My 1983 Ford Capri (Yes another one!)

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-

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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-

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Then work began-

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Then bits got removed-

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Then bits got cut out :open_mouth: (just some of many!) -

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Then bits got replaced :smiley: -

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Until the corrosion was all gone!

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Then I got carried away-

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And started stripping & painting everything -

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Bits got shiny-

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Bits got zinc plated -

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And everything got very clean -

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Then something more serious arrived-

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This caused other bits to get larger & stiffer (ooo-errr!) -

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Some head scratching got done-

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The lifting began-

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Some polishing got done-

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More welding got done-

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Memories of the good old days, when things had pushrods -

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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 -

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The story will continue…

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

Good job making me feel lazy and incompetent, OP. :angry:

But seriously, nice work.

Nice Capri i’ve got one aswell! :wink:

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

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! :wink:
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 :smiley: