Classic cars on the road
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Hi Richie Here's how to build a V8 Capri
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A mate did one on the 80's. He had a 3.0 litre with a knackered engine so it seemed a good idea. He bought an engine and gearbox from a scrap American Ford in a local scrappy for a few hundred. I can remember the day he actually installed it we all got summoned to help and it somehow just went in surprisingly easily.
Over the next few weeks he tidied up the installation with a bigger radiator, electric fan kit and some stiffer springs on the front. The day came for a road test and it sounded fantastic, accelerated like a rocket and worked well. A few teething problems with exhausts banging on the floor under hard acceleration and the brakes struggling but these were soon started.
He used it a lot for a couple of years and its biggest problem was the fuel tank, it wasn't big enough . On a run it would do high teens and was into single figures with a bit of enthusiastic driving.
Sadly one winter night it ended up in a ditch, it was drivable but it was banana shaped. He looked for another donor car to install the mechanicals but it never happened.
Steve
Over the next few weeks he tidied up the installation with a bigger radiator, electric fan kit and some stiffer springs on the front. The day came for a road test and it sounded fantastic, accelerated like a rocket and worked well. A few teething problems with exhausts banging on the floor under hard acceleration and the brakes struggling but these were soon started.
He used it a lot for a couple of years and its biggest problem was the fuel tank, it wasn't big enough . On a run it would do high teens and was into single figures with a bit of enthusiastic driving.
Sadly one winter night it ended up in a ditch, it was drivable but it was banana shaped. He looked for another donor car to install the mechanicals but it never happened.
Steve
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Re: Classic cars on the road
Nice Swiss owned Dart
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Interceptor II 123/4211
1973 Int 136/8805 (lost to flames)
Re: Classic cars on the road
Had this Ferrari behind me on Friday.
Felix Kistler
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Secretary/VP JCC Jensen Car Club of Switzerland
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Re: Classic cars on the road
Wow , that Farrari is absolutely stunning.
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Re: Classic cars on the road
A mate of mine has a one these that he uses for hill climbs.David Devine wrote:Hi Richie Here's how to build a V8 Capri
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Re: Classic cars on the road
I'm sure these wedges could be classics. Don't see them on the road often.
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Felix Kistler
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I love front-engined Ferraris (275 GTB??). Then they went mid-engined and I rather lost interest. Too undignified getting in and out perhaps, which blows any sense of cool.
"Now that chassis number is particularly interesting ‘cos it’s the one after the one before, which is the one after mine, not many people know that"
Stephen, Epping, Essex
Stephen, Epping, Essex
Re: Classic cars on the road
The Miura and the GT40, no good either I supposeVFK44 wrote:I love front-engined Ferraris (275 GTB??). Then they went mid-engined and I rather lost interest. Too undignified getting in and out perhaps, which blows any sense of cool.
Felix Kistler
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Wouldn't throw them out of my garage. But again, not Real Men's cars, possibly because they don't appeal to women (not compatible with heels, hairstyles, and high hemlines).
Your mileage may vary...
Your mileage may vary...
"Now that chassis number is particularly interesting ‘cos it’s the one after the one before, which is the one after mine, not many people know that"
Stephen, Epping, Essex
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I am just trying to visualise a lady in a short skirt getting out of a GT40. That might be a problem for whom?
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Still own 1938 Jensen HL1 drophead
(former JOC Early Cars Registrar)
(former owner of 116/3328 and P66)
Still own 1938 Jensen HL1 drophead
Re: Classic cars on the road
Not a fan of the rubber bumper, but two for the price of one this evening.
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She got into the Diablo (eventually), but she wouldn't let anyone with a camera get a shot from that side....
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Looks like shady business on that rooftop
Almost drove (rode) by these 6 without noticing them, on the way home- and tired from work I guess. I think they were there for a film shoot.
Almost drove (rode) by these 6 without noticing them, on the way home- and tired from work I guess. I think they were there for a film shoot.
Felix Kistler
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C-V8 112/2454, 541DL 2223849
JOC 9465
Secretary/VP JCC Jensen Car Club of Switzerland
www.jcc.ch / office@jcc.ch