looking forward to seeing it.
🤦♂️… here’s a story . I worked for James Derby in wallasey in the 80’s. Had a huge scrap yard. I saw a white manta gte with a smashed nose cone in the yard. Paid 100 pounds for it and he cut the nose of another wreck so I could fix it. It was white, with a mustard coloured tartan inlay on the seats. But! I later learnt, after selling it, way to cheap, it was a special car. Because it had the inline 6🤦♂️. You know where this is going. Anyway, I understood later why the guy snapped my hand off😂😂😂🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️……
Had four Manta's in the past. Last one very similar to this one. I'd have my GSI back in a heartbeat. D475TVH where are you now. Recycled must likely 😢
Great find ! We recently bought a GTE Exclusive hatchback in the same colour, ours has 34,000 miles FSH one owner, not as tidy as yours, spent most it’s lifetime outside but solid everywhere except bonnet and around the sunroof is a bit rusty but we have sourced a bonnet , inner wings solid and everything works
I had an early 1.9s it was more rounded and less angular with twin solex carbs. I put 2 new inner wings on it. Great car but was written off when some kid drove through a red light and wrote it off along with a sirocco coming the other way. I paid £120 for it in 1981.
Seriously cool car. Thought it might have been sold new and first registered in Wigan - my parents bought a new Vauxhall Astra from A&B of Wigan this same year - it was registered E498 GFR. Plates and stickers suggest otherwise, though!
They are very cool looking cars. Last taxed and V5 issued 1995 so just shows they can still be out there even if there's been no activity for decades! Although those tyres look newer than 30 years so might have been driven without tax at some point!!
@@RetroRestorationGarage they have lasted well - no UV to degrade them I suppose, plus I'm sure tyres and other car parts were much better rubber 30+ years ago!
@@RetroRestorationGarage ah yes, definitely not worth taking a risk on those and some nice fresh rubber will improve the ride no doubt. Look forward to seeing some updates 👍
My mechanical skills are pretty much zero therefore I'm genuinely curious as to whether it's a good idea to immediately rev the engine up to about 4K, when it's the first time it's turned in over 30 years? Lovely car by the way. Always loved these as a kiddo and always preferred this shape to the coupe/hatch, which I think was "just" branded GT? Or is that a different car altogether?
My late father had a GTE hatchback, A903UFB, in gold which he bought new after seeing them in the Lombard RAC rally (much more stylish than the equivalent Capri, even the MK1 Manta was prettier)
I absolutely loved my Manta GTE, i wish i had kept it.....but ive still got my 1996 Calibra V6 which ive had since new.....this was the updated Manta. The plates on you're Manta cant be the original dealer plates.....not with Fiat on them.
I had a 1980 2.0S Manta as my first car in the late 90's. Dual 40mm Dellorto's, headers and a cam, plus a bit taken off the cylinder head. Had around 140hp. It went well back then.
Engine is having a rebuild bud which would be standard practice for an engine thats sat for 30 years. This was just for video purposes to see if it would indeed start and drive 🙂
Sadly soon all gas cars will be banned in EU and USA! In France they have a new banning law for ICE cars called SCHLABOUBVE and in Switzerland the HESCHLAVVO law! In Scandinavian countries soon there will be a so called SMORVERBIDEN law. In Germany from 2027 the new BABVVO and TEBBVO laws by the green peoples party will bann all gas cars from public streets only exception will be professional commuter trips and state-certified transports)
@@MandyMandy-hc6lw wheels and exhaust was fitted in 1995 brand new and sat in the garage since. Has never been on the road with these wheels and exhaust on, it's a stainless system so doesn't corrode, even still has the original stickers on exhaust.
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We used to rally a Manta coupe like this in Scotland - fitted with a 400 engine stroked out to 2.7. Many wins. Great memories.
What an absolute gem! 😍
Thanks. It's a lovely car
I love the Manta. My Dad had a red hatchback and it was a great car. Always wanted a blue exclusive…
My brother had that car in the 80s, same colour! A lovely car then, and a lovely car now!
They are a fantastic looking car
Awwww.....she's beautiful !!❤
She's a lovely car. Thanks 😊
My uncle had a white manta gte many years ago I remember as a kid going places in it and the smell of petrol inside 🤣 great cars
This is stunning condition and one of the more desirable shape & model. Great find.
Many thanks!
That's very clean no rust great find m8 💯👍🏻
Thanks 👍
Dream car right there 👌 good effort look forward to seeing g it back up to standard .
Thank you
What a fantastic buy, there can’t be many of these left in garages… and a coupe as well. Has it had much paint? Notice the red exclusive stickers are all missing….
Nice you don't see them very often these days great cars
True that!
I had a 1984 black manta GTE and I put a switch in like you’ve got to cut the coil power as an anti theft device back in the day . Great car great video.
What a beauty that’s a gem of a find
Thanks
I am thinking about buying an e reg vw golf it's clean like that manta I love old cars because I can play with them and do the simple jobs like service that engine . I love get oily and mucky 😂
Gorgeous little Gem that
Love it 👍
Thanks 👍
Had this exact car in white, as my first car. Was mint condition, 66k miles and paid £500 for it! But that was 23 years ago
They are great cars
My heart bleeds for you mate,I had a E reg 2.8i Capri special 24 years ago,one of many cars I should have kept😢
I think for the time white was the best colour for the GTE! Same for the Astra GTE MK1
@@ChrisFEJackson correct mate,white was a great colour for certain cars,I had a H reg Astra gte 16v with the white alloys and I also had a white K reg cavalier Sri 8v with the fan blade alloys,both looked great in white.
@@davidwebb8877 I got an H reg Calibra the reg was H884 DTM...DTM brilliant as the Calibras were panning the DTM at the time. My mate had the Astra GSi, that was quick but he had to get rid of it as it was always being stolen or attempted. They even took his leather steering wheel, that was enough for him. Great car though. I've had a lot of Vauxhalls, last two were J VXR's so under rated!!
I love it, looks in good nick for a garage find, very little root. Inside looks awesome.
It is in great condition but there is some rust around the sunroof and few other areas but all things considered it's a great shell.
hey welldone on the manta find bud i just found an 85 manta gte hatchback in a shed about 5 months ago now on the road moted loving it
Thank you. Great to hear you found one too
nice car and original. parked up since it was only 7 years old. Ive got a opel monza 3 litre E. Thats alm still original with just 32k recorded milage
Lovely car. My uncle has the cavalier coupe same shape 1977 in metallic blue. Owned since he was 18 .
Yours is a good find.
I'm surprised you didn't remove spark plugs and put some oil in the bores ,before you tried starting it as it hadn't been started in so long ..
Hopefully, you haven't caused any damage, or it will burn oil like crazy.
Good find tho front jacking points look solid also which was a major issue for rot on these.
Thanks for the look around it.
Looks very clean
It is!
Beautiful Manta.
Manta and Capri were my dream cars when I was a kid. However they made 1.2 Manta and 1.3 Capri too. What were they thinking? Manta 1.2 accelerated to 0-100 km/h in 19.5 seconds. LOL.
Sorry for my slang,, But 😮 that’s a pure better m8 ❤ nice find 👍
Hi, sorry if i'm being cheeky but will you be telling how much you got it for. That manta sure is one beautiful car and after washing it, well what a transformation, i'm gobsmacked it's stunning considering how long it has sat for 😵😲😲✔✔👍
Great find! Loved these cars. The saloon versions are much rarer that the estates due to the a factory burning down and they didn't bother retooling for the saloon car version and just produced the estates. These cars were so advanced or appeared to be back in the day and drove a few Manta GT's when new, loved them.
Thanks Chris
It’s had period 90s mods such as airbox delete and replaced mount to put a k&n cone filter on it. Leads. Speakers in the doors. Side indicators as everyone wanted clear. Alloys are classic 90s.
Great find. Looking forward to seeing it.
Thanks
Nice car. I always liked these, and the Cavalier equivalent, which IIRC was a rare configuration
Thanks
My 2nd car. A679 PRN. Beast.
🤦♂️… here’s a story . I worked for James Derby in wallasey in the 80’s. Had a huge scrap yard. I saw a white manta gte with a smashed nose cone in the yard. Paid 100 pounds for it and he cut the nose of another wreck so I could fix it. It was white, with a mustard coloured tartan inlay on the seats. But! I later learnt, after selling it, way to cheap, it was a special car. Because it had the inline 6🤦♂️. You know where this is going. Anyway, I understood later why the guy snapped my hand off😂😂😂🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️……
man that things straight and nice! amazing
It is a fantastic car
Nice car mate . I used to live pretty close to the garage that sold it in Southport
Thank you it's a great car
Had four Manta's in the past. Last one very similar to this one. I'd have my GSI back in a heartbeat. D475TVH where are you now. Recycled must likely 😢
They are still hiding out there, this proves it...
Great find ! We recently bought a GTE Exclusive hatchback in the same colour, ours has 34,000 miles FSH one owner, not as tidy as yours, spent most it’s lifetime outside but solid everywhere except bonnet and around the sunroof is a bit rusty but we have sourced a bonnet , inner wings solid and everything works
That is awesome! If you need any parts feel free to get intouch we have a lot of parts for these
@@RetroRestorationGarageWOw兄弟Thⅰs OpEL 车正😊
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What a find !!!
It is a great find indeed
I had an early 1.9s it was more rounded and less angular with twin solex carbs. I put 2 new inner wings on it. Great car but was written off when some kid drove through a red light and wrote it off along with a sirocco coming the other way.
I paid £120 for it in 1981.
Love it 😀it was only a few miles away from me 😢
I was very happy to find this one
@RetroRestorationGarage I bet, looks a good one keep them coming one day I'll.be able to afford one 😀
Seriously cool car. Thought it might have been sold new and first registered in Wigan - my parents bought a new Vauxhall Astra from A&B of Wigan this same year - it was registered E498 GFR. Plates and stickers suggest otherwise, though!
It was originally purchased out of Preston area looking through the history
wow!! how do you keep finding all these gems!
First gen eleltroninc injetion , without cam or crankshaftsensors , not airmassesensor too
They are very cool looking cars. Last taxed and V5 issued 1995 so just shows they can still be out there even if there's been no activity for decades! Although those tyres look newer than 30 years so might have been driven without tax at some point!!
Wheels, tyres and stainless exhaust fitted In 1995 garaged ever since
@@RetroRestorationGarage they have lasted well - no UV to degrade them I suppose, plus I'm sure tyres and other car parts were much better rubber 30+ years ago!
The side walls are a bit cracked but they will be replaced anyway
@@RetroRestorationGarage ah yes, definitely not worth taking a risk on those and some nice fresh rubber will improve the ride no doubt. Look forward to seeing some updates 👍
@@markf4720 it is amazing whats still out there just waiting to be found.
I do love a manta
Nice one🙏🙏
Thanks 🔥
How do you even come across amazing finds like this?
I happened across this on a Facebook group
What year is it? What engines in it?
It's 1987 2.0
@@RetroRestorationGarage Thanks boss.
complete set of green glass! thats getting quite rare these days aswell
It is. All stamped with the original registration too 😊
@@RetroRestorationGarage amazing!
Had one in yellow 1.9 cc
Gorgeous!!
It sure is 😊
That’s had a full respray . No declades on the sides and back boot .
Yes it has had a respray in its life ?
My mechanical skills are pretty much zero therefore I'm genuinely curious as to whether it's a good idea to immediately rev the engine up to about 4K, when it's the first time it's turned in over 30 years? Lovely car by the way. Always loved these as a kiddo and always preferred this shape to the coupe/hatch, which I think was "just" branded GT? Or is that a different car altogether?
It wasn't revved to 4k the video makes it sound like so. Engine is coming out for a rebuild anyway due to being stood so long it will need overhaul
@@RetroRestorationGarage Fair enough. Congrats on such a pristeen car that needed so little doing to it to get it running, after 30 years "abandoned".
That is my dream car
Nice
Thanks
My late father had a GTE hatchback, A903UFB, in gold which he bought new after seeing them in the Lombard RAC rally (much more stylish than the equivalent Capri, even the MK1 Manta was prettier)
I absolutely loved my Manta GTE, i wish i had kept it.....but ive still got my 1996 Calibra V6 which ive had since new.....this was the updated Manta.
The plates on you're Manta cant be the original dealer plates.....not with Fiat on them.
Gm owns fiat I think as fiat's 1.3 diesel engines are in astras and corsa. 😅
The wheels will be worth a few bob mate had a manta in black with astra gte wheels on it
I think they really suit the car
@@RetroRestorationGarage definitely mate 👍
Wheels suit it
I agree I think they look great.
Can i ask what you were spraying into the air intake to get it started.
Ah brake cleaner
Yes was using brake cleaner as fuel pump was seized. Next video will include fuel pump replacement and getting it running and driving 😊
I had a 1980 2.0S Manta as my first car in the late 90's. Dual 40mm Dellorto's, headers and a cam, plus a bit taken off the cylinder head. Had around 140hp. It went well back then.
Nice new feul and oil ! 😅
Watch the other episodes and you'll understand why
I might have a picture of this car from an owners club meeting from years ago will have a look. Lovely looking car wish I still had my one.
That would be great
Don’t use brake cleaner for starting it can damage your pistons
Engine is having a rebuild bud which would be standard practice for an engine thats sat for 30 years. This was just for video purposes to see if it would indeed start and drive 🙂
Started it up didn't even check cam belt did you
No because its on a chain !
God how many times did you say the car been sat for nearly 30 years. Nice motor tho
It's been sat for 30 years
Fifteen minutes of tedium two minutes of fun
Sadly soon all gas cars will be banned in EU and USA! In France they have a new banning law for ICE cars called SCHLABOUBVE and in Switzerland the HESCHLAVVO law! In Scandinavian countries soon there will be a so called SMORVERBIDEN law. In Germany from 2027 the new BABVVO and TEBBVO laws by the green peoples party will bann all gas cars from public streets only exception will be professional commuter trips and state-certified transports)
That exhaust is not 30yrs old 😂
It sure is. Its stainless steel. You can't even get scorpion exhausts for mantas anymore and have not been able too for a long time.
Why can`t modern car designers make car`s look good again ?
Ohhh no its RHD 😢
Nur Lenkrad auf der falschen seite
AS IT BOLLOX 😂🤣😂
What ?
@@RetroRestorationGarage been stood that long
Do you know something i dont then @@MandyMandy-hc6lwit's literally been sat in a dry garage since 1995
@@RetroRestorationGarage the exhaust for 1
@@MandyMandy-hc6lw wheels and exhaust was fitted in 1995 brand new and sat in the garage since. Has never been on the road with these wheels and exhaust on, it's a stainless system so doesn't corrode, even still has the original stickers on exhaust.
Brake cleaner is bad to run on ! Kill the car for a Video?
The engine is coming out for a rebuild
Water in it for now…it runs and now you have to drain it…stupid…
It's getting a full rebuild... stupid....
Coolest opel Vauxhall there was in the 80s
Agree absolutely 😊
@@RetroRestorationGarage keep the updates going m8 👏 ✌️
@@gaz10182 I will mate 👍
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