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Wattsy's 1969 Capri

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RE: Wattsy's 1969 Capri 2011/02/27 08:44:44 (permalink)
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Looking good Wattsy Looks like EL Falcon rear brakes, I think the backing plates are on the wrong sides, the calipers usually hang forward and the handbrake cable runs across the back unless yours is set up for them the way they are
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RE: Wattsy's 1969 Capri 2011/02/27 09:36:25 (permalink)
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Yes EL rears but turned around so I can run a BA Falcon handbrake setup which is pretty neat. This way my handbrake cables run across the front of the housing away from all the coilover brackets etc. BA have them that ways already so shouldnt be a drama.
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RE: Wattsy's 1969 Capri 2011/02/27 10:21:44 (permalink)
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Subscribe to this build.
Can't wait to see the red/black themed Capri.
The rocker covers look great.
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RE: Wattsy's 1969 Capri 2011/02/27 10:23:04 (permalink)
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Can't wait to see the red/black themed Capri.
The rocker covers look great.
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RE: Wattsy's 1969 Capri 2011/06/22 22:06:10 (permalink)
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Well... after some issues with my previous body repairer, or not repairer as the case turned out, the car left this afternoon to have some work done by Garry over at Gazspeed. For now Garry will be mostly fixing up the mounting of the column and brake pedal/master cylinder, finishing off the floor and making sure the diff is in nice and straight and the 4 link adjusted correctly. He will be fixing up some of the bodywork too with the aim to get the car safe, complete and working but without the bodywork being in a finished state.
My main goal is to get the car through the second phase of engineering and into rego and then I can take as much time as required for the body.
It's nice to feel like the car is at least underway again. I am still working my way through the dramas with my last choice of repairer and hopefully down the track I might see some recompense but I am told it not a quick or guaranteed process.
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RE: Wattsy's 1969 Capri 2011/06/22 22:19:54 (permalink)
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Good to hear things are moving again Garry does some nice work[;^)]
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RE: Wattsy's 1969 Capri 2011/06/23 09:31:05 (permalink)
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Dean it was an excellent idea to send it to Garry. I just had some work done there with great success...
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RE: Wattsy's 1969 Capri 2011/06/23 11:23:10 (permalink)
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Wow...just WOW! I will also subscribe to this thread
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RE: Wattsy's 1969 Capri 2011/10/28 16:44:08 (permalink)
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So .. I still live .. as does the car.
 
Been a while since I have updated this thread but the car has been soldiering on over at Gazspeed. The work done by Garry, whilst not glamorous stuff, has been instrumental in getting the car back on track to being a safe, reliable car that should perform well.
 
Garry has been tidying up the underneath of the floor, fixing some of the many inconsistencies left from the last clown, remade part of the roll cage, remounted the engine a bit higher, remounted the bootlid and turned the boot floor into what I wanted. Flat (mostly). Why the last guy got it into his head I wanted it to look like it had a fake drop tank is just beyond me let alone where he thought my shotgun exhausts were going to run. I guess once you have the customers money who needs approval for changes right?? Garry still has to add two small panels to the outer edges of the boot floor and then that area of the car is structurally finished. Will need some TLC down the track but as I am on a bit of a schedule it can wait. At least now the boot opens again properly and the gas struts function.
Seat mounts have been remade and the lower mounts for the 4 point harnesses have been added (as pictured).
 
Next job on the list is to check over the steering rack geometry and mount it properly. The car has an AU falcon column in it and the current mounts seem like placeholders so Garry is going to harden those suckers up. Following that will be refinishing the tunnel as now the box and bellhousing are too close.
 
Just btw the car is sitting as high as it can possible go so it was easier to move. Don't worry .. those big bags will be disappearing up under those wheel arches again later on.
 
Photos in order: boot floor flat and cell moved up 1 & 2, boot with hinges 1 & 2, under the boot floor 1 & 2, harness/seat mount, rear 1 & 2 minus drop tank thing and last pic for those who dont know is Garry from Gazspeed. I mostly posted this as he didn't want me to take it in the first place .... hence the look on his face. Hi Garry!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: Wattsy's 1969 Capri 2011/11/15 17:27:04 (permalink)
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Some primer on the roof and cage. Looks a bit less ghetto.
 

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RE: Wattsy's 1969 Capri 2012/02/28 19:34:05 (permalink)
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Work has been progressing steadily as Garry, from Gazspeed (for those who don't know), redoing substantial amounts of work that the last maniac just plain old got wrong.
 
After the engine and gearbox was raised up the tunnel just wasn't right. It proved to be a convenient excuse to fix the whole thing including some dramas with the floor being different heights from one side to the other (I know .. like wtf?).
 
Garry has made a new shifter mount that sets the shifter down into the tunnel and looks pretty good. In the pics the mount looks quite large but with the seats in everything scales nicely.
 
Some small tidying up and then the handbrake goes in and gets finished off.
 
I am now at the 8 month point waiting for my bonnet to come from Team Blitz. What a joke.
 

 

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RE: Wattsy's 1969 Capri 2012/02/28 21:07:10 (permalink)
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Nice capri Wattsy. It will be quick off the mark with all that's been done to the rear end.
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RE: Wattsy's 1969 Capri 2012/06/02 17:32:12 (permalink)
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Picked my motor up today. Has had some time put on it on an engine bench to run the cam in and make sure everything is okay.... which apparently it is! Unfortunately I couldn't get up to hear the motor while it was running but I am told it sounds pretty beefy.
 
Hoping to get the car back soon so I can put the motor in. Plenty more still to do though before it goes.
 
Anyways here is how she stands now (crappy phone pics ftw).



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RE: Wattsy's 1969 Capri 2012/06/02 21:04:43 (permalink)
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Nice
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RE: Wattsy's 1969 Capri 2012/06/03 10:49:39 (permalink)
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Mate, this thing is looking fantastic!!!!
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