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| raynekat |
 Apr 9 2024, 11:01 PM
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Arne's cars are always drop dead gorgeous when he gets done with them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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| arne |
Apr 24 2024, 05:54 PM
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Serial Rescuer of old vehicles... Group: Members Posts: 769 Joined: 31-January 17 From: Eugene, Oregon Member No.: 20,799 Region Association: None |
It's been a little slow lately, but today things started to break loose. I finished the headliner last week, and so today I picked the Capri up from the glass shop with both front and rear glass back in place with new rubber and chrome lock strips. The car is finally weather tight for the first time in many years. In honor of the new all-weather capability, I quickly installed the new/restored period-correct wipers. I'm also working now on final gauge testing before reinstalling the dash pad.
And more good news! The new seat covers arrived from France this afternoon. Will share more on these later, but initial impression is they are really nice. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com-20799-1714002862.1.jpeg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com-20799-1714002863.2.JPG) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com-20799-1714002863.3.JPG) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com-20799-1714002863.4.JPG) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com-20799-1714002864.5.JPG) |
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| Jett |
Apr 24 2024, 07:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,670 Joined: 27-July 14 From: Seattle Member No.: 17,686 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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QUOTE(arne @ Apr 24 2024, 04:54 PM)  It's been a little slow lately, but today things started to break loose. I finished the headliner last week, and so today I picked the Capri up from the glass shop with both front and rear glass back in place with new rubber and chrome lock strips. The car is finally weather tight for the first time in many years. In honor of the new all-weather capability, I quickly installed the new/restored period-correct wipers. I'm also working now on final gauge testing before reinstalling the dash pad. And more good news! The new seat covers arrived from France this afternoon. Will share more on these later, but initial impression is they are really nice. Super impressive! |
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| East coaster |
Apr 25 2024, 05:49 AM
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Looks great!
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| KELTY360 |
Apr 25 2024, 07:04 AM
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914 Neferati Group: Members Posts: 5,090 Joined: 31-December 05 From: Pt. Townsend, WA Member No.: 5,344 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Top of the market!
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| arne |
Apr 27 2024, 10:38 AM
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Serial Rescuer of old vehicles... Group: Members Posts: 769 Joined: 31-January 17 From: Eugene, Oregon Member No.: 20,799 Region Association: None |
More fun with electrics. While working to refit the dash today, I installed the gauge cluster for testing. And everything worked... at first.
While testing all the warning lights, suddenly I caught a whiff of magic smoke escaping, and the dash illumination lights all came on by themselves, and would not go out. After pulling the cluster back out I found that there were some rather crude repairs to the printed circuit at some of the bulb "sockets", and one of them shorted and burned a section of the circuit. [Big sigh!] So add another foreign country to the parts sources list. So far I've bought parts from Germany, England, Denmark and France. Now I found that there is a shop in Australia that has reproduced the printed circuit sheet for these cars. I've started the order process now. While I wait, I removed the damaged traces so that I could install the gauges and drive the car while I wait. Apparently the only damage was to the dash illumination. I don't plan to drive at night, so I can get by until the new part arrives. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com-20799-1714235935.1.JPG) |
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| wonkipop |
Apr 27 2024, 06:23 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,666 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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QUOTE(arne @ Apr 27 2024, 10:38 AM) More fun with electrics. While working to refit the dash today, I installed the gauge cluster for testing. And everything worked... at first. While testing all the warning lights, suddenly I caught a whiff of magic smoke escaping, and the dash illumination lights all came on by themselves, and would not go out. After pulling the cluster back out I found that there were some rather crude repairs to the printed circuit at some of the bulb "sockets", and one of them shorted and burned a section of the circuit. [Big sigh!] So add another foreign country to the parts sources list. So far I've bought parts from Germany, England, Denmark and France. Now I found that there is a shop in Australia that has reproduced the printed circuit sheet for these cars. I've started the order process now. While I wait, I removed the damaged traces so that I could install the gauges and drive the car while I wait. Apparently the only damage was to the dash illumination. I don't plan to drive at night, so I can get by until the new part arrives. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com-20799-1714235935.1.JPG) australia to the rescue. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) been a couple of years since i have made it out to a ford day, but not surprised something like that would be available down here. usually lots of capris out at ford shows. your car is looking great mate. the aussie version hot capris came with a "super-roo" decal and stripes back in the day. |
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| arne |
Apr 27 2024, 08:20 PM
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Serial Rescuer of old vehicles... Group: Members Posts: 769 Joined: 31-January 17 From: Eugene, Oregon Member No.: 20,799 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(wonkipop @ Apr 27 2024, 05:23 PM) australia to the rescue. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) been a couple of years since i have made it out to a ford day, but not surprised something like that would be available down here. usually lots of capris out at ford shows. your car is looking great mate. the aussie version hot capris came with a "super-roo" decal and stripes back in the day. Tony does a lot more BMC parts than Fords. https://www.aeowparts.com/ |
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| wonkipop |
Apr 27 2024, 09:39 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,666 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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QUOTE(arne @ Apr 27 2024, 08:20 PM) QUOTE(wonkipop @ Apr 27 2024, 05:23 PM) australia to the rescue. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) been a couple of years since i have made it out to a ford day, but not surprised something like that would be available down here. usually lots of capris out at ford shows. your car is looking great mate. the aussie version hot capris came with a "super-roo" decal and stripes back in the day. Tony does a lot more BMC parts than Fords. https://www.aeowparts.com/ ah yes. one of my mates got some gear from him for a mini moke. i think he is legendary in the world of minis/jags etc. |
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| arne |
May 2 2024, 06:39 PM
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Serial Rescuer of old vehicles... Group: Members Posts: 769 Joined: 31-January 17 From: Eugene, Oregon Member No.: 20,799 Region Association: None |
Note to self - I like having A/C in a street car so that I can drive through the summer months, but the factory A/C in a Capri really complicates the dash and underdash plumbing. It's worse since I wasn't the one who took it apart, and I've never seen it assembled. So it seems like everything I do has to be done two or three times, as I find some new bits to do the more I put together. I'm getting close now, pretty much all that's left is the glovebox. I'll be glad when this part of the project is behind me.
Side notes - The new circuit sheet for the gauge cluster is still in Queensland, but is "booked for flight". The new seat covers from France seem to be quite nice, but I found that no headrest covers were shipped despite the website indicating that they would be included. Turns out that in Europe and the UK Capris did not come with headrests, and the supplier told me that the item description was in error and they do not have a pattern for Capri headrests. So I'll be sending one of my headrest covers to France to use as a pattern as soon as I can get one removed from the foam and reinforcing plate. My clock was working fine a few months ago when I hooked it up for testing, but only works in spurts now. Dang! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com-20799-1714696797.1.JPG) |
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| raynekat |
May 2 2024, 07:43 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,162 Joined: 30-December 14 From: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Member No.: 18,263 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Arne…sounds like a “perfect” car. Always fun watching and listening to your restorations. Wish I had room for this car.
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| arne |
May 2 2024, 08:36 PM
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Serial Rescuer of old vehicles... Group: Members Posts: 769 Joined: 31-January 17 From: Eugene, Oregon Member No.: 20,799 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(raynekat @ May 2 2024, 06:43 PM) Wish I had room for this car. It was a really good example, great starting point. It's turning into a much better than average car. Not concours, or showroom—that's not what I do. But it's going to be a great conversation piece at local cars & coffee events where ever it ends up. (I'm planning to drive it to the local PCA C&C Saturday morning. Many there know I'm working on a Capri, but almost no one there has seen it yet.) And with the A/C, it could even be someone's daily, if they wanted to do that. I know what you mean about the space problem, I barely have enough room to do these projects. Even though I have my Cayman stored in my mom-in-law's garage. (She has an empty bay. I most certainly do not.) |
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| arne |
May 4 2024, 12:55 PM
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Serial Rescuer of old vehicles... Group: Members Posts: 769 Joined: 31-January 17 From: Eugene, Oregon Member No.: 20,799 Region Association: None |
First public outing... in the rain! Took it to a PCA monthly coffee gathering. Because of the rain, there was less time for people to gather 'round, but the Capri was a big hit anyway.
Drive across town was uneventful. Pretty much everything worked as expected. The car is solid, water-tight, and rattle-free. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com-20799-1714848938.1.JPG) |
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| arne |
May 15 2024, 10:33 PM
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Serial Rescuer of old vehicles... Group: Members Posts: 769 Joined: 31-January 17 From: Eugene, Oregon Member No.: 20,799 Region Association: None |
Quick update - Replaced the transmission output shaft seal. No drama.
I've also been troubleshooting speedometer failure, and after disassembling the dash (yet again) found the inner cable was bad. Getting the correct replacement cable has proven to be a bit harder than expected. The latest attempt should be here sometime tomorrow. So the dash has not been put back together yet. While I wait, I've started working on the seats. The seat covers from France are looking like really nice stuff at this point. Stretching the thick vinyl into place is more work than I remembered, but seems to be going well so far. Just starting with the passenger seat back. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com-20799-1715833987.1.JPG) |
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| arne |
May 20 2024, 01:30 PM
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Serial Rescuer of old vehicles... Group: Members Posts: 769 Joined: 31-January 17 From: Eugene, Oregon Member No.: 20,799 Region Association: None |
The first seat is complete.
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| raynekat |
May 21 2024, 12:29 AM
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Looks factory new....nice!
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| wonkipop |
May 22 2024, 01:04 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,666 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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QUOTE(arne @ May 20 2024, 01:30 PM) The first seat is complete. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com-20799-1716233416.1.JPG) i love fords. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| East coaster |
May 23 2024, 04:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,775 Joined: 28-March 03 From: Millville, NJ Member No.: 487 Region Association: None
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| arne |
May 27 2024, 05:52 PM
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Serial Rescuer of old vehicles... Group: Members Posts: 769 Joined: 31-January 17 From: Eugene, Oregon Member No.: 20,799 Region Association: None |
Today I have mostly finished the interior. The new covers for the headrests are not here yet, and I'll need to find a knob of some sort for the gauge dimmer, but that's about it.
Next up will be timing gears, water pump and general engine reseal. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com-20799-1716853945.1.JPG) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com-20799-1716853946.2.JPG) |
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| KELTY360 |
May 27 2024, 10:21 PM
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Solid.
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