Chop Shop Capri for sale on fleabay

[Theoldfm]

Just browsing the old fleabay and have come accross this, the Ford Capri that was 'built' by Chop Shop for Lawrence Dallaglio



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1984-FORD-CAPRI-LASER-BLACK-...

I wonder how many of the other Chop Shop 'Creations' have been cast aside by their 'delighted' owners

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Egg Chaser said:

Fire99 said:

I don't warm to many of Leepu's designs.

I don't warm to any of them.

He takes some very nice cars and just butchers them. This Capri for example, the MGB, and the Bentley; all of them were nice cars that Leepu turned into a stter version.

Yes, does anyone remember the mess that they made of that golf? IIRC they put a Subaru engine and running gear into a Mk2 Golf (good so far) but then Leepu decided to totally ruin it with his so called 'design' skills

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Fast Bug said:

The Kemp car had a good ending...



Check the wheel spacers out

What has made me giggle is the comment from the organiser's of the above event:

“I am honestly appalled that this and other grotesque creations from Chop Shop may have been viewed as representing the standards of the UK’s modified vehicle community. Quite apart from any aesthetic considerations, if the ‘powers that be’ were misled into thinking that ‘Chop Shop’ methods are how most of us go about modifying vehicles we’d be legislated against faster than you can say ‘Leepu Awlia’ (The programmes resident ‘designer’) The programme in my view paints us all in a bad light. Before we feed the car to Podzilla though, we will remove and recycled the viable parts. It’s not about wanton destruction, it’s about responsible, safe vehicle modification”.

Much as I enjoyed watching the Chop Shop programmes, the car really did look pants though..