retroglam

[V6MAT]

does this take your fancy?

 

1970 MK1 FORD CAPRI PICK UP

 

 

SIDE PIPES

 

WOLF RACE WHEELS WITH GENERAL GRABBER TYRES

 

GALLON BEER BARREL FUEL TANK

 

CHROME JAG IRS

 

CUSTOM PAINT WORK NOT TO BE MISSED

 

PINK DRAYLON INTERIOR

 

COCKTAIL CABINET IN THE BACK OF CAR

 

3.1 ESSEX V6 ENGINE

 

WINNER OF MANY TROPHYS

[caprinerd]

and granny rear lights, and port holes as well how retro can you get

[prefectopop]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm

[over_head_cam]

That was the style then. I'm quite happy to say that not all of the modifying fashions have stayed with us

[caprinerd]

yep i remember it all well cam man and have to agree with ou there but back then you would be the coolest car on the street wonder if its got the red light to shine on the axle as well

[Retro-gone.]

i want it !

wether it fits in with todays 'fashion' doesnt matter to me.

[countrybumpkin]

if it didnt look some quality workmanship had gone in to it i'd say 'pimp my ride' had struck again

[Stu_B]

I love to do a modern take on something like this!

It's kind of what I plan to do with my Cortina, similar stance but with taste

[KEVSWAYV6]

Back in the day when it was done it was so 'Coooool'.

But thing's have moved on, some people will say "Thank god".

In the end I bet it turned heads wherever it went, good luck to the fella.

 

I'd like to know where it is now?......anybody.......

[Rick]

its god awful imo

 

but must have been worth the effort back in the day else it wouldnt have been done, obviously the result of alot of hard work whatever way you look at it

[Stu_B]

It is godawfull.... but imagine if you removed the porthole & bar, fluffy interior... well basically removed all the crap!! Paint it a decent colour but keep the stance & the barrel fuel tank... I'd drive it

[Copey]

It is godawfull.... but imagine if you removed the porthole & bar, fluffy interior... well basically removed all the crap!! Paint it a decent colour but keep the stance & the barrel fuel tank... I'd drive it

 

agreed, get rid of the tackey bits and spray it a good colour and it would look hard as nails!! the stance is awesome

[caprinerd]

back in the day it would have been a work of art and if you went to the chelsea cruise the place would have been plastered with cars looking like this

[CrazyCharlie]

with out all the tat that is the nuts

[Retro-gone.]

proper customising, not just slappin a set of wheels and lowering blocks on.

i wonder if any of the 70's custom builders are still around .

[oldbus]

......not everybody thought it was cool back in those days either and things haven´t changed much.

 

I respect all the hard work gone into it and would never slag it off but.........

[Stu_B]

......not everybody thought it was cool back in those days either and things haven´t changed much.

 

I respect all the hard work gone into it and would never slag it off but.........

 

Ha this ain't retro rides...

 

Say what you think man

[Trevmk3]

i like the fact they kept the lines of the car by just taking the bootlid off and not chopping the rear of the roof and pillars off without the tat and micky mouse i would have it, love the barrel fuel tank

[Retro-gone.]

thing is with me i like things that have '1970's' written allova em, wether it be cars, motorcycles, pushbikes or even toys, to me its immaterial wether they 'fit in' with todays stuff, i grew up in the 70's and had a fantastic childhood, my brothers had proper custom cars back then and for a young lad like me it was a huge thrill to see all these fancy cars lined up, i couldnt care less about what other people think, if i had the chance of a genuine 70's custom capri again id snap it up

 

this is my old capper from 1978-9 (for those of you that havent seen it)

[Chris!]

nice wheelbarrow on the bonnet

[Retro-gone.]

lol yeah, i taught my wife to drive in that car and she had to drive wiv her head on a side cos she couldnt see over tha bonnet

 

i admit it was over the top, even back then, but i loved it.