From Classic Ford Feb 2015:
 
"Many Capri owners will have suffered from a one-speed heater thanks to a knackered resistor. With new ones unobtainable and good, second-hand units hard to find, the news wasn’t good, however, Trev at Quoyloo Garage now has brand-new heater resistors which fit directly into the heater box as per the originals but with modern technology. Good work!"
 
Wombat is exactly right regarding using a 44¢ ceramic resistor instead of £45 worth of "modern technology".  Furthermore, there is no harm in using one with greater wattage; it just means it can handle more heat dissipation (should it need to).

G'day Len, have you thought about one of those negative impulse rust proofing units? I've heard good things, you can get ones with differing numbers of electrodes depending on car size... Dads been using one on his car for a few years, he's close to the ocean and the couple of scratches he's got are showing no signs of rusting... Worth a look...
Cheers Drew...

Hi all,
Haven't done anything for a while, other than a little tuning of the Holley and keeping it clean and polished for car club events and displays. As per my last post went to panel beater to get my bodywork/ paint sorted, when I finally had some dough and time to get it there. Went to visit my son in Mount Isa  and got a text with some pics showing rust was worse than I / they expected - they rubbed back a bigger area than I had so found some more lurking under the paint. Asked if I wanted a quick bog-job or cut out and done properly. Spent a lot of time and money on the beast so spent some more and got it done properly. Went back to the painter who did job originally so got a good paint match, can't see any difference where repair was done.
Next item was stripes- decided to use my own version of late model Falcon GT/ XR8 ones, work in perfectly with the Falcon side repeaters in the front guards.  I covered the side of the car with brown paper and worked out sizing and location, drew it up for the sign guys to use as a template. Same for the stripes for the bonnet bulge.   Also designed custom logo to go with it using elements from 3 different badges to make it up.  Also designed scuff plates for the doors using the same alloy sandwich material used for my badges and weber air intake box. Called on the services of my brother and nephew on 2 Sat mornings to fix in place ( sign guy changed the angles of the stripes from my template to ones from internet ) so a bit of jiggery-pokery involved in finding the sweet spot to make everything fit.  Pics tell the rest  of the story.

stripes, logo, sign board ,bonnet and scuff plates.

Thanks for the encouraging comment. Found this particular one the nicest shape of the ones I had checked out at the wreckers, though these are new ones. The later model Focus has the same style but in orange. My brother-in-law worked at the local Ford dealership so went in and made a cardboard template off a new guard. The other method would be to get the section cut out of a guard at the wreckers and weld it in, but at the time there was nothing decent available.  This was a real " heart in the mouth " moment for me as I took to my guards with an air tool and dremel bits to make the cutout needed. It doesn't sit quite as flush as the original as I wasn't able to make the indentation in the guard. It was easy enough to patch the wiring into the standard loom for the front indicators and it keeps out of sight and harms way behind the inner guard splash panel.

Nice work Len! I'm really liking the scallops/ stripe work you've done there. Too cool :D

Hi All,
have now got some full time work so could afford for my sparky mate to come round and get my electrics sorted ie getting my " new " globe holders sorted.  Got a couple of spare light bodies, made up a cardboard template to reshape the mounting holes, a few minutes work with a die grinder had them done and the holders inserted and glued into place. Attached wiring according to wiring diagram but no joy- lights going on and off all over the place.  Pulled out the back seat and rear bulkhead, kick panels and switch panel to give access to sparky. I had changed the rear loom over during the rebuild so wiring colours were different. After much testing and recording, worked out new earths, switching wire for the reverse on gearbox, and hey presto! Got plugs made up so now one click disconnect.  Connection in the switch panel are crap so got him to wire up another fuse box to use for accessory / ignition feeds to attach set of gauges and other assorted add-ons.  Hooray!!  First test drive on Cruise Night had the cops following me but not pulled up " do you realise , Sir that your taillights are faulty ' as well as no comment from other club members who always tell me!  Worst part is having to put it all back together again!