My 1977 3.0s capri

Nice one looks great already :-)

Such a cool find. Did you tuck it away originally?

WOWZERS...!!!!!! I'd love a 3-litre Capri one day...

Yes side mouldings are off now.the cars a bit soecial to me .it was my ex stepdads.hes now 71 years old.his dad bought it him when it was 3 years old.he used it as his daily every day.had a towbar fitted and towed a little trailer about with it.he met my mam and my mam eventually drove it to work.and she had her name ont logbook for parking purposes.in manchester.in 1990 it had a resto £4000 er.had new wings etc.full respray inside out ,underside too.but as it was being fitted back together the interior,gearnob and front sooiler went missing.he got paid out.but went for gray recaros.mk3 side strips were put on coz my mam kept banging /scratching the doors.he ran the car for a while then it started running rough,mind u he was running it on unleaded as leaded was scarce.shoved it in the garage in its mint condition but thinking the heads were knackered.29 years on i got it.we turned up and the garage had been broke into.the capri was vandalised and his thruxton velocette stolen.i got the car for £599 quid .felt so sorry for him.since ive had it i got the engine running.but it was smokey.so i stripped it and it needs a rebore.ive had the heads done.full engine rebuild being done.sourced an interior.and original two part front spoiler just need a clean up.ive got original doorcards also.the cars been scratched and has a fee little dints etc.so needs painting.and I'm going for a black vinyl roof .it had one but never had it put back .cheers mel

Plans for it sound great, those seats look mint, had a set of Carla Check Sports seats in my last 3.0S, prefered them to the Recaros in my Previous S (the S Recaros are a lot firmer and i found i was constantly conscious of brushing against the bolster getting in and out as they were mint)

Are you going to source the proper badges for the boot ?, should have black F.O.R.D letters and a black metal Capri badge with a red II sticker behind it, pretty sure it should have the metal 3.0 badges on the front wings too (with S stickers)

Sorry but i'd be a stickler for detail if it was mine

that is such a great save. Nice one.

Looking good so far pal,about time you pulled your finger out of your and cracked on with this .
really cant wait to see this finshed tho,if its owt like your S1 turbo it will look stunning

Absolutely gorgeous

Eyupp .ive done a bit since i last posted,just refurbed ,baremetalled,polished ,painted the engine. engine out ,stripped it and it was knackered£1400 to put it right so sourced another running engine with paperwork for work done to it.whipped the heads off and put a refurbed set on .then started new alloy timing wheel needed