After 24 Years, Another Capri
#1
Posted 07 September 2014 - 08:49 AM
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#2
Posted 07 September 2014 - 08:49 AM
#3
Posted 07 September 2014 - 08:51 AM
Id love one, if we werent saving for a new house, id be on ebay buying one myself. Love them in black.
#4
Posted 07 September 2014 - 08:53 AM
What's your plan with it? Standard?
#5
Posted 07 September 2014 - 09:17 AM
I still hanker for a 3.0s , rare nowadays and priced to match . I would settle for a 2.0s with the lovely essex in . Lovely burble to them .
#6
Posted 07 September 2014 - 09:25 AM
I had planned to drop a 3.0 in but the more I look the more I realise how rare the 1.6l is. It's had GL seats fitted at some point but they need changing anyway. I have had about twenty different ideas in the day I have owned it! But I think it has to remain standard, it even has an original uncut dash with the radio.Always had a soft spot for the old Capri. Abit of rwd fun :0)
What's your plan with it? Standard?
#7
Posted 07 September 2014 - 09:32 AM
I worked in a small independent garage in my late teens, and we had a 2.8 inj ghia come in as px. Body rough, but engine was ace. As it had tax and test, we used it for collecting parts, errands etc, and at 17, it was the best parts van we ever had!! Juicy tho :0)
#8
Posted 07 September 2014 - 09:38 AM
I've always wanted a black 2.8i, but a mercury grey 90 spec rs turbo is higher up the list. One day.
#9
Posted 07 September 2014 - 10:19 AM
I nearly bought a 2.8i when I was 19. I was £200 short and my parents refused to lend me the cash. The experience of the other capris had been too much for them! I ended up with a 1.3 mk3 escort instead. Quite a difference!I've always wanted a black 2.8i, but a mercury grey 90 spec rs turbo is higher up the list. One day.
#10
Posted 07 September 2014 - 10:34 AM
had a silver MK3 2.0s - loved it, rebuilt the engine 4 sp box - janspeed manifold , different diff
dropped the nose a bit & different anti roll bar
was good - even in snow - very fast car - could scare a 2.8i (but would kill prop shafts - never found out why)
also had a 1.6l - not so good - boring after the 2.0s
Edited by sledgehammer, 07 September 2014 - 10:36 AM.
#11
Posted 07 September 2014 - 10:48 AM
my 2.0 also killed props, might have been my driving style though. I don't like the idea of a standard 1.6 but keeping the exterior standard and sticking something interesting under the bonnet could make a nice sleeper!had a silver MK3 2.0s - loved it, rebuilt the engine 4 sp box - janspeed manifold , different diff
dropped the nose a bit & different anti roll bar
was good - even in snow - very fast car - could scare a 2.8i (but would kill prop shafts - never found out why)
also had a 1.6l - not so good - boring after the 2.0s
#12
Posted 07 September 2014 - 10:53 AM
I love them!!!! Especially these upside down edition ones... there the best kind ;).
#15
Posted 07 September 2014 - 01:25 PM
Has the leading edge of the bonnet rusted - the wing front edge - rear arch - all areas to keep an eye on
if you have to replace the head lights - they were for another car as well - we used to get them as the ford ones were £xpensive
(can't remember what car thou)
all ways got a slight shudder when accelerating hard (prop)
hope it gives you years of pleasure
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