good news! (for me - bad for my uncle)
My uncle has a 2.0 manta GTE exclusive. He was restoring it but on peeling back the headlining discovered that the roof supports and top of the a and b pillars are rotted to hell.
The upshot? He wants to sell it to me.
Even better my flatmate has a manta that he has done an XE conversion on and wants the panels as spares, so I can go halves with him on it.
I also have somewhere to store it for a while.
So then..... what can I make use of on the GTE exclusive?
- the shocks? are they billies on a GTE exclusive? do they have the turrets or will I still need a set of these?
- sump? is this the bigwing type for the family two conversion?
-engine mounts? - again for the family two conversion?
dizzy and ignition set up? or do i need the stuff off an 1800?
This also gives me a manta B prop end which I can use for my custom propshaft?
Failing this i could just drop the 2L 8V into the chevette......... (but it's a heavy engine is it not?)