RE: Ford Capri V8 | The Brave Pill
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My only experience of a Capri was a Scalextric one. The handling was piss poor, it rolled frequently and was no match for the Mini Coopers. The Escort Mexico was no better, that rolled on almost every corner.
Anyway, I don't see the attraction of this Pill, if I wanted a Ford 5 litre V8 I'd buy a Mustang... or a Vantage.
Anyway, I don't see the attraction of this Pill, if I wanted a Ford 5 litre V8 I'd buy a Mustang... or a Vantage.
mooseracer said:
Gary C said:
Quite like it
WOuld have to lose the rear spoiler and the blingy fuel filler cap.
Yeh I like it too but that spoiler would have to go - spoils the standardish lookWOuld have to lose the rear spoiler and the blingy fuel filler cap.
MuscleSedan said:
mooseracer said:
Gary C said:
Quite like it
WOuld have to lose the rear spoiler and the blingy fuel filler cap.
Yeh I like it too but that spoiler would have to go - spoils the standardish lookWOuld have to lose the rear spoiler and the blingy fuel filler cap.
Capris remind me of the BMW 635 CSI. I'd rather have (and did) the beemer. It was a much better car and didn't have the 'Minder' / 'del boy' image problem. I imagine head-to-head there wouldn't be much difference in ultimate performance between the two cars (assuming the Capri was a similar spec and not a 1.3)
coppice said:
There was a Ford sanctioned Capri V8 in period , but only in South Africa. It had a 5 litre Ford Windsor V8 and was called the Perana - possibly because the Piranha name was already owned by a third party .
I like Capris, despite , or possibly because of their louche , fur coat and no knickers image. I drove a couple , and travelled in many more , from the weedy little 1.3L up to the growly V6 , which lived up to the bulging bonnet looks .
Yep they did a Granada as wellI like Capris, despite , or possibly because of their louche , fur coat and no knickers image. I drove a couple , and travelled in many more , from the weedy little 1.3L up to the growly V6 , which lived up to the bulging bonnet looks .
80k seems a lot
Craig at Dyno Torque would have dropped an LS in this for 25k. Even allowing for other bits you wouldn't be anywhere near 80k
CarlosSainz100 said:
When they resprayed this red, why did they use a different shade of red paint for the doors?
I’d suggest it’s the way the ambient light angles off the panels, the door is relatively flat but the X-Pack panels either side reflect the light off at different angles.As for the Perana, Basil Green Motors, near Jo’burg where the company responsible
If I remember right, Basil Green never made a Capri Perana of this vintage, their official ones were all based on the Mk1 (I may be wrong of course)
Water Fairy said:
coppice said:
There was a Ford sanctioned Capri V8 in period , but only in South Africa. It had a 5 litre Ford Windsor V8 and was called the Perana - possibly because the Piranha name was already owned by a third party .
I like Capris, despite , or possibly because of their louche , fur coat and no knickers image. I drove a couple , and travelled in many more , from the weedy little 1.3L up to the growly V6 , which lived up to the bulging bonnet looks .
Yep they did a Granada as wellI like Capris, despite , or possibly because of their louche , fur coat and no knickers image. I drove a couple , and travelled in many more , from the weedy little 1.3L up to the growly V6 , which lived up to the bulging bonnet looks .
80k seems a lot
Craig at Dyno Torque would have dropped an LS in this for 25k. Even allowing for other bits you wouldn't be anywhere near 80k
Love the X-Pack arches. Would have left it green without the rear wing and with silver wheels.
Laughed at the advert saying £80k was spent on the conversion then £70k then £60k as you read on. It’s like your mate saying I caught a fish and it was this big, well actually this big, oh, okay, it was really this big…
I wouldn’t buy it in a month of Sundays.
Laughed at the advert saying £80k was spent on the conversion then £70k then £60k as you read on. It’s like your mate saying I caught a fish and it was this big, well actually this big, oh, okay, it was really this big…
I wouldn’t buy it in a month of Sundays.
soad said:
cerb4.5lee said:
Andy86GT said:
why is the gear stick so long though?
I wondered that as well. With a short shift lever, the whole lever vibrates when under acceleration?
Wrong engine, it's too heavy. The rover based alloy V8 was a better deal, lighter so better weight distribution. Plenty of power to overwhelm the 1970s style brakes and suspension.
It would have been a bit of a dinosaur in the 1990s, 30 years on I suspect the pool of mullet sporting cowboy boot purchasers is fairly shallow.
It would have been a bit of a dinosaur in the 1990s, 30 years on I suspect the pool of mullet sporting cowboy boot purchasers is fairly shallow.
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