Car is now all painted and the blackouts done.
Ive been out of work for a few weeks(building industry), but the upside is that the car is coming together. Front and rear suspension is in, pedal box and steering and heater box.
Job to tackle now is the wiring, Im fixing 35 years of bodge jobs and making it as originaly intended then Im going to add some extras such as relays for lights,thermo fan,electronic ignition, power aerial. Any ICE can come later.
Also not to forget a fusible link. Electrical fires in the middle of nowhere are no fun.
A few pics coming shortly.

Thanks for the tip Ray. Im shifting house in the next few weeks and then have to put the capri under wraps while I build a new workshop but hopefully it wont take too long.

The car is looking really smart Ron. All the hard work starts to pay off now

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Originally posted by caprispecial

Job to tackle now is the wiring, Im fixing 35 years of bodge jobs and making it as originaly intended then Im going to add some extras such as relays for lights,thermo fan,electronic ignition, power aerial. Any ICE can come later.
Also not to forget a fusible link. Electrical fires in the middle of nowhere are no fun.
A few pics coming shortly.

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Just a few words re the wiring: Seems you are going for originality wherever possible, and so adding relays for all those big current devices you mentioned previously in the engine bay might detract from the genuine look.

I would put the headlight and thermo relays under the battery carrier. In that position the wiring is kept short to the battery, lights fuse block and thermos.

You could probably put a few fusible links under there too.

From memory, the battery positive feed to the cabin drops down to the lower engine bay area near the bottom of the battery carrier so the wiring would be well disguised.

A power supply feed to the lights fuse block would be easy to integrate into the original harness also.

Wow, that's looking superb Ron!

Are you planning to paint in behind the grill black?

That looks supberb. cant wait to pics of it all going together. Owen

Some bits, such as the radiator and grille are just screwed on temporarily for moving house. I figured they would be safer that way and less likely to get lost.

FINALY! The garage is finished and Im moving in. Capri is installed and now for the run to the finish. Bout time. Woo Hoo! The first big job will be the fitting of black vinyl roof. Stay tuned.