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So I got a one owner 73 capri back in 2019, After getting some crazy quotes for the bodywork here in Denver CO, I decided to tackle the work myself, this changed the nature of the project from restoration to more of a life extension. Small car port style garage that the wife use to drive into when s...

Print Magazines? how 90s!

What? go and tell him he lost? when he was playing golf? shit you'd get hit so hard with the golf club it might even knock ALL the rust off a Capri!

He will always be addressed Mr President for the rest of this life.

Yeah that poor fellow that had to go out and tell him PA was stolen.

Whats wrong with buying the US one (patriotism and all that not withstanding but we are talkin capri parts here :xd: get em where you find em ) .....wouldnt waste any time tho , they are lookin good for another civil war ........what an arsehole , cant believe in that country, with soooo many nutte...

Anyone happen to know what sort of wheels these are? https://www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/6790688073 pretty smart looking on the Three.

Michael

Nice rims! Zero offset? you tried them on a car yet?

Michael

I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I'm unable to find an answer. MK1 Capri Wheels: I fancy putting a set of 15s onto my Capri, What offset will I need for 7 Inch wheels? Also If I go down the route of bigger front disks or disks all round later, do these conversions move the wheels ou...

If its like a usual UK Capri, just drive it about this winter after the gritters have been out, soon when the floor mounts collapse through the floor you should then be able to pick the seat up and reposition it where it best suits! gravity acting upon your bodymass should hold it in place.

Have a go mate , there is nothing complicated , might be a bit fiddly needle roller wise . Take pix of the disassbly process, thread parts onto a bit of wire to keep them in order and swap old bits for new . Bobs yer auntie :) Normally I would have a go, but the car is needing a lot of bodywork, in...

Ye well to be honest the plan is to get the bits for the box syncro rings, bearings, seals etc and whatever input shaft is required and get a local gearbox professor to do the work, I dont much fancy messing with the layshaft unless I was going to have installed a long 1st gear. Shoot, project creep...

Surely if the input shaft has a different amount of teeth you would also need the matching lay gear ? :) One would assume so, thats why I am trying to ensure that I obtain a longer input shaft for the V6 with the same number of teeth as the LIMA one thats coming out, I'd rather not mess about with ...

So, as far as I can workout, the LIMA input shaft is not short ala Pinto or Long 2.8, its somewhere in between. So now trying to figure out how many teeth the T9 as fitted to the XR4Ti has on its input shaft, if its 19 I'm good to go with a 2.8 shaft, if its 18 then I need to finds me a 2.3 Cologne ...

Its a tricky thing to answer- whether a version of the type 9 gearbox made for a 2.3 Lima cylinder engine that wasnt sold in the UK would fit a 2.6 Cologne engine. Safest response. buy a type 9 gearbox from a 2.8i with its standard bellhousing. Ensure clutch driven plate on the 2.6 engine is compat...

Thanks Bug One point I failed to mention and its quite important for getting the full picture, the XR4Ti in the states did not have a V6 engine, it had a Lima 2.3 straight 4, which features a different bellhouse pattern from the V6, and a different size input shaft. So I'm wondering will the current...

Good day all. I'm planning to take a few Capri bits back to the States with me when this Corona drama is over, to for my project 1973 Mercury Capri that has a V6 2.6 engine. The engine is coming out of the car due to bodywork issues and will be sent to a workshop for a rebuild, the plan after that i...

Good day. Tried to remove the rear quarter window chrome trim on my MK1 Capri, facelift model with opening rear quarter windows, removed all the screws etc, but some sort of clip appears to be holding in the rear part of the trim onto the body, the trim is in VGC so I am loathed to damage it with fo...