A few more photos of the interior almost complete & engine bay.


















Just love the Roo's.

Hi Kev that colour looks nice on the car
Is that the fuel line on top of the exhaust?
PJ

On the right side of the v6 clutch and speedo cables will get burnt on the exhaust. Im wondering whether the factory fitted ties to keep these out of the way. A couple of zip ties seems the only way.
On the left side the metal pipe joining to the ruber piping is the oil feed to the oil guage in its factory position.

As the saying goes 1 step forward 2 steps back, after taking the Capri for a test drive around the block we have noticed an issue with the rotors rubbing the backing plate, new wheel bearings, vented rotors & calipers but I did not know I had to delete the backing plate for the vented rotors, now all sorted but had to reschedule the Dept of transport inspection until next week now.
On a brighter note now we dont have a horrible scraping sound & the car has had several trips around the block & to the servo for fuel & it seems to be settling in ok but I still need to sort out a good tune up for the engine but at least it is running & driving & I think I will be removing the front sway bar tommorrow & re-space the lower control arms as when reversing the front tyres just scraps the front panel when on a hard lock but apart from that it drives very well.

Well it is now licenced but not finished still need to cut & polish the bonnet, reset the front springs 50 or 60mm, re-align boot lid, fit spotlights but for now it will tools down & just go cruising in it for a few weeks to get some kms on the clock after the Hotrod & Street Machine Spectacular at Burswood this weekend.

Thanks Jonny it has been great being able to take it out for a cruise.
We let the paint sit for 5 days after last clear coat goes on & then inspect how much de-nibbing needs to be done (crap in the clear runs etc.) I have a special tunsten carbide tool for this about $130.00 from memory of which is held in a magnetic holder & sits flat onto the painted panel & slowly worked over the run or junk in the paint to cut it off but all care must be taken.
The we use a 1500 wet & dry paper with a bucket of water first to go over the whole car by hand & you must keep you hand flat & with minimal hand pressure, wash the after this & go over with 2000 wet & dry & new bucket of water, some people prefer to use a soft block but I do not. Also use low tack tape on egdes that need fair bit a of work so you dont sand threw.
Wash the car with a little dish washing liquid & warm water & dry car & re-inspect, basically we aim take off 1 coat of clear to may it flat as possible.
We use a proper electric variable speed buff with a 3M buffing sponge & a good 2 pack compound with a spray bottle of water to keep the panel cool when buffed ( I can not remember the compound name but we still have to cut & buff the bonnet yet so I will get the name on the weekend), also use low tack tape on edges that you may catch when buffing as it only takes a second to buff threw.
Jonny I am sure the pro's do this a better way but for ameteurs we seem to get fair results for the effort put in & that works for us.

Kev.

Have not done an update in a fair while as we have just been enjoying the car & not working on it untill this weekend so I thought I would fit the spotties for the WA All Ford Day.
It was an great day out with freinds & family & the weather was awesome, I also met up with Owen (V4CAPMAD) of which was great good to put a face to a name & I hope you enjoyed your first WA All Ford Day.
I have also included a photo from the WA AFD with my wife Wendy & son Ben & the Capri of course holding the Best Small Ford trophy of which was a very pleasant surprise.
 
Kev.