Thanks all for your comments to date.
 
I haven't heard of the 'chicken sheite' but what was done to the engine bay on this rare car was '****e'. I've added some more photos to photobucket of the engine bay clean up process where most of the factory shapes were covered by sheet metal and filler. Check out the battery tray (the actual tray was removed from the car and the radiator panel it fixes to was completely hidden until we stripped off the metal and filler etc).
 
I've also added a few sunroof photo's for those interested also. I have catalogued all the Golde part numbers (not that they are much use to anyone as you can't get replacement parts anyway!).
 
The panel beater is going flat out on the car this week and has almost finished removing the flared/rolled front and rear guards and returning them to original. He's also made good progress repairing some minor panel damage on the inner guards and restoring the engine bay to original.
 
The link to photos is: http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/apjukes/slideshow/

Just wondering if you checked your cars reg number against the list of D port specials, your car has all the parts that point it possibly being one

The engine fan idler mount is *not* above the crankshaft pulley, as apparently found on the D-port motor (AFAIK).  
Another sign would have been no knob in front of the carby mount, but you now have the triple downdraft manifold conversion (ooh ahh !!!!), and roller rockers?.
 
Still, the rest looks genuine V6..........

whooligan

Thank your lucky star it wasn't covered in "chicken sheite".....remember that stuff?
Believe it or not kiddies, back in the 80's it was "cool" to spray the inside of your engine bay with a paint that produced a surface that can only be described as "rural".
My first 2.0lt capri was covered with the sheite! As soon as it got any heat on it it would chip off.
Awesome stuff!

Is that the stuff they used to spray inside public toilets? Mainly brown with white flecks, would be good for underbody, not so good in the engine bay.

The work stripping the engine bay must have produced a bit of profanity (as well as dust).

I wondered if this car was one of specials also given its August 72 build date. I checked the list of 12 cars and it doesnt appear on there so I guess its not one. In terms of other signs It had a 9 inch diff so I dont know what the original diff ratio was. The gearbox is with the car but Im not sure of the 2nd gear ratio. The engine has oval port heads but these are easily changed.

It would be nice if it was one of the specials but Im of course happy with the colour combo and sunroof. You cant have everything!

The engine bay stripping was really interesting. It was a real of frustration that a rare car had been messed around with along with the stress and excitement associated with dicovering what damage had and hadnt been done. The process created an incredible amount of dust, chunks of filler and shredded metal.

I remember when this car was for sale and looking at the engine bay and thinking, whats going on here? I was doubtful that it was even a gt because the battery indent was not visible. So this probably put off a fair few buyers and resulted in Anthony getting a great car at the right price.
I love the fact that it will be finished in the original blue, it will be a brilliant contrast to the other cars in the club lineup. There was a period when many painted their cars red even if it wasnt the original color. Too many cars in one color is very boring so the more cars that are not red  even makes the red ones look better.
If Anthonys yellow fire gt is a example of his work then we expect that this new project will be even better.

I was thinking the same Ron. I think people were put off thinking that it wasnt a V6. The difficulty was that the seller didnt want to sell the car so he very reluctanty let me look at the car. Once I looked at it you could see the battery indent from inside the wheel arch as well as other factory markings which were covered up from the engine bay side.

Its surprising how few blue capris you see. There werent many blue capri's offered by Ford. You could get Ice Blue, Bold Blue, Starlight Blue, True Blue and Blaze Blue. Looking at Capri club sites etc you are lucky to see a couple of each of the different blue Capris still around. I have seen another Blaze Blue Capri from NSW on the web. Its a very good condition car and I'd like to find the owner of it. Colour variety is a good thing.

Thanks for your kind comments (and pressure) Ron. Ive got high expectations for this car and feel that given the colour combo, sunroof and engine that I cant do anything less than a top job. Let's hope I can achieve this.

ronsmallford

I remember when this car was for sale and looking at the engine bay and thinking, whats going on here? I was doubtful that it was even a gt because the battery indent was not visible. So this probably put off a fair few buyers and resulted in Anthony getting a great car at the right price.
I love the fact that it will be finished in the original blue, it will be a brilliant contrast to the other cars in the club lineup. There was a period when many painted their cars red even if it wasnt the original color. Too many cars in one color is very boring so the more cars that are not red  even makes the red ones look better.
If Anthonys yellow fire gt is a example of his work then we expect that this new project will be even better.

Bold blue capri from Nsw is Spajic's, he his involved in the NSW capri club, his details are on the NSW capri site. if you cant contact him let me know as I have his number...O
Bold blue is rare, but they all are, i sold a bold blue v6 last year ( had been painted red).. so they are still about, looks like the car is in good hands, i look at the add several time while it was for sale.... if only i had bought it ( im sure we have all said that ) cheers O