I used to have a book on Capris that iirc said that the S suspension was very slightly uprated from standard pinto specs. I lent the book to the guy I got the black S from & he lost it - or his wifey binned it.
Not in any way biased here but the S in black was/is always the best for bodywork. When a customer ordered one in black the factory QC bloke (I'm confident it would not have been a woman) checked the available white cars, picked out the one with the best paint finish & sent it back through to be resprayed in black. Only the transmission tunnel underneath was left white.
Both mine have single leaves under the back.
When did the "S" become a Laser?
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Re: When did the "S" become a Laser?
Oh its a joke isnt it.. when did the S become a Laser?
In the multileaf spring of 1984.
In the multileaf spring of 1984.
I'm the one who leaves all those shoes in the carriageway.
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Re: When did the "S" become a Laser?
Confession time - I was wrong. Just looked under mine and that's got single leafs as well!
Funny really as my 1981 3.0 S has multi -leaves but I hasten to add that will not be for much longer.
Funny really as my 1981 3.0 S has multi -leaves but I hasten to add that will not be for much longer.
Re: When did the "S" become a Laser?
I believe that to be true about a black ordered S, back in late 78 you could only get a black mk3 as an S when I had mine Soda blasted under the bonnet and underside the guy said to me was this car white once, and the leaf springs were up rated as I ordered new ones years ago and again they were a special ordernigecapri wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 5:19 pm I used to have a book on Capris that iirc said that the S suspension was very slightly uprated from standard pinto specs. I lent the book to the guy I got the black S from & he lost it - or his wifey binned it.
Not in any way biased here but the S in black was/is always the best for bodywork. When a customer ordered one in black the factory QC bloke (I'm confident it would not have been a woman) checked the available white cars, picked out the one with the best paint finish & sent it back through to be resprayed in black. Only the transmission tunnel underneath was left white.
Both mine have single leaves under the back.