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From: singer@ll.mit.edu (Matthew R. Singer)
Subject: Re: Opel owners?
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 93 17:59:04 GMT


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In article <C5t3B2.DG@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (OrioleFan@uiuc) writes:
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|>From: cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (OrioleFan@uiuc)
|>Subject: Re: Opel owners?
|>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 19:45:02 GMT+5:00
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|>boyle@cactus.org (Craig Boyle) writes:
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|>>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********
|>

The GT was based on the Kadette chassis. It was built model years 1969-1973.
The Manta came out in the 1974 model year and was a 4 seat coupe.


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