Ford capri 1977 3.0s resto

[tazla]

Hi thought id join in, im in the middle of a resto,a few pics of what ive been up to , [/URL[URL=http://s131.photobucket.com/user/meltaz ... F.jpg.html]] just needs a repaint then shove back together

[Fordoholic Nick]

Hi mate,

Welcome to the forum

Thanks for posting up pics of your resto...WOW ! That looks absolutely stunning so far...cant wait to see the finished article. That engine is simply awesome...nice one !

Good luck with the rest of it but you obviously know what you are doing looking at the quality of your work...stunning...

All the best

Nick

[pbar]

Looks great. And welcome. Hope to see the car for real sometime, will you be going to shows?

[tazla]

Hi mate,

Welcome to the forum

Thanks for posting up pics of your resto...WOW ! That looks absolutely stunning so far...cant wait to see the finished article. That engine is simply awesome...nice one !

Good luck with the rest of it but you obviously know what you are doing looking at the quality of your work...stunning...

All the best

Nick

Cheers nick,itl be finished for next summer,just needs a good paint job,then shoved on stands,all suspension taken off,refurbed,paint the underside,shoved back on,put it all back. together, as easy as that

[tazla]

Looks great. And welcome. Hope to see the car for real sometime, will you be going to shows?

Next year hopefully,classic ford,tatton park,thanks mel

[Andrew 2.8i]

Hi Mel,
Welcome to the forum.
Superb work!
When you put it back together it's going to be better than new.
Keep up the good work,
Andrew.

[pbar]

Next year hopefully,classic ford,tatton park,thanks mel

Great stuff

[3 Litre Power]

Very nice , i like that you're keeping it all original too!

[tazla]

Very nice , i like that you're keeping it all original too!

Cheers, im trying to keep it original,but struggling,like the servo is a mk3 2.8 item,but i need a girling servo and master cylinder,hard to get hokd of,ive got the mk2 reservoir bottle and red cap,but it doesnt fit the newer brake set up,

[Caprifan Rob]

Wow, impressed mate. Like the rest of your work, that engine looks stunning. Fancy doing mine ... ?

[Andrew 2.8i]

Hi,
Your zinc plated parts look amazing.
Did you do the zinc plating yourself? If so, what plating equipment did you use?

All the best,
Andrew.

[tazla]

Sorry Andrew megga late reply a company near me does it for me cheap,
I've not done nowt for months,but made another start ,took headlining out,wiring loom out, I'll check the loom and retape it ,I've baremetalled the prop etch primed it and on inspection it looks as though the prop was black but the ends and a few other bits were a cast colour and a few bolts were light blue,so me being me ,I think the loom needed to come out ,botched over the years ,then thought balls to it might as well take the dash out job done,I'm prepping the floors and repainting them this week,pics to follow cheers mel

[MattMe]

Looking good there. It's going to be a stunner when you've got it all back together.

I'm North Manchester - do you mind sharing where you had the zinc plating done, if you'd recommend them?

Do you have a new headlining or just take your old one out carefully? I've got to get a new one for mine because it ripped

[tazla]

Thanks,I'll get you the number and address,its in Oldham,they're really good,I carefully too k the original roo f lining out

[tazla]

Oldham electro plating argyle street ,they won't take parts which are really rusty,uv e got go clean em up a bit,cheers mel

[Andrew 2.8i]

on inspection it looks as though the prop was black but the ends and a few other bits were a cast colour and a few bolts were light blue

Hi,
In case you weren't aware, the blue paint on the bolts indicates that they are high tensile grade 10.9. Worth knowing if you're replacing them with new ones and are repainting them to match the originals. It's best to replace them with an identical grade, not 8.8 or stainless bolts.
Keep up the good work, the bits and bobs are looking good!

Andrew.

[tazla]

I did t kno that Andrew,I'm going to paint the bolts,I painted the last ones on a resto,the exact match is ford monza blue , I've took the sunroof out,as it has surface rust on the underside and framing/mechanism,so stripped it down etched hope I can get it back together haha,

[tazla]

Floors were in good nick ,just a bit of surface rust,they were all done on the last resto years ago,so an easy job to freshen up, cleaned up a few bits to take to the zinc fella ,getting there

[CapriLee]

Looking god mel

[tazla]

Ta mucka