Redeye Jedi

I quite like that! Your capri hasnt got much on that though really has it?!

Yours would be better with a new bonnet/boot and with the rear windows sorted out! Just looks so gash at the minute, the filler job on the windows in particular is dire!

LUCIFER-V12

oh its VERY nice! but, understand this, when i sat there on the phone ready to insure that merc when i got it, and you can imagine at over 100k new in 1996 with all the things you could ever prob want in it, i thought, na. i couldnt see myself enjoying it that much. it looks too normal. i know the capri isnt exactly how i want it and god knows it wont be for many years, but a normal car. i cant drive it. engine, auto box, warm heating etc etc GREAT! but id fade into the background. even if i painted it illuminous green id be constantly saying ' i wish i had the capri'. 'its not the same' and id be moaning all the time about it! i'd see the rat rodders and anyone else with something that stands out and id be bored shitless no matter what engine i had under that bonnet!

LUCIFER-V12

it already is as it is.. be it plan A) or B), ill have a legal car my son. one way or the other.

chrisyeovil

no it wont!

mentalasanything

I don't doubt you'll have a legal car, you currently have 2. Combine them together in the ways you've described and it'll never get an MOT. You can't chop a shell in 3, extend it and add it to a floorpan at least a third bigger than the original, all on your driveway and expect it to get an MOT at the end.

I'm never one to piss on anyone's chips but this is mental. Even if it all goes tits up, you'll never get your beloved Capri back together as a plan B.

I love the idea of the engine/running gear and car combo but it needs doing slightly diferent to your plan. The most logical plan would be to downsize the Merc to a c-class of some variety, a much more manageable combination of shell and floorpan.

If you're set on your plan, have a go. You will learn a hell of a lot along the way. But expect plenty of "I told you so" along your journey.

Good luck

Lee

Deltaone

HAHAHA

LUCIFER-V12

yeah it will.


the only reason the floorpan is bigger than the capri is because i have not chopped off the bits i dont need yet! i will get some better pics of it at some point, but there is soo much room to play with when you ACTUALLY LOOK at the construction... so long as i remove the dash after the doors windows etc and i get the support frame RIGHT, it should work. but i maywell have to ditch the suspension, lower it and put lower profile tyres on to bring the wheels closer to the body... not sure yet but it looks likely. the bonnet i may have to ditch and get someone to make a fiberglass mould or something to compensate for the engine height....

the only thing that makes that car TOO wide to simply dump on that shell is the two very thick sills down the sides of the car.. but again, removing them and using capri ones set further in should be fine. ill have to make an 'hourglass' frame ultimately.

it will be a capri, but with a different engine. the capri body stamp will still be there for identification, but if you wanna get daft over it, you can say well the arch over the gearbox and prop are merc, the bulkhead and rear tops mounts, the front top mounts and the inside panels and bulkhead for the front are merc too. cos thats it basically.
as much as id like to use some of that dashoard i dont think i can alter it enough to fit.. unless its just the center console bit...

LUCIFER-V12

oh and PLAN B) isnt JUST bolting the Capri back together.. it something else that you wont wanna see

whizzisat114

iTrader: (2)

^^^

I bet it is .

You seem deluded by the task of swapping the panels around so the merc looks like a capri.
not bieng funny or rude but your level of fabrication and welding are no where near where they need to be to take on this conversion.
you'd be better trying to fit the merc engine into the capri.

surrey_100e

to be honest, i think the dash is the least of your worries.
This isnt going to end well, save yourself the time, money and effort before its too late.

cossydave377

could you imagine what would happen if it did get done and then was driven hard?
it would pull apart and kill somebody if it didnt kill the mot man from laughter.
never gonner happen and for safteys sake dont even try!!

Hobomassiv

7 pages already, its going to be a fun thread !

gouch1

any updates

SMILER258

so how do you plan to cut out and remove the capri floorpan, while holding the shell in a position it wont bend in, then cut the merc floor out, shorten it and place it under the capri shell, then seam weld it all in, ensuring it would pass any goverment test thrown at it? out of genuine interest.

BigChuck

You have to be kidding about getting this project legal,

as soon as you start chopping into the floor pan and chassis, you looking at going to a q plate if your lucky. if your unlucky it'll never get on the road.

what you are building is a cut and shut, taking two cars and welding them together into two, you are making serious changes to the structure of the car, and to be honest your welding skills dont seem up to the task.

LUCIFER-V12

do i look worried about saftey? not particularly! safety will come with the addition of a form of rollcage..

if it has to be qplated then that is what ill get.

LUCIFER-V12

as ive said before.. by welding in braces.

dojj

iTrader: (3)

You seem to have the same thinking as those chaps who think they can turn the boost up and join the 200 mph club

And that thinking is wrong

Dan j

Is there any actual progress or somebody just chatting shite I wanna see some chopping

ScoobyRoo

Wow, this thread is doing the rounds on some other forums and I couldn't resist dropping by and commenting.

Check out this thread on uklegacy.com for someone chopping together a subaru legacy engine, suspension and floor into a mini metro. The size differences are probably similar to what you're facing, so you might get some inspiration / hints / tips. Might even be worth dropping them a line!

http://www.uklegacy.com/forums/index...ic=119852&st=0

Anyway, good luck with it!

Andy Tucker

are you related to this guy

https://passionford.com/forum/restor...this-time.html

im sure ur are

zetec-Sam

iTrader: (2)

Well you should be, given if it ever gets built (which it won't) if it's not safe, it won't ever be allowed on the road!

howie1989

i'd like to point out he's actually not done too bad in the end except crash it but she could be the ugly sister

gavrwdfiesta

bin waiting 4 that 1 2 come in2 this lol

p17fld

howie1989

^^perfect ^^

1.9 xr2 on 40's

panel beaten like a boss tho, i bet that was well in and they bumped it back well

pallet spoilers FTW



also while i think the rust look merc is cool (or was 8 year sago)

but it has no bearing on your car in the slightest, you car is a fuckin mess, filler all over, welded metal over the opening door windows and god knows why you wouldnt rather drive the merc ill never know, merc v's 5 ton of crapi i know what i'd drive


i think that black batman car in the compound was snaped going to an mot or iva check or something!!! LOL

Redeye Jedi

Surely this must be a joke?! Cant wait to hear the results of this failure!

Jimbo.

Is it finished yet?

DanW@FastFord

iTrader: (1)

So... you can't afford to insure the standard Merc - but you can afford to insure a Q-plated, roll caged, hybrid, Mercapri?

PileOfRust

sad thing is, this probably isnt a wind up

i actually do hope it looks shit and isnt road legal so that you actually learn something, because your being pretty ignorant of peoples advice as you seem to know it all

Jamie@FastFord

No Dan, don't you listen - it will just be a Capri with a couple of mods!

Well, at least filler-covered, badly painted, rusty shards of what once was a Capri!

Jamie@FastFord

John Hitchman - designer of the Capri - has just seen your car....his face lets you know what he thinks.

BigChuck

regardless of your thoughts on safety, vosa do have rules and they do care about it. and its them that will have to check it over before its allowed on the road, i suggest you take a good look at whats needed before you start chopping.

and how are you going to insure a roll caged, modified car on a q plate, if you cant insure it in standard form?

whizzisat114

iTrader: (2)

[quote=1.9 xr2 on 40's;5777274]

do you think there just using wood for mock up before making them in carbon fibre

And the handles on the boot lid are to aid bump starting

gouch1

any progress udastes or is this going to be the swan song to this build
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1tY8...eature=related

LUCIFER-V12

i wasnt gonna post anymore on here, but i will just for that.
nice one... quite interesting that...

Minirotty

Bull shit I've never seen one member post so much shit and be ripped so much for it and still be here oblivious to any of it!

You're like a female MO.

LUCIFER-V12

better idea, gonna copy this structure. far easier. less hassle.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-New-...item3a6f5fda94

DanW@FastFord

iTrader: (1)

You're actually thought this through, yet without actually thinking it through.

That's so not going to work!