1981 Opel Monza 3.0E S Pack
1981 Opel Monza 3.0E S Pack
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Burty124

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122 posts

237 months

Sunday 22nd August 2010
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I love this car.

Space Invader

73 posts

195 months

Sunday 22nd August 2010
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yes Timeless.

Google [bot]

6,828 posts

210 months

Sunday 22nd August 2010
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Very nice, always had a soft spot for the Monza.

soad

34,631 posts

205 months

Sunday 22nd August 2010
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To old for me to appreciate it, doesn't really do it.
But it's a straight 3-litre, so engine must sound not half bad. smile

Six Fiend

6,067 posts

244 months

Sunday 22nd August 2010
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Lovely, more pics please!

dannytherev

2,370 posts

214 months

Sunday 22nd August 2010
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Very nicethumbup

robsco

7,875 posts

205 months

Sunday 22nd August 2010
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One of my grandparents had a 3-litre one of these in white, but unfortunately I'm too young to remember it. Stunning cars!

RetroCosworth

7,211 posts

233 months

Monday 23rd August 2010
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Futuramic

1,763 posts

234 months

Monday 23rd August 2010
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soad said:
To old for me to appreciate it, doesn't really do it.
But it's a straight 3-litre, so engine must sound not half bad. smile
Philistine.

And the Vauxhall straight six was considered to be one of the finest sounding of that type of lump; especially the 24 valve version which the later Monza should have been fitted with - many have been converted.

What does the S Pack include? Most of the Mk1s I've seen have been autos - is yours the same? And does it have an outlandishly coloured velour interior? That's the main attraction on the top spec ones; I've seen pale green and Bordeaux red before. Can we see the inside?

Burty124

Original Poster:

122 posts

237 months

Wednesday 25th August 2010
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Futuramic said:
soad said:
To old for me to appreciate it, doesn't really do it.
But it's a straight 3-litre, so engine must sound not half bad. smile
Philistine.

And the Vauxhall straight six was considered to be one of the finest sounding of that type of lump; especially the 24 valve version which the later Monza should have been fitted with - many have been converted.

What does the S Pack include? Most of the Mk1s I've seen have been autos - is yours the same? And does it have an outlandishly coloured velour interior? That's the main attraction on the top spec ones; I've seen pale green and Bordeaux red before. Can we see the inside?
I'll put some more photos up.

S Pack consists of LSD and Bilstein dampers, this car is 5 speed manual, I think all S Pack Monzas were manual but could be wrong. The inside is beige/gold velour, maybe the least offensive colour!




chevy-stu

5,392 posts

257 months

Wednesday 25th August 2010
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My old man had a lovely Monza GSE for a while, gorgeous car...

GARMON

1 posts

155 months

Thursday 3rd October 2013
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HELLO,
JUST BOUGHT THIS MONZA ON E -BAY IN A MOMENT OF MADNESS.
DRIVING OXFORD - CORK AT WEEKEND.
IF BURT 124 CAN HELP ME WITH A LITTLE HISTORY IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU.
GARRY.

LordFlathead

9,646 posts

287 months

Thursday 3rd October 2013
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Hi Gary; welcome to Pistonheads thumbup

Is your caps lock stuck?

I think spoke with the owner of this car as he was selling it (ebay ad) and recommended he went over to Autobahnstormers. I recommend the same as the car is most probably known the club. There is a wealth of knowledge on that site regarding these cars and we also have a few of our own resident guru's on here.

Nice car but I may be a little biased biggrin

AuthurDaley

566 posts

236 months

Friday 4th October 2013
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I like it. Looking forward to more pics!