jonyb4 Posted February 13, 2012 Report Posted February 13, 2012 hey guys, im new here started reading up on here about 2 weeks ago after just collecting a white mk3 capri from Preston... im from port talbot in south wales, im turning 22 in march been around fords my entire life so natually when i turned 17 and passed my test i went hunting for one, come back with a 1.1 mk3 fiesta from my uncle, had that a month and upgraded to a 1.6 Si loved it but unfortunately inexperiance and bald rear tyres seen the car loose it round a wet bend overlooking a mountaint drop, car was wrote off. so then got myself a red mk4 fiesta, had that almost 2 years, modified it so much it become unbearable for a daily driver, it ended up having a 1.8 silvertop zetec in it, very involving conversion carried out by myself which im still proud of. had a few others here and there but in a sentence ive owned 7 fiestas and 2 escorts in my short time so after having enough of the scraps of lows, and the overly loud custom exhaust i seen my current car another mk3 fiesta Si for sale locally at a dealer, deposit was made before walking away after viewing it and it was mmine before the end of the week a almost 2 years on (in june) i still have it, its now got that 1.8 from the mk4 in it, various mods but nothing overboard! still very much usable and enjoyable daily. anyway more on capri's, my old man has had so many in my life i simply couldnt do anything else but love them, many mk3s but 7 years ago he stumbled on a mk1 was two tone front end was yellow at a slant and rest was a green, and a stupid bonnet vent, offset on the bonnet was on death row in a scrappy (yard owners own car) my father bought it and restored it over the 4 years, top to bottom, it was painted (poorly at home) in madina green, he is running it on rostyle wheels and recently fitted mk5 RS2000 recaro seats to it thanks to my welding a mount for the runners this mk1 is currently in primer after 2 weeks prep work waiting on a paint job, similar colour to a member off here i noticed i hope that member doesnt mind me using this pic of his car he even plans to do the bonnet black and have a recess black line flow to the rear window curves i will make a small thread for it! on to the mk3... its a 2.0 laser my old man bought about 2 weeks ago, an automatic, and blown headgasket, was difficult to tow back we had to disconnect the prop currently rebuilding the head myself, anyway sorry for the long boring post for you guys but thats me in a nutshell!
dave waudby Posted February 18, 2012 Report Posted February 18, 2012 ayup jonyb4, do you know me from anywhere
jonyb4 Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Posted February 18, 2012 im not sure mate do i? Edit: oooh xr look alike from FT.com
dave waudby Posted February 18, 2012 Report Posted February 18, 2012 im not sure mate do i? Edit: oooh xr look alike from FT.com you got it
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