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[CapriTypeR]

I gave you crap??  Damn, I don't remember!  I think everyone should build what they want to build.  If they build a Capri, and it doesn't work out, I'll buy it for parts cheap!!  :cool:  

Again, thanks guys!!

[urbex]

Something to the effect of "I'll put the SuperRoo up against any Eclipse or Talon you could ever hope to build"..or something like that anyways.  I don't really remember, I just remember SuperRoo being involved     Either way, I didn't take offense to it, I'm used to such things from the people I hang out with down here..."WTF are you building a Volvo WAGON for?  You should get a Camaro/Mustang/whatever-else-common-musclecar!"

 

[CapriTypeR]

LOL! I don't remember it, but I'll stand by it!! Unfortunately, I think the 'Roo's days are numbered, due to serious frame rot. After installing the new T-Bird turbo, as well as the new cams, we blew out the brake lines before we left my neighborhood for a test run! I think the next step is transplanting all it's goodies into a rust free chassis, and starting over.    
--Russ

[sterling94capri]

Yea Russ mine has a "little rot". Local body shops say its no problem,but it worries me every time I spend money on it! A woman on faceook capri owners wall is looking for parts for her 93. I told her to look you up on the sight.good luck.Rocky

[urbex]

It might have been on the email list rather than here.  But yeah, I hear you.  It's one of the concerns I have about mine, and doing the level of modifications that I'm thinking about.  Not from a rust standpoint, but possible collision damage.  The front bumper cover was pulled away on the passenger side when I bought the car, and the marker light on that side was also damaged.  The sheet metal around the area looks straight, so I think I'll be OK, but it's going to suck to find out that there is extensive damage _after_ I tear it down for inspection, lol.  The worst part though is that cheap Capris are few and far between here (cheap as in less than $1000).  Honestly, if I'm going to dump another couple of grand into a chassis, I might as well start with something that began life as a RWD car....I still keep thinking I should just build another V8 Chevette  

[CapriTypeR]

I don't care what anyone says - Chevettes are Bad-Ass!! A local guy around here has one that is bone stock, and looks like it just rolled out of the showroom.  To him, it is just a cheap form of transportation, he drives it all winter, the thing needs a good wash, but it is very solid.  I want that car!!!

--R

[blue93]

I had a '76 Chevette in the early 80s.  I used to drive a lot between Maryland and New England in those days, when I was an undergrad.  It had a 4-speed as I recall.  

I had to mount a speaker on the dash because at speeds in excess of 60, it was tough to hear the radio.  I bought it used with 49,000 miles for $1100 and sold it 2 years later with 99,000 for $1000.  I had to replace the timing belt during that time, but for return on $ and mileage it is one of the best cars I've ever owned.

I do remember, however, that when consumer reports rated the slowest cars on the market, the only thing that was slower than a Chevette was a VW Bus!

[kelly270]

are you scrappin' the motor ?  I'l give good hard cash for the cams and turbo and manifold, ECT,,,,, shore woood like that hood.....

have a good one russ!!

[CapriTypeR]

Frigging vultures......    

JK!!

The car will live again, although with a different chassis. The entire drivetrain, and the custom pieces (yep, the hood!) will be rebuilt on a 93 rust free chassis. I need to decide if I'm painting the car, or leaving it Stratosphere Blue (the chassis original color).  I don't want to go with just "red" (sorry Josh!), but maybe a burnt orange, or candy red of some sort.  I even thought of a money green-ish color.
I've already sold off the pieces that were to be changed anyway.  Everything else will find its way back into the "Super Roo II"

Idea #2: Transfer the driveline into the Clubsprint. The engine is shot in that car, and it already looks hot.  Add a few pieces, and it would be a showstopper!
 

---Russ

[David Young]

I think option 2 would be great.  I never get to see that car,(running), just in pics.

[CapriTypeR]

Should have gone to the MACG!  It was there.....

 

[Rocketman]

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