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    Re: Gp4 Stratos for sale

    Quote Originally Posted by ProtoTipo View Post
    Or an actual Manta 400 road version for 'only' £50k?:
    https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/opel-manta-400
    That is nice, I had a couple of Manta GTE's back in my youth. That would look brilliant in the garage next to my Lister Bell, if only I had a spare 50k lying around!

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    Re: Gp4 Stratos for sale

    Quote Originally Posted by ProtoTipo View Post
    The most under rated Gp4 road version, has to be the Chevette HS.
    Here's one:
    https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/235...?category=list
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    I remember it well....
    "a theory should be as simple as possible, but not simpler"

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    Re: Gp4 Stratos for sale

    Quote Originally Posted by Redline View Post
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    I remember it well....
    Stage rallying with no race suits? I remember that.
    What motor did you have in the Chevette Mark?

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    Re: Gp4 Stratos for sale

    No race suits, no engine bay extinguishers, no door bars, no stage log books, no head and neck restraints, but.....
    Seat check, belt check, helmet check, clothing check (no short sleeves or trousers), cage check, firewall check.

    Vauxhall Chevette HS, 2279 DOHC, Twin Dellorto 48s, New

    Janspeed 4-1 exhaust manifold, HP Oil Pump, Luminition, HS Dash, Astra Rad, Kenlow Fan, Fully
    strengthened shell, Strengthened Front Subframe, Strengthened Suspension, Caged, 11 Gallon Alloy Tank,
    Twin Electric Fuel Pumps, Quick Rack, Quick Release Getrag box, New Clutch, Cover Plate and Release
    Bearing, Steel torque tube, LSD, New Panhard Rod, HS Wheels, Fly Off Handbrake, Rear Mounted Varta
    RedTop Battery, HD Starter, New Disks and Pads, Uprated Servo.

    Those were the days......
    "a theory should be as simple as possible, but not simpler"

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    Re: Gp4 Stratos for sale

    So you only just vaguely remember it then?

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    Re: Gp4 Stratos for sale

    He He - yes Mark I also remember those days . I was club rallying (well navigating actually) in a well-prepared Mini 998 and a Mark 1 Cortina - and then subsequently in a very wide tyred Mark 2 Cortina - great fun !

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    Re: Gp4 Stratos for sale

    Me, in the borrowed white helmet:
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    We normally did road rallies.
    This was Lambton Lion Park stage rally in 1982.
    The health and safety measures were taking the Lions away. At least that's what they told us....

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    Re: Gp4 Stratos for sale

    If only we'd known, we coulda had a whip-round for them to leave the lions there....hahaha!

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    Re: Gp4 Stratos for sale

    Quote Originally Posted by Normb666 View Post
    If only we'd known, we coulda had a whip-round for them to leave the lions there....hahaha!
    Maybe that would have kept Tony Pond on the road on some of the RAC first day stages, Norm?

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    Re: Gp4 Stratos for sale

    Quote Originally Posted by ProtoTipo View Post
    Maybe that would have kept Tony Pond on the road on some of the RAC first day stages, Norm?
    Ha! I was at Knowsley Safari Park and saw him stuff the SD1 into the tree. oops.

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