BRI4N

Found some old photo's earlier and this was amongst them. My second car, I was 18 years old, 2.0l pinto power. I thought it was the business.

Hanging my head in shame now.

Cornelius

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And what's shameful about a Capri? I had a black Mk3, had great fun with it, though not very good as a family car, so ended up selling it and got a Sieera 2000E

BRI4N

Not the fact it was a Capri, just the state of it.

Cornelius

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lol, I'll dig out some pics of mine

Tiny

LOL Gotta laugh !!

WTF that's on the bonnet ?

Mark_B4

Was just thinking exactly the same thing....

V4JDMSTi

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capri's are cool. would love a 280 brooklands or a tickford

Cornelius

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Sorry about the crap pic, I can't find the leads for my scanner, so had to use my phone

My Mk3 Capri 1.6LS, with Webber 36/38 DGAV twin choke carb (the ford VV carb is sh!te), K&N air filter, Ashley exhaust system, and I put a type 9 5 speed gearbox in:




Something to give Pezzza the horn:

My old Mundano 2.5 V6 Ghia X

yellowvanman

Absolutely nothing to be ashamed of in having owned a Capri.

Basically the same running gear as the Escort, with better looks, plus the ability to drift at every curve in the road.

Owned 4 of them Mk1 facelift 2000GT, Mk 2 German import 2.3S (V6), M3 3000S, with 3.1 group 1 engine, 2.8i interior, brilliant car even if it was green, and a rather disappointing 2.8i.

Spec'c'57

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what is that on the boot???

BRI4N

What can I say? It was the 80's we were off to Donnington for the Monsters of Rock with Whitesnake headlining. The bonnet was only in primer so got the, then, girlfriend to paint this snake on it....



Everyone at the festival loved it, honest.

And it got worse, shortly after this I painted Silkolene stripes up the sides aswell.

Cornelius

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That my dear is a Mondeo BTCC Racing spoiler, seemed a good idea when I bought it, sprayed it Ford pepper red and when I went to fit it, I changed my mind, thought it looked cack and best kept on the touring cars

BRI4N

That's where you and I differ Paul. You realised at, the time, that it looked cack.

Your Capri looked good.

Is it optical or were you running about 10 degrees negative camber on the rear?

Granby

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My first Capri, a MK1 3000E with a 3.1L engine

BRI4N

Bloke I used to work with had an RS 3.1, what a beast.

Cornelius

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lol, the photo is a little curved, the car was straight

The guy who bought it went over the whole car and the only thing he could see wrong was the rear diff cover was a little rusty!!

I loved that car, and regretted selling it, spent months cleaning, scavenging in breakers yards and classic car shows to restore it. I honestly washed the car twice a week during the summer to pose This was when I first got into polishing cars. Tried Mer once, and thought it was crap so gave it away and used autoglym polish

Granby

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Almost bought this one many years ago at the Bromley Pageant, MK3 with a Rover V8 and full X-Pack arches when i phoned the bloke the next day it had been sold

Tiny

Lol great read this

TomR555

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I had a red capri mk3 2lt sport when i woz 18,had to put 2 pillows on the seat to see over the wheel

V4JDMSTi

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mmmmm, should i buy a capri instead of an rs turbo.

BRI4N

Here you go

Or a Cheaper version

Nah, This is less dated


BTW, that's not my current postcode, changed it for the link

V4JDMSTi

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top and bottom links are

still wouldn't mind the middle one either though.

got a fair few people interested in the bmw so you never know

TomR555

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love all 3 of them motors