And another non-Porsche project - 1974 Capri V6

[Arne]

Disassembly complete. No surprises, no rust in the window channels. On track for the painter next week.

[NZVW]

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I had one of these about 35yrs ago. Saw it in a local street 5yrs ago, still the same apart from a bit of a ding in the back. I recall getting a LOT of speeding tickets in it.

Great project Arne.

[911MRP]

As a youngster I thought I was the bees knees in my Capri until a well known historic racer who lived nearby and has owned some of the world’s finest historic cars roared past me in his D Type. I got my first speeding ticket on a different occasion in the capri ironically just as I was passing this chaps business premises.

[Arne]

On its way to the painter this morning.

[Arne]

Had a chat with the paint shop owner yesterday, now that they have had some time to touch the car and look for things they missed on the original estimate. And while I always expect these jobs to cost more than they first say, in this case the estimate was pretty good—largely because the car is solid.

It will require a lot of surface prep, due to the desert sunburned paint, but we knew that going in. No real surprises there. But the bumpers are a bit worse than we thought, and will require extra attention. Still far less expensive than sourcing and converting to chrome, though.

Estimating 3-4 weeks in the shop.

[911MRP]

Described by uk eBay seller — colour chrome and rust!
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[Arne]

Buying that bumper and shipping it to me in the US would cost almost as much as I'll pay to refinish both original bumpers. And I'd have to have it re-chromed, and still need to find a matching front.

[911MRP]

Agree it would make no economic sense. However the original bumpers on USA version are fecking ugly. Even though I generally lean to originality and the over use of hot rod, outlaw and similar terms / wannabe racer look often make me cringe those big bumpers, waist side trim and front festooned with auxiliary amber marker crap together almost amount to “automotive cruelty”

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Maybe less is more for that era Capri?

Heck it seems to be smiling here at the relief of being set free from the monstrous carbuncle

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Your car; your call. Just my tuppence worth

Steve

[TonyI]

This is a fun post to follow!

My first car was a 1973 2.6 Capri. These were definitely under appreciated in the US. ‘73 was also the last year of the “ok US bumpers”.

Cheers

[Arne]

Agree it would make no economic sense. However the original bumpers on USA version are fecking ugly. Even though I generally lean to originality and the over use of hot rod, outlaw and similar terms / wannabe racer look often make me cringe those big bumpers, waist side trim and front festooned with auxiliary amber marker crap together almost amount to “automotive cruelty”

If I was building it for myself, where cost is less of a concern, all of that stuff would be gone. But for resale, it's generally safest to stay stock. Any mods make the target audience smaller.