Capri

[Jaanus]

Bought this pile of rust last year.

[Jaanus]

Started on frame rails. 4x10cm box tube

Front






rear

[Jaanus]

costruction of the inner sills: 3x3 box for top part, 4x4cm angle iron bottom, sheet metal with dimples

[Jaanus]

First pic shows Boa. well that i sold to get some money back 

It also came with a 8.8 & lsd installed


No exact engine plans just yet

[capri v8 driver]

I love it.

Capri's are getting so rare these days.

That 8.8 axle is a good start. It can handle a ton of power.

[Jaanus]

The axle and the interior was nice 😅
Lsd was like 1/4 of the price of the car 🤣

Other than that, it's a basic shape of Capri, in the form of rust.

Had a front end accident years ago, and one rear arch and both rear lower corners already replaced (which are rotten now)

[capri v8 driver]

50 year old cars come with there problems.

For my Capri I used a explorer 8.8 as it has 31 splines axles and a stronger LSD.

[Jaanus]

closing up the gaps





rear chassis leg and spring mount

[Jaanus]

pedal/brake master mounting and hole for steering cloumn






Inner arches done with repair panels




rear arb mounting

[Jaanus]

a bit of strengthening, so one could use a regular jack if needed


pieceing together the corners of door opening

[capri v8 driver]

Making good progress.   

Are you keeping the leave springs?

[Jaanus]

I have thought of 4 link, for now leaves will be fine. plenty of stuff to do and i dont even have an engine/gearbox 




Epoxy primered inside



Sills are on

[capri v8 driver]

I have thought of 4 link, for now leaves will be fine. plenty of stuff to do and i dont even have an engine/gearbox 

I understand. Sheet metal and bodywork is a lot of and time consuming work. In this stage of the work it would be a option to make/incorporate the mountings for a maybe future 4 link system so you don't have to do it when the car is finisht. 

I still have leave springs under my Capri v8 and the 20M.