My 1983 Ford Capri (Yes another one!)

[iamzod]

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

[DoctorNarfy]

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

[oppositelock]

Good job making me feel lazy and incompetent, OP.

But seriously, nice work.

[PetrolMadman]

Nice Capri i've got one aswell!

[ArnRno]

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

[Zabhawkin]

Nicely done.

[koolkei]

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

the tools are just expensive...

[robt100]

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