CAPA conversions for Holden Monaro.

[V6 6LEN]

motomk said:

madazrx7 said:

motomk said:

Never heard of CAPA? I've heard of Rotomotion!!! There was another Mazda shop in Guildford (the Perth kind) can't remember it's name.
motomk

Um that was Rotomotion! (not sure if you're being serious?)
Used to be owned by Kim (Father of Heath) Ledger who used to sponsor my race car. Recently moved to Maddington, now run by John Clements (who used to work for Kim)

I was being serious honest, I couldn't remember the name. I remember passing it on my way to work. It is 8 years since I lived in Perth but I have a memory like a selective Ox!!

A57 HSV said:

Other than seeing the cars & knowing that CAPA sell loads of tuning mods. etc., I don't know anymore than I've said. Maybe they only produced the full cars for U.K import?

I think you are the money again, over here they would be badged as CAPA enhanced maybe. I haven't seen any. CAPA are quite well known as they produce a lot of supercharger kits and other performance parts. There is/was another bunch of cars built from Holdens called CSV's. They were more out there than HSV's (personal opinion here). Fairly rare nowadays.

Back to the original question, it would probably have all the mods that a lot of people do to their cars anyway, like the exhaust,tune, brakes, suspension etc so in effect would be equal or better than a HSV depending on which parts CAPA put on the car. I know that last statement will upset people, however in oppostion to that, its resale might not be as good as the HSV's. That would generally be the case in Oz.
Thinking about it though, I guess there are only a few CAPA's over there, so they might be more exclusive and thus hold their value, I don't really know.

motomk

Hi All never thought my car would cause such a stir LOL. Any how just to you know what mods are done, New interior upgraded leather, sat nav , tv, dvd player, body kit, exhaust, engine upgraded new pistons, lifters race chains, over sizes throttle body, ap brakeing sys, new wheels, colour coded engine covers, the word Capa is every where in the car embossed into the seats, steering wheel, on the clocks the sunroon the sat nat surround and yes it did hace capa badges i didnt like them so i got them.
changed to the holden ones. There are proberly more things i forgottren any way i love the car whatever you want to call it

[o.versteer]

V6 6LEN said:

There are proberly more things i forgottren any way i love the car whatever you want to call it

Precisely, it's your car, call it what you like

[mogv8]

Its quick too....

V6 6LEN, I have you on video doing your Fighting Torque run.

PM me your address and I will send you the clip on DVD.

[motomk]

V6 6LENH said:

i All never thought my car would cause such a stir LOL. Any how just to you know what mods are done, New interior upgraded leather, sat nav , tv, dvd player, body kit, exhaust, engine upgraded new pistons, lifters race chains, over sizes throttle body, ap brakeing sys, new wheels, colour coded engine covers, the word Capa is every where in the car embossed into the seats, steering wheel, on the clocks the sunroon the sat nat surround and yes it did hace capa badges i didnt like them so i got them.
changed to the holden ones. There are proberly more things i forgottren any way i love the car whatever you want to call it

Your last comment is spot on, it is your car to enjoy. Looks like they went to town on the interior. Did they put a cam in it?

Any pictures?

[A57 HSV]

V6 6LEN is your car the Grey Storm Mica coloured one with Auto. box? I used to admire that at LSV as it is such a great Q car. Very stealthy compared to the GTS's.
The only other Holden/HSV/CAPA in the U.K that was the same colour as my last HSV,iirc. www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarreviews/15579/hsv_gts_supercharger.html

[pomona]

If you can find an Oct 03 Cars & Car Conversion magazine there is a Capa R300 detailed,ex LSV car.

[V6 6LEN]

A57 HSV said:

V6 6LEN is your car the Grey Storm Mica coloured one with Auto. box? I used to admire that at LSV as it is such a great Q car. Very stealthy compared to the GTS's.
The only other Holden/HSV/CAPA in the U.K that was the same colour as my last HSV,iirc. http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarreviews/1557...

Hi Yes it is the grey one check my profile there is a pic there.

[V6 6LEN]

V6 6LEN said:

A57 HSV said:

V6 6LEN is your car the Grey Storm Mica coloured one with Auto. box? I used to admire that at LSV as it is such a great Q car. Very stealthy compared to the GTS's.
The only other Holden/HSV/CAPA in the U.K that was the same colour as my last HSV,iirc. http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarreviews/1557...

Hi Yes it is the grey one check my profile there is a pic there.

Heres my car on the capa website in Australia with the mod list with it

http://www.capa.com.au/cars/f/index.htm

http://www.capa.com.au/cars/performance/320.htm

[A57 HSV]

Interesting to find out were it went. Glad it's gone to a good home.

[TimAla]

The name Holden CAPA is directly akin to BMW Brabus etc. The CAPA name is recognised by DVLA, and as referred to above these cars are very extensively modified. Whilst they are registered as CAPAs, the Holden name is prefixed when they are referred to to give everyone a clue to their origination; CAPA is not a well known name whereas some people may have heard of Brabus. Before 'some' provokes a reaction, my wife beats me at Mastermind (OK, not difficult) but she wouldn't know what a Brabus was, nor would the majority of the population!

There are very few CAPAs around; we've got a couple for sale, and my wife drives one (so at least she's heard of CAPA). There's a highly modified CAPA for sale on the net; that's at least £80k of car when new/modified for £25k! I have a rather better one for sale but for a lot more money, plus a couple of unregisted 4-doors (old shape).

I think Glen's car is a beauty; an understated Q car that can show it's heels to the rather over-stated new 4-door.

Tim @ Linden SV

Edited by TimAla on Friday 7th September 10:46

[greens vauxhall]

Slightly off topic, but, we have a Brabus Rocket here at the moment. Silly car (in a good way) but £249000!!!

[jumplead]

greens vauxhall said:

Slightly off topic, but, we have a Brabus Rocket here at the moment. Silly car (in a good way) but £249000!!!

New courtesy car Brian?

[greens vauxhall]

No no no no no!!!

[TimAla]

I guess one Brabus Rocket would cost more than all the CAPAs in existence (at least at today's prices).

Tim @ Linden SV

[VXR_Daz]

greens vauxhall said:

Slightly off topic, but, we have a Brabus Rocket here at the moment. Silly car (in a good way) but £249000!!!

I was looking to buy one of them, can I have a test drive please?

[MyM8V8]

A57 HSV said:

Interesting to find out were it went. Glad it's gone to a good home.

Its dead now unfortunately, but I have ended up with the shell as spare parts for my VX GTS.

Its a lovely thing and a real shame to have ended up like this.

[stevieturbo]

MyM8V8 said:

Its dead now unfortunately, but I have ended up with the shell as spare parts for my VX GTS.

Its a lovely thing and a real shame to have ended up like this.

10 years !!! LOLOLOLOL

[SimonLM]

I don’t know if any of you are on here still but I’ve Tim’s wife’s car I believe, and desperately need the brakes that are missing

[SimonLM]

MyM8V8 said:

A57 HSV said:

Interesting to find out were it went. Glad it's gone to a good home.

Its dead now unfortunately, but I have ended up with the shell as spare parts for my VX GTS.

Its a lovely thing and a real shame to have ended up like this.

Don’t suppose you have the brakes still ?

[raving]

SimonLM said:

Don’t suppose you have the brakes still ?

What do you require exactly