A Ford based 427 dart block with Total Engine Airflow (TEA) CNC Ported 245cc Trickflow R Heads, a T56 6 speed and a 8.8 31 spline 3.73 rear end. N/A at the moment but the engine is build for boost.

And it still has leave springs in the back     But they can't handle it. So for the future I wil step up to a 3 or 4 link or IRS.

For now the car projects are on hold till i buy a house with preferred a garage or the space to build one. The land lord where i rented my garage has some big issues with the Insurance company so now I'm not allowed to work in the garage anymore and due age and health issues it will be a matter of time before he (or the children) will sell the place.

Quote from: capri v8 driver on May 19, 2025, 07:52:01 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.

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What engine and gearbox do you have in the V8 Capri?

Quote from: Jaanus on May 18, 2025, 22:08:31 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.

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

Making good progress.   

Are you keeping the leave springs?

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


pieceing together the corners of door opening

pedal/brake master mounting and hole for steering cloumn






Inner arches done with repair panels




rear arb mounting

closing up the gaps





rear chassis leg and spring mount

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.

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)