The Ford Capri Laser Page

Just thought id share my new daily i just bought on ebay (unseen ) slightly risky but it was a bargain!

32000 miles from new.. 3 owners, super rare.. looks solid and mot history checks out.. so fingers crossed. Picking it up Wednesday

£400 - bargain! can always strip it for parts if it turns out to be a bag of w***

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Where did these all disappear to? That one looks to be in great condition & a bargain at £400, find another. Hope your gamble pays off.

Caprifan Rob wrote:Where did these all disappear to? That one looks to be in great condition & a bargain at £400, find another. Hope your gamble pays off.

dont think ive ever seen one myself. i like the stance/shape so thought why not! Hope it pays off to

They used to be a good comfortable car. Worked on quite a few over the years. This one looks nice and is the even rarer 3 door.

First job must be cambelt and water pump unless you have proof of it being done recently. Also check rear brakes as cylinders don't last long and rear brake shoe linings can become unbonded. Careful in buying replacements - Renault used 4 or 5 different manufacturers of brakes.

In a car park or similar try driving on full left and full right lock. Any clicking noise will be the cv joints. Exchange driveshafts used to be quite cheap if this problem is there.

Hope brake master cylinder is OK as they are a pig to get at if I remember rightly. If it has a sunroof the plastic guides used to break but Renault did a repair kit - don't know if they still will though.

Now that’s a bargain you could get your money back in spares .

Paul G wrote:They used to be a good comfortable car. Worked on quite a few over the years. This one looks nice and is the even rarer 3 door.

First job must be cambelt and water pump unless you have proof of it being done recently. Also check rear brakes as cylinders don't last long and rear brake shoe linings can become unbonded. Careful in buying replacements - Renault used 4 or 5 different manufacturers of brakes.

In a car park or similar try driving on full left and full right lock. Any clicking noise will be the cv joints. Exchange driveshafts used to be quite cheap if this problem is there.

Hope brake master cylinder is OK as they are a pig to get at if I remember rightly. If it has a sunroof the plastic guides used to break but Renault did a repair kit - don't know if they still will though.

Thanks for the heads up! Actually highlighted a few issue ive noticed....Cambelt and water pump probably needs doing (belts are quite dry and cracked)- think the brakes were done on MOT before last but will check them - there is a clicking noise on full lock so that will probably need doing lol - Came with a spare driveshaft so that's probably why! No sunroof thankfully!

going to get my mates dad to give it a good once over and put a new MOT on it so see what he says. Ran great all the way back from Southampton to Sheffield tho!

Only thing ive really noticed is it lacks power unless i shift down and keep the revs up. The wheels it has on at min are 16" (standards were 13") so maybe that is the issue?

Other than that im well happy with it for the money! so retro inside haha

Exchange recon driveshafts aren't very dear, here's one on ebay

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DRIVESHAFT-L ... xyhlJRdNJn

Paul G wrote:Exchange recon driveshafts aren't very dear, here's one on ebay

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DRIVESHAFT-L ... xyhlJRdNJn

Thanks Paul,

Already came with a spare tho! previous owner must have intended to sort it at some point

The Renault Passed the MOT with no advisories!

Had full service, brake fluid and cooling system flushed and its driving a dream. All in all with insurance/service/MOT and buying the thing i've spent just over £750. proper bargain.

NaisiaN wrote:The Renault Passed the MOT with no advisories!

Had full service, brake fluid and cooling system flushed and its driving a dream. All in all with insurance/service/MOT and buying the thing i've spent just over £750. proper bargain.

Brilliant news. Just proves you still can get legally on the road for comparitively little money.

Hope it gives you many years of service.

What a great result , the money you have saved you can put towards the new springs on the Capri .

NaisiaN wrote: All in all with insurance/service/MOT and buying the thing i've spent just over £750. proper bargain.

Motoring doesn't get more cost effective than that! Nice one!

Andrew.

Cheers all! might start dealing classics. Tempted to put it back on ebay for £12000+