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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.
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Hi Arne...Just for fun...did you see this blurp in Hagerty News?
https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinio...4-ford-capri/?
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%.Quote:
Originally Posted by larwik
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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...
Fresh out of the paint booth...
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looking excellent Arne ! Great work !
Spotted this Capri at a car event today not too far from Ford’s Dagenham plant in England — restored, immaculate:
Steve
Pre-facelift Mk1. Very nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by 911MRP
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