Naturally Aspirated
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Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2014 4:06 am
Cars: Ford Capri 2.9 24V
Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi
Jeep Grand Cherokee
My 1983 Ford Capri (Yes another one!)
I have a 1983 Ford Capri 2.8i that I thought I would share, I bought it back in January 2005 as my first car about 5 months before passing my driving test, had great fun in it.
Some pics from way back then-
To cut a long story short it was taken off the road back in October 2009 as corrosion was starting to set in, but was not severe & a minor bump meaning it needed 3 new panels was a push to do something about it. The car sat for close to 2 years collecting bird poo until I got space to work on it.
Finally got it under a roof to work on it-
Then work began-
Then bits got removed-
Then bits got cut out (just some of many!) -
Then bits got replaced -
Until the corrosion was all gone!
Then I got carried away-
And started stripping & painting everything -
Bits got shiny-
Bits got zinc plated -
And everything got very clean -
Then something more serious arrived-
This caused other bits to get larger & stiffer (ooo-errr!) -
Some head scratching got done-
The lifting began-
Some polishing got done-
More welding got done-
Memories of the good old days, when things had pushrods -
Now due to the moving in of three extra camshafts and their 12 additional valve friends there is no more space for poor Mr Battery -
The story will continue...................