My Capri had no fan speed resistor in it when it arrived. The fan was wired so no matter which way you put the switch it was full speed. I called in to an auto electrician one Saturday morning and asked him what he could do , he sat down and worked out a resistor that would drop the voltage to around 9 volts(3 ohm 5 watt ceramic coated resistor apparently the watts are more important then the  ohms I think I ended up with 3.2 ohms 5 watts) he told me to go to Jaycar, it cost something like 44 cents it worked for me. I pulled a wreck apart recently and it had the original resistor in it which looked similar.  
 

From Classic Ford Feb 2015:
 
"Many Capri owners will have suffered from a one-speed heater thanks to a knackered resistor. With new ones unobtainable and good, second-hand units hard to find, the news wasn’t good, however, Trev at Quoyloo Garage now has brand-new heater resistors which fit directly into the heater box as per the originals but with modern technology. Good work!"
 
Wombat is exactly right regarding using a 44¢ ceramic resistor instead of £45 worth of "modern technology".  Furthermore, there is no harm in using one with greater wattage; it just means it can handle more heat dissipation (should it need to).

Woe is Me !! he exclaims.  It's been a couple of years since paint was done on the car and the other day I had to get out grinder and flap disc and attack my paintwork to eliminate some rust bubbles in the lip of the rear passenger side arch. When cleaned back to bare metal found only minor pitting of the steel, hit it with chemical neutraliser and a lick of primer at the moment. Have now got some filler so will rub back and fill and smooth. Will have to get a proper painter  to rub down section and blend for new paint and clear. Just goes to show no matter how much care and prep goes into bodywork it can still come back and bite you. Will chuck up a couple of pics in a couple of days. Len

G'day Len, have you thought about one of those negative impulse rust proofing units? I've heard good things, you can get ones with differing numbers of electrodes depending on car size... Dads been using one on his car for a few years, he's close to the ocean and the couple of scratches he's got are showing no signs of rusting... Worth a look...
Cheers Drew...

Thanks Drew, certainly worth a look. Any recommendations on brand etc ? Also any other forum members got any tips on type/ brand.
Cheers,
Len

Hi all,
Haven't done anything for a while, other than a little tuning of the Holley and keeping it clean and polished for car club events and displays. As per my last post went to panel beater to get my bodywork/ paint sorted, when I finally had some dough and time to get it there. Went to visit my son in Mount Isa  and got a text with some pics showing rust was worse than I / they expected - they rubbed back a bigger area than I had so found some more lurking under the paint. Asked if I wanted a quick bog-job or cut out and done properly. Spent a lot of time and money on the beast so spent some more and got it done properly. Went back to the painter who did job originally so got a good paint match, can't see any difference where repair was done.
Next item was stripes- decided to use my own version of late model Falcon GT/ XR8 ones, work in perfectly with the Falcon side repeaters in the front guards.  I covered the side of the car with brown paper and worked out sizing and location, drew it up for the sign guys to use as a template. Same for the stripes for the bonnet bulge.   Also designed custom logo to go with it using elements from 3 different badges to make it up.  Also designed scuff plates for the doors using the same alloy sandwich material used for my badges and weber air intake box. Called on the services of my brother and nephew on 2 Sat mornings to fix in place ( sign guy changed the angles of the stripes from my template to ones from internet ) so a bit of jiggery-pokery involved in finding the sweet spot to make everything fit.  Pics tell the rest  of the story.

sorry, cant download previous rust pics , only finished product

stripes, logo, sign board ,bonnet and scuff plates.

Great looking car. I have often considered the repeater in the guard and only just noticed you have done it 👍

Thanks for the encouraging comment. Found this particular one the nicest shape of the ones I had checked out at the wreckers, though these are new ones. The later model Focus has the same style but in orange. My brother-in-law worked at the local Ford dealership so went in and made a cardboard template off a new guard. The other method would be to get the section cut out of a guard at the wreckers and weld it in, but at the time there was nothing decent available.  This was a real " heart in the mouth " moment for me as I took to my guards with an air tool and dremel bits to make the cutout needed. It doesn't sit quite as flush as the original as I wasn't able to make the indentation in the guard. It was easy enough to patch the wiring into the standard loom for the front indicators and it keeps out of sight and harms way behind the inner guard splash panel.