dean richardson

Hi all just thought I would share some pictures with you of a freinds Capri he has bought to do up to its former glory .. All I no is that its a fair looking thing and pretty much every single thing has been changed on it from custom body work to custom interior . And a v8 under the bonnet which should be running by the weekend all been well

Well here you go this is the venom Capri from way back in the late 70s !







If any body has any info on this machine can you please let me no so we can get a back ground on it

dean richardson

Interior pic looks better now with a clean came up quite well will get another of it

BRIGSPORT

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What has been seen, cannot be unseen.

dean richardson

Hahahahaha

Cardie

Are the door cards actually 70s couches aswell?

cossiejay

why are the exhausts on the front

lee2cossies

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Iv seen pics in an old custom car years ago! Mad how it's survived still same as it was in 70's. There was a very similar customised capri local to me for years known as 'fantasia' it had a beer barrel in the back!

dean richardson

It's been sat in a barn for the last 25 years and to be honest its a solid thing

dean richardson

Like I said its a fair thing inside and out but in them days this was the must nuts

Madgit

Please MTV......
Unpimp his ride.
It looks okay from the back but the front - oh dear lol. I can just see Snoop doggy doodoo getting out of that in Starsky and Hutch

dean richardson

Hahaha it is a fair looking thing . When I seen front I honestly thought it had 4 , 4 inch scorpions coming out of it haha

dean richardson

Even the front windows arn't even tinted there just black plastic windows

cossiejay

rocket launchers

dean richardson

You wouldn't like to walk in front of it would you haha

dean richardson

When it was found with 25 years worth of dust on it

XRT_si

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Cool find!

What's the story with it being laid up? It clearly had a lot of time and money put into it at one point.

dean richardson

From what I no upto now the guy built it all by hand in the 70's took it to some shows won this won that with it had it mag featured and then sold it the new owner then drove it twice and then left it the catch dust and would never sell it and then my friend went round because he new the guy made him an offer after 25 years of been pestered for it and took the offer ... Still trying to source the mag which it was featured in but think that's a far cry now

dean richardson

And to be fair this is a classic peace of old school modding a peace of history lol

dalmarshall

Blimey, its like a gay Mad Max Interceptor.................Mad Mince lol

Undoubtedly a bad ass custom car in its day though

dean richardson

Mad mince haha yeh suppose in its day it was cool

STeve

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I must be old as I remember so many cars in the day tarted up like this

ben_frst

i swear i have seen some old video footage of this car at a cruise it was vhs quality lol

trigger-

Shape of the front end reminds me of the old Vauxhall Firenzas

Jimbo.

I instantly thought of another legendary Capri (in the making) when I saw this monstrosity.....

dean richardson

Hahahahahahahaha wtf

B15Risk

I seen this car in the flesh one seat in it

dean richardson

In which car buddy ?

RSmark84

used to see the Black one in Swindon a few years ago. then at Combe one year.

gingerturbo

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I like that its a bit dated but worth the time on it

bookwyse

Try posting on rodsnsods as they may know the history. I remember seeing it a couple of times in its heyday tough.

Dgrange

Hi, I was actually googling Capri Venom as we used to own it and saw this so registered on the forum to let you know. We lived just south of Manchester and my dad was a car dealer in the 70's/80's in England. He came home in Venom one night and it was at our house for a few weeks, I was about 7 years old, and I'm now 40. For a young kid this was the maddest and coolest car I had ever seen. I now live in America but my dad is still in England and I'm sure still has pics of this car in its glory days. It also had a load of trophies it had won! My email is oceanplanet123@gmail.com if you want to get in touch. Thanks!

Smiler

Did this car used to live in Salisbury a few years ago? If not, there was one along very similar lines being driven around.

costina

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Yep same car same girl

GingeRS2K

IS that a girl?

If so apologies for questioning it ��

dean richardson

That's awesome you don't mind me passing your email address over to my friend and he may get in touch with you if that's ok L

Lionheart

The car was customised by Ian Etheridge of Harrytown in Bredbury, which is a district of South Manchester. He customised a few cars in the 1970's, more famously was 'Celestial, as seen in the picture. From memory, he also created a car based on the 1975 film 'Death race 2000'.

renaulthater

Somebody has bought it!
this was on e bay mid to end of last year for a stupid amount of money
cant beleive somebody has bought it