Thanks Guys,

It great to now approach completion of this project. Just a few small finishing touches.

I found this neglected Capri in a guys back yard several years ago. The car was in extremely poor condition needing a full restoration. It's interesting to here feedback regarding the colour combination, as I nearly changed the interior to black. Fortunately I was talked out of this an retrimmed car in the original white. For those that are interested I will attemp to post some interior shots ASAP.

A special thanks to Ron and Mat for making time to post the images.

Congratulations Dave. A mighty effort mate; you must be feeling very proud now! Hope to see you and the car at Wagga[:p].

Thats one nice Capri! Gotta agree about the joy of owning a classic like the Capri, it's so refreshing to take them for a spin and blow the cobwebs out.

Here's a couple interior shots. Bit shadowy but gives you an idea of how the white interior comes up

Man, that's sweet!

Are those seats factory Dave?

I have brought some seats out of a Mk1 Esky and they look identical to yours with the seat release handle half way up the backrest.

I'm hoping to get them recovered in black vinyl soon, if they turn out half as good as yours look i'll be a happy camper!

Man thats one nice car [:u]

Capri highback seats had he back release in 2 locations depending on the month, down the bottom or 3/4 of the way up the side, so either are correct

Guys,

Had to pull the engine and gearbox out on the weekend as I had little if no clutch. This is even after the clutch cable was adjusted as far a possible.
Once clutch and pressure plate were removed clutch plate appeared to be in reasonable condition, however showing some signs of heat. Presssure plate had uneven wear across the fingers.

I am thinking that after years of sitting around pressure plate is stuffed.

Anyone got any ideas?.

PS seats are definitely original.

Dave

Hi Dave. It almost sounds like the clutch at one time was frozen to the plate and flywheel (as they do when not used for a long time) and then when the pedal was first actuated the bearing has bent the fingers before releasing off the frozen plate. I hope that makes sense? Anyway it sounds like all new clutch time. Unless you enjoy pulling gearboxs out several times?
As for the seats yes it appears that ford fitted seats from the tc cortina as these are identical except for the tilt foward mechanism so Im thinking that they are specifically from the cortina tc 2door.
Ive seen a few capris like this and they were built around dec71 thru to mid 72? What threw me was that my car was built with the older style seats just converted to high back and its a late 72 build so I just assumed that all capris had the same style of seat. The old style of seat is fixed to the floor whereas the tc style has two brackets welded to the floor crossbrace at the front of the seat. This also explains why when the floor of my car was painted in the body color it was stopped short of the crossbrace so that the seat brackets could be welded on (they were done by hand by someone in the factory that actually knew how to weld) then the crossbrace and brackets were painted black. My car never got the tc seats or the brackets so the crossbrace being painted black was mystifying, until recently. I hope this is fascinating to someone, anyone?

With a set of loan 15" globes....


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