Manta B inspirational thread, 56k no go :P

Just found this one too tremek.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16032





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Some pretty damn tasty cars there

No worries, its been so raped with ill-shaped metal bits that its kind of a child born out of wedlock between the two (with some volvo thrown in )

Some GORGEOUS Mantas there!

I can never decide whether I prefer Manta Bs in hatch or booted form...

But...Always without arches.



With the arches gently pulled/rolled = win.

*n

I reckon your's is spot on! I prefer my B's in early style with chrome bumpers on them, and I like the Berlinetta look with vinyl roof and the tinted windows. I will have one some day, already had an A so a B obviously has to be next.

My thought on Penski's query is that the only model that works in 3dr form is facelift non-GTE models - with their skinny wheels the 2dr body looks a bit weak IMO. For all other versions the 2dr is better.

The only picture I can offer is this wrecked one which sat outside college back in 1992/93, it was there for ages.

Sweet looking cars in there.

Dual lamp headlights are Manta 400 replicas, or genuine 400 headlights I think they came as standard on the later GSi mantas.. The square ones are standard. The oldest square light ones had a metal wraparound, like this one has:
You can just make it out, you see a crack between the metal wraparound and the hood.
Any manta b can be made a single lamp, and vice versa Bolt on stuff

You can tell the age (if frontend hasnt been replaced) by looking at the number of "nostrils" in the grille, they had 2 up to 1980, and 4 after that, but there could be some models with 4 before 1980, I don't know EVERYTHING about them, far from it

Oh, yeah, did I mention bloody EVERYONE wants the dual rounds? So it would be REAL easy to get some square ones if you get a quad one, might even make a few quid ;D