Popular Post governorsam Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Posted February 28, 2015 brought this last week, got it home on friday . last on the road in 2006.... 1600 gt motor out, will get a full rebuild later. gt box that will get a full rebuild, next to a sierra 5speed i got from pickapart. 2 litre cortina pinto motor i got from trademe a while ago. uses same engine mounts, just had to flip the radiator mounts. got it running on the sunday, good mate shannon helped me heaps. cheers mate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=picasacid it goes as of today!!!! replaced or modified or fixed so far... convert 1600 kent to 2000 pinto convert 4 speed to 5speed. flip radiator mounts and fit cortina outlets. repair saggy drivers seat. remove and regrease front wheel bearings. replace swaybar bushes. fix rust in the roof. remove fuel tank and flush crap out. make new gaskets for fuel tank. replace rear wheel bearings. replace rear slave cylinders. wire up starter and alternator. bleed brakes. replace diff oil and check the rest. straighten rear bumper. modify driveshaft. sierra front with capri rear still got a few bits to do, hoping to take this to nats. have had it 8 days so far. this will be a 10 day build. then drive christchurch to coromandel. no pressure... https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/47314-governorsams-1971-1600-gt-capri-of-patina/#comment-1477554 33 Quote
Popular Post governorsam Posted March 1, 2015 Author Popular Post Posted March 1, 2015 Fixed rust. Fixed seat belts. And lots of other stuff. Trying to wof and wheel alignment tomorrow. Not booked in anywhere. Drives nice.looks tatty. Has patina. Running out of time... 9 days of ownership so far. 11 Quote
Popular Post governorsam Posted March 2, 2015 Author Popular Post Posted March 2, 2015 just fitted this. because racecar. first decent run tomorrow, off to picton, then nats. see you suckers there! 16 Quote
Popular Post governorsam Posted March 9, 2015 Author Popular Post Posted March 9, 2015 wow. what a week. 3000kms round trip. averaged 40 mpg. pinto, 5 speed and 3.5 diff. was just off idle most of the time. got this... 12 Quote
governorsam Posted June 15, 2015 Author Posted June 15, 2015 motor has started making a knocking noise.... bugger. just brought another pinto from trademe for $200. will chuck it in this week for the next meet on sunday. i need a bigger shed.... 3 Quote
Popular Post governorsam Posted June 5, 2022 Author Popular Post Posted June 5, 2022 I need a bigger shed. 12 Quote
Popular Post governorsam Posted June 5, 2022 Author Popular Post Posted June 5, 2022 Things are happening ... capri is getting some love. look at what’s above it on the hoist. met someone who is building a mad Capri, going to help me get it back on the road. In good hands for now. 28 Quote
Popular Post governorsam Posted June 14, 2022 Author Popular Post Posted June 14, 2022 Not bad for a 17yr old kid. told him to carry on and do the whole car. got a couple of spare bikes to sell to fund it. stoked. 16 Quote
governorsam Posted June 26, 2022 Author Posted June 26, 2022 (edited) There might be a thread to talk about this somewhere. have no idea. https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/47314-governorsams-1971-1600-gt-capri-of-patina/ Edited June 26, 2022 by AllTorque Discussion link added Quote
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