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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 11:14 PM
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Ive had my capri just over 2 years now, its my daily driver and I love it


Just after I first got it





Wheels and custom grille fitted




Me servicing it last year


Wee bit of fun in the snow!


Crail last year against another 2.8i
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 11:33 PM
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alreet love,fancy a bum? nice capri btw.
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 11:46 PM
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Get in the kosman!


not enough capri's on this site I dont think
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 12:28 AM
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Alright, welcome to the forum. Nice car!

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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 12:34 AM
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Lovely motor.. Whats the other motor in the last pic?
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 12:47 AM
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Lovely motor.. Whats the other motor in the last pic?
Thats my mates micra pick up, Ive sent a pic of it to photobucket but its being slow tonight, will post up tomorrow x
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 12:49 AM
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Thats my mates micra pick up, Ive sent a pic of it to photobucket but its being slow tonight, will post up tomorrow x
Odd. Very, very odd.
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 07:05 AM
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As promised


Before paint


And after
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 07:32 AM
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Nice, not seen it going about. I work in livi, will look out for you
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 08:00 AM
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I work in livi too, always out and about in it. What do you drive mate? x
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 10:30 AM
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looks nice... and the capri does aswell
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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Nice looking car
Mines an 83 in silver, there a nice drive too
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 02:36 PM
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love capris
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 05:56 PM
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Lovely car.Cant believe how rare these have gone now.Wanted one 4 years ago but couldnt find a decent one at a fair price back then even so ended up getting an xr4i.
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 06:01 PM
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very nice motor you have there
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 06:02 PM
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My old capri was originally from wales, had the dealer back plate on when I got it, only 41k on the clock. Unfortunately I rolled it, had a tyre blow out on a back road and lost it. Was lucky to walk away tbh...





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Looks like youve had a lot of luck with the accident in your old Capri !
But youve got a lovely Capri now, looks really great !
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 06:21 PM
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Looks a lovely example,and how lucky was you to walk away from the laser crash
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I love Capri's, I've had a white 2 litre Laser and a 2.8i Special in blue over silver. Would love another but got nowhere to put one.
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Easy soloution, buy one and I'll store it here, will even run it some days to make sure its not sitting all lonely. I'll even do it free of charge :P x
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Would you let me visit it now and again though?

I cant aford another Capri just yet anyway Ive got a crap Cossie sat on my drive
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by BigErn
Would you let me visit it now and again though?

I cant aford another Capri just yet anyway Ive got a crap Cossie sat on my drive
Of course, you can visit every time the tanks due a refill haha x
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Women never leave any fuel in when you want to take the car out

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Would you let me visit it now and again though?

I cant aford another Capri just yet anyway Ive got a crap Cossie sat on my drive
Snap! I got a crap cossie on my drive too in the way as my capri is in the garage behind it,and as you can probably guess the cossie is not mobile!
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 10:46 PM
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Lol, I love cossies but they are awfie expensive ornaments at the best of times :P x
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Kel they are nowt but headache and expense. Stick with the Capri
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Id still love a black 3dr one day, that and an orange mk3 cortina with a black vinyl roof, quad round lights and something crazy under the bonnet. Not that Ive thought about it much :P x
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Moonstone would be my choice of 3dr, I miss my Moonstone Sapph and want another one, and Cortina would be mk2 for me.

What crazy thing would you have under the bonnet of your Mk3 then?
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Always liked capri's and yours looks a nice one.
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Originally Posted by Capri Kel
I work in livi too, always out and about in it. What do you drive mate? x
Blue BMW 540i (e39) or if it makes it out the garage a white MK1 escort.
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Cheers for all the comments folks


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Blue BMW 540i (e39) or if it makes it out the garage a white MK1 escort.
Nice, I like the 5 series, my ex has an E34 M5, nice motor (when hes not broke it).

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Moonstone would be my choice of 3dr, I miss my Moonstone Sapph and want another one, and Cortina would be mk2 for me.

What crazy thing would you have under the bonnet of your Mk3 then?
Well obviously it would be a 'moneys no object' lotto win scenario. Id love a tuned v8 of some sort, but would be tempted to do something that hadnt been done before. Ive got a lot to learn first though, a service and basic maintenance is as far as I go at the moment x
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capri's are cool as fook
especially 2.8
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 07:19 AM
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Just read this one...........very lucky with rolling the Laser.

So glad I've got a cage fitted to my MKII Escort now I've seen those pick.

Do like the 2.8........
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Originally Posted by Capri Kel
Cheers for all the comments folks




Nice, I like the 5 series, my ex has an E34 M5, nice motor (when hes not broke it).
Have to admit I love the bimmer, not sure there is a ford that could come close to it!

Great to see a capri used as a daily, used my escort for about 3 weeks as my daily (astra was dead) and loved every sec of it

Where in livi do you work?
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 08:06 AM
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Ive used the capri as a daily pretty much since day one. I bought a mk2 polo as a winter runner this year but it let me down so ended up using the capri anyway lol. Aside from the days I couldnt move the car, driving in the snow was actually pretty good fun.

Just gutted that the car needs a wee bit tlc now, the bonnets got some rust coming through and a couple of other wee spots needing looked at. Anna helped me attack the back bumper the other week, makes such a big difference x
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 08:16 AM
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The mk2 polo in question, I parted with it last week, miss the wee thing

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nice car (not the polo mind) ive got 83 injection as daily driver and supercharged zetecengined laser for fun. BET i wouldn't get as meny replies if i posted pics though
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 10:49 PM
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nice car (not the polo mind) ive got 83 injection as daily driver and supercharged zetecengined laser for fun. BET i wouldn't get as meny replies if i posted pics though
Ohhh, I wanna see pics! what makes you think you wont get as many replies? :P x
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Nice car there Kelly!
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very nice kel! i miss my old paris blue 1600 Laser, was a beauty, its sat in bathgate area in bits now on someones drive, ive offered a hell of a lot more than i sold it for but they just wont let it go, it just sits and rots away on their drive

think i need to come and get a new one sometime!

you ever through fife way? would love to get a look at this in person looks cracking!
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