Update on Volkers V8

This is Volkers V8 long term project - freshly painted in RS / broadspeed style

Quinton's Capri is currently getting stripped right back for a nice new paint job.

He has fitted a straight 3 liter engine from a skyline and added an over size turbo giving his Capri a serious power to weight ratio. May be time to upgrade the brakes next !!

Hopefully everything is back together and running by the next cruise - he assures me it will be !

Disaster has struck...

Well folks, what a difference a day can make, or a few months for that matter!! Check the photo of Craig's capri at the cruise held in March, that paint job was one day old!!

And look at it now :-(

Last night Craig was idling his car in his driveway (fortunately he went inside to lock up) whilst in the house he heard a loud bang coming from the capri - after rushing out all he saw was fire bellowing from under the bonnet!!

As you can see the damage is quite substantial - everything under the bonnet is toast, after speaking to him last night he believes a fuel line had ruptured and was dripping on the extractors causing the fire - although an assessor from Shannons will verify this some time today.

The good news is the car is insured so I'm sure the Capri will be back bigger and better.

Moral of the story is I guess if your car isn't insured then get in touch with Shannons - www.shannons.com.au and the other moral is keep up your general maintenance!
Particularly those with the V6! The fuel line can be close to the extractors and fuel lines can perish - so in the words of Molly Meldrum - 'do yourself a favour' and check your fuel lines are in good nick - to prevent this kind of incident happening again.

Hopefully Craig's capri will be back on the road for the next Cruise in a few months.

Regards, Paul

In the garage...

FEEL FREE TO SEND US PHOTOS OF YOUR CAPRI IF IT IS STILL "IN THE GARAGE" SO WE CAN FOLLOW YOUR PROGRESS...

PROGRESS REPORT:

1971 Mk 1 GT V6. I decided the 3L wasn't enough so am putting in a 302w/5L.
Will be street legal as going through an engineer like Volker. Am upgrading most things, 9 inch, roll cage, 5 stud 4WDisc brakes etc.
Engine is Gas research Twin Carb Twin Convertor with around 400hp but as it has taken so long to get it this far, technology has changed so may end up tinkering with Gas injection later? But for now, it's just sitting in the engine bay wrapped in glad wrap and filled with oil, waiting for someone to turn the key and unleash it.

The body has had a complete strip, blast and respray in factory Wild Plum.
I have it approved by the licencing dept with 4 link coil over shocks Rear suspension (with some tub changes to help fit the LPG and Shocks). Now I've just got to talk the engineer into signing off on it!

Cheers,
Vadim