My 2.8 special
06-04-2010, 08:06 PM
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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!
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!
Nah, Im rarely in fife, sometimes take a wee drive to south queensferry tho. Just for the milkshakes and the views y'know :P x
06-04-2010, 08:15 PM
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Clean looking Capri,always had a soft spot for them,my parents owned a mk1-2 & 3,remember picking up the the mk3 from the Ford dealer at Brentwood Essex,Laidlaw on Brook Street,was a 1982 Y plate 1.6 Caberet in red,sold it in 1997 with under 50k on the clock.
22-05-2010, 07:54 PM
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Sadly last sat I said goodbye to my capri, after being paid off the other week, I could no longer afford to run it. I got the right offer at the right time and had to take it
Last polish.
Pics just before the run to the new owner.
At its new home.
I then had a hunt so find a replacement car, after a few dissapoinments I finally found this at the Bridge of Allan show last sunday...
I took it for a test drive right after the show, it got a years mot the following day then I picked it up
Tucked up in its new home
At knockhill earlier today
Im missing the capri like mad, but the cortinas still good fun. I dont think I could do a 'normal' car for a daily lol x
Last polish.
Pics just before the run to the new owner.
At its new home.
I then had a hunt so find a replacement car, after a few dissapoinments I finally found this at the Bridge of Allan show last sunday...
I took it for a test drive right after the show, it got a years mot the following day then I picked it up
Tucked up in its new home
At knockhill earlier today
Im missing the capri like mad, but the cortinas still good fun. I dont think I could do a 'normal' car for a daily lol x
22-05-2010, 08:02 PM
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Nice car my brother had a apple green one years back left me with the keys when he went on holiday to kick it up every few days must have put about 1000 miles on it i was only 15 at the time too lol
27-05-2010, 03:31 AM
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Nice capri, Ive only just got mine into the daylight again after a year in storage. Now fitted with a 24V cosworth engine to living things up for the summer 
just a few teething issues and it will be my daily drive for the summer atleast.
Theres somthing about that cortina aswell, i think i would have bought it aswell having had half a chance !!
Jamie
just a few teething issues and it will be my daily drive for the summer atleast.Theres somthing about that cortina aswell, i think i would have bought it aswell having had half a chance !!
Jamie
28-05-2010, 06:52 PM
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sorry you had to sell the capri kelly. i know i was gutted when my black 2.8i went.. i cryed like a baby for weeks, but then after i got myself back on track..the hunt was on.. got the red one now..but i still think about the black one...nothing compares to it when it was shining in the sun...all polished up.
nice cortina...im sure you'll have fun in it.x kazza
nice cortina...im sure you'll have fun in it.x kazza
10-07-2010, 04:17 PM
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imfrom edinburgh, ive had a few capri's over the yeras, great cars, often thought about getting another special, but not many good ones about, great to see you keeping the legend alive,
i was in capri club as well, still got an old t-shirt somewhere,got my first in 1980 mk1 yellow then green mk2 then 2.0 sport in white then 2.8 with rs body kit metallic grey then black 2.8 special, always hankered after a brooklands but the presses were on their last legs then and the panels were rippled on some so i didnt bother, again will look out for you going about,
rewrite. as i was writing this a whole lot of posts appeared!! and i read you aint got the car anymore!!!!! i really must type faster you sold it in the time it took to type a message,,good luck with cortina, another good car
cheers
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i was in capri club as well, still got an old t-shirt somewhere,got my first in 1980 mk1 yellow then green mk2 then 2.0 sport in white then 2.8 with rs body kit metallic grey then black 2.8 special, always hankered after a brooklands but the presses were on their last legs then and the panels were rippled on some so i didnt bother, again will look out for you going about,
rewrite. as i was writing this a whole lot of posts appeared!! and i read you aint got the car anymore!!!!! i really must type faster you sold it in the time it took to type a message,,good luck with cortina, another good car
cheers
john
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10-07-2010, 09:01 PM
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yeah the capri is nice im a taxi driver in livingston see the capri nearly every day when im in the street where it lives also liked the red one where has it gone
12-01-2011, 06:12 PM
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Cheers for all the kind comments folks, Ive just got myself back online again so a bit slow in replying! Another wee update, I sold the tina at the end of last year and now own a mk4 xr3i cab!
Taken alongside the bfs 280
Ditching the 17s
Getting the roof down for the first time
Never too cold for ice cream :P
Taken alongside the bfs 280
Ditching the 17s
Getting the roof down for the first time
Never too cold for ice cream :P
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28-03-2011, 07:53 PM
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nice motor,its the same as mine ...........loving the grille,did you take the oval out and bog in some straight bits?
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