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Originally Posted by shabby64

The South African Perana 5.0L V8 was the ultimate!
One of my work mates has one;fun but really scary if you floor it! :stalks:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploa...rd/1947093.jpg
(identical to this one)

http://www.africanmusclecars.com/CapriPerana.html

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Ah, so nice be be outdone by a V8 :eyebrows:

My gosh 5L of one to :eek:

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Originally Posted by shabby64

The South African Perana 5.0L V8 was the ultimate!
One of my work mates has one;fun but really scary if you floor it! :stalks:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploa...rd/1947093.jpg
(identical to this one)

http://www.africanmusclecars.com/CapriPerana.html

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Good to see it on good old Rostyles

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Originally Posted by Jac Hawk

the limited edition Tickford Capri's were the daddies, a mates dad had one back in the 80's only available in BRG as i recall

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Ah, I know this one! ;)

The Tickford was only available in white, red or black - Mike, I have a feeling you are thinking about the Capri 280 - the final Capri ever, which was only available in Brooklands Greeen (and in fact is often referred to as the "Brooklands Capri.") Whatever, they're all fab, though they were a bit naff a few years ago! :lol:

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Originally Posted by Jac Hawk

the limited edition Tickford Capri's were the daddies, a mates dad had one back in the 80's only available in BRG as i recall

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Was offered a RS3300 (only two done by Chris Craft Racing for Ford Dealer in Dunstable) road going. The second one did not have the suspension mods once the garage saw the bill for the first one. As soon as I said the G'friend might drive it, he warned me off it. Twisted (when revved) better than a 427 Mustang!

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Originally Posted by Reid Malenfant

Good to see you around again Andr'e

By the way, look up the Ford RS3100. Now there was the Capri to have
the limited edition Tickford Capri's were the daddies, a mates dad had one back in the 80's only available in BRG as i recall.

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Saw some white ones and blue ones round Newport Pagnell. I thought it was only the Capri 280 Brooklands that was in BRG. Tried one of these near M5/M4 Bristol, frightening understeer, actually dangerous. Actually worse than Sapphire Cosworth. Waited and ordered whaletail - best car Ford ever made IMO. Had 9 new RS's in under 5 years.

When marketing Ram, Michell and Setton, we had in the warehouse, Alfa GTV, Lancia HPE, Lotus Eclat Turbo, Alfa Sud Sprint, RS 2000, Renault 30TS, Porsche 911 & Renault 20TS (boring). Funny thing is, there was only three of us on the company, though the 911 was a no-no! We didn't have a Cortina on the Fleet. What the Hi Fi industry wasted on cars it made up for in fun!!:cool:

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Originally Posted by Alex_UK

Ah, I know this one! ;)

The Tickford was only available in white, red or black - Mike, I have a feeling you are thinking about the Capri 280 - the final Capri ever, which was only available in Brooklands Greeen (and in fact is often referred to as the "Brooklands Capri.") Whatever, they're all fab, though they were a bit naff a few years ago! :lol:

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Beaten to the punch again.

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Originally Posted by Andre

You were a cool dude in a Capri in the early 70's :eyebrows:

My father had the '3000E' V6 Mk.1.. this model was the top of the range & very fast, probably the fastest car they produced over here at the time..1970-72.. The latter ones were best at 138BHP, 0-60 in around 8 seconds, Top speed 122 mph. good going for over 40 year ago.

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I love Capri's, i had a MK2 3Litre S, my workmate had a Mk2 3 litre ghia bored out to 3.1 fitted with a xpack body kit another mate had a proper RS3.1 which i wish i could of bought when he offered it to me but my apprenticeship wages wouldn't stretch that far back in 87, just remembered another workmate also had a 3 litre as well, we all worked at the same place, must of been capri heaven:D

The impulse response of the Ariel loudspeaker as seen on MLSSA. Kind of dorky, I know, but it sort of reflects my Tektronix orientation to audio. An old record cover would look a lot classier - maybe my SQ copy of Dark Side of the Moon? Then again, the covers from the Fifties had a lot of style.

Pet Rat comprises the first three letters of my first and family names, so the avatar followed. The crash helmet became necessary to protect against the marauding cats on the 'wam ... probably not needed here, though.

A duck.
I use it on all the forums now.
It harks back to a small spat I had on the Wigwam forum.
I'd just bought meself a pair of re-juved Bowers Active One speakers.
Lovely they were, and I said as much.
This old duffer then posted how he remembered them and how the bextrene mid/bass cones had a severe quacky colouration. He just wouldn't let up ... on & on.
The speakers sounded great of course - it was one of those cases that Marco knows so well where modern supporting kit really shows the best in old designs and old "flaws" just disappear.
Ducks go quack, too, so I just posted up the pic on the thread and we had a laugh about it and agreed to differ. I invited him round to listen for himself, he doesn't live too far away, but he didn't, of course, as he knew better! :rolleyes:

And anyway, I like ducks :)

Lol... Jeez, doncha just hate 'rigid opinion' people like that? An 'opinion' based on little more than the sum total of feck all! :rolleyes: :wanker:

Marco.