IanW

I had a 2.0S for 4 months while an insurance claim was gonig through, bought it off a friend of mine who was a trader for £250, used it for 4 months, sold it for £650 for teh first person who came to see it!

the car was mint, had a full ford sevice history, and had only done 80k this was on a 1984 car about 4 years ago.

Paulo P

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that's 2 of my old cars that have turned up in the last week It still looks exactly the same as when I sold it Should have kept it seeing what they are going for now

andym172

I'm not too sure what they're currently going for to be honest so I've decided to stick it on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...501496420&rd=1

Should be interesting to see what it goes for

Jap2Scrap

No reserve eh? Hmmmm one to watch out for in 6 days time. Shame it ends while I'm at work though.

Hope you get a good price for it.. (not too good if I win it though!)

andym172

Yep, no reserve Could be an absolute bargain if I have memory loss in-between now and then...

Good luck if you choose to bid

2000STI7

I had some questions on Tickford performance since my post so see below the performance stats from Motor 'Son of Vantage' test April 7 1984. Stacks up very well for 20 years years ago, but not in the twisty bits!
Also why don't we get performance stats like this in current motor mags?

Paul.

Jap2Scrap

Erm, going up quickly isn't it...

Don't think I'll be having it somehow lol

CrisPDuk

Hey, I recognise that motor, didn't it turn up at my wedding last year



In fact I'm sure I was in it at the time

Tentenths

Andy

You can gain a reasonable idea as to how successful your auction is likely to be by keeping an eye of the number of "watchers" for your item.

I've just joined them, but I'm afraid I won't be bidding owing to lack of garage space and bittersweet memories of being hospitalised (the bitter bit) after rolling an ex gf's mum's (sweet ) 2.0S many years ago.

thecirsch

Got one sat next to the Scoob as I type, it's my third.

1. 1980 2.0S (First car)

2. 1986 1.6 Lazer (Run around)

3. 1986 1.6 (Current run around)

The third one has been known to turn up at Essex Scooby Crews' meets sometimes

SCOOBYD00

Dad had a Lazer & a 'JPS' Special... both written off.. something about the front end getting light.... Nice cars.... V8 one for me one day

Mr Scoob

I've owned 2 capris, a 1.6LS and a 2.0 lazer. Difficult to understand why Ford have never made a decent replacement for it.

Paulo P

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I agree with that! that's why they are going for so much these days. You can't really beat the sensation for the money

mmmiddy

You're not that binman who won the lottery are you? Old Lotto Lout from The Sun!

That's what his garden looks like

KJD Mk1

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Guilty as charged!! had a mk2 2.0 ghia but thinking back it wasnt such a bad car, a mate of mine used to have a 3 ltr and he done quite a few road rallys in it but he wrote it off after hitting a horse on the heads of the vallys.

639 SUB

Had a 1978 3.0S 71/2 RS alloys, lovely car
Followed by a 1985 2.8i faster away but less torque
Still wind my window down if i see one about

aez

Ive got a 2.8 script out for raceing and drifing, might be taking it to Doington in a few weeks for the last of the winter specials thats on. lots of rear drive fun yer!!!!!

day tripper

Capris are great fun cars to drive.

Had a 1.6 and 2.0 laser.

The 2.0 was destriped, with 16x7 multispokes n low profiel tyres, piper285 race/rally cam, k&n filter, twin webber 45 dcoe's, ashley straight through 4 branch exhaust system. Interior was the black with white stripes recaro style from a 3.0s and had a rare rs x pack 4 spoke steering wheel with minidisc. Suspension was koni adjustables all round with lowered and uprated springs, while the rear springs were converted to single leaf and 2.8i brake drums on the back.

Stripped and sold it in the end, it was like a big hole in my pocket, and just kept breaking down. One time the car kept running out of steam, turned out the exhaust pipe was pressing against the fuel line and was slowly burning through, pretty lucky it didnt explode. Great car, looked and drove great, although the electrics were crap.

wrxsmo

I've had 3 of them

Black 1975 MkII 1.6L (first car)
Black 1976 MkII 3.0 Ghia Manual
Blue 1983 2.8 Injection

3.0 was my fave & I learnt alot about car control with it (thru my own mistakes lol)

J4CKO

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About Ford never making a direct replacement, I seem to remember a few articles in Autocar about the 'new' Capri, a few concept pictures and even some specs but I havent heard or seen anything for some time, if BMW can flog piles of outsize Mini's and VW can sell the pig ugly and rubbish Beetle I reckon the world is ready for a new Capri, Ford US have done a retro styled new Mustang so a new Capri, that looks like a capri, goes well and is reasonably priced would do well, oh and it needs to be RWD or 4WD, Front wheel drive would not be a Capri.

To be honest though, the Concepts looked pretty ghastly.

Olly

Jacko

Ford HAS got a new Capri.

Like a 2.8i, its a front engined, rear wheel drive coupe with a decent sized boot that can seat 4 people in comfort. It's lovely to look at, great to drive, entertaining, comfortable to tour in, and costs thousands less than its competitors.

Its called a Mazda RX8.

MARK MORRIS

when i was looking for my first car it was a choice between a capri and a manta, the manta won, my father in law has had a few capris, 3.0 s, 2.8, 2.8 special and a 280, hes a bit of a ford man, had a mk 1 escort rs1600, mk rs 2000 and now rallies a gartrac mk 2 with a n/a cossie lump
mark

Catwoman

Had three Capri's, first car was a 1.6, then had two 2.8i, loved them. Wish I had owned a Tickford.

Jap2Scrap

On top of my 6 Capris I also had a 2.0GTE Manta. Was a really nice car and behaved itself more than the Capri but where's the fun in that? Oh, it did get me pulled for wheelspinning out of a junction! What sorta law is that?

Paulo P

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I had a couple of manta GTE's too both hatchbacks though

MARK MORRIS

i had a manta for 11 years, the first one had a 240 bhp 16 valve engine, the second was an i240, 2.4, lsd, loads of fun but sold it and my 97 scoob to get a p1
mark