The Ford Capri Laser Page

That is a bit vague, but here's how I see it. When I bought mine it was in fair condition bodywork wise, but a mess mechanically, albeit it was texed and MOT'd. I paid 4K for it, with a private plate included which although means nothing to me is worth about 2K. Having been resprayed, and engine, bo...

Loving this car!!!!! I wasnt sure on the white wall tyres to start with but as I looked through the pictures they grew on me!! :)VERY NICE!! sadly the engine bay pics with the cologne engine are not loading for me!

Nice work though. the car is a credit to you!!

Check the inner track control arm bushes, worn inner bushes if they were bad enough could be the cause of your steering wobble, and if it pulls to the left or right on braking, can be mistaken for a brake problem too.

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same car?

Really? on its roof..... hope you wernt hurt mate! And don't do that to your Capri!!!!

. In true style though i ignored the list and painted the drums blue to cheer myself up :D I love this!! Im not much older than you and My first car was A Volkswagen Polo that I got for a bottle of Gin, It was pretty much the rust that was holding it together, and needed loads of work to get it on ...

turbo-mike wrote:wot colour grey or black as I have both
mike

Provided its a leather one how much would you want for the black one? The one on my 280 is frayed....

Cheers,

Stuart

WOW! How many miles has it actually done?

el28 wrote:

280Brooklands wrote:That is simply stunning!


Where you based?

thanks ........and im in london.

I guessed that it was low mileage....as from the pictures it still has the original Cinturato Pirelli's. Don think you can buy them any more??

Again though lovely car!!

That is simply stunning!


Where you based?

I didnt have to take the engine out but I wanted to so I could paint the engine bay, (see the pics with the engine out), and clean up the engine itself, paint the block, inlet manifold, manifolds, brackets, rocker covers etc etc etc.

Awesome car my friend! have you done much to it?

Would be great to see some interior and under the bonnet pictures!

Looks stunning!!

haha yeah I know, i didnt do a lot with it for a couple of years... priorites elsewhere (bought a house!!) but I didnt see the point in starting a new thread!

Cheers though, its been a labour of love........well sometimes!

So, it's been rather a long time since I updated any of this if I am honest, but at last the car is now complete again, and running well. Engine has beein completely stripped and rebuilt, engine bay painted, engine block and ancilliaries painted and cleaned, gearbox rebuilt, bonnet and tailgate pain...

Yeah thats a great help and much appreciated. Interestingly autodata reckons the Co2 should be 1.5+or- 0.2???

It certainly runs better a bit higher than that as you have suggested. I am presuming this is not overly rich causing a valve problem in the future?

Hi, I have a 280 Brooklands that I have restored. However I have run into a bit of an issue. The car began to run rough when hot, and when triving along the road the car was kangeroo'ing a bit when coasting along with no acceleration. Timing is bang on, I am thinking either warm up regulator or mixt...

And so the engine, engine bay and gear box clean up operation begins! http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8085/img1252largebu5.jpg http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/312/img1253largecr6.jpg http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/148/img1256largeul7.jpg http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3848/img1257largewb1.jpg ...

Were abouts in Scotland are you mate? lovely looking car that!! really is gorgeous. Could I have seen that in retro ford mag at one point perhaps?

Stuart

That looks really clean and tidy Nice tidy car. Any Plans for her?

Ooooh now that is stunning, Dr Brooklands standards without a doubt
Loving it Wish mine looked as fresh so close up!