Well here is my Capri, its a 2.8 v6 Brooklands, it was my uncles but unfortunatley he passed away last year. His sons are not intrested in cars what so ever so it was left to me.

Here is the capri whilst my uncle had it:








So as you can see it had started to go a bit scabby, my uncle did have it painted but it wasnt the best of jobs, my uncle had no problem spending money on the old girl so she wasalways well looked after

Here it is tucked up in its home:

 

So i got some interior pics whilst it was still tucked away






So one scortching hot day we went down to Birmingham to dig it out the garage and get it home, we went armed with a jump pack, fuel additive and thats it! So here we are getting it out the garage and getting it started!





We managed to get it to petrol station round the corner before going flat so another jump and off she went again!

Got her home alway to Bolton with no other issues, it was missing a bit when floored but i thought this was just cause it needed a service, turned out a HT lead had come loose and was only running on 5 cylinders lol

 

Well i couldnt leave it outside so i tucked it up in mine for a bit until i moved:




I threw the Focus outside! So i found time to work on it, the car had a battery drain which turned out to be a crappy alarm so out that came:




I also took out the old ill fiting head unit and fitted a sony replacement:

 

I got some better pics of the trim, over all its not bad for its age:






Worse bit:



Milage is good:

 

Then i started looking at car more closely, it wasnt runing its over riders and the exahust didnt seem level so they were sorted:





But this highlighted another issue:


It wasnt aligned properly so i sorted that:

 

Then after some driving we realised the heaters werent running, thought they were just crap lol so we pulled all the dash out and the heater matrix:



Proper siezed motor:



Nice new motor:


Back together:


Took it for a spin to meet a friend:

 

nice car there pal which part of brum was it from might have seen this around?

 

Few other pics:

 

New parts






Still to fit but not shown, passenger mirror and new door lock pins

 

Was around Bournville, near the hospital.

 

New house:



Still loads to do:

Retrim,
Refurb wheels,
Bit of body work,
Passenger mirror,
Service,
Electric ariel

Move it to new house!

 

Well time to get the trim sorted! So bye bye for now:




All out of the car:


So the plan is to replace the drivers bolster bottom and top, replace all the piping and replace a centre section of rear seat. Its going to be a while and a push for wonderland, dont be suprised of you see me driving with a laser seat lol

 

Few pics from tatton park:

 

Well the trim is back and im really happy with the outcome, just a reminder to the work thats been done its had new piping all the way around, new bolster pieces on drivers side and new piece of perferated leather on rear seat and then is all been re-connolised:

Before:


After:



Before:


After:


Before:



After:



One of the recaro badge:

 

Right with the interior now sorted its time to move on to the exterior, its down south in kettering with my friend

 

Great work, keep it up

 

Great car and great work so far, it looks solid and the trim looks much better. Going to be a stunner when finished.

 

Those seats look fantastic!!

 

Thanks guys! Seats done by autotrim in Manchester, they are really good had loads of work done by them before.

 

excellent work on the interior those seats look brand new!

 

Nice car. Good to see it getting looked after. The interior looks nice.

 

This is going to be a beaut with the paint sorted, interior looks proper boss now

 

Love a 280 Brooklands! Looks a really nice car, and well looked after!

 

Really nice project car, lovely that it has stayed in the family aswell. Top job on the interior, seats look alot lighter colour than normal ??

 

Thanks for the comments! They are a little bit lighter but the camera actually makes them look really light for some reason.

 

Awesome . The 280 is the only Capri I like.

 

Great work so far! Your uncle would be very proud to see you restore his car to its former glory!

 

Cracking project Sam leg 280 capris , nice to see you still have the focus too

 

Looks very nice well worth making mint as prices on these are going up.

I had one the same in 95, on a D plate always have good memories of that car.

My one had 72k miles and Fsh the seats were still like new, there's no way those seats have only done 59k and be worn like that. Looks like the trimmer did a superb job on them, nice work .

 

Very nice im a big fan of capris

 

Thanks! Just itching to get more photos from the painter.

 

amazing job on the interior, the 280 brooklands is a special car....

 

Stunning car!

I wish more Capri's were sold in Canada. I really want one. Your Brooklands 280 looks fantastic. Well done.

 

Thanks guys.

 

I know everyone has said it but those seats look amazing. ANd thanks for posting the name of who did it for you. Great find

 

nice one i must make a start on mine or get rid of it been sitting in the garage for 8 years or so

 

We also had a 2.0 laser that had been garaged since 96/97, but we didnt have enough time or money to sort it so sold it on.

 

Love that interior work

Always had a soft spot for Capris

 

Open the bootlid and the pocket where the hinges come ou of....feel up in there and see if you are shocked. Either surprisingly by how good it is...or how by how clean rotten it is!!!

 

Got some updated pics from my mates at the boodyshop