1983 Opel Manta GT/E

If you purchase a vehicle in a different country to your own, it may be subject to local duties, sales taxes, or environmental levies when imported. You may find this introductory guide helpful, and our team is also here to help. However, you must investigate any duties or taxes that may be due on top of the purchase price before committing to buy. KEY FACTS This Opel Manta GTE is an exciting and rare Group B rally car, presented in a period Conrero livery and prepared for historic motorsport. It is now powered by a 2.2-litre carburettor-fed inline-four, driving the rear wheels via a close-ratio Getrag five-speed manual transmission. A historic rally car, it has competed in Italian rallies since 1985 and holds an ACI Historic Technical Passport for Group B competition. EQUIPMENT AND FEATURES It is finished in white with a period Conrero livery, over a black interior. It rides on 7” x 13” alloy wheels, with two complete sets of wheels and tyres included. Equipment includes an uprated ZF limited-slip differential with an 8/38 final drive, Bosch Hall-effect electronic ignition, wet sump with oil cooler, electric fuel pump, and a 50 L foam-filled fuel tank. It also features coil springs with telescopic Bilstein dampers front and rear, a front anti-roll bar, rigid rear axle, vacuum-assisted brakes with ventilated 246 mm ATE front discs (alloy two-piston callipers) and 230 mm rear drums, plastic front/rear bumpers and spoilers, an Appendix K roll cage, auxiliary driving lights, and a fire extinguisher. The seller also notes the engine specification includes forged pistons, H-section connecting rods, a Group 2-prepared cylinder head with 41/46 valves, a Group 2 camshaft, and an enlarged oil sump. Accompanied by the previously fitted 2.0-litre engine (as a spare, needs a rebuild), its original CSAI technical passport from 1985 (Group A) with period race log, an ACI Historic Technical Passport (issued 2024), an ASI certificate of historic interest, Italian registration docum