Lets see a picture of your classic(s)

[Escort3500]

vpr said:

My RS2000, original colour with original style plates.

Wonderful

[GTRene]

MMM nice example.

[E24man]

vpr said:

My RS2000, original colour with original style plates.

Thanks for posting this - good memories of my dear old Dad's (nowhere near as pumped up) Mk 1 Escort collection. I can recall a very tired and gutless two door estate, a gutsy and swift van that he converted to an estate, and a couple of saloons, two then four door which he always tinkered with.

[LotusOmega375D]

6 months in and I finally have some photos in the nice weather.

More details and photos in my Readers' Cars thread here:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[iangrier]

A wash to spruce up after 6 month's hibernation in the garage. Ready for the summer...

[RATATTAK]

Got my '72 Chevelle into the recently extended garage today

[Escort3500]

RATATTAK said:

Got my '72 Chevelle into the recently extended garage today

Pics please

[interloper]

eccles said:

uk66fastback said:

DBSV8 said:

JUST got the capri out of the garage for a polish

1977 MK2 rebored to 3.1 fitted with 280 interior






she was an ebay purchase , very little to do , need to remove and replace the 3000s stripes as they have been applied incorrectly , ,

video of when I first picked her up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4snCf7SOwEE

Very, very nice! Good arrival video, showing your plate so pointless blocking them out in the pics! The plates are the ONE thing I would change though - nice acrylic or even metal ones. No R reg Capri had those plates. I know why they're on there but that doesn't make it right!

The cars look clearly isn't standard, so what difference does the choice of plate make?

That is a damn fine looking Capri! I would be tempted to fit a RS style duck tail spoiler for a little more attitude.

[Shezbo]

Escort3500 said:

Pics please

You have some lovely bedding plants there fella...top job!

[RATATTAK]

Escort3500 said:

Pics please

Here you go

[url]

|https://thumbsnap.com/S34ikSVD[/url][url]

|https://thumbsnap.com/wqDj5m0o[/url]

[Escort3500]

RATATTAK said:

Escort3500 said:

Pics please

Here you go

[url]

|https://thumbsnap.com/S34ikSVD[/url][url]

|https://thumbsnap.com/wqDj5m0o[/url]

That is wonderful

[droopsnoot]

Not quite finished yet, but I've been working on this for a while.

[RATATTAK]

Escort3500 said:

That is wonderful

Thanks

[finlo]

droopsnoot said:

Not quite finished yet, but I've been working on this for a while.

Brings back memory, though I don't recall the bumpers and window trims in red?

[DBSV8]

interloper said:

eccles said:

uk66fastback said:

DBSV8 said:

JUST got the capri out of the garage for a polish

1977 MK2 rebored to 3.1 fitted with 280 interior






she was an ebay purchase , very little to do , need to remove and replace the 3000s stripes as they have been applied incorrectly , ,

video of when I first picked her up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4snCf7SOwEE

Very, very nice! Good arrival video, showing your plate so pointless blocking them out in the pics! The plates are the ONE thing I would change though - nice acrylic or even metal ones. No R reg Capri had those plates. I know why they're on there but that doesn't make it right!

The cars look clearly isn't standard, so what difference does the choice of plate make?

That is a damn fine looking Capri! I would be tempted to fit a RS style duck tail spoiler for a little more attitude.

My other Capri is a 3000 mk1 fitted with a duck tail spoiler



here she is fitted with a 2.8i turbo ............now removed






engine currently out and in the process of strengthening the chassis

thanks

[droopsnoot]

finlo said:

Brings back memory, though I don't recall the bumpers and window trims in red?

They're correct, Volcano Red as per the photo. Also it should have a pair of bright red stripes along the body side in the same colour, but I'm struggling to get the paint finish good enough to put them on as yet. Lots of red detailing on these - along with trims, bumpers and stripes, they also have red carpets and red tartan seats.

[interloper]

DBSV8 said:

My other Capri is a 3000 mk1 fitted with a duck tail spoiler



here she is fitted with a 2.8i turbo ............now removed

engine currently out and in the process of strengthening the chassis

thanks

That is rather tasty and no doubt upsets the purists..... Good! The wide arches look familiar is it an X pack body kit?

[DBSV8]

interloper said:

That is rather tasty and no doubt upsets the purists..... Good! The wide arches look familiar is it an X pack body kit?

its a mk1 cologne kit used on the racing capris between 1971-1972 they were very popular in the 70s



this is the #52 Ford Capri RS2600 driven by Dieter Glemser leading the Ferrari Daytona . 3 Capris were entered finishing 10th & 11th overall at Le mans in 1972

in 1973

the bigger 3.4 litre GAA capris battled the BMW 3.0 CSL bat mobiles

[finlo]

droopsnoot said:

They're correct, Volcano Red as per the photo. Also it should have a pair of bright red stripes along the body side in the same colour, but I'm struggling to get the paint finish good enough to put them on as yet. Lots of red detailing on these - along with trims, bumpers and stripes, they also have red carpets and red tartan seats.

Well it was a long time ago! We re engined ours with a vx 490 unit with twin carbs and 5 speed box for a bit more umph.

[droopsnoot]

I've gone with twin Strombergs on this, I was intending to put the overdrive box in but the gearlever position is a bit further forward and more difficult to sort out than I thought. I have a big valve head, cam, Dellortos and so on, but I'm not really sure they suit the estate. Incidentally the VX490 club still have a bounty out on those who scrapped "their" cars to nick the Getrag boxes.