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Seems there is a few owners on here after a look around.

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...................

What is this, the hoonicorn? I think the list of non replaced parts would be shorter

Good job making me feel lazy and incompetent, OP.

But seriously, nice work.

Nice Capri i've got one aswell!

Beautiful car! Wish we would have had these in America.

Nicely done.

grinding and welding.... i've never even cut a wood. nevermind make something....

the tools are just expensive...

Hey mate, another capripower member here!
Funny that I see your post here, our capri history is almost identical, Capri was the first car (though mine was 2007!) Now undergoing a 24v conversion! Will have to sort a meet up when they are all done