waxdaddy Posted June 2, 2011 Report Posted June 2, 2011 Hi guys as im new here i thought i better show you my daily drive. A few years ago i was very drunk on new years eve and i bought a Crystal Blue 1987 Ford Capri 2.8 special on ebay. New years morning i was driving back from barnsley in it with what can only be described as a monumental head ache. It started a bit like this... Some might not like the fact it gets used and abused but why have a beast like this just to sit still in a garage eh? Its original 2.8 engine, rebuilt and with some nice powder coated bit attached. It was great however it developed some electrical problems and that was my perfect excuse for it bit of this... and this... in order to fit this... and to prove how abused it was, it spat this out... It eventually looked like this.. and this... but then this was a bit of a problem... but was solved by rewelding the filter arm. and then it got to this... Then i decided to rip out all of this.. and it looked a lot like this... and then like this.. and then like this.. then these arrived... and went onto these... Then i took a trip into here... and came out a bit like this... And then it got some of these... but ultimately decided it didn't want its sunroof any more so did this... and after it got plenty of 3m compounds and polished chucked at it... its looking quite a lot like this...
zetecmk2 Posted June 2, 2011 Report Posted June 2, 2011 bloody lovely that looks like the mazda 2/ fiesta paint that i want on the p100. looks great. ps...this is my 5000th post, better have a guinness to celebrate
waxdaddy Posted June 3, 2011 Author Report Posted June 3, 2011 what colour is that the ford rs focus one ? Yep certainly is, 3 stage pearl ultimate green
dacar Posted June 3, 2011 Report Posted June 3, 2011 Thats a cool motor and I liked the story unfolding.
NeilT Posted June 4, 2011 Report Posted June 4, 2011 WoW top work mate a lovely looking car very cool
qwerty Posted June 4, 2011 Report Posted June 4, 2011 That looks absolutely fantastic! Nice to see it getting some abuse as well!
2litreScapri Posted June 5, 2011 Report Posted June 5, 2011 Woah that's a bit green! Loving that, & much cooler than a Focus RS (I don't want to debate on sound, but 2.9s with decent exhausts sound awesome!) Top motor
Burt Reynolds Posted June 6, 2011 Report Posted June 6, 2011 Blimey - right up until the point where it went it for spraying it looked just like mine !!! I think that a special motor needs a special colour - and that just stands out without looking stupid. That is really really nice !
Christoph2.8i Posted June 8, 2011 Report Posted June 8, 2011 Wow! That's a fantastic colour, suits it down to the ground! I bet it attracts some attention! Nice to see something completely different, top motor. Chris
waxdaddy Posted June 9, 2011 Author Report Posted June 9, 2011 Thanks guys I am glad you all like it I have put a great deal of time, effort, money, blood and tears into that car so its great that people like it so much. I get a massive amount of attention in it, i got quite a lot anyway for just being a Capri and being loud with the Janspeeds on, now its green pretty much everybody looks at it and its almost impossible to go somewhere without somebody talking to me about it Got more to come however as I want to have the full interior retrimmed in black leather with grey alcantara centres and lime green stitching (seats, door cars,A/B pillar covers, dash and the roof lining) but I will have to spend a while saving up for that ha
jamesg Posted June 10, 2011 Report Posted June 10, 2011 very nice mate, welcome to the 24v world, loads of fun to be had with that engine. good times indeed
stevencakes Posted June 12, 2011 Report Posted June 12, 2011 very nicely done , i like it allot good effort
stephens_xpack Posted June 16, 2011 Report Posted June 16, 2011 Looks very cool mate, bet you are well chuffed! Top work and top money spent !
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