JEF 50W - 1980 Manta B 2.0 litre 16
valve Modified
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Owner:
Clive Armstrong
I have had
this car for 5 years now; I paid £200 for it, and the
condition? Well it was ready for the breakers yard. It
has taken all of 5 years to get it in the condition you
see now and it's still an ongoing project.
I use it
everyday, which everyone says you can't do, look at the
exhaust manifold it looks new! All I can assume is it's
down to preparation. I used high temperature paint,
blasted it with a heat gun, put on another coat and did
the same over and again; it took forever to do, but the
results speak for themselves.
The engine is
a 2 litre SRi. I changed the original because it wouldn't
run on unleaded fuel I also wanted more performance from
the car but with less weight at the front end.The
installation was pretty much straightforward although I
had to get a 1.8 gearbox and that bolted straight on.
I've done a
lot of body mods such as the usual twin headlight
conversion, side skirts, front & rear bumpers from a
later model and for something different I put in louvered
wings which amazingly keeps the inner wings really dry.
The wheels
are Wolfrace Silverstone 15". The interior is all
from a GT/E but with Exclusive seats. The interior needs
finishing badly so this is my next project to find time
to make up some different door cards and to install some
door speakers.
Last year was
the first time I entered a Concours and I won second
place, but this year winning first was marvelous it has
made all the hard work worthwhile.
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