Capri - Happy Christmas

A very Happy Christmas & a prosperous New Year to all my readers wherever in the world you might be.
Not much Capri action around here at the moment as the holiday season is in full swing. Capris are not much fun in hot weather either so my driving is, at the moment, limited to short drives around my neighbourhood.
Take care & best wishes
Ian

Capri - Radio Fix

I haven't done much to the cars lately as both are going pretty well, although there is always something that can be done. The radio in my green Deluxe as been going off & on as there as been some intermittent power supply problem. In other words, a possible loose wire somewhere.
Not wanting to remove the parcel tray & mine has a fair bit of cloth tape with it, I decided that I would try and see what was going on by removing the ash tray & the small panel to the right of it.



This wasn't much help as I could not see the wires leading to the back of the radio. So to Plan B. I decided to try to take out the radio through the front of the dash. So the front cover plate came off & guess what? On trying to find the wires, the radio fell back inside under the dash.



Using a long set of pliers, I managed to get it back & put it back in the slot. That was enough for me as I did not want to mess around with pulling everything else out, so I just put the radio front back on & screwed the ash tray & panel back in place.
I turned on the key & guess what? The radio worked just fine & hasn't stopped since. So work that out!
That's my maintenance for the week!

Capri - 2015 Capri Club Christmas Break Up

Yesterday, the Capri Club held its annual Christmas Break-Up at Harrigan's Tavern, Calypso Bay, Jacobs Well. It is a great spot to have such an event as it is right beside the water and there is plenty of room for the cars to be displayed. We only had eight capris of various models this year but 30 members & partners enjoyed the occasion. Best Capri & V6 went to Ray's beautiful RS3100, best 4 cylinder went to Matt's red Mk1 and best SA went to Greg, who had the only entry! It was even a pretty cool day by Queensland standards so it was even pleasant driving the Capris. I took my white XL & was really pleased how it went. The new tyres seem to have made quite a difference & it cruised along the motorway at 100 kph with no vibrations or wanderings. A good day was had by all.
We shared the venue with the AC Cobra Club so I have included several photos of their large gathering.


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