Racecars shipped to Sweden back in the day.

[jannes_z-28]

Here is a photo of the Opel Manta FC version 1. It was called the Second Invention. When they moved up to the new Manta it was sold to a fellow named Jan Carlsson and they called it Fever.

http://www.camaros.net/forums/showpo...postcount=2489


Jan

[TomP]

Interesting stuff! I can almost read that article. They paid $4000 for it, right?

[COPO_Anders]

Tom, they say in the article that 4000 dollar was what you had to pay if you wanted a magnesium Ramcharger 9 1/4" Dana 60 rearend, like the one on the car.

[COPO_Anders]

Here is a pic from the Motorama show in Gothenburgh 1978, showing the Jungle Jim FC body with "Canon" on it.

[COPO_Anders]

And here are two from 1983 I believe, when Micke Thörn owned the same car with the J.J. FC body.

[COPO_Anders]

Does anyone remember this "STARDUST" funnycar attending a dragrace at Mantorp Park in the seventies ?
It doesn´t look like it has a swedish-applied paintjob.

[COPO_Anders]

Here is the Jungle Jim chassis in the eighties I guess. The new Manta body now has the Bilsport sponsorname on it.
Pic is from the collection I purchased recently.

[jannes_z-28]

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Does anyone remember this "STARDUST" funnycar attending a dragrace at Mantorp Park in the seventies ?
It doesn´t look like it has a swedish-applied paintjob.

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I think that car was the old Schumacher car that stayed in England after the tour he made there. It says "the Stones" on the side and I think that was the english owners that had it then. I don't think it was bought by any Swedish guys, but I am not sure about that.


Jan

[Dicky]

Anders, as a drag race fan it's nice to see so much interest in the sport in another part of the world. Here is a web site you may or may not have visited but it provides some interesting info & pictures. Dicky
http://www.70sfunnycars.com/index.html