I'm thinking keeping it that way. If I weld it on its extra strength and insulation. Stronger than original maybe with some caravan Windows and a modern moon roof like a Merc has. Like to see an engineer knock me back on it. But only joking it will be replaced properly. But like the idea of a Capri camper.

So I finally spent the weekend on the Perana and she drives again. For me a novice with interaccy on different setups and absolutely no info as Whools would understand on what stock should be( very protected info) it's a 302 in a Capri done over and over again but it's a Perana so it has to be made for me with original or new same stock to be right. My problem has been cooling and clutch problems. I've driven it maybe 20
times and there has always been issues. Last time I drove it with family in tow the clamp that keeps the brake and clutch pedal in the massive pin fell off which meant I lost all clutch pedal and close to no
Brakes which took two hours on the side of the road to fix near wisemans ferry and scared the living shxxt out of me. I have sort
Of fixed the clutch probs with a master cylinder push rod for a clutch from a falcon and a cheap clutch master cylinder but bleeding to get it right saw brake fluid after I tried to remove the new one go all over the fire wall which if any one remembers my Perana ruined the White Capris bonnet leaking it's clutch fluid over two year agos xmas break. So really I hate hydraulic clutches but can't do without it. Got it up and running to find the thermostat cover bolt
Is threaded and won't screw up. ****
It's a beautiful car and seems to be saying look at me but don't drive me I am too rare. My car was 20 to 40 mins north of Hornsby but at my house so can't say it's the Perana seen but would like to compare mine with someone else's one day.

I'm regulary on African muscle cars forum which helped me authenticate my Perana and also showed me threads of who bought it in S.A but also a big drive that five Peranas took of which mine was one. I will find the pics and post them somehow. Problem is though with so few people faking them which replicating is a great thing Whools but over there and even over here scams are rife. So the true build is never discussed and the intracale things made public. Have never cracked the forum code with these guys really as I own one of there cars and they don't like loosing them which is understandable not useful to me. Also South Africa has great forums for escorts Cortinas and Capris at Rs owners club or forum. Over there it's crazy. Keith

And you had the Cortina Perana Mk2 and 3 or mk1 as well with a V6 Essex fitted. And a few of these are here in Oz. African muscle cars forum and the Rs owners forum are a treat to read. I do remember something regarding the Escort with I think the first Pinto from Basil Green Perana motors. South Africa is stunning for cars with V8 4wd Cortinas made from factory to the mighty Xy,Xw Gt's as the same car from Oz but sold as Fairmonts. Keith

And now pics of the V6 attempted v8 conversion I bought. I will return it back to V6 but showing how someone butchered the radiator support. Will use the support from Spud to fix this one. Cheers Spud

A couple of Pics of the Perana. Why not? seems slow on the forum at the moment and Im bored being stuck in hospital after getting an infection from surgery two weeks ago. Problem is gives me too much time to look at buying more Capri stuff. Enjoy

don't give the nurses too hard a time Wiggy.
Boss stickers on the bonnet looks cool.
 
Speedy recovery.

No love the hard working Nurses, give the doctors what for though. Love the 302 Boss on the bonnet its painted on from the owner in South Africa. Here's a link to a thread about it www.africanmusclecars.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=268&hilit=yellow+perana 

A few more pics tonight of my Capris. I hope this year I can really get a proper start on fixing loose ends. After some health issues I am relatively fixed ( i can walk and bend down). Sorry to anybody I've bought stuff from and haven't picked up but i will soon. Also i have had some time to reflect, learn and learn and slow down without being gun ho as a first year apprentice with leather gloves and a welding helmet might be. As a Carpenter by trade that owns a Brick Cladding company with a machinery workshop of sorts with multiples of any tool I require this time has taught me experience is what its all about. Learn slow, practice hard and practice again and again and then some even more before you attack something you can't replace (like everything on a Capri except rust as it just seems to replace itself and not free of charge). After my accident I have been practicing on a few things.Firstly patients yeah failed on that so others are fusion welding, learning to panel beat and generally things that take no strength or bending movements drinking VB. Ive discovered that although I have welded stuff for years that Im still crap at it, and while my job should use hammers that I know nothing about using them for good not evil (carpenters only smash stuff apart with hammers nowadays Nail guns do everything else) So this year I will start by finishing each job I start and learning to be patient and study before I attack something. I say this as I have a 1972 CK17ME shell that I sand blasted 2 years ago that was rust free and it now just sits on a rottisserie gathering dust and surface  rust. Something that I find wrong wrong wrong.