The Ford Capri Laser Page

Sounds like an additive might be the way to go initially anyway, keep life simple!

The DVLC history check is a great idea too, I'll keep that in mind, all I'm missing is a car to go and view!

In the process of getting the Haynes Manual through the magic of ebay, will keep an eye to for the Ford service manual too..

If your interested in the gold 3.0 Ghia one, PM me & i'll pass on the contact details of the seller as he is a mate of mine.

I'm off to a show very shortly but I'll be back this evening

Many thanks, hope the show was good!

No problem, everyone has given you great sound advice so whatever car you choose I'm sure you will be more clued up than many.

Show was a top day out thanks & topped off with an unexpected excellent result

Right well a Haynes Manual is winging its way to me, can't wait to get my hands on it.

This has cropped recently and I'd love to get some professional opinions from you fine people!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/capri-2-8-inj ... 3641.l6368

I think I can see some rust bubbling in the engine bay already but I'd love to hear people's thoughts on it anyway..

ssornai wrote:I think I can see some rust bubbling in the engine bay already but I'd love to hear people's thoughts on it anyway.

Hi,
There is definitely rust bubbling from around the strut top reinforcement on the driver's side. I think it's fair to say that it's probably worse under the surface than it appears from the outside.
In saying that, the car is possibly still worth going to view to inspect thoroughly.
I'll stick my neck out and say that, in my opinion, the buy-it-now price seems high.

Andrew.

Cheers Andrew, was thinking the same. I suppose if the bubbles are that obvious there could be a lot more lurking underneath!
There seems to be a serious shortage of specials for sale from where I'm looking!

ssornai wrote:There seems to be a serious shortage of specials for sale from where I'm looking!

Good things come to those who wait.......
The rust on that Special could be nothing, or it could be the start of a whole heap of trouble. The only way to tell would be to thoroughly inspect the car in person.

Andrew.

Hello again all!

Still searching for the dream car!!

Quick question..

just wondering what to look out for to tell if a car has been damaged by not using a fuel additive if it hasn't been converted to run on unleaded.
Are there any obvious or even not so obvious signs that would point to damaged valves/seals or anything else?

Thanks in advance

Success!

Delighted to announce I’m now the proud owner of a beautiful ‘86 black injection special. Looking forward to annoying everyone with questions over the coming months!

ssornai wrote:Success!

Delighted to announce I’m now the proud owner of a beautiful ‘86 black injection special. Looking forward to annoying everyone with questions over the coming months!

Put some pics up when you can

Hi,
Nice one!
As Andy wrote, it would be great to see some photos of your pride and joy!

Andrew.

Delighted to!

Excuse the stupidity but how does one upload a photo on here?

ssornai wrote:Excuse the stupidity but how does one upload a photo on here?

Hi,
You need to upload them first to a photohosting site. There are plenty of free ones available on the internet, I use Flickr.
Once you have uploaded the photos, the sites provide some text to copy and paste onto forums. Your photos should then display in your post.

I look forward to seeing some photos.

Andrew.

ssornai wrote:Delighted to!

Excuse the stupidity but how does one upload a photo on here?

Here you go -

This assumes you have a pic on your computer (for example on your desktop) already -

1. Go to https://postimages.org/ (you do not have to be a member or login)
2. Click Choose Images
3. Browse to the pic you wish to use and double click it (or click once and click Open)
4. Copy the Direct Link in the list (i.e. click the symbol on the right or highlight it and press Control-c)
5. Open up a new message window on here (as if to type your reply/new message, or whatever, as you normally would)
6. Type your message and when done click the Img button and then press Control-v (this will paste the link you previously copied in step 4)
7. Press Preview to see how it will look or Submit, and you're done.

I am watching and can not wait for the pictures pbar Great Answer to how to post up pictures .

Great thanks!

Will stick up a few photos as soon as I can!

Great to hear you have aquired a car and looking forward to seeing the photos at some stage.

Finally got around to uploading a few photos but still haven't quite figured out how to get them directly on here but will keep playing around, for now here's a link to Flickr which will hopefully work!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/138453052 ... ed-public/

It's a 1986 2.8 injection special, about 80k miles most of which were done in it's first 10-15 years and then minded ever since it seems.

Never restored inside or out but it seems to be in fantastic condition for 31 years old, a few rusty bits in the engine bay as you can see but nothing structural.

Finally finished all the importing, tax, insurance and NCT tests just in time for December, oh well

What a lovely looking car. Bet you're pleased with it.

You say you've imported it, where have you imported it to?

Thanks, I'm delighted! Even got a small concrete ramp built so it won't scrape going into our garage!

It came from Northern Ireland, we're living down in the the republic so didn't have to bring it far but all the import paperwork and tax is a pain.
You can look forward to a stream of technical questions appearing shortly in the Q&A section

Really looks nice so your sleeping in the garage for the rest of the year .