Ford Capri pre-show prep (cuppa tea warning)
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 11:28 am
This car and job warrants a detailed thread, if you'll excuse the pun, so grab a cuppa if you intend to read all of it, or just skip to the pics if you like 
The car was booked with me some time ago, and over those weeks Pete and I had discussed what he was looking for and looking at the photos already posted on here and Facebook, I had a pretty good idea of what laid in store for me (always nicer than getting a surprise in this game).
We'd agreed a rough budget and timescale for the work, so all we had to work around was the weather conditions on the day. My normal walk around the car gave me the following insights into the job ahead.

As you can see the car was fundamentally quite clean overall, but the exhausts were letting the side down, and a few other areas of the car looked a bit flat.......totally understandable bearing in mind the car is nigh on 30 years old and lives outside!
Gorgeous Compomotive alloys with Toyo R1-R tyres

Tired paint on the offside front wing showing some scratches from some careless engine work

As the brief was to get the car looking as good as possible within the time available, Pete allowed me to use my discretion with what needed doing. Inner arches that had never been polished were on the hitlist!


The engine bay was pretty tidy overall and bears testament to how Pete maintains his cars.

Vert-de-gris or previous polishing crud? Possibly some of each

Pete said it gets driven 'properly' so with our country roads in East Anglia, this was no surprise!

The gorgeous Recaro interior was in great condition (thankfully) but in order to keep it that way, we agreed on a full valet and protection for the seats, carpet and trim



One pretty severe bird bomb on the back by the rear spoiler had etched the paint quite badly, so that would need some TLC

These just had to be blitzed.......especially with the rudest of noises they make!!

Let's get started!!

The car was booked with me some time ago, and over those weeks Pete and I had discussed what he was looking for and looking at the photos already posted on here and Facebook, I had a pretty good idea of what laid in store for me (always nicer than getting a surprise in this game).
We'd agreed a rough budget and timescale for the work, so all we had to work around was the weather conditions on the day. My normal walk around the car gave me the following insights into the job ahead.

As you can see the car was fundamentally quite clean overall, but the exhausts were letting the side down, and a few other areas of the car looked a bit flat.......totally understandable bearing in mind the car is nigh on 30 years old and lives outside!
Gorgeous Compomotive alloys with Toyo R1-R tyres

Tired paint on the offside front wing showing some scratches from some careless engine work

As the brief was to get the car looking as good as possible within the time available, Pete allowed me to use my discretion with what needed doing. Inner arches that had never been polished were on the hitlist!


The engine bay was pretty tidy overall and bears testament to how Pete maintains his cars.

Vert-de-gris or previous polishing crud? Possibly some of each

Pete said it gets driven 'properly' so with our country roads in East Anglia, this was no surprise!

The gorgeous Recaro interior was in great condition (thankfully) but in order to keep it that way, we agreed on a full valet and protection for the seats, carpet and trim



One pretty severe bird bomb on the back by the rear spoiler had etched the paint quite badly, so that would need some TLC

These just had to be blitzed.......especially with the rudest of noises they make!!

Let's get started!!