Thread: F.ucken O.ld R.usty D.og

this has been a quiet time project (not mine , a job) ready for the painters next week

Originally Posted by scotty

this has been a quiet time project (not mine , a job) ready for the painters next week

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Here I was thinking ET and I would go for hunts in style from now on.

capri Scotty??

They used to rust really bad in the firewall, mudguards and rear wheel arches.

What have you done to that one ??

@tac a1 MK1 V6 ground up rebuild ....rusty as and had a roll cage in it but the plates are live so worth the effort for the owner.......
off to James next week for a re-prime and paint the engine bay so I can put the running gear back in

@will.i.em not mine ...... you know they have (or had ) these in SA but with a V8 in them....probably the only version of these I personally would own because of the uniqueness of only being built for the SA market, think they are quite rare now

Guy I know who had the V6 version would have two 40kg bags of cement in the boot to help keep the back end on the road

Brings back memories

It's an old Mk2 Capri? Wern't the V6 ones made in Germany?

Nice, I like it when these cars are bought back to life.
Those Mk1 Capris are not very common anymore, is it an early Mk1 or the facelift version?

There were a number of engine options for them, but NZ mostly got the Kent L4, Essex V4/V6 engines and Pinto OHC 4cyl, Europe got the Taunus & Cologne engines (the Cologne engine was the German V6) USA also got the Cologne engine and it was also fitted to MkIV Cortinas.

The Essex V6 was the base for the Cosworth 3.4l GAA V6 engine that was 450hp 300 ftlbs and 9000rpm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYMEbsRT-PU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niKBNXJSkbE

South Africa built the MKI Capri with a 302Windsor V8 and called it the Capri Perana

Somewhere I still have some bits for a Capri, and a MkIV Zephyr/Zodiac.

square headlights so pre facelift....... V6 Essex

Relative had one of these as a club car for a while, shoehorned a 302W into it. The bag of cement comment is about right.

Originally Posted by scotty

@will.i.em not mine ...... you know they have (or had ) these in SA but with a V8 in them....probably the only version of these I personally would own because of the uniqueness of only being built for the SA market, think they are quite rare now

Better you than me. im not a fan of fords. The build quality of them was always very poor.

I remember when I was an apprentice we found a glass coke bottle and luch wrappers in the sill of a new xf falcon. Customer complained about the rattle in their new car!!!

the capri was one car that never grew on me