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Sim Marvin, já andei nesse teleférico!

more about my Manta:

When I bought my Manta the rear bumper rubbers were missing so I bought two used bumpers on ebay.de and mounted it.

and some more ...

hope that you like it

last week photos!

And the seats painted and finished

Ora cá estão as fotos dos bancos quando vieram do estufador, o trabalho parece-me mt bem feito... até porque cozer napa nova com velha não deve ser fácil.
As espumas foram todas reforçadas, substituída a napa lateral esq. dos acentos da frente e forro inferior, e a peça grande superior das costas do banco traseiro.

ainda com algum pó

Total cost 150

Marvin ... please translate to German.

And the recover of my seats is done (more photos:cool: )
New and reinforcement of the foams, and new "leather imitation" parts!
the metal structure were treated with sand jet and "moralised"? (Treated for no corrosion).

the photos will speak for me:

Fui mandar decapar a jacto de areia os bancos ...
Para minha surpresa, decaparam e metalizaram-nos (35).
Segundo o dono da serralharia, para este tipo de aço este acabamento é o melhor e assim não voltarão a enferrujar!

Agora é pintar de preto, tal como o de origem, e levar ao estofador para os montar!

Cá estão as fotos:

Manta sem bancos!

Bancos na mala do Astra

Pormenor...

The black paint in my wheel centres is despairing... Its a common problem.
So I decided to restore the better ones.

The work to be perfect should star with the complete disassembling of the wheel centre.
But I couldnt take off the inside part that hold the centre in the wheel by pressure.

So I improvised a solution.

OK ...I'm not understanding well what is happening ... but get over it

Lets proceed, and give some colour to this thread

My gauges wood imitation and chrome surrounding trace was in really bad shape.
So I decided to restore it. And with lots of patient, chrome ink and plastic adhesive paper the result was ...

not bad at all

Exelente Marvin

Eu sou da zona Oeste ... Leiria.
Se bem me lembro tu vais para o Porto.
Temos de combinar bem um sitio para te encontrar! Nem que te vá esperar à fronteira. lol

Ando com problemas para sacar o volante do meu manta!

Recently Ive bought this wheel (from Manta SR) to change for the original one.

Ive disassembled all the parts from the wheel, lube with WD40 for tree days, and made a tool to pull out the wheel.

The tool seams to work, but no luck.

I even tried to heat the wheel!
But the wheel is not moving

One curiosity

I have found this forum because there is a German ebay seller that asked me if this yellow Manta was mine!

I know the guy ho is restoring this car from other classic car forums.
Hope he get the job done.

Thank you guys for the welcome.

Ok Ill forget the AltaVista translator
Maybe its the same that Chinese washing machine manufactures uses to translate their manual instructions to German.

Marvin, Ill write in English, but no problem guys, the beers are on me.

Soon Ill post more pictures of my Manta, and some small repairs that Ive already done

Alex you forgot to tell that Germany have one of the best automobile industry!!!

Hope to learn even more about our old Opels.

Opel Manta 1900

1896cc
102cv (EAN) 90cv (DIN)
1 double Carburettor Solex

Year 1972
Kms: 108.000
Owners: 2

Ich liebe, dieses Auto zu fahren, das es starkes exaktes ist, sicher und genug schnell fühlt.

Das Auto bleibt die 100%-Vorlage, also kein tauschen Sie Schwindlerin aus und was auch immer...

Ich habe in einer geraden Landstraße geprüft und ging zu 170kmh

Mittel, während es an einem speziellen Moment teilgenommen hat!

Fotos in Serra de Aires e Candeeiros 17-09-2006!
Bewegliche fotos

Hoffen Sie, daß Sie!! mögen!
(Marvin, ist er ich Ricardo von Portugal;) )