Dans Capri II project.
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 9:06 pm
Hello Capri forum!
My names Dan, I live on the south coast of the U.K. not too far from Sunny Portsmouth. I’m a life long Capri lover and this is my current project.
This story actually begins in 2001. I was an old Ford fanatic right back even in my school kid years, the Capri was the object of my affections. Of course in the 90’s and even early 00’s Capri’s weren’t exactly the most popular of cars but I still loved them!
I left school in 2001 and vowed to finally get the car I always promised myself!
Which actually turned out to be pretty simple. Literally just around the corner from home a pair of Capri’s turned up on the roadside with for sale signs in the windows. It was meant to be!!
The first car was a 71 mk1 1.6XL, this was the car I really wanted, but I couldn’t afford the £700 asking price so I looked at the other car...
This was a 74 mk2 1.6L. At the princely sum of £100 for a taxed and mot’d Capri I phoned the seller, arranged a viewing that evening and then went to have a proper look at it with my dad (and my £100 in hand!). I won’t lie, the car had it’s fair share of problems but even in 2001 it was an old car so it was to be expected. I handed over the cash and dad drove the old nail home with me as passenger. I didn’t even have a driving license at the time (Sept 01) but you can imagine how ecstatic I was at having grabbed my dream car at that age!
So, what did £100 buy me? Well...
At first glance, not half bad! I’d scored an early Capri, with lots of original features still. It ran well, it drove ok and it stopped ok. It had tax and mot still too.
The downsides were that it had been vandalised, one door and rear quarter having been booted in. It was also in dire need of some tlc as it’d clearly not been serviced or looked after for some years. It was a local car from new and had one owner before the guy I got it from (who himself only owned it a few weeks) so I think it’s first owner had simply gotten old and couldn’t keep it up together any more. It was also rather rusty!
My names Dan, I live on the south coast of the U.K. not too far from Sunny Portsmouth. I’m a life long Capri lover and this is my current project.
This story actually begins in 2001. I was an old Ford fanatic right back even in my school kid years, the Capri was the object of my affections. Of course in the 90’s and even early 00’s Capri’s weren’t exactly the most popular of cars but I still loved them!
I left school in 2001 and vowed to finally get the car I always promised myself!
Which actually turned out to be pretty simple. Literally just around the corner from home a pair of Capri’s turned up on the roadside with for sale signs in the windows. It was meant to be!!
The first car was a 71 mk1 1.6XL, this was the car I really wanted, but I couldn’t afford the £700 asking price so I looked at the other car...
This was a 74 mk2 1.6L. At the princely sum of £100 for a taxed and mot’d Capri I phoned the seller, arranged a viewing that evening and then went to have a proper look at it with my dad (and my £100 in hand!). I won’t lie, the car had it’s fair share of problems but even in 2001 it was an old car so it was to be expected. I handed over the cash and dad drove the old nail home with me as passenger. I didn’t even have a driving license at the time (Sept 01) but you can imagine how ecstatic I was at having grabbed my dream car at that age!
So, what did £100 buy me? Well...
At first glance, not half bad! I’d scored an early Capri, with lots of original features still. It ran well, it drove ok and it stopped ok. It had tax and mot still too.
The downsides were that it had been vandalised, one door and rear quarter having been booted in. It was also in dire need of some tlc as it’d clearly not been serviced or looked after for some years. It was a local car from new and had one owner before the guy I got it from (who himself only owned it a few weeks) so I think it’s first owner had simply gotten old and couldn’t keep it up together any more. It was also rather rusty!