European Pony

[UKFPV]

Thought I'd share a couple of pics of my other toy - a 1986 Ford Capri 280 Brooklands - 1 of the 1038 run out Capris made - just about travelled 353 miles from new. I understand there is one/maybe two down under, having arrived with immigrant Brits

[Capriman]

UKFPV, there are two 280s in Melbourne both with Club members who are not Brits! These may have been brought out here by Brits but are now in Aussie hands.

[UKFPV]

Oh right that's good, I thought there were a few down your way. Their sole market back in the mid/late 80's was the UK, but being right hand drive a few would over time end up down under - a little warm without any air con though I would have thought. Stumbled across a MK 3 2.0 Laser Capri on my travels in Perth circa 1999, but no 280s

Send us a pic the next time you guys meet up

Cheers

[michaelg]

Originally Posted by UKFPV

Thought I'd share a couple of pics of my other toy - a 1986 Ford Capri 280 Brooklands - 1 of the 1038 run out Capris made - just about travelled 353 miles from new. I understand there is one/maybe two down under, having arrived with immigrant Brits

There are a couple of 280's in Perth and even a mk2 with a cosworth turbo.Ric Wood rang me last week and told me that he has a low millage Brooklands Turbo that he will sell he will ask 17000st for it. also he tells me that has built 2 replicas a rs2600 and a gaa rs2600 or cologne and he raced the GAA 4 Times and has won four.
I got him out from the UK a few years ago to drive a car at PHILIP iSLAND and introduced him to the Victorian Capri Club. and he has bought out Weslake engineering so if anyone wants to build a replica he is the one to call and may sell one of the two replicas.
I have just got off the phone to him and just bought a used floating axle set off him ,he sold me one of his old group one hewland boxes a few years ago and we used it at PI.