How Many 1st Gens Still Running?

Ian65 · February 22, 2011, 09:38:18 PM

Quote from: syebba;744754I thought u loved capri\'s Ian?
Or you had enough of them!

I loved \'em in my late teens and early 20\'s but sold my last one before I bought my 1st RX7.
About 3 1/2 years ago, I was looking for a project and bought an absolute ruin of a Capri to restore.
It made me realise how basic and cheaply built they were.... a real marketing triumph for Ford.... a cheap car that sold like hot cakes.

I had to force myself to finish the car because I just didn\'t like it...
Everything about it seemed old fashioned.... leaf spring rear suspension, 70\'s Ford dash, crap build quality...

even the gear lever was like something out of a truck!

they make 1st gen RX7\'s seem like the Starship Enterprise.... never go back they say.... I wish I\'d never had!

Steve-A · February 22, 2011, 10:40:57 PM

I\'ve never been in a Capri, only ever seen them from the outside, but to me as a young\'un they almost seem a decade behind the Rx7, hard to believe they came from the same time!

shaunwil · February 22, 2011, 11:18:00 PM

Its amazing how much the FD moved it on too, that was only a decade later.

The FB can be so much fun

Friend at work owned something like 28 Ford Capri ! All at different times :Giggle

Shaun

Steve-A · February 22, 2011, 11:31:48 PM

Fun sounds good!

I\'m very very very much looking forward to my first drive, more than a few hundred yards up a straight farm track, in an FB. I think about it every time I go out and work on the car

A7RXY · February 23, 2011, 07:22:52 AM

KYO 531X on Pistonheads, can\'t remember where we saw this last.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2536564.htm

syebba · February 23, 2011, 02:01:25 PM

This is the one with leather interior.

David Nock (RIP) · February 23, 2011, 06:09:13 PM

Quote from: Casey;744665OK, the RPM might be interested in this one, if no-one else is up for saving it?

Does anyone know any previous history on the car? I\'m planning to call the seller soon to get some more info.

Not me Casey sorry, first sighting was in the original Gumtree Ad in January.

As said by previous peeps, make certain you take a good look at the sills at the back and the reinforcing plates in the rear wheel arches.

Dave

David Nock (RIP) · February 23, 2011, 06:12:34 PM

Quote from: Ian65;744735no tax or test and a ford engine

2.9 Scorpio engine, was for sale in Wales as a Project Car last Summer.

johnnyboy · February 23, 2011, 09:35:38 PM

Quote from: David Nock;7449512.9 Scorpio engine, was for sale in Wales as a Project Car last Summer.

I had a Scorpio engine once, and it was excellent - mind you it was in a Scorpio.

Ian65 · February 23, 2011, 10:12:18 PM

Quote from: johnnyboy;745015I had a Scorpio engine once, and it was excellent - mind you it was in a Scorpio.

the best place for it!!

syebba · February 23, 2011, 10:15:04 PM

Belongs in a massey ferguson tractor!:Giggle

johnnyboy · February 23, 2011, 11:00:17 PM

Quote from: syebba;745044Belongs in a massey ferguson tractor!:Giggle

A 2.9V6 would be better than the engine in my Leyland tractor....

It has a 1500cc Diesel MGB engine....

john

myatt1972 · February 23, 2011, 11:05:59 PM

Quote from: johnnyboy;745066A 2.9V6 would be better than the engine in my Leyland tractor....

It has a 1500cc Diesel MGB engine....

john

The BMC 1.5 is a great little lump, been powering narrowboats for the past 30 odd years.
If you have any trouble with yours I know them inside out !
Keith...

ossie747 · February 24, 2011, 01:02:08 AM

Just saw the following up for grabs on car and classic if anyone\'s got the money.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C201229/

Not sure if this ad had been posted previously?

Ian65 · February 24, 2011, 06:53:15 AM

Quote from: Ian65;743659on Ebay... (again)

only reached Â£256... reserve not met...
are times really that hard?