Return Of A Classic

[jasper65 6]

There must be a few old boy Racers on the forum who owned one of these or perhaps a Suped up Cortina or Escort?

 

what a time to have a car compared to the tamperproof cars these days, you could tinker with the engines and modenise to your hearts content.........

 

New Ford Capri

[stubby 175]

Ive had two capri's,

my first was a rare 1300cc great car, until some un-insured mini-cab driver of ethnic origin wrote it off, by driver straight into my side

 

and a 2ltr special edition, previously owned by my dad (ford worker at the time)

 

as you say, great cars, and loads of engine space, leg room galore for lanky drivers like me

 

saying that, Ive had around 3 mini's too

 

sorry jasper, just clicked your link, that aint no f**king capri

Edited July 12, 2010 by stubby

[deanflute 550]

Looks aweful, A bit like a Scirocco or a Focus that an Elephant has sat on

[jasper65 6]

I loved my old Capri! a proper Fanny magnet for its time, this was my old Capri 2.0S and even older MK3 Cortina 2.0GT parked when I was a single lad living at home........

 

C'mon stubby you can't expect them to make one look like the old Capri's designed in the 1970's! things have had to move on mate with the times, its 2010...........

[gnasher16 30,989]

I always keep an eye out for Jaspers posts they are normally on subjects that bring a few memories flooding back.

I had a 2.0s almost identical to the one pictured,a 3.0 ghia and a 2.8 injection....the amount of times the arse would slide out in the wet,funny days.Remember how you could almost stand in the engine bay,i opened up the bonnet of my motor last week i couldnt work out what the f**k was what,and you would need hands like a 4 year old to get to anything!

 

My sons in the middle of doing a cosworth escort in a mark 2 shell.I had a few of the rs escorts back years ago,sold an old one that had been lurking in the garage for years to a friends son about ten years ago for 1000.....he sold it last year for 13 grand !!....Dont think the capris have quite hit the collectible stage yet.

[TOPPER 1,809]

i used to have a 3.0ltr capri with the power bulge in the bonnet awesome car untill some scrot nicked it and wrapped it around a tree, also had 2ltr cortina an escort mexico and a rs2000 escort which i sold to a mate and the b*****ds still got it in mint condition id like it back and he said he ll leave it to me in his will twat!

[Waz 4,287]

I was a bit too young for em, but all me older mates either had capris or mk1 or mk2 escorts, bombing up and down the Uxbridge road good times.

[#1poacher 8]

that car cant be called a capri a know things change but it looks like a honda civic and being the owner of a f reg 3i well what can i say .that new CAPRI IS AWFULL

[LAKELANDY 29]

new CAPRI bucket of s---t, had a capri 3000 gxl in the 70s loved driving it in the wet, proper rush, also had a 73 rs1600 bda escort that was a quick car in the day wish i still had it.

[Mastiff 7]

I used to have a 2.8i, as has been said I used to go looking for roundabouts when it rained, happy days.

 

New one looks like a focus to me, probably a good car, wouldn't buy one.

[jasper65 6]

I always keep an eye out for Jaspers posts they are normally on subjects that bring a few memories flooding back.

I had a 2.0s almost identical to the one pictured,a 3.0 ghia and a 2.8 injection....the amount of times the arse would slide out in the wet,funny days.Remember how you could almost stand in the engine bay,i opened up the bonnet of my motor last week i couldnt work out what the f**k was what,and you would need hands like a 4 year old to get to anything!

 

My sons in the middle of doing a cosworth escort in a mark 2 shell.I had a few of the rs escorts back years ago,sold an old one that had been lurking in the garage for years to a friends son about ten years ago for 1000.....he sold it last year for 13 grand !!....Dont think the capris have quite hit the collectible stage yet.

 

I'm getting old now Gnash!! Hitting my 45th soon and becoming one of them grumpy old men ..............

 

Capri's being tail happy was a understatement, they seemed to whip round at the drop of a hat but it never failed to impress. you're right about the amount of room under them Bonnets mate!! the old Pinto's looked lost in them. mind you we never cracked our knuckles working on them like the later motors with engines squeezed in.......

 

I loved my 2.0S, it came with the lovely checked seats complete with Tennis racket head rests and the dash with the Oil presure gauge and rev counter, I played about with it a bit and stuck one of them 4 branch manifolds on and a Peco tail pipe, Finally went for a Piper Fast Road high lift cam which gave it a lovelly lumpy tick over and a bit more top end.....

 

I remember have a pal in the car and a couple of birds heading out for a drink when a old MK1 XR2 had a go, to the credit of the Capri he couldn't pass me but then again I couldn't lose him either. I know we all reminisce at times but boy was the old fords some fun, you could interchange engines, gearbox's, diffs nearly the whole shooting match! I love getting my head under the bonnet fitting Points, setting mixture and strobing the timeing, I look under the bonnet of some of these modern cars and they're virtually all tamperproof......

[GET THEM OUT (.)(.) 39]

ford capri

 

what was the average, top speed, and 0-60mph ? thats if they did 60mph, am only a old boy of 19 so dont have the privilage to have ago in one of theses monsters. ,

[mouse 282]

DID ANY OF YOU LADS HAVE THE TICKFORD CAPRI THAT WAS RELEASED AS A SPECIAL EDITION WITH THE LOTUS ENGINE IF I REMEMBER.THAT WAS A CAR.

[Attack Fell Terrier 864]

I had a CAPRI in 1994 bought it for £ drove round like a nutcase then abandend it when i burnt the back tyres off it also had a grey primar wing

 

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

I forgot all about that hehehe!

[scothunter 12,609]

DID ANY OF YOU LADS HAVE THE TICKFORD CAPRI THAT WAS RELEASED AS A SPECIAL EDITION WITH THE LOTUS ENGINE IF I REMEMBER.THAT WAS A CAR.

 

guy in my street had a special edition one.jps was emblazoned on it/the fag company