Grrrr...car dumped outside my house!!

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 1:15 pm

prelude91 wrote:I always wanted a Manta, but settled on an SRI 130 cavalier mk2 instead, probably much better in retrospect.

really!!!!!

prelude91 · Post by **prelude91** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 1:19 pm

It did 240.000 miles without any great issues, and the Manta was based on the Mk1 cavalier underpinnings. And the 2 litre 130 b.h.p. engine was much better than the 115 bhp one. But either way, not many of either model left now.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 1:40 pm

the manta was so over engineered it was like a tank underneath

prelude91 · Post by **prelude91** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 4:09 pm

as previously described, subject to rot, tho. Not that Cavaliers were all that better, still, mine got to 16 years old and the only bad rust was to the rear wings where the 2 pressings meet and overlap causing a humidity trap.

My Type-S · Post by **Carlosfandango** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 4:34 pm

mercutio wrote:the manta was so over engineered it was like a tank underneath

Not mine

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 6:46 pm

Carlosfandango wrote:
mercutio wrote:the manta was so over engineered it was like a tank underneath
Not mine

I meant the suspension

the body/panels were thin as

My Type-S · Post by **Carlosfandango** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:53 pm

mercutio wrote: I meant the suspension the body/panels were thin as

Mine went to the scrappers with full Bilstein and stainless exhaust setups. Wasn't able to get them off before having to get rid

What a plonker!!

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:05 pm

When ours started to oxidise in the wrong places, it went to a chap who wanted the 300k miles engine for his Chevette.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:19 pm

Carlosfandango wrote:
mercutio wrote: I meant the suspension the body/panels were thin as

Mine went to the scrappers with full Bilstein and stainless exhaust setups. Wasn't able to get them off before having to get rid What a plonker!!

you should have kept it I saw a coupe go for around 5k and it was a real basket case

prelude91 · Post by **prelude91** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:25 pm

Old cortinas are similar money in similar condition. Very rarely do Mk2 cav's come up for sale, and SRI's seem to be virtually extinct.