The Ford Capri Laser Page

..judging by the number of lime green/yellow/orange escorts I've seen on the a14 today.

Anyone going? I might go to watch the rwyb tomorrow.

3 months since my last update! Thats so bad! I didnt touch it for 2 months, too busy, but now the sun is out over the easter holidays and Im dying to finish it in time for summer... http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k123/ovide88/DSCI1117.jpg Back to work on that sill. http://i87.photobucket.com/albu...

2 months till CRAP and my capri is in more pieces than ever!

Daisy, you're too amazing!

The small terminal in the middle is output for the leccy antenna. The bigger terminals either side of that are perm live and ignition live, but cant remember which way round. And on the far right is earth if you can see that it connects to the casing.

I had 15x8 et4 all round. 205/50 was fine, but 225/50 rubbed sometimes. I can't see the extra 4mm offset you're talking about being a problem with 195s.

I'll be adding the optional tilt sensor to my cat 1 alarm. My capri has been towed a couple of times and the alarm didn't go off. Then at least me or a neighbour is going to notice if it gets lifted. Even just to prevent expensive wheels getting nicked, not that I have any, yet.

Its like a baby mustang convertible! I like. Looks tonnes better than a roofless mk3.

I bet someone was having fun before that happened. When I was at school, we convinced the bus driver to try make it wheel spin with about 90 kids onboard. He revved it up and hit drive. I was expecting something to break, I guess i was kinda disapointed when nothing happened and then it started pull...

Yeah Dave... So the cam will be different, and thats chain driven so needs swapping over too.

Sound like fun. Do it. If the car is used daily, then it wont even notice 1000miles. Wont hurt to take a toolbox though. In '08 me and Beakster did 4000miles with our capris. France, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Ibiza and back in 17 days with only a couple of minor issues. Then in '09 I took my capri...

The polys are really easy to fit and remove because they come in 2 halves. The HD rubber are a single piece and need ramming through and i've never managed to do it without them getting mangled up. I've changed my TCA bushes way too many times. My capri was eating through them mega fast because of t...

I agree Tom. I used to love it but the last series or 2 have gone downhill. Its just getting tedious and seems like its become a parody of itself. Some of the features they've done this series made me wonder if id accidentely switched over to some low budget car show on sky 3. I'll still watch it th...

So Micky, I guess you're still living in the wrong neighbourhood to own a capri?

Dave, I had the "340truck tape" on my wing too, its kind of fashionable now. :xd: How you finding your 2.9? Is it the lame version like my granny with the cats and the 5800rpm rev limiter to protect the hydraulic tappets? I say lame but its got 5 tonnes of torque which is perfect on an aut...

Daisy, I havent seen you for ages either!

Thanks Simon, for reminding me of a really irritating austin related song. Just for that, you have to endure it too...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNCAcKybSfE

Thats upsetting to see all the american metal crumple like foil. I guess the reason is, because they have a seperate chassis instead of being monocoque, the body has no structual strength designed into it, not even to carry its own weight, and the chassis, probably better described as 2 scaffold pol...

10 years? Thats only 10 salty icey winters! :xd: I think all the hardcore capri addicts who want to be driving capris in 10 years time will be. As far as classic cars go, capris are still young and there are much older classics on the roads. But whats obvious now is the number of daily driven capris...

Shooting Stars! More oldskool british comedy I havent seen before!