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[joemaxi]

Hi Guys!

I`m looking for a bit of info,and pics if possible,on an i200 I used to own.

The reg is C202TVT. I bought the car about 11 years ago from Glasow and it was a bit of a shed! I had a huge amount of welding done and had the car resprayed but the guy who painted it must have been shortsighted as it wasn`t the best job!

I sold the car as I had moved house and had no where to keep it!

Any info would be appreciated!

[Exclusive Opel]

It's still around according to the DVLA:

The enquiry is complete
The vehicle details for C202 TVT are:

Date of Liability 01 09 2011
Date of First Registration 23 08 1985
Year of Manufacture 1985
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1979CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status SORN Not Due
Vehicle Colour WHITE

[Big B i200]

Hi  Joe, I owned it from 2002 to 2006, and it never got on the road, one of the members on here now owns it and is rebuilding it. I bought it from another member on here in Grangemouth. It was previously owned by both my cousin and another mate back in the early 90s. Its still out there. I have lots of pics of the bad bits, will try and look them out, also have some of it from back in the day when it was mint.

It was my 2nd i200 and 3rd Manta, now onto my 4th Manta and 3rd i200.

Edited by Big B i200, 07 September 2010 - 07:36 PM.

[joemaxi]

Big B i200, on 07 September 2010 - 07:34 PM, said:

Hi  Joe, I owned it from 2002 to 2006, and it never got on the road, one of the members on here now owns it and is rebuilding it. I bought it from another member on here in Grangemouth. It was previously owned by both my cousin and another mate back in the early 90s. Its still out there. I have lots of pics of the bad bits, will try and look them out, also have some of it from back in the day when it was mint.

It was my 2nd i200 and 3rd Manta, now onto my 4th Manta and 3rd i200.

Cheers mate!

I must have got my dates mixed up!

You bought it from Wullie wilson,who bought it from the person I sold it to!

Wullie was with me when I bought it from Glasgow and trailered it backed to my house.

Looking forward to seeing the pics!

[couperman]

A happy ending - sweeeet!  

Let us all see the pics!! PLEASEEEE!

[Big B i200]

Will put up more later, showing usual rot unfortunately.

[blitzi]

aye brian it was a good motor it wasnt that bad for rust as i can remember it was mainly the inner wings that was the worst and a pillers is the guy from the borders not on here ?as far as mantas go ive seen worse !!!than tvt hows your turbo going m8? cheers wullie

[keith1200]

Is the picture of the i200 in the garage an auld one? as i could give the brown interior a gad hame  

btw someone from that way was selling an i200 on pistonheads and via a omoc member few months back! nah sure if it's the same car tho.

[Big B i200]

Wullie, Pete has been known to be on here but infrequently. The Turbo is fleeing but not been out much this year other than Billing, as weather not been great and I got married at end of July.

Keith, the pictures in my garage are a number of years old, the interior was grey not brown, think the pics are misleading. And the i200 for sale was Blitzis.

Edited by Big B i200, 08 September 2010 - 02:11 PM.

[joemaxi]

Thanks Big B i200!!

That brings back memories!

After seeing the car,I really wish I hadn`t sold it! After selling that,I bought a 1979 Toyota Celica-but I think the Manta looks soooooo much better!

[i200_pete]

Hi everyone, yes  C202TVT is my  i200.       (PETER FORSTER)   I do get on here sometimes.

It lives near Lockerbie and is owned by a Manta Mad Club member who has owned Opel Manta's for 28 years!

Joe, would be good to get in touch to add your details to the history of C202TVT.  Will pm you.

Restoration is ongoing.

[Big B i200]

Gies pics Pete.

[joemaxi]

i200_pete, on 18 September 2010 - 11:50 AM, said:

Hi everyone, yes  C202TVT is my  i200.       (PETER FORSTER)   I do get on here sometimes.

It lives near Lockerbie and is owned by a Manta Mad Club member who has owned Opel Manta's for 28 years!

Joe, would be good to get in touch to add your details to the history of C202TVT.  Will pm you.

Restoration is ongoing.

Cheers mate!

It`s good to see that shes gone to a good home!

If I can help in anyway just get in touch!

Cheers

Stevie

[BigP]

I'm BigB's mate (of old) who owned C202TVT in the 90's. Some of the pics shown were mine taken outside my house at the time.  I'll put my hands up to some of the front end welding. After about 2 months of great weather circa 1990-91 it pissed down one day. All the oil dropped on the road decided to rise up just at the point I needed to perform an emergency stop. An accident on the other side of the road meant the Escort in front of me slammed on the anchors. I hit the brakes and skated merrily across the oil and stuffed the Escort up the trumpet. Alas, the next day me and BigB's cousin +1 were due to head down to Cumbria in the thing for the RAC rally - which didn't happen, as it had no nose. We decided to take the +1's XR3 until it blew the head gasket as we left Greenock.  A plod at the time assumed as we exited the motor at 5am that we had nicked it - which was entertaining as BigB's cousin was a traffic cop....

We ended up doing the RAC in the cousin's girlfriends 205, although I'm sure the video evidence of the trip was never made public. We did however increase the Vmax of the 205 by about 30MPH over the course of the day.

Other than that, I sold the car to an antiques dealer before spotting it 6 years later at the site of the (now) tall ship in Glasgow where the owner at the time had stripped the Rothmans stripes off it, before realising that replacements were about £500. I looked for the car for a while until Brian phoned me to check the registration a few years back, as he'd just bought it. I'd actually be interested in the car if it came up for sale, so if it's going to be sold, let me know ;-)

[Rab]

Hi Pete,Joe.

Good to read alls still on going wi i200, hope awes well wi yae and thi same tae Brian and wully.

PS.  Like awe mini i200 convention wull awe need tae meet up at some point  



cheers rab.

Edited by Rab, 18 March 2011 - 10:25 PM.