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