Ford capri 1977 3.0s resto

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Ford capri 1977 3.0s resto

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

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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... :applaud:

All the best

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Re: newbie here from oldham

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Looks great. And welcome. Hope to see the car for real sometime, will you be going to shows?
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Re: newbie here from oldham

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Fordoholic Nick wrote: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... :applaud:

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 :doh:
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Re: newbie here from oldham

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pbar wrote: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
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Re: newbie here from oldham

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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,
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tazla wrote: Next year hopefully,classic ford,tatton park,thanks mel
Great stuff :)
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Re: newbie here from oldham

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Very nice , i like that you're keeping it all original too! :applaud:
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3 Litre Power wrote:Very nice , i like that you're keeping it all original too! :applaud:
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,
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Wow, impressed mate. Like the rest of your work, that engine looks stunning. Fancy doing mine ... ? :D
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Re: newbie here from oldham

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

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Re: newbie here from oldham

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Sorry Andrew megga late reply :oops: 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,Image Image I'll check the loom and retape it ,I've baremetalled the prop Image Image etch primed it Image 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 :headscratch: :( Image Image Image Image Image ,I think the loom needed to come out ,botched over the years Image,then thought balls to it might as well take the dash outImage ImageImage job done,I'm prepping the floors and repainting them this week,pics to follow cheers mel
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Re: newbie here from oldham

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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 :(
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Re: newbie here from oldham

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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
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Re: newbie here from oldham

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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
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Re: newbie here from oldham

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tazla wrote: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!

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Re: newbie here from oldham

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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 Image stripped it down Image Image etched Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image hope I can get it back together haha,
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Re: newbie here from oldham

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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, Image Image Image Image Image cleaned up a few bits to take to the zinc fella Image ,getting there
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Re: newbie here from oldham

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Looking god mel :D
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Ta mucka :)
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