New project for me story goes i started going out with my current partner around 1 year ago and when i was speaking to her mum one night i confessed my love for rusty fords lol she then tells me shes got a 2.8 special capri that shes owned for about 15 years and if i wanted it to restore and drive then i was welcome to do so went up today to the shed its been stored in and had a nosey so i know what im up against! took a couple of pics and im planning on getting it down to my garage over the next few weeks to start on her! my brother is a spray painter so hes gonna paint it for me and il do all the welding! always wanted one and now ive got one!
The pics:

 

Excellent, another Ford lives.
Dont see these about much anymore

 

looks like you've got your work cut out with that

should look good when finished

Matthew

 

love the reg plate.

looks a good project to sink your teeth into and will be lovely once finished

 

Good luck

 

looks like lots of work, plenty of potential tho

 

Lucky bugger, looks like a really good project

 

thought the specials had the half leather seats and 7-spokes?

will be a good project though

 

Dont look to bad, plate is worth a bit too!!

 

fair play not every day you stumble across one of these not sure its a special though they all had half leather ,seven spokes and the all important l.s.d.

 

Dont have a clue about capris so its all a learning curve for me! Its needing a lot of work but thats the way i like it!! Keeps me busy when im home from offshore!

 

me old man has a 2.8i special with a 24v in it,

your cappa looks like a normal 2.8i, nothing wrong with that though keep us posted on what happens with it

 

thats an early ish one, the very early ones were 4 speeds, the pepperpot alloys and cloth trim are correct for the year.
does look like it's been stored on the damp tho

good luck

steve

 

tidy you got it then ,good luck and if you end up stonehaven way for bits give me a shout im just around the corner

 

yeah finally got up there for a nosey at it armed with the camera! cheers man il give you a shout

 

Good luck with this. It might take some doing.

 

There are a few capris that i see driving about where i live. Dony see many other old fords about these days.

 

These are great cars any plans. looks like a early 2.8 not a special but still cool. Any plans in mind for it ? The shell doesn't look to bad good luck with it.

 

Lucky man having that given too u! It's a very early 5 speed judging by the interior and stripes. The 4 speeds had check interior and the injection wing badge are part of the stripe.
My dad had loads when I was growing up, join up on www.capripower.co.uk loads of info and parts over on there.

 

Cheers for the info lads! Yeah its needing a lot of work but im up for the task! My brother works for bmw as a spray painter so the finish will be like all the other jobs hes done for me in the past, pristine!! Its obviously going to require some welding but after having a few rusty escorts its not a problem the plans are to get it back to its best and original!!

 

glad to see another saved

 

wow, your lucky, and nice to see another one saved.

 

I wanted a capri as my first car when i was 17! went and seen a guy who had one local that i used to pass on my pushbike every wkd lol 1.6 laser and the guy said he was after 700 quid for it, happy days! went and asked my parents who said no because of it being rwd so i had to settle for an rs bodykitted onion with 16e leathers! roll on 11 years and a capri has found me instead of the other way round

 

good luck with it mate i have a soft spot for a capri

 

You started this yet?

 

Da be daft lol

 

Yet?

 

Lol no. Ive got a e30 cossie needing the gearbox changed out, a x3ri cabbie needing put back on the road or a turbo engine fitted and a fiesta rs turbo in the garage that ive driven about 3 times. Capri is a long term project mate

 

Only recently got into capris mate. Would be nice to see it done

 

nice project but its not a special hence no leather or 7 spokes

 

That plate prob has a good value.

 

It was free so im nae bothered if its a 1.6 lol

 

Yeah mate it will be worth a few quid

 

What's so special about the plate then? Am I missing summat as it looks like every other Y reg plate to me

 

The single number.

But it could be the CRS means 'Capri R S'

 

I don't look at number plates like that
To me it as to read summat ! Ie T4TOO OR K1NGS, W4YNE, D4VID n so on

 

chrissy?

 

the fewer the numbers the more it's worth and the letters could easily mean something to someone, initials or company name or something..

I had JCK 9W on an old bike of mine, wish I'd kept it..

 

Same here, i have my own that reads my first name...

But i still think shorter plates look better then the full 7 digits, especially with cut down plates too.