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Ooh! That's nice. What car's that in?

(in best del boy voice) that would be a capri ghia sir   ;D

Should look great in the write-up when we get it mate.  ;)

er yes indeed.. ::)

Ooohhhh Very nice...

I loved my Capri. Really wish I still had it. :(

I loved my Capri too, 3000GT getting expensive now too.

this is my 6th one i think  ;D

they get bigger every time lol..

I was always a Cortina girl!

my first car was a cortina. mk2 1500 super 2 door in blue mink with a single red pinstripe down the side. wouldn't mind having it now. lots of memories with that car nudge nudge ;) ;) say no more

We had a MkI 1600 Cortina with a green go-faster stripe and a matt black go-faster bonnet!

Actually it did go quite quick with a gas-flowed head (we did it on the kitchen table following the step by step instructions in Cars and Car Conversions and twin Weber carbs, lower ratio diff (or was that higher?) for more acceleration, uprated suspension and brakes, full roll cage and a dirty great big sump guard - we were into rallying back in the days of the old Castrol Welsh rally and the like.  Big lamp bar on the front with four Cibie Oscars, wide wheels, boot full of spares - and when it got nicked once all that was missing when we got it back was a pair of gloves and a packet of condoms!


Opps, sorry sam, you can have your thread back now!

not a prob gran lol,

i think i always wanted a mustang but capri shape was closest i could afford   ;D

Still remember my Capri with fondness.
White 1.6L, with 2.0ltr GT Cortina engine, 2000E gearbox, 15x7" mercedes 5 spoke alloys, RS front and rear spoilers, lowered, and was very quick with the 1.6 rear axle gearing  :)
Also had 2.8injection inspired stripes. 
The chap it was sold too had a massive crash in it about a week after he got it.    :'(

my fist car was a capri as was no 2, 3, 4, 5 and six , but the last one was enough work , not quite as bad a tazets charger but not far off
 
new inner and outer wings
new slam and skuttle
new healight bowls
new bonet
new doors
new floor pan
new boot floor
new rear panel
all these panels were genuine ford that i source at the end of the world

Didn't know you were a star of stage, screen & Practical Classics mate.  8)
Nice motor. So is there a Ford dealership at the end of the World then? Eternal damnation & Ford Capris. Scary.

ahh my shining moment  :P .  the ford dealership was in liverpool and closing down but i managed to get in there quick as the panles were going to be binned , just been catching up on your pop , some tasty work going on in that shed ( evil lair ) or what ever its called

One man's scrap is another man's Ebay bargain, treasure.

If you're reading this in a year's time, that was the build of my multi award winning Ford Pop.  ;D
http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1879.0

Loony's shed of rock! Actually he's more of a hip hop/dance kinda lad I think, (he'll berate me for that I'm sure). Radio One's usually on when I'm there, but thankfully I can just about drown it out with the angle grinder.  :P
Lots of interesting little projects going on in various corners of his workshop. I rent my bit of floor space from him each month, but there's always friends coming & going, making use of the workshop facilities. Very noisy there yesterday evening, as one mate was angle grinding & welding his VW camper, (the red/white one. Swedish import I think), followed by another doing the same to his old Mazda 1000, (Australian import). I had a stonking headache after a particularly lousy day at work, so didn't stay too late. Back there again tomorrow.

 :o :o :o :-\ :-\ :-\ :'( :'(

Sh1t  :o :o :o the one eh  :o :o :o suprised you is still alive blood  ::) ::) ::) not being a young hip thing eh!!!!


 you know your getting on when the sh1t sorry music they play on 1 makes you want to pop a sleeping pill and just crash out.
Give me radio 2 and Alex Lester anyday  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Love the shoe.  ;D Safe!
Taz has finally accepted the onset of creeping middle age with the move from Radio One to Radio two, a watershed in everyone's life. 

been there and now im going to miss terry in the morning drive , what am i to do , my life is over  :P