One of those projects that any way you slice it is a JOB! I hope it goes well
One of those projects that any way you slice it is a JOB! I hope it goes well
Well after overthinking and considering several options, I finally got the front frame rail repair taken care of. I was seriously considering cutting off most of the front clip and swapping it out with this.
Luckily I kicked my own butt and decided that was WAY OVERKILL and not really needed. Besides I should save it for the Black Magic or maybe something else.
Here is the frame rail welded in. Still need to clean up a few things, but it's solid and done for now. I will take care of the rest once it's on the rotisserie.
Then I spent the rest of the day working on the lower radiator support. I think the previous owner either thought the Capri was the General Lee or a 4x4 Truck. The poor lower support was beat and dented all to heck. I finally decided how far I wanted and needed to go to fix it, but be able to keep the original date stamps on the core support. So took a bit more time trying to straighten and flatten out the saved metal. Here the replacement piece is clamped in place. Still need to clean and prep for welding and then that's done.
I probably won't have much else to update for awhile as I need to jump back on the Saleen clone now that I have some more parts to install.
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
Good progress! Can’t wait to see it in person.
The saleen clone too for that matter.
Was able to make it out to the shop to dump all the tile scraps after finishing the last area of tile in Mom and Dad's house!
Decided to work late and get some more done on the RS so I can get it out of the way for now. Welded in the lower core support section.
Now that the major repair work is done up front and I was on a roll, I decided to strip out the rest of the filthy front suspension. If the rest of the underside of the Capri was covered with the oil, grease, and filthy that the front suspension was . . . I wouldn't have a single spot of rust on the entire underside.
All that is left is the rear suspension and then I will have nothing but a really nasty looking Unibody shell!
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
Looks good Trey.
Nasty That's called progress..
Current rides:
89 LX 5.0, 5 -spd..the Lemon
86 RS Capri 5.0 Auto...
86 LX Colorado SSP 5.0 5-spd (Sadly Sold)
85.5 SVO, Finally Got Boost
83 RS Capri 5.0, 5-spd (another sadly sold)
What a cool project! Just read the whole thread and Im hooked! Definitely nice to see you save this one. Looks like it was optioned pretty well with T Tops and AC. I had an 83 Capri RS T Top car back in 86. Was my first 5.0 car and I miss it dearly!
86 Mustang GT T Top 2A 20k miles
95 Toyota FZJ80 Landcruiser triple locked expedition rig
87 Saleen sold
84 GT350 #1808 Sold
86 GT Sold brother has it.
Thanks!
The RS is a pretty well optioned car although no PW/PL, tilt or cruise. I will be adding a tilt column to the car for my own personal benefit, but everything else will remain non power at this point. The somewhat odd option for what appears to be a Texas ordered car at this point is the Rear Defrost. A/C and the T-tops I completely understand in TX, the rear defrost . . . not a much! Or at least not back in 1982 that is. Hoping to have time this afternoon to remove the rear suspension and try to install the Capri on the Rotisserie if I can find my correct brackets, etc. Wish me luck!
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
Luck.
10 truckloads of good luck.
or if that’s similar to the curse it is in acting ..... break lots of tools.
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
Loving this
2017 Ford Explorer Sport (DD) 1986 Capri 5.0 Silver/Red
1969 Falcon XW GTHO coupe (SOLD) went to Australia
Past 4 eyes-
4th. 1981 Capri "White" Black Magic I6
3rd. 1984 Capri RS V8 Black/grey
2nd. 1984 Capri RS V8 White/red
1st. 1984 SVO Grey/grey (traded it for a worn out 1970 BOSS 302)
Both '84 Capri's vin# were 10 away from each other
U.S. NAVY 1980-2009
Was able to get a little more than an hour or so to work on the RS tonight. Stripped out the remaining rear suspension and rear axle. Pulled up the last remaining OEM sound deadening in the hatch area.
Realized that my special brackets for mounting a Fox body to the rotisserie are no where to be found at this time, so I will have to fabricate some new ones unless by magic they show up somewhere. Maybe by the end of the weekend I can have it mounted and ready to work on.
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
2017 Ford Explorer Sport (DD) 1986 Capri 5.0 Silver/Red
1969 Falcon XW GTHO coupe (SOLD) went to Australia
Past 4 eyes-
4th. 1981 Capri "White" Black Magic I6
3rd. 1984 Capri RS V8 Black/grey
2nd. 1984 Capri RS V8 White/red
1st. 1984 SVO Grey/grey (traded it for a worn out 1970 BOSS 302)
Both '84 Capri's vin# were 10 away from each other
U.S. NAVY 1980-2009
Capri is mounted on the rotisserie finally. I was able to drill new holes for one set of mounts and then just had to fabricate another set. I also fabricated some additional supports on the inside. Nothing too wild, but just some extra strength and support for the unibody while it is one the rotisserie. Hopefully the rain will stop and I can roll it outside tomorrow.
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
Had just a short time to play with the Capri yesterday, so I decided to fit the T5 hump to the trans tunnel for the soon to come T5 upgrade.
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
The gift that keeps on GIVING!
Rolled the Capri out on the back pad to power wash it late yesterday evening. Removed the hatch and the hood. Removed the hood hinges that had not been touched as of yet only to find rust thru on the passenger side. Looks like more rust repair is in order on this RS. Sorry no pictures right now, I was racing against the sun going down.
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
Always something....
you’ll get it, one piece at at time.
That should be a simple fix for you Trey....
Nice work on the car so far.
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
Between the weather, the Saleen clone, my parents, and their house remodel the Capri has been waiting patiently on the rotisserie for some love and attention. So tonight while waiting for the Saleen clone interior parts to finish drying I decided to cut the Capri!
Originally I was going to replace the entire cowl panel, but after looking at it closer, I decided I would rather patch in a section than remove the whole panel. The only real damage is on the passenger side both to the hinge bolt locations and obviously a some rust thru around the fresh air intake. So I decided to do a patch where the majority of the repair will be hidden under the cowl vent panel. This gives me plenty of access to make repairs, but also saves as much of the OEM structure as possible. Since you have 3 sections of sheet metal all coming together at the pinchweld in the engine bay, I would prefer to have to remove as little of that as possible. Now I just need to make the rust repairs, Rust Encapsulate the rest, and trim down the donor panel for welding.
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
Great work Trey, too bad about finding more rust. While you are this far in...
Question on the 5 speed hump. Did you reclaim that or are they available to buy? I may take the T5 route on our 79 Ghia rather than try to piece together the 79 only or early SROD and manual set up.
There should be a full write up on a T5 install into an earlier SROD or auto car to help a guy like me! Hint hint.
Thanks! Hopefully that is the last surprise with this ole' gal! If I find more, I might have to light it on fire!
The hump I used was from an 87-93 4 cyl donor that I happened to have left over. You can buy them new here: https://lmr.com/item/LRS-7277A/1979-...on-Tunnel-Hump Just remember the shifter boot seat is different than the 4 spd, so you might need this setup: https://lmr.com/item/LRS-7277A-K/197...ssion-Hump-Kit
I am not sure what is unique about the 79 only SROD, but I honestly didn't look at my PC setup too closely it just got swapped for the T5!
A Writeup! Man do I have to do Everything! I will try and hit that big points here in thread, but not sure if it will be a good "Swap" how to since the Capri has been completely stripped down at this point. I will say the swap is pretty straight forward. You don't "HAVE" to do the hump, but honestly I like the way the seal fits better and have done it for all of my T5 swaps since I realized the difference.
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
Not on my agenda or schedule for the day, but when you find a deal like this you better act quick!
Picked this up a little over an hour away for whole lot less than the going rate on Summit Racing and others!
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
You can get by without the 1983 era T5 hump.
The 1981/1982 T4 used the older small clearance trans hump.
I6 3.3 liter 4 speeds in 1981 used the T5 1352 case with the old bellhousing. Fords proof of T5 fitment was the 1981 T4 3.3 used in some Cobras.
A 142 dollar MDL adaptpr normally places everything in the right spot
Last edited by xctasy; 04-14-2019 at 04:43 AM.
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