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Opel Manta [B]

Opel Manta [B] in Manta, Manta, Movie, 1991 IMDB

Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin: DE

Opel Manta [B]

[*][*][*][*] Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time 

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Made0ne DE

2010-04-05 13:36

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mike962 DE

2012-04-26 13:53

looks like for the stunt they used a B1 , easly noticed on the gril

Ingo DE

2013-05-05 18:10

Still alive, spotted today:

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rtsbusman1997 US

2013-05-05 20:55

I though they crashed a double or used several for the stunts. Now I know :)

mike962 DE

2019-09-20 21:59

better main pic ?


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mike962 DE

2019-09-20 22:02

the mannequin :lol:


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s13a LT

2019-09-20 22:08

mike962 wrote better main pic ?


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What's the history behind fox tails being sticked onto antennas? I remember seeing those on some cars before, but I never quite understood the meaning of it.

mike962 DE

2019-09-20 22:12

part of the Manta B driver stereotype :) among others they had hairdresser girlfriends


another one was they had KENWOOD stickers on the windows which you can see them in the movie


try with google translate

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantawitz

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the sad biker UK

2019-09-20 22:17

Don't know about Germany but here in the UK you saved tokens from the petrol station (Esso) for a tiger's tail (put a tiger in your tank).

A late 60's/early 70's thing.

Mam & Dad still have whisky tumblers & decanter with dimpled bottoms (National?), anyone remember the World Cup medals or Apollo space mission medals?

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mike962 DE

2019-09-20 22:21

Quote - what do a Manta driver and a condom have in common ?
- both hinder the traffic




Quote - what goes thru a Manta driver's head when he crashes into a tree ?

- the rear sporiler


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the sad biker UK

2019-09-20 22:24

mike962 wrote part of the Manta B driver stereotype :) among others they had hairdresser girlfriends


another one was they had KENWOOD stickers on the windows which you can see them in the movie


try with google translate

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantawitz


Didn't know there was an outpost of Essex in Germany?

Baube QC

2019-09-20 22:50

Quote
- what goes thru a Manta driver's head when he crashes into a tree ?

- the rear sporiler


that reminds me of the Brilliance crash test video....

Ingo DE

2019-09-20 22:55

the sad biker wrote Don't know about Germany but here in the UK you saved tokens from the petrol station (Esso) for a tiger's tail (put a tiger in your tank).

A late 60's/early 70's thing.

Mam & Dad still have whisky tumblers & decanter with dimpled bottoms (National?), anyone remember the World Cup medals or Apollo space mission medals?

I cannot remember Esso tokens, but some from Shell. Mainly vintage cars, the only actual model I remember, was the Fiat Dino.
But those tokens were before the time, I was old enough to become interested in cars (although this was very very early. With five years I knew the common car models and I even could read license plate - which was very bewildering for my parents.

Gamer DE

2019-09-20 22:57

I was told that as a kid I was always saying 'that's not a car, that's a Chrysler' etc.

And in the traffic education tests in fourth grade I always made sure to name the cars in the picture. "Der Radfahrer hat Vorfahrt. Der Passat muss warten."

Lateef NO

2019-09-20 23:13

Back to the fox tails, they've been around for a long time, way before any Manta. The first time I recall seeing it in any situation was in the Donald Duck short "Wet Paint" from 1946. According to this thread - it may have begun as some sort of a roadkill leftover "trophy" back in the 1930s that for whatever reason caught on.

dsl SX

2019-09-20 23:14

mike962 wrote part of the Manta B driver stereotype ... was they had KENWOOD stickers on the windows

Very strange. In UK no-one gives a monkeys what brand of food-mixer you own.

mike962 DE

2019-09-20 23:26

:lol:


they all like those mixers

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dsl SX

2019-09-20 23:31

the sad biker wrote Mam & Dad still have whisky tumblers & decanter with dimpled bottoms (National?), anyone remember the World Cup medals or Apollo space mission medals?


Yes. My dad collected the tumblers. World Cup coins was Esso - bizarrely I got a Glenn Hoddle in my change a couple of weeks ago - pretty much same size as a modern 10p. Mobil did some collectors cards and an album - I think for racing cars. Mobil and Shell did various cheaply made model cars - some 1980s Corgis, and others from eg Maisto - Shell had a 1990s collection with unusual stuff like the MGR V8
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and Lotus Elan [M90]
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