Wifes 72 V6 Gt Capri

Well most of you would have seen posts on this forum of my wifes Gt Capri project so I thought it was time to do a post in the projects pages.
We bought the car about 7 years ago in parts as it was another mates project that he had to move on & my wife always has wanted one so the deal was done.
When we got the car it sat for 6 or so months in the shed gathering dust before we started doing some panel work to it as it had rust in both A pillars, lower front guards, vent cowling etc. So we did about 6 months work on it but I got distracted & went over to other side on the shed & worked on my 1966 XP Falcon with a blown 347 Windsor of which saw the demise of working on the Capri.
So in March this year we went to Bali with family & friends, my mate Bill & I had also just finished his 1957 Ford Fairlane project in January of 2010 of which is in the June editon of Street Machine & Perth Street Car mags, very nice car. Anyways we are sitting on Legian Beach having a few Bintangs at 5.30 in the arvo waiting for the sunset & we were talking about my wifes Capri & of course the question came up, when the F#@k are you going to get that finished for Wend (my wife)?? of which the reply was, as soon as we get back from Bali we will get stuck straight in !!!
So Bill calls me 4 days after we get back so are we working on the Capri today or what, well now we have done on average about 5 days/nights per week since getting back from Bali with great results being born from our labour & that of other friends as well who are also car enthusiasts.
Painting is now all done & it has been a pain the the arse but it does now look the part (well I think anyways) & we are are now into the reasembling, not to put us under pressure at all but we have entered the Capri for it's debut car show in 28/29 August 2010 at the Street Machine & Hotrod Spectacular at Burswood.
So anyway I will try to post up some more photos as I get time.

Kev.

That colour is great - really makes the car pop. Well done.

Quite a few years ago an orange capri came to one of the Sydney annual show and shines and it looked spectacular, it had dark tinted windows and had compomotvie wheels with the centres done in orange.......
I have always wanted to do a capri in that colour since.... yours looks absolutely fantastic and cant wait to see some photos of it outside.
You have done a great job.....

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Originally posted by somers181

Quite a few years ago an orange capri came to one of the Sydney annual show and shines and it looked spectacular, it had dark tinted windows and had compomotvie wheels with the centres done in orange.......
I have always wanted to do a capri in that colour since.... yours looks absolutely fantastic and cant wait to see some photos of it outside.
You have done a great job.....

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I have a photo of a car that sounds just like that, taken at the Capri Club display day in about 1991!!

Orange looks awesome alright.

Luigi your the man, I think we will have the engine & trans in by then so you will have some electric power. [:p]

Well we have been making some progress with the wifes GT sometimes forward & sometimes backward but I am sure you all know where I am coming from.
The Capri has had it's first day in the sun last weekend since being painted & I dont believe the camera does the colour justice but still not bad those of you in Perth will see what I mean when you see it in person, so anyways here's a few more pics.


Saturday no GT badging or stripe.


On Sunday morning with stripe,roos & GT badging Luigi with trolly jack hard at it.

Sunday arvo with Luigi backing up to the camera [:u]& Bill (he painted the the Capri) over the other side looking busy.

Its looking good alright,and rapid progress.[^]

Looking forward to going for a cruise in it Paul, I hope you guys dont mind a few other cars coming along as I know quiet a few people are hangin out for a cruise this summer & yes the bracket will be utilised later just aiming at try to get it licensed next Friday (20/08/10).

Did the brakes last night & exhaust today & going to try & fire up the engine tonight after dinner maybe perhapes if I can find some fuel line & some more motivation.