The Ford Capri Laser Page

Knowing how much effort went into the book & the subject matter being on my wavelength, its one of those books I need to take my time to read & absorb it properly, in stages of course ;) …. even I cant eat an elephant in one sitting :xd: I'm confident I will read it quicker than it took to w...

Did I dream it or were there more Mk3 3.0 Ghia's made / sold than 3.0 S's ?

Could be Rioja fuelled beffuddleness

I do indeed have your book Steve, the posh version at that too …… though sadly I have had precious little time to get very far into it, it will however not be an ornament, I will get to it properly one of these days

Have to agree, one of the reasons I sort out a mk3 Ghia over a "S" model was the look & feel of the interior, so pleased when I found my 81 Cobalt Blue with blue Verona interior

Quality

Never realised it was one mans idea, fair play to him for the manuals, they have helped many including myself over the years & befuddled a few too

ESSEXV6ESSEX wrote:38 years old today.

38 years ago my car was first registered so to celebrate I am going to buy some parts. Not sure what yet but something.

Congratulations mate

Another month & Biscuit will also be 38 on March 10th

Happy to help mate, if the carb performs half as good as it looks when its done, you should be fine

let us know how you get on

I bought a brand new one from a very reputable UK dealer when mine was undergoing its little cough, err polish up :shock: , cough , no slight on them intended. It was brand new & regardless of which mixture or adjustment screw was wound all the way in or out, it made bugger all difference, selle...

I bought a second hand Weber 38 DGAS off a chap on this forum about 12 months ago & sent it here https://www.weber-carbs.co.uk/ Made a real nice job of refurbing it, I cant tell you if it works as I bought it as a spare so its not been fitted, hopefully never. drop him an e-mail or call him, he ...

I'd take the squeaky voice if I could keep his car collection Steve

Meant to say before, nice write up in the mag

I had to look twice, thought it was Chris Evans

I'll forgive you

I haven't watched it for years, too bloody depressing, even the wife hasn't watched it for 5 years plus, it gets instantly switched over should it accidently find itself sullying our screen

AAAGGGHHHHHH couldn't resist, you made me watch East enders !!!!!

Thanks for posting this, all set to record

That's my childhood being retired

End of another aviation era

I was waiting for your sagely thoughts Martin :D I have to agree too, apparently they put new arches on all round, a good proper fix but if originality was the brief, I know from personal experience that existing arches can be mostly retained (level of rot depending) but its time consuming. Overall ...

When SWMBO has been out, its not unknown for the dishwasher to have been used for the odd item to have found its way through a cycle

Nothing to see here, moving along

Thanks for the heads up, channel 144 on sky all set to record

If you could bottle the genuine 1984 air in the tyres Martin that would be another £20 on the Bay of Thieves perhaps :D :D :D People see a once desirable old Ford & think its worth lots :banghead: :banghead: I look at things like that and see scrapper but there's not even that many really good ...