New to Forum - my projects

[h0tr0dder_uk]

Hi - My name is Peter Jennings and I've been bulding my current car for the last two years. It will hopefully be done by the middle of next year.

It is a 1980 Opel Manta (german car) and features a full tube chassis with a blown and injected 502BBC engine, TH400, 35 spline 9" ford, 3.5" & 14"x15" aluma stars etc etc. This car is going to be fully street legal and will be driven all over the UK and europe (even if petrol is $8 a gallon over here). Here are a couple of mid-build pics and one thats been photoshopped to give an idea of what it will be like (but not in red primer)

The other car (black one) is a 1972 Opel Manta that I built. Its been coverted to a modern fuel injected 4 cylinder engine with 5 speed box, but has been converted to 5 stud bolt pattern so I could fit halibrand rims and retains the retro look.

[XcYZ]

Welcome, Peter. That car is going to be a beast.

[DDY RCKT]

Looks fantastic! Welcome to the best forum on the interwebs! Good luck with finishing the project!

[krptonite]

hi mate, you know you are gonna have to finish it now you've posted it on here:yes: i used to have a manta like the black one, very nice styling they had back then, needs slamming on the deck though:D

[h0tr0dder_uk]

hi mate, you know you are gonna have to finish it now you've posted it on here:yes: i used to have a manta like the black one, very nice styling they had back then, needs slamming on the deck though:D

I know - but I'm determined to get it completed.

The black manta is about as low as it can go at the moment. Once I've finished the red one I'm going to redo the black one. I am going to make a new exhaust to get better ground clearance then lower it so I lose it all :D
The only way I can lower the front is to narrow the suspension which is something I might look into. The rear tyres rub the arches slightly if I have four people in it so in order to solve this I think I'll take the rear seats out :lol:


At the moment I have a hankering to build a manta rally car like the one in the pic. Would be great to have one of these in Canada in the winter:thumbsup:

[BallnRods]

I Love it!!!!!!

I love Drag cars, I'll keep an eye on this one.:thumbsup:

[BThibodeaux]

Hi - My name is Peter Jennings and I've been bulding my current car for the last two years. It will hopefully be done by the middle of next year.

It is a 1980 Opel Manta (german car) and features a full tube chassis with a blown and injected 502BBC engine, TH400, 35 spline 9" ford, 3.5" & 14"x15" aluma stars etc etc. This car is going to be fully street legal and will be driven all over the UK and europe (even if petrol is $8 a gallon over here). Here are a couple of mid-build pics and one thats been photoshopped to give an idea of what it will be like (but not in red primer)

The other car (black one) is a 1972 Opel Manta that I built. Its been coverted to a modern fuel injected 4 cylinder engine with 5 speed box, but has been converted to 5 stud bolt pattern so I could fit halibrand rims and retains the retro look.

Great projects! I love the Manta body style. The only problem is that the put the steering wheel on the wrong side :P

[syborg tt]

Now that is an really cool project.

Please keep posting pics

[h0tr0dder_uk]

Great projects! I love the Manta body style. The only problem is that the put the steering wheel on the wrong side :P

Actually that is where you are wrong:D
The majority of these cars were sold in germany so are left hand drive. Be great to have one of these in the states as they are so unusual

[ProdigyCustoms]

I love it. The sunroof is a nice touch. We have been sending a fair amount of bits to the UK. Seems like Hot Rodding is alive and well over there.

[krptonite]

hotrodding is definately thriving in the uk, they get very creative with parts use as with shipping across the pond and duties etc it costs 3x the amount to build a car and running it is just as tough with gas near 9 bucks a gallon!!!!

[h0tr0dder_uk]

I love it. The sunroof is a nice touch. We have been sending a fair amount of bits to the UK. Seems like Hot Rodding is alive and well over there.

Hot Rodding is still going well despite the governments best efforts to kill it off. They keep bringing in new vehicle checks, higher road tax, more fuel tax (currently $2 a litre!!!!), higher insurance etc etc. Probably not the best time to be building a blown 502 chevy:D
On the up side the pound is very strong against the dollar so the parts are cheaper than ever for us right now. I find the cheapest way to get parts is to holiday in the USA, fill your suitcase with car parts and bring them back through "nothing to declare" :thumbsup:

On a side note it looks like the british public have had enough of the gov't taxation on petrol - protests and blockades of fuel refineries are planned for saturday. Everyone is going crazy and the petrol stations are jammed full.

[krptonite]

way to go pete! you're really making me homesick for england.....NOT!!:D :D

[h0tr0dder_uk]

way to go pete! you're really making me homesick for england.....NOT!!:D :D

Never mind England - Can I come over to Canada and live in your basement?? I'll come and work at your place and sweep floors and make tea. Anything is better than here:soapbox: