HJN 464N Resto From Sm Classic Cars

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Post by elliecharlie2008 »

hi all
been a bit behind with my updates of whats in at the min and whats happening
its been a mad few months and there is plenty more coming in so thats a good thing
there is lots in at the min hence the putting the trim bits back on this one at home then putting it back in the garage on a night lol
i need a bigger unit 2 years ago i thought i was way to big for what i needed now i could do with one three times the size lol

so..
this belongs to young luke on here (capri2s) from essex some of you may know him
he asked me to have a look and see what i thought and what options were avalible
to be honest the car metal wise was very good with only two bits needing cutting out and replacing with new
the under side is in very good condition along with the roof
the passenger front edge of the wing was mostly fibre glass and bits of paper
so it was decided to take it to the paint shop and do the few bits there and cracking on with her
it was complete when it came to me i forgot to take some pictures im sure luke will add some
all the chrome work was stripped
the weather seals and glass were left in just in case it rained on the way over along with some of the interior bits

the couple of bits were cut out and new sections welded in
the front passenger wing was rebuilt with new metal(not an easy job i can tell you)but definatly worth the effort
bother rear quarter panels at the rears had seen some filler action from scrapes and bumps ans was as ripperly as it comes so that was removed and redone an smoothed out
the boot lid had its fair share of dents on the lower part only small ones but that was smoothed off
the pictures will do most of the talking lol

this is when i stripped it ready to go over
.....note the seven different shades of rattle can paint lol

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the two bits i cut out and replaced they were bubberling through the paint it was just filler over rust

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years of filler repairs on the rear wings

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on with the dents/smoothing

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for some reason the car had side indicators not sure why but the holes were welded up
this area was full of micro blisters so it was taken back it had little dots of damp under the primers causing it
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more smoothing out

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on with the primer and etch prime :D :D
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and the correct color from the vin tag ;)
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and the paint goes on
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didnt get to many of it whilst painted they dont like you in the booth for dust reasons lol

de masking taped
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day after i went in where it was warm and started refitting some of the bits

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the chrome looks really well against the color

and back home
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started re fitting some of the chrome strips today along with the inner rear plastics
i need some more little clips for the next lot
tomorrow ill get on with the bumpers and the mass of electrical wires every where from previous alarms and stereos its all coming out and starting a fresh
ill get some more piccys then
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Post by Lez1962 »

Hello Steve,
I'm loving the colour probably not to everyone's taste tho. A good job done as usual nice to see you keeping busy.
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Hi Steve.

Thanks for posting up these pictures mate. As ever superb work in progress here. That colour is fantastic Steve.

How the dickens do you make sense of all that wiring :shock:

Can't wait to see it when its all done. Luke is a lucky fellow. He's gonna have one tasty Capri there.

Once again excellent work Steve. Nice one :D

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Lez1962 wrote:Hello Steve,
I'm loving the colour probably not to everyone's taste tho. A good job done as usual nice to see you keeping busy.
Les.
cheers les
yeh i like the color its original to the car and looks really well with the chrome going on its one of them like yours the pictures just dont do it justice lol

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Fordoholic Nick wrote:Hi Steve.

Thanks for posting up these pictures mate. As ever superb work in progress here. That colour is fantastic Steve.

How the dickens do you make sense of all that wiring :shock:

Can't wait to see it when its all done. Luke is a lucky fellow. He's gonna have one tasty Capri there.

Once again excellent work Steve. Nice one :D

All the best

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cheers nick
yeh ive fallen behind with my pictures and updates but im starting to catch up now
when i get a spare hour ill upload anupans 2.8 progress hes the one that had a thread looking for a 2.8 under the wanted section we finally found him one
as for the wiring its just a case of if its not ford then it comes out there is just a mass of crap that either dosnt work or its not wired up right everntually something will short and catch fire lol so its all coming out

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Post by Andrew 2.8i »

Hi Steve,
Love the colour, it really stands out.
Great work returning another Capri to it's former glory.

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Great colour looking forward to seeing that finished :D

Top work again :applaud:

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Hi Steve

That's going to look great once finished...excellent work as usual... :D

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Looks great, really like the colour.

Have to say the Mk2 has grown on me over the years. Think I might fancy having one someday. Certainly appear to be less common than even the Mk1.

I know this may be a weird thing to have noticed, but the aerial is on the driver's wing. Aren't they usually on the passenger side wings? Any ideas why that might be?

Always good to see a Capri being kept alive, and to a very good standard at that :cheers:

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Post by Linky »

Looking good, I do like the mk2. Have a mate that used to have a green mk2 3.0 that had an issue going in a straight line!!

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MattMe wrote:Looks great, really like the colour.

Have to say the Mk2 has grown on me over the years. Think I might fancy having one someday. Certainly appear to be less common than even the Mk1.

I know this may be a weird thing to have noticed, but the aerial is on the driver's wing. Aren't they usually on the passenger side wings? Any ideas why that might be?

Always good to see a Capri being kept alive, and to a very good standard at that :cheers:

Cheers,
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Looks great, this is the colour that comes to mind when I think of mk2 Ghias, with the all tan trim, with matching tan dash!
The S front spoiler finishes it off too.

My dads mk2 had a manual aerial on the drivers side/offside wing but don't know if this was the standard issue.

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thankyou for all the comments
im still waiting on some bits to finish her off so no real updates as such
as for the ariel im not sure i only normally do mk3 models but it looks to be ford fitment and im sure one of the mates mk2 is on that side lol
hopefully over the next few days ill have more pictures
ive just got in a brooklands turbo too so ill get a thread up on that too

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here are some before pictures the owner sent me i did have them but deleted them by mistake
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as you can see by the photos the car is several shades in places with years of rattle can spray etc

these are the bits i cut out as per photos above
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you can see the filler here and at the bottom that was all fibre glass now new metal
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in the background you can see anupans 2.8 im building at the min
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and the some sneaky piccys of the 280 turbo that came the other day

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Hi Steve

Looks like the Capri work is streaming in you might need to take on more staff just to keep up....

Sure they'll look great once done, looking forward to the updates.... :D

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Looks spot on that Steve :D
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Bertie wrote:Hi Steve

Looks like the Capri work is streaming in you might need to take on more staff just to keep up....

Sure they'll look great once done, looking forward to the updates.... :D

Des
cheers des
yeh im getting more and more enquirys now which is good as i dont really advertise other than these threads and a unstarted website lol

trouble is with taking someone on its trusting them with the cars

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