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    3.0S V6 Capri Restoration

    Thought I would post up a few pictures of the 3.0S V6 Capri me and a good friend have been restoring over the past two years. Its now pretty much complete and just awaiting a few little parts for the MOT.

    The car came from a scrapyard near Dover and was in a complete mess when it was first bought for the sum of £800. Throughout its restoration it has sort of turned into a Hybrid capri. We had to make use of parts from mk2's and mk3's to get the best finish we could given the funds available. The biggest and most challenging part was not practically rebuilding every panel through rust but replacing the roof! Oh yes the roof! It was a model with a sunroof and the water chanels had rusted away so far to the extent the A and C pillars were rotten. To solve this we sourced a roof from an non-sunroof model, cut it off and welded it on. Not as easy as it sounds trust me.

    A great steal half way through was a set of 2.8 Special leather recaro's. The final colour was the new Focus RS blue.... the car had become such a mix of parts throughout that it made little sense leaving it original, so it turned out a little unique.

    Chris put it in for its MOT today and it passed on everything bar emisions, a decent carb setup should sort that out.

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    Got two mates revisiting their youth and doing similar work, one
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    Very nice........apart from the Mk2 bumpers on a mk3 (or is it a mk2 with mk3 headlights), never did like the mk2 bumpers..Stop it now your making me want a Capri again.


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    Yeah its the Mk3 with Mk2 front and rear valences. Simply couldnt afford the brand new Mk3 versions and there were plenty of Mk2 parts available. Like I said it sort of turned into a hybrid of many parts but I think its been worth it.

    Here's a few more pics, you can see the Mk2 front and rear bumpers quite well. Chris had the option at one point to purchase the X pack kit for it but chose not to.

    I do like the Turbo-technics rear spoiler alot.

    Can you spot the modified front indicators too?





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    Quote Originally Posted by The Flying Moose View Post
    Yeah its the Mk3 with Mk2 front and rear valences. Simply couldnt afford the brand new Mk3 versions and there were plenty of Mk2 parts available. Like I said it sort of turned into a hybrid of many parts but I think its been worth it.

    Here's a few more pics, you can see the Mk2 front and rear bumpers quite well. Chris had the option at one point to purchase the X pack kit for it but chose not to.

    I do like the Turbo-technics rear spoiler alot.

    Can you spot the modified front indicators too?





    looking good now mate think i would stick with the silver alloys suit it better.
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    looks really good emlyn deffinatly a car to be proud of

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    Yeah I agree Dean, Chris won on that argument. I think it needs a set of 15's on it really.
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    yaeh some nice 15" brooklyn`s would go sweet on that.


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    looks good, its a Turbo Tail made by fords RS department nothing to do with Turbo Tecnics, as said before it really needs mk3 bumpers and the rubber side strips to finish it off.

    If u need any parts for any capri give me a shout i can get hold of anything for them, im pretty sure my mate has 24 valve heads for the 3 litre, they wont be cheap tho lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by smithness View Post
    yaeh some nice 15" brooklyn`s would go sweet on that.
    i think u mean Brookland alloys lol
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    Kept that one quiet mate lol, took me back to my "youth" for a moment, no engine pics??


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    and them to mate??


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    Quote Originally Posted by deathrider311271 View Post
    looks good, its a Turbo Tail made by fords RS department nothing to do with Turbo Tecnics, as said before it really needs mk3 bumpers and the rubber side strips to finish it off.

    If u need any parts for any capri give me a shout i can get hold of anything for them, im pretty sure my mate has 24 valve heads for the 3 litre, they wont be cheap tho lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by jamest5r View Post
    Kept that one quiet mate lol, took me back to my "youth" for a moment, no engine pics??
    Not yet Im affraid, I have only got what is already on my laptop until Im home. The engine bay is a bit of a mess to be honest at the moment.

    deathrider I have a good source for parts thanks (capri scrapyard in Donington on Bain) but will bear it in mind. We also have a spare engine from a reliant Scimitar as it share the essex V6 with the capri.

    Yeah james its been ongoing a while but never thought to post anything on here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Flying Moose View Post
    Yeah james its been ongoing a while but never thought to post anything on here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tomcat View Post
    Shame on you!..
    I was affraid the Volvo-Ford incident might leave me hing drawn and quartered!

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Flying Moose View Post
    I was affraid the Volvo-Ford incident might leave me hing drawn and quartered!

    Nah.....Some of us used to be F*rd through and through so we still have some form of alliegence to them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tomcat View Post
    Nah.....Some of us used to be F*rd through and through so we still have some form of alliegence to them.
    yea defo a ford nut till the volvo came along mate no looking back now.


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    Nice job so far. Some softline RL7's would go very nice or the diamond cut versions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Flying Moose View Post
    Not yet Im affraid, I have only got what is already on my laptop until Im home. The engine bay is a bit of a mess to be honest at the moment.

    deathrider I have a good source for parts thanks (capri scrapyard in Donington on Bain) but will bear it in mind. We also have a spare engine from a reliant Scimitar as it share the essex V6 with the capri.

    Yeah james its been ongoing a while but never thought to post anything on here.
    ah u know Martin then lol very handy to know him for old ford stuff
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