Return Of A Classic

[TOPPER 1,809]

mouse i had a mk 1 lotus cortina rally prep and god that thing could move , my brother was an engineer and he had a old escort mk 1 estate and he grafted a 30 ltr capri lump into it with a serria 5 speed box and a hillman hunter back axle and boy did that go , i remmeber coming down the m5 in it and getting pissed off with a 5 seires bmw as he wouldnt get out of the way for a battered escort so i under took him and left him for dead he tryed to keep with me but couldnt boy did that heap shift my bro turned it over at the bottom of fish hill when it used to go down into broadway they got out turned it back on four wheels and drove it home with the roof 5 inches of the dash those were the days

[gnasher16 30,441]

ford capri

 

what was the average, top speed, and 0-60mph ? thats if they did 60mph, am only a old boy of 19 so dont have the privilage to have ago in one of theses monsters. ,

 

 

0- 60 of a 2.8i was around 8 secs if i remember right,which was pretty quick back then.....top end was 135ish......i had 140 out of a 3.0 ghia once on the a2 down to dover,my arse dropped out when it felt like the whole car was going to fall to pieces and i backed out

I had a mk2 rs2000 escort nosecone job around 1982 it was only a few years old,there used to be a place called Burton Power Products over Romford way i put it in there and just said " make it quick "....came back with a rolling road sheet that made no sense to me whatsoever and 170 bhp at the wheels,that encouraged me to throw some bucket seats and a roll cage in ...what a twat !

My brother had a Booklands Capri which i think was the same 2.8i engine,not sure about the Tickford one though it rings a bell.

As Jasper said you didnt need to be good with a spanner to get round them cars if i remember right the 2.0 pinto was the same in cortina,s capris and escorts even the 3.0 v6 out of a capri would fit in an escort with a bit of jiggling.....good days they were,nice old memory jog there Jasp

[andyfr1968 772]

My first car was a 16LS Capri when I was 21 in 1989....

 

A few years later I got my hands on a 3lS with an RS 3.1 conversion, X-pack suspension, Wolfrace alloys, 2.8 ltd slip diff and 5 speed box, tinted windows and matt black paint . It was feckin' lethal to drive, a proper handful but it was such a giggle going into a corner wondering if I'd make it out the other side!!

 

Always regretted selling that car.

 

That new one's missing the point big style. They should re-badge the Mustang, fit it with a feck off supercharger and sell that as the Capri. Nitros would be a factory option too........

 

Cheers.

Edited July 12, 2010 by andyfr1968

[stealthy1 3,964]

I had 3, silver 1.6 GL, red and silver 1.6 Calypso, and black 2.0 JPS, ace fun in the snow, proper drivers car, not like the stay safe front wheel drives we have now

[slingshot82 32]

DID ANY OF YOU LADS HAVE THE TICKFORD CAPRI THAT WAS RELEASED AS A SPECIAL EDITION WITH THE LOTUS ENGINE IF I REMEMBER.THAT WAS A CAR.

Worth a fortune now. Personally I thought they looked shit.

 

Kyle

[andyfr1968 772]

DID ANY OF YOU LADS HAVE THE TICKFORD CAPRI THAT WAS RELEASED AS A SPECIAL EDITION WITH THE LOTUS ENGINE IF I REMEMBER.THAT WAS A CAR.

Worth a fortune now. Personally I thought they looked shit.

 

Kyle

 

Yeah, they did look a mess with those daft skirts and spoiler. Went like stink with the turbo (s?) though.

[slingshot82 32]

A lad I used to knock about with years ago, his dad used to race hot rods etc. He had a mk1 capri with a supercharged rover v8 lump in it. I never seen the car, apart from in photos but it looked wicked, it was meant to be like a rocket. The engine was in his garage on a purpose built stand last time I was there (about 9 years ago) all polished up and looking mint.

 

Kyle

[craigyboy 1,274]

in 1989 i had a 3.0s bright yellow capri,like shit off a shovel

[deanflute 550]

I believe my Dad had 2 Capri's, Think they were 3 litres? 1 yellow 1 green, My mum made him sell them for the deposit on their 1st house! They tell me conflicting storys though so could be wrong

[readie 184]

had loads of capris,best being a 2.8 awsome car in its day new one is takin the pis not a patch on the original.also had the mk2 cortina mk1 rs2000 and the xr3 non injection number plate nft 86x,awsome car in its day.

[stubby 175]

christ jasper, Im just in from my night shift, and instead of getting in bed with the missus, Im sat here thinking back to my first car a mk3 1300 cortina, bought for £, it sailed through an mot,it was blue, but the shine had gone from the paintwork, so if you leant against it, you'd have a blue hand

both the front doors had dropped on it, so they were welded shut, and in the daytime Id climb in and out the drivers window, like "the dukes of hazzard" couldent afford an alarm, but had a set of dixie horns under the bonnet, so the drivers rear door would be left unlocked, but I had a bit of string, going from the door to the toggle switch for the horns so if the door was opened at night, in the dark, it would flick the switch and the horns went balistic

 

being a new driver, I had no idea about engines (still dont ) so me,a mate and my girlfriend are driving around town, when I saw a red light flicker on the dash, thinking it needed oil, I emptied 5 gall into it, carried on driving, untill some kids shouted out "oi mate, yer cars on fire", christ the smoke pumping out the exhaust, had to phone my old man to come sort my little problem out

[RicW 67]

Bah. Humbug. Now my Anglebox with the 1650 crosshead lump, Jeff Howe head, twin 40DCOEs, Cosworth A6 cam, Jeff Howe 4-into-one manifold, 2" lowering blocks, export springs, anti tramp bars, McPherson struts, Cortina discs, DS5 pads,VG95 shoes on the back, 7" Ton Tyres steels, 205 Cints all round . . .

 

That was a bloody quick car. 145 bhp at the back axle in a car that weighed well under a ton.Wrapped it round a tree in the end. A good death for a good car.

 

Ric

[mouse 282]

mouse i had a mk 1 lotus cortina rally prep and god that thing could move , my brother was an engineer and he had a old escort mk 1 estate and he grafted a 30 ltr capri lump into it with a serria 5 speed box and a hillman hunter back axle and boy did that go , i remmeber coming down the m5 in it and getting pissed off with a 5 seires bmw as he wouldnt get out of the way for a battered escort so i under took him and left him for dead he tryed to keep with me but couldnt boy did that heap shift my bro turned it over at the bottom of fish hill when it used to go down into broadway they got out turned it back on four wheels and drove it home with the roof 5 inches of the dash those were the days

surprised you never landed in broadway mate coming down fish hill ,had an. old mini with a 1750 maxi engine put in it with a close ratio box,that did just go.coming back down the lanes from young farmers piss ups we had some scares.

[clint 45]

I also remeber ford capri, very frighten car, it slide on corner. is like pink panther rubber car. power ,yes. Go around corner no i break my capri like so.

[scothunter 12,609]

I also remeber ford capri, very frighten car, it slide on corner. is like pink panther rubber car. power ,yes. Go around corner no i break my capri like so.

how long have you lived here clint?