RE: Star Turn: Capri From The Professionals On Ebay
Discussion
italianjob69 said:
any vehicle that can be linked to a sucessful (or not) tv series or film will command good money. I expect several vehicle collections/museums would be happy to have it!
...maybe so that people who watch East Enders and Coronation Street and Big Brother can go and pay to get in to see a car they can see elsewhere for nothing. Don't get that either. IMO The Professionals was quality TV - fast paced and believable ,with two well developed lead characters .Very watchable stuff ,and still so today-,I'd say it was ahead of its time ,TV wise .I don't think it has dated much as a programme (other being obviously from the early 80's era visually) and it was highly influential at the time.
Wacky Racer said:
x200sxy said:
£9250 for a MkIII Capri!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I bought an identical brand new white 3.0S Capri in April 1978 with recaro seats for £4250 from Gordon's in Stockport...Found the original invoice in the loft last week..........
LuS1fer said:
Wacky Racer said:
x200sxy said:
£9250 for a MkIII Capri!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I bought an identical brand new white 3.0S Capri in April 1978 with recaro seats for £4250 from Gordon's in Stockport...Found the original invoice in the loft last week..........
....this was before mobile phones.., I had to towed down by the AA, quite a hairy journey......
Lovely car though.......XNB 493S I seem to remember......I'll try and post a pic....
I see it has not even reached reserve at £9250! Still ,as a car synonomous with the series (close run with the RS2000 's though) it will be interesting to see what it goes for!
As an aside ,the TV series was responsible for silver 3 litre S Capris being horribly expensive at one time.....
As an aside ,the TV series was responsible for silver 3 litre S Capris being horribly expensive at one time.....
]153BHP from a std essex 3.0L, I dont think so, maybe 143 on a really really cold day, I used to build these engines in the early 90's and std form at best is 140... [/quote]
me too,cant help having a soft spot for this lump,lots of low down torque and plenty of character i think the Capri owes plenty to the Essex,the Cologne may of been quicker(just)but it was gutless low down and plain flat 
that price is just 
Most of the professionals capri's are ringers anyway. Re-shelled at best.
Back in the day, when most cars were scrapped the DVLA never got notified. So, all someone had to do was fill in a form and they'd relatively easily get a V5 in their name - even if the car no longer existed. Once they have the V5 doc, they have the chassis number and job done.
Find a similar car, whack a new VIN plate and set of number plates on it and suddenly you have a 'professionals' capri, even though Bonehead and Foyle have never been near it. This one is supposedly a genuine one, but knowing of the guy who 'found' it, I'd get it well checked over.
If you look at the pics of the car in the professionals clip, it has no front headlamp washers, yet in 2009 they are present and correct. Seems to me to be a strange modification someone would make......
You pays your money.
Back in the day, when most cars were scrapped the DVLA never got notified. So, all someone had to do was fill in a form and they'd relatively easily get a V5 in their name - even if the car no longer existed. Once they have the V5 doc, they have the chassis number and job done.
Find a similar car, whack a new VIN plate and set of number plates on it and suddenly you have a 'professionals' capri, even though Bonehead and Foyle have never been near it. This one is supposedly a genuine one, but knowing of the guy who 'found' it, I'd get it well checked over.
If you look at the pics of the car in the professionals clip, it has no front headlamp washers, yet in 2009 they are present and correct. Seems to me to be a strange modification someone would make......
You pays your money.
FactoryPilot said:
If you look at the pics of the car in the professionals clip, it has no front headlamp washers, yet in 2009 they are present and correct. Seems to me to be a strange modification someone would make......
You pays your money.
It didn't appear to have them in 1999!You pays your money.
http://www.personal.u-net.com/~carnfort/Profession...
scroll down towards the end
If you are interested in the show, you can find full 'Professionals' discussion, here: http://www.thetvlounge.co.uk/professionals/
Discussion of the eBay item here: http://www.thetvlounge.co.uk/professionals/viewtop...
p.s. Also links through to the Sweeney: http://www.thetvlounge.co.uk/sweeney/ and Minder: http://www.thetvlounge.co.uk/minder/
Discussion of the eBay item here: http://www.thetvlounge.co.uk/professionals/viewtop...
p.s. Also links through to the Sweeney: http://www.thetvlounge.co.uk/sweeney/ and Minder: http://www.thetvlounge.co.uk/minder/
Edited by kmpowell on Monday 29th June 12:43
DBSV8 said:
E38 said:
GingerWizard said:
3.0l V6 156 BHP? really?
sleeper anyone?
A sleeper? Have you ever seen, let alone heard one?sleeper anyone?
That Essex V6 on straight pipes is spine-tingling, and suits the inyerface image of the car perfectly.
and as for HP it depends on the year original 3000 GT's up to Oct 1971 were only 128bhp...
After this date all 3 litres were 138 bhp including the 3000s built up to 81.
even the re-bored RS3100 were only 148 bhp it was the German RS2600 injection that was higher at 150bhp
The 2.8i was 160 hp with turbo technics conversion pushing it over 200bhp.
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