blueone

I remember a mate of mine blatting around in a light blue mk1 3.1 RS Capri with a straight through stainless race exhaust with four bits of tube snaking their way under the bottom of the car. It had a lovely burble on tickover, it scared the bejeebas out of people when he started it up, the roar when he revved it was pure automotive nirvana. The rear brakes were shot to pieces from doing stationary burn outs. Nearly twenty years ago, now I think about it. The memory of the roar of the exhaust still sends a shiver down my spine.

Loost

My first car - lowly 1.6 blue , 300 notes - did a steady 80 down the motorway at 22 mpg ta work.....and failed the mot at the end o the year ( dangerous ta drive ) with a hole in the footwell/sill area you could stick a small football thro...........Had fun anyway...

MGJohn

Had a 2.8i - four headlight type - in silver for a brief period. Very nice example but a bit too wallowy for me. Back in early 80s, car was a real head turner. Preferred Rover 3500VP which I also had for a brief period. My younger brother had an older Capri Ghia(rectangular headlight version). One day he gave me a lift and asked me to go careful with the passenger door. As I opened it, it fell off..... Corrosion all around the top hinge finally gave way and it became detached. I thought things like that only happened in comedy TV shows .... until then..

Shropshire-Guy

Had 3 Capris here.

1, 1.6 GL (silver with black vinyl roof) cost £1200 on the road new. lol

2, 2.0 S in Red on V plate. Sold with 186,000 miles on clock. Travelled everyday from Telford to Colwyn Bay whilst working in the construction industry (digger driver ) on Colwyn Bays sea defenses , putting BIG Rocks in the Sea)

3, Capri 280 in the brooklands green ( lost in divorce settlement many years ago)

The things would run on a shoe string budget and the only problem i ever had was pitting points. Easily cured with a new condenser.

arhhhhhhhhhhhhhh memories.

bennyboy

Only 1 for me... 1 1.6 laser a few years ago borrowed off a mate when I was car-less..

still got the backend out loved it.. my only rwd car..

Would defo have another!

Brendan Hughes

Brother had a 2.0 GT MkII as his first car, age 18. Gold colour, black vinyl roof, tiger seat covers !! Taking a bend in the wet, he put it through a Chinese restaurant in Edgware while still on the cover note of the insurance (spawning a whole line of family jokes, such as "Waiter, there's a Capri in my soup!"). As the engine was in good nick, Dad transplanted it into our 1.6L Cortina Estate (Mk IV) - which I then learned to drive in. As the clutch didn't fit, and as I scared my parents silly on a couple of occasions, it was deplanted again.

Jap2Scrap

I've had 6 so far:

1973 Mk I 1600XL - the facelift with the bonnet bulge and the pinto engine
1974 Mk II 3000 Ghia
1975 Mk II 1600 GL
1977 Series 3 1600GL
1981 Series 3 3000S
1981 Series 3 2000S

All great and I'd definitely have another

crofty

Ive had 4

1978 2000 Ghia
1979 2000S
1979 3000S (my favorite)
1984 2.8 injection

Great tail out action!!

D8UGF

My old man had three brand new ones:

1: 3.0 ghia auto ( EUS 616T) Bronzey gold colour
2 2.8i 4 speed (DNS 861x) Two tone green (One was "forrest green" IIRC)
3: 2.8i 5 Speed (A600 WGE) Stratos silver.

Ahhhhhh the memories wonder if any are still going!

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Have had several Capri's, but the best I have been is was a lad at works Tickford, his dad now has it, its mint and I didnt expect to be all that impressed at the performance but it was really quite fast, scared me a bit !

My favourite was the MK1, best shape of the lot.

Avi

My Piece of **** which i owned for 1 day and swapped for a tyre!! ... great fun though

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

I think the 3.0 is better than the 2.8i for some reason I just can't put my finger on why

Granby

iTrader: (5)

Torque

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

Was the 3.0 more torquey then? I never knew that

Granby

iTrader: (5)

Yes it had a lot more torque than the 2.8 but the 2.8 had more power , i think i'll take off my nerd head now before i start to get silly and explain the differences between them

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

lol I know quite a few things about capris except the torque figures

Loost

[QUOTE

The things would run on a shoe string budget and the only problem i ever had was pitting points. Easily cured with a new condenser.

arhhhhhhhhhhhhhh memories.[/QUOTE] .........sounds familiar ......

Brian the Sn@il

woo just spotted this thread..
Had

a 1.6 L

1.6 GL

1.6 GT

2.0 Sport...

Ill find the pics soon folks

the 1.6 with the GT banna pipes on really reved well

the 2.0 was a monster

oh the capri ........

Brian the Sn@il

LOL the ole Fords i Owned,,...

Which one sahll i take out to TRASH >>>??





LOL !!!

misty

Me too!!

1973 1.6 L

1974 1.6 gt auto!!

1971 3.0 gtxlr

1973 3.0 gxl

1974 3.0 gt auto.

1980 3.0 s

1983 2.8

Eeee!!!! that brings back memories
dave

GaryK

Been in plenty, never owned one but would even today, think they still look cool! O and being called Gary (but not from Essex) perhaps I could be an honourary member of the capri club!

Ubik

My dad had a couple of them. I loved it when he would take us to school in it. Everyone loved it. And then there was a few deliberate RWD incidents that dad would treat us to. Fantastic fun even as a passenger.


I still love the shape. IIRC we had a white 2.8 just like ollly's and then a metallic gold 2.8


I will have to show the old chap this thread, will make him grin from ear to ear!


Classic! Anyone have any interior shots? Its a long time since I saw one.

Scoob99

iTrader: (1)

Wanted one but my missus went mental and would'nt have it, guess who wear's the trouser's in my house
Cheers
Colin

Jap2Scrap

Now to upset all us nostalgic types.. WTF were Ford thinking when they released the Probe and hinted that it was the 'new Capri'???

Tom7

A Mate of mine has a Tickford capri with very low miles and also
an Xpack track kitted capri with 300 + bhp, been in it too
extreamly fast 50 in first gear!
Not sure if he still has them both as not seem much of them both this summer!

Got these pics of him a while ago not sure how to put them up though so here goes??


D:\DigitalCameraImages\DigitalCameraImages\Cars\Ca pri3.0S
http://D:\DigitalCameraImages\DigitalCameraImages\Cars\Ca pri 3.0S\Godzilla-engine1

andym172

I bought Paul's (Palmer's) 2.8i Capri and am just about to sell it after having hardly used it in the last 18 months

Took it out for a run today: http://homepage.mac.com/mahony1/PhotoAlbum43.html

If I have time I'll be posting it for sale on eBay tomorrow. For some reason they appear to be making pretty good prices on eBay

1983 'A' reg, 65,000 miles, 12 months MOT, 6 months tax

simpsons !

I loved the Capri from being a kid, Dad had a brand new one about 1974 ? Was white with a black vynal (sp) roof anyway, Then got another about 1978 was gold and wrote the thing off on black ice went through a wall and into a field, was ok though. I wanted one when i was about 19 Dad went mad and said i'd kill myself so put a block on it, BUT i pursaded a mate to buy one ! We had that car Oooh four hours before we went through a bus shelter backwards luckily there was no bus due and we lived to tell the tale of the Ford Capri !

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Got a lift home in a Capri from the 'Valley Lodge' nightclub near Manchester Airport in the early nineties with a couple of dodgy slappers, at 40 mph she put the car up on the embankment and on to its roof, it rolled a couple of times and came o rest on the road, nearly got hit by a big BMW coming the other way but luckily it had ABS and avoided us and stopped, there in the back with my mate, car upside down, the sound (and smell) of fuel escaping, his *** had fell out and was burning through the headlining so I squashed it with my hand, booted the back window out (the curved one) and we got out, about ten gallons of petrol followed us.

She turned out to be 3 times over the limit and well known to Police, no license, tax mot or insurance, we were a bit more choosy in future, they were both mingers as well, we only wanted a lift, just before we crashed she suggested we go to a 'Shabeen' is Moss Side, apparently this is an illegal drinking den in one of the more colourful areas of Manchester, hmm, wonder how long two clueless middle class drunken white boys would have lasted ?

This was not the first time I nearly died in a Capri.

Jap2Scrap

How much you looking for Andy? I'm looking for something to run to work and back on the Mway and I'd not hesitate to have another Capri.

Ringpeas

Some interesting stats

http://www.fordcapri.co.uk/mk3/standarduk/3000xspec.htm
http://www.fordcapri.co.uk/mk3/standarduk/3000spec.htm
http://www.fordcapri.co.uk/mk3/stand...pri28ispec.htm