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Cooky3

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Hi all. Thought I should follow etiquette and post a hello.

This is my first Z4 but have run lots of other Beemers over the years. Decided to finally sell my Ford Capri which I have enjoyed for the last six years having had an itch for another fun convertible... Still running my Triumph Street Triple 765 RS too though for solo thrills...

Bought a Z4 2.5Si, 2006, silver grey with 59,000 miles. Paid decent money - has had all the usual roof motor and WP work done... From a fellow forum member who I built some good rapport with... However, have the worlds earliest problem with a new to me car - first time for everything! Another story so check out Timing Chain Issues in the sob story section... Not my intended first post of course. :headbang:

That's also my excuse for not posting a pic as yet - the car has spent more time away with others than with me!

Hope to get some advice, help, recommendations from you helpful people and also meet some of you in due course...

Best regards to all. :driving:
 
Welcome along, hope the early problems are sorted out soon and you can then post some pics - got any of the Capri? (thats an itch I never got to scratch, has to be one of the best looking cars of its era)
 
Welcome. :)

Sold your Capri to by a Zed. :wub:

Timers running already for the Pics btw. :wink:
 
Hi gents. Always dreamed of owning a Capri since working as a part timer age 14 and my boss bought a RS3100... Then did an incredibly short stint at a Ford dealership in 1987 and walked into the showroom to catch my first glimpse of a 280 Brooklands... Rick Astley was playing on the radio (Never gonna give you up ironically...).

Don't do shows anymore as too busy. Don't go out in it and leave it in a car park because some dipstick will either hit it or intentionally damage it and all said, it's a 33 year old car so requires a bit of respect... Hard decision but ultimately right to let it go.

Just need to work out where to host my pic's to display here. They are all on my laptop :headbang:
 
Cooky3 said:
Just need to work out where to host my pic's to display here. They are all on my laptop :headbang:
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You can simply attach them direct to the post.
Click the attachments tab, bellow the text window.
Click Add Files, select your pic. Place online and repeat for more pics. :)
 
:? Cheers Buzyg. I read the FAQ's page and thought you couldn't directly link... Here goes...
 

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:? Cheers Buzyg. I read the FAQ's page and thought you couldn't directly link... Here goes...
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Beauty, I had a MK2 Capri 1.6GL back in the day, I would love another if the prices weren't so high for a good one.
 
Yeah, as with a lot of classic Fords, going for silly prices now...

Mine had the Turbo Technics F16 Evolution conversion done in '86.... Will regret selling it I am sure but that's life!

Fortunately I have a Z4 to keep me smiling - soon!
 
Welcome along, my brother had a 1983 Y 2.8i in black, he got it brand new as his company car. It was written off at 2 years old :thumbsdown:
I had a 1985 2.0 cabaret in blue, loved it, the long bonnet, the looks, until number daughter came along and we had to sell it for a Sierra estate :roll:
 
Hi and welcome great capri I owned a red 2.0s with recaro seats had to sell it when the third child arrived :(
 
Hi chaps. Thanks for the interest in the Capri... That sale regret might be starting already ha ha.... :|

I enjoyed owning it. Funny enough, my two daughters looked at me like I was some kind of nutter when I showed them what I had bought. First trip out they were very embarrassed by the attention we got. By the second or third trip they only ever wanted to go out in the Capri...!

My eldest attended the first magazine shoot I did with the car - Retro Ford from memory.

But my youngest is bound to fall in love with the Z4 - especially as my eldest has just gone to uni leaving us to enjoy the two seats without argument! :driving:
 
Hi Cooky3 - I hope you can get your Z4 sorted soon. :thumbsup:

Oh but those photos of your Capri! :wub:

I bought my first 2.8i in 1985 (Strato Silver), but it had to be sold for a deposit on my first house. :(

So a few years later I managed to find another in Caspian Blue over Strato Silver - I loved those cars!

Then strangely enough about a week ago my mate told me he had just bought an XR4i - I need to go and see that!
 
Hi Mr Tidy

Loved the silver / blue combo back in the day. My mate had one in the 80's with the full RS body kit on it...

Everyone loved the look of my Capri. Pic's don't do the paintwork justice to be honest. Also caught a few people out... I made reference earlier in the post but it had an unmarked secret....the Turbo Technics conversion taking it to 230 bhp. Pushed a lot of newer powerful cars along at times...

But it would find the slightest drop of moisture on the road and use that as an excuse to try and kill you... :o
 
Hi and welcome.

I too have a soft spot for Capris - have owned three, 2 x 1.6 litres and 1 x 2.0 litres. I am still hoping for a "cheap" barn find to come along to give me some tinkering to do when I retire. Yours looked a beauty!

Anyway, that's gone, you have a Zed, so life is good. Even better when it's all fixed.

Enjoy :driving:
 
Cooky3 said:
Hi Mr Tidy

Loved the silver / blue combo back in the day. My mate had one in the 80's with the full RS body kit on it...

Everyone loved the look of my Capri. Pic's don't do the paintwork justice to be honest. Also caught a few people out... I made reference earlier in the post but it had an unmarked secret....the Turbo Technics conversion taking it to 230 bhp. Pushed a lot of newer powerful cars along at times...

But it would find the slightest drop of moisture on the road and use that as an excuse to try and kill you...
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I know the feeling - mine both had that trait even without a turbo!

You probably needed the LSD out of an Injection Special.

(I was told that would have stopped mine blowing up when I took it to the mender's after a "spirited" getaway - a few teeth escaped out of the back-plate on the diff). :oops: Still it got me home, driving gently so the other detached teeth stayed in the bottom of the casing! :lol:
 
Cheers RickRob and good luck with the find. Issue now of course is the cost of body panels, if you can find any...

It had an LSD Mr Tidy, and an axle location kit, upgraded suspension etc. Was still rubbish in anything other than desert conditions... :D
 
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