C336 0VJ 1986 Manta B GT/E
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Owner:
Paul Mingotti
I'm the third
owner of this car and I bought her when she was three
years old in immaculate condition. On the 24th Dec 94 she
had a rear shunt, unfortunately she was a write off.
After 4 yrs
in storage and a lot of nagging from my manta Rep, Ian
Hill, to get her rebuilt, he found me an i200 as a donor
car. So I had her professionally rebuilt with a total
respray in the original colour. I had all door & boot
locks taken out, added central locking and electric
windows, lowered her by 30mm, with Bilstein shocks. I've
relocated the fuel pump assembly into the boot with a
false floor and all the fuel lines replaced with
Goodridge stainless steel hoses. Body MoD's include twin
headlights, 3 piece rear spoiler and recently added an
RMJ rear skirt. The whole of the interior inc. doors
& inner rear wings were covered in soundproofing. A
new rear parcel shelf was made up to hide the rear
speakers and also new speaker pods to the front of the
doors installed.
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Just recently
I've added the smaller VW Polo heater, as I needed room
to add a second battery to run the I.C.E. system. An
uprated Alternator from a Senator currently helps out at
the moment, but this still isn't enough. Currently I'm
doing a Carlton 5 stud & rear disc conversion, all
this is in preparation for the V8 engine conversion,
which is in the pipeline. I'm currently now a member of
the V8 Register, and with their help have bought the V8
lump, stripped it down ready for a total rebuild with
Nitrous injection in mind. The skies the limit as they
say. I do use her every day for work and not having a
garage she takes a lot of work to keep tidy, but she's
definitely worth every penny and minute I spend on her.
Finally I would like to say thanks to Ian & Cheryl
Hill for their support & Shaun O'Connell from the V8
Register.
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