The strut inserts are Koni 86-1835SPORT units. I paid just over $400 for the pair through a mate who had an account with Fulcrum Suspension. Their head office is in QLD if that helps.

Fitted springs tonight and adjustable strut tops. The springs are old originals but not sure if they are V6 or 1600 ones. Anyway, they are just to get the car on its wheels - I will get some new springs once I can see the final ride height etc.

Pics tomorrow.

Looks like your doing a great job Steve on such a tight deadline, good luck

Thanks for the encouragement guys! I need it!

A few updates.

The radiator is now being modified to fit the engine bay - it is an ex Britek racing team radiator out of a V8 Supercar. I picked it up really cheap when the Britek team lost its Ford factory backing and they had a fire sale. I'm fairly sure it is made by PWR. It has to have the tanks narrowed a fraction towards the bottom so that it fits between the chassis rails, and also is getting regular radiator hose fittings welded in place of the speedflow fittings that were on there.
The brake caliper adaptors are also being made up to fit the GTR calipers - should be ready by next Monday

I remeasured the rear wheel clearance with the narrower tyres last night and calculated the diff length at 1320mm. This compares with the standard 4cyl diff at 1380mm. I dropped the diffs off this morning and should get them back next Tuesday. If anyone needs an old 4cyl Capri diff (minus all the mounting brackets) let me know and you can have it - otherwise its going to the tip. Ratio unknown, condition unknown.

A couple of pics of the struts fully assembled.

Nice I love the set up. I have the nolatec top as well. Did you get a spacer for the koni insterts?

I guess you mean the spacer that comes with the Noltec strut tops? It came with a selection of spacers and one suited the Konis fine.
Seems to fit well!

Looks excellent Steve, Will defineutely stand out in Ireland. Where abouts in Ireland are you moving too? I'm from Kilkenny originally came over here in 1991. Its way to cold to go back.

Very nice, i cant wait to see it back together. O

Hi Kizza,

We are moving to Dublin. The weather is a worry but I'm sure I will survive!!

Thanks for the comments Owen - I can't wait to see it finished myself! As you would know, the reassembly is the enjoyable part.

My bonnet brackets are finished. Happy with how they came up - not exactly original looking but they were made so that the holes I drill in the body will be in the correct place should I ever find some original brackets in the future.




I also caught up with a mate of mine who is trimming my seats. Here are some pics of a front seat back cover being sewn up and then of the completed seat back.






I found out today that the diff won't be ready until Saturday. Not happy - cutting it fine now [:(!]

Hi all,

Well, I'm happy to say the car made it to Dublin without a scratch. I unloaded it from the container last week and was very relieved to find it had made the journey unscathed!

The family has settled down well over here so far. I found myself work within 3 weeks of landing and have been keeping very busy. The economic climate is very bad here at the moment so I count myself lucky to be in work.

I have joined the Irish Capri Club http://www.capriclubireland.com/ but haven't met many of the members yet. It is a club covering the whole country so they don't meet regularly like Australian clubs do. They rely on organised runs and the show scene to catch up.

Here was the big day last week.


On terra firma at long last!


I have some storage arranged and I can work on the car there, but it isn't ideal. The house we are currently renting doesn't have a garage so I will have to make do until we decide where we actually want to live long term.

Here are some updates I didn't get time to post before the big move.

I had the radiator modified to fit the Capri as it was a little too wide to fit down in the area between where the bumper irons mount to the inner aprons.






And this is it test fitted. I can't really fit a bigger radiator in - sort of seems overkill now that the car will rarely see more than a 20 degree day here in Ireland!





The front end in - just enough to get it rolling and steering.





Finally the diff was shortened and bolted into place on the old springs.





And my good buddy Dan finished trimming the seats. They look sensational and I'm really looking forward to getting them bolted in some day.






A big Hi to all you guys from the Capri Club in Melbourne. I really miss catching up at the monthly meetings. Thanks everybody for all your help and advice - I couldn't have got this far in the build without you. [^]

I will update from time to time as assembly progresses and post some pics from Irish shows - I plan to head to some of the English ones too![:x)]

Cheers,

Steve

Hi Steve, those seats really do look good. If your door trims look shabby next to those seats I can recomend Aldridge trimming, very proffessional work and would finish the interior off perfectly.