Visited the car in the shop last week. Progress is being made. No new surprises since the last visit. The first of the 2 badly weather-checked rubber-like bumpers has been prepped, and looks good, ready for paint.
Visited the car in the shop last week. Progress is being made. No new surprises since the last visit. The first of the 2 badly weather-checked rubber-like bumpers has been prepped, and looks good, ready for paint.
- Arne
Current - 2018 718 Cayman, Rhodium Silver, PDK
Sold - 1972 911T coupe, Silver Metallic; 1984 911 Carrera coupe, Chiffon white; 1973 914 2.0, Saturn Yellow; 1984 944, Silver Metallic
Hi Arne...Just for fun...did you see this blurp in Hagerty News?
https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinio...4-ford-capri/?
Lars Wikblad...
Early 911 "S" Registry # 527
"R" Gruppe # 314
I did, yes. All too typical of where these cars have gone. Consider that they sold ~120k Capris here in the US—in 1972 alone. The entire Mk1 run from '70-74 was almost 400k cars in the US. It looks like the remaining cars are a very small percentage, probably low single digits, say 3-5%.
Last edited by Arne; 03-09-2024 at 07:17 AM.
- Arne
Current - 2018 718 Cayman, Rhodium Silver, PDK
Sold - 1972 911T coupe, Silver Metallic; 1984 911 Carrera coupe, Chiffon white; 1973 914 2.0, Saturn Yellow; 1984 944, Silver Metallic
Great looking car and a great project...I always liked them...Looks like you found a good, solid one...Good luck and I will follow.../ Lars...
Lars Wikblad...
Early 911 "S" Registry # 527
"R" Gruppe # 314
- Arne
Current - 2018 718 Cayman, Rhodium Silver, PDK
Sold - 1972 911T coupe, Silver Metallic; 1984 911 Carrera coupe, Chiffon white; 1973 914 2.0, Saturn Yellow; 1984 944, Silver Metallic
Fresh out of the paint booth...
- Arne
Current - 2018 718 Cayman, Rhodium Silver, PDK
Sold - 1972 911T coupe, Silver Metallic; 1984 911 Carrera coupe, Chiffon white; 1973 914 2.0, Saturn Yellow; 1984 944, Silver Metallic
looking excellent Arne ! Great work !
Paul
1969 ex-South African RHD Tangerine 911T . 1970 ex-Southern Californian LHD Conda 911T 1955 Series 1 86" Land Rover (original Australian CKD … very slowly re-building) 1987 W124 230e
(long term paid up member)
Spotted this Capri at a car event today not too far from Ford’s Dagenham plant in England — restored, immaculate:
Steve
Last edited by 72targa; 03-17-2024 at 12:47 AM. Reason: Photo rotation
- Arne
Current - 2018 718 Cayman, Rhodium Silver, PDK
Sold - 1972 911T coupe, Silver Metallic; 1984 911 Carrera coupe, Chiffon white; 1973 914 2.0, Saturn Yellow; 1984 944, Silver Metallic
It’s the entry level 1.3 litres as my grandfather used to say about underpowered cars “ it couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding” !
I remember my first car 73 ( L suffix had British licence plate YUP435L, Daytona yellow with black vinyl roof and black vinyl interior; it had an antenna in front wing ( fender) whereas this doesn’t. I worked as a tyre fitter to earn money while studying and managed to get a set of wider wheels from my boss free trade — they had come off some customer’s car.
I’m pretty sure I have the same Ford branded radio ( possibly a Blaupunkt) with those knobs and a Ford manual aerial, latter still in packaging
Steve
Last edited by 911MRP; 03-17-2024 at 01:29 AM.