Capris at the Auto Spectacular, Willowbank - 14 April 2013

 This was our club outing for April and what a difference a day makes! Many of you would recall that on the Saturday, the weather was terrible and it rained all day. This put in doubt my plans to even go and it seems many others thought the same way. However, Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day and many saw it as a day to get out. My trip started with a bit of alarm when, not far from home, I noticed huge plumes of blue smoke coming out the back of the car. It was running fine & I kept going & it seemed to lessen a little but it was the general consensus of opinion was that I had overfilled the engine oil. I really hope that is correct!

The Capri Club had only two Capris present – my green 1600 and an RS3100. We were joined by another member's son driving the Falcon Hardtop and guest member who had his Escort. We had a good little spot under the trees and plenty of room as we had reserved space for 10 cars. Next door was the food van & then, next door to that, were the dunnies. What more could you want?
This is a huge event and there were thousands of people with the cars stretching forever.

 All tastes were catered for as we saw dragsters, hot rods, heaps of Falcons & Holdens, all the American muscle car stuff, the Shannon’s Goggomobiles, a variety of classic vehicles, big & small, old& new, many trade displays and even two Capris. The Swap stalls were just behind us, but as usual, no Capri or small Ford stuff.

Big & small.
How about this Vauxhall V8?

Nice Capris For Sale

Here are three nice Capris for sale at the moment.
The amounts being asked for the 1600s seem to be creeping up.
The only interest I have in them is that I would like to own all of them.

This nice V6 is advertised on Gumtree for $25,000 at http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/brighton/cars-vans-utes/1972-ford-capri-coupe-v6-gt/1016551467

I really like the colour of this 1600 & it appears to be in great condition - asking price $18,500.
http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/ford-capri-1970-14437856?base=1216&vertical=Car&cr=0&eapi=2&__N=1246%201252%201247%201282%204294966463%204294966258%201216&num=15&silo=Stock&sort=%7eYear

There is another 1600 Auto (Vermillion Fire/Black Trim) advertised for $20,000 at this site. Unfortunately I cannot copy a picture of it.
http://australianmusclecarsales.com.au/muscle/179398-1971-ford-capri-1600

Maybe I need to write Santa a letter!

Ford Capri Aerodynamics

If you need to do some serious aerodynamic tuning to make your Capri go a bit faster, have a read of this.
If you understand any of it, best of luck & you will probably have a very fast Capri!

 

Bayside Restorer's Swap Meet - Ormiston

The Capri Club's event for March was the Ormiston Swap. Unfortunately only two Capris showed but a few more members attended.
As at many swap meets, there is a creeping amount of bric-a-brac and an ever declining amount of small Ford bits & finding any Capri parts would be a major windfall. I think that the best on offer was a couple of old Classic Ford magazines with pictures of Capris. I opened my wallet only for a sausage and a can of Coke.
When back with our cars there seemed to be an unending interest in the cars & Capris. There were lots of different cars as can be seen by the pictures. This year there seemed to be more cars on display that ever before.

















The Bayside Restorer's Club put on several big well organised events each year and they deserve the support of the classic car community

Some more Ads

Some more advertisements from the Womens Weekly. (1969 - 1972) Nice colours!

                             1 September 1971                   
                            (click to enlarge)                                                      21 June 1972
                    

30 August 1972















   3 September 1969

Was the Capri just a fashion accessory?

These ads came from the Women's Weekly in 1969.
It would seem that Ford may have been aiming at the female market.

 This was in the 27 August 1969 edition.

This was in the 25 June 1969 edition.

There are a few more to come.

No, not a Capri

Just recently I was very fortunate to be invited to accompany a good friend of mine on a regular run of classic cars. A private collector, who has possibly one of the best collections of Jaguars in Australia, invites friends & members of a collectors car club to help him give the cars a bit of road time. On this occasion, there were two Jags, two Jensens & the Triumph Stag. We were allocated the Stag. It was one of the best days, weather wise, this year & the drive, which is all thoroughly planned, found us travelling up through the Sunshine Coast hinterland to Flaxton. It was a great day for driving in the Stag with the top down. Not having had anything to do with these cars, apart from watching Terry in Minder, I was very impressed. This car was imported from the UK & is in fantastic condition.
The collector has just completed a two storey garage/showroom which is bigger than my house. Besides Jags, he has a number of other British classics but no Fords. A real eye opener of a day, not only to drive in the car but to see how this man looks after his cars.
The Jensen Healey pictured has a twin-cam Lotus engine which is slanted well over to the right side of the car.