RE: SOTW: Ford Capri Mk3

[FASTFORD]

Dont joke Ive owned from 1300L2.0S to 2.8inj Janspeed Turbo Capris and I drove a Mk1 1600 GT last year and couldnt believe the performance from it,it had only done 42k from new so i bought it! Let the good times rollllllllllll........

Edited by FASTFORD on Monday 10th January 00:48

[y282]

RV8 said:

Stevie Mojo said:

y282 said:

put my 24v one up for sale briefly about a year ago then took it down again. it's sat in the f***ing garage ever since. lovely to look at but so conspicuous. just never use it anymore.





great cars, but you wouldn't want it as a daily, theyre just too old now.

Edited by y282 on Saturday 23 October 22:41

Love this too. Can't see why it wouldn't be perfect as a daily!

They are ok but in comparison to a modern car they are often more thirsty and don't deliver the same performance for the economy mainly the issue is that they rot when the roads are salted and I'm not talking about scruffy rust that some people who don't know what they are talking about call "surface rust" I mean mot fail type rust to the A pillars, strut tops, sills and suspension mounting points. The blower motors fail on the capri quite often now they are older, so come winter time you cant see properly without continuously wiping the screen while you freeze your nuts off. Old cars can and will leak so you end up with a wet carpet which exacerbates the rust issue and the mist forming on the windows. Not so much of an issue with a capri as other classics but on most old cars you cant just pop into fords and pick up a new 'whatever' you need to search the web or rely on the generosity of a club member.
I have driven classics as dailies, my landy is a an 80's relic, and old cars can be trouble, often they are not, but at the same time rather rewarding even if they get the hump occasionally and refuse to do something or develop some quirky habit.
The main thing is that you have to be able to put up with stuff, cars generally have come a long way since the 80's (most of my old dailies were 60's 70's era) modern cars are far easier for most people to live with, even if most modern stuff is a bland and soulless. Wouldn't stop me wanting a classic as a daily though.

he's called that pretty much spot on. they're lovely, but definitely not a daily for all those reasons.

[Stevie Mojo]

People say the same about TVRs but if I could afford to I'd love to use mine as my daily driver. My Capri 3.0s was my daily driver when I was 18. Wish I still had that car.

[Chicane-UK]

Never been into Capri's that much.. but my old neighbour used to have a 2.8i with a turbo technics conversion done on it. Went out in it once and it was one hell of a beast.. sadly it's sat in his garden and he rarely does any miles in it! Must be worth a few quid now.

[Larry Dickman]

460ci said:

Damm, this takes me back, here is my 3ltr Auto Ghia, taken about 1980, I was sooooo cool in this, and single hahahahahahahaha

Why did you paint it like TC's chopper?

http://magnum-mania.com/Articles/The_Chopper.html

[fatboy18]

I saw a lovely Tickford Capri in esher a few weeks back a sapphire silver colour. I still have the Tickford brochure which I picked up at the motor show some years back

[DickyC]

Tickford did a Metro too.

It had the Aston wings.

I really, really wanted one.