1971 Capri Trackcar - always check your pins!

Well no progress on this lately due to being overseas with work, but I have been thinking about how I'm going to paint the Capri - next year in time for RRG I hope.

Anyway, I fancy a race colour scheme, but I also fancied something different.

I toyed with the idea of Broadspeed colours, since they used to be based in the town I build mine, and are heavily linked to the Mk1 Capri - but I want it to be bright, and not a replica.

So I thought "what's the the best race colour scheme ever?" - now while that's a hell of a subjective question I think a lot of people would say this one's up there:



It's bright enough, retro and just generally awesome. But it'd be a sort of replica, and its a very German colour scheme, and I fancy something a bit more British.

I'm also not the biggest fan of Jagermeister, don't get me wrong I've had a few very enjoyable JagerBomb fueled nights, but my drink of choise is Scotch, preferably an Islay single malt - and handily enough one of the 7 distilleries that's on the tiny Island happens to have some of the best branding to have ever graced the side of a bottle. Islay is well worth a visit by the way, it's beautiful.

The distillery in question is Bruichladdich, and one of my current tipples is they're very good The Laddie Ten (they do tons of good whiskys, and break the mould a bit compared to most, plus they do a very very good gin).

So here is the inspiration for the colour scheme:



Sadly I'm no designer/photoshop master, but here's the sort of thing I'm thinking - basically take the Jagermeister scheme, and just change the colour/logos



So what do people think? Got to say I rather like it.

Yes,Yes,Yes

looks like a good start, but I've seen your top skills with the pinstripe tape (Super Minx bonnet & previous Escort flames) and I've always loved the swage line down the side of the Mk1 Capri - do you think you could combine the two and include some kinda snazzy pinstripe design down the sides??? Almost like the black lines in the pic you posted but in white to make them really pop...??
I wouldn't know where to start with photoshop-ing something together ubt I can't help but think this is a good opportunity to do something really creative and unique (other than building the car in the first place of course! :-P )

Perhaps you could speak with Bruichladdich and ask if they would pay you to be a rolling advertisement for them??

I don't drink but yes yes yes to that colour scheme and if you could some kind of sponsorship, so much the better

They're probably too busy packing a pallet load of free stuff to send down to you!

Yes! exactly like that, possibly a bit more "pin" and a bit less "stripe" than that example because I think the creases on the Capri are a bit sharper already but yes, something to accentuate the details... I'm sure between the two of you you'll be able to come up with something creative and awesome, there's not too much of a rush (yet) :-)

So not been upto a lot on the Capri, though I did finally track down the front end knock to a rose joint. Made a hell of a noise for something that I couldn't find any obvious movement in off the car.

Anyway now that's sorted I'm enjoying driving it a lot more. Apart from needing the suspension setting up, I'd say its basically shaken down. So time to get it mostly stripped for paint.

But before that I've got to move all my curse word (that's a lot of stuff!) into my new unit! ;D

At last I'm going to have somewhere that's not only got a flat floor and is weatherproof, but is only 2 mins away from home! Properly excited about it.

So far I've cleaned it up and painted the floor. Rubbish photo as really need a wide angle lense, but it's looking pretty good so far.



Now I just need to build a bench, get some shelving, build a guard rail for the mezzanine and move in. And look for a cheap 2 post lift (at this rate I'll never pay off the credit card bill!)

Please don't tell me that your unit is based next to a certain Lotus Specialist and a Pug one as well? I was eyeing up their units years ago.

I cannot wait to see the car upon it becoming more presentable .

With the backing board on and the plug on the front it really looks the business. once you've got the vice on the corner and other bits and bobs be all good to get building. Happy to help clean stuff from the old barn to the new place.