A guy in Sydney - les - he sells thru small ford up there as well. I've only fitted them to this shell so far - I'm guessing it took me 2 days to get them (and new doors) right. Adjusting, guards, doors and bonnet 3 or4 times. (Mind u - I had t change one passengers steel door over to get a result with that - factory doors arnt all the same) The factory fit on capris was not great anyway but I wanted the door spacings etc tighter than that. No denying - U have to work for a result.
Mark dainty put a set he brought off me on one of his - hasn't bolted them down but they look on the money.
Wherever u buy them (if u do) - les supplies a separate gusset that u fix to the a pillar - you'll need it - u have to alter the position of the guard in relation to the gusset - till u catch the lines on the associated door - then u fix guard to gusset - u won't get a result without it. After alignment I tek screwed mine - then glassed guard and gusset together

And the outside

Les used one of my Dashes /Crash Pad for the mould to make them. He did also take the instrument cluster or dash to make a mould of it which is from a matching set so if he makes them they would then match each other. He also took moulds of the kick panels and the rear door cards with the rounded edges which would be great when he sells them. I think your guards seem to fit seamlessly so now I'm interested. Although do you lose strength with the fibreglass guards? And if so how do you fix it also once yours are on are then easily removed if so how have you fixed them? Keith

The guards r not a seamless fit - u have to work for it. Strength wise - I don't think there's a prob - a couple of guys have had v8's engineered with them on. One of my cars was run into a brick gate post - impacted one of his bonnets. It flexed downward on the nose and bounced back - albeit with gel cracking. I've bolted his guards on with stainless steel button heads

Thanks deano - I'm itching to get some colour on it - a seminal moment for me on this one

Hi Spud 15
When restoring my 70 Deluxe I could not find a decent steel guard anywhere so I settled for a fibreglass one. I am very happy with the end result & it is very difficult to detect.
My two bobs worth on how it was done is on my blog (Parts 9, 10 & 11) at
http://my70fordcapri.blogspot.com.au/search?updated-max=2010-02-08T17:46:00-08:00&max-results=25&start=10&by-date=false
Cheers
Ian

true - a wild plum would be nice to finish of the salad.
 


mostly in primer now...

a coat of clear and the engine bay, boot area, jambs etc and underside of the bonnet and bootlid are done. Ill fit everything off, get it going and drive it down to the greenhouse where I can see it better - and do the external faces of the panels