Perth Capri Cruise

22 May 2008

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

21 April 2008

Ebay...

Anyone got a spare $65,000 to bring this genuine RS3100 Dick Johnson's Bathurst GroupC Capri to WA!!!!

Check it out on ebay ... item number 260231143828

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Genuine-RS3100-Dick-Johnsons-Bathurst-GroupC-Capri_W0QQitemZ260231143828QQihZ016QQcategoryZ2030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Auction ends this Thursday, 24th April

A Capri wedding car...

Saturday, 19th April 2008

I was very chuffed to be asked to have my car as the transport for a wedding on Saturday.
Here are some of the photos below....

20 April 2008

Fremantle Motor Museum Closing

Thanks to the four Capris who braved the rain and turned up on Sunday - it was great to spend the morning taking a last look at the Motor Museum before it closed it doors to the public.

Also gave me the opportunity to take a pic of Pete's car shown below!!

Pete's MK3 2.8 injection

Fremantle Motor Museum Closing

Hi folks,

The management of the Fremantle Motor Museum have asked us to publicise the closing of the museum. Sadly they have not been able to negotiate a successful outcome to their venue problem, and one of the land's finest, award-winning car museums is to shut.

Sunday, April 20th will be the last day the museum will be open, so management has decided to offer everyone who goes along with a classic car, free entry to the museum on the last day.

It should be quite a sight, and provide a fitting farewell for a sad closure.

Hope to see you there.

Regards,

Paul Blank
Automotive Events Management

http://www.classicrally.com.au/

Here are the details so far....

Where: Rugby Oval Carpark, Manning Road, Manning
When: Sunday, 20th April 2008
At: 10.00am (depart for Fremantle at 10.15am)

Destination: Fremantle Motor Museum, B Shed Victoria Quay
http://www.fremantlemotormuseum.net/findingus.htm

Suggested route: Canning Highway

31 March 2008

Inaugural Perth Capri Cruise #1 - Sunday, 30th March 2008

Sunday, 30th March 2008

Well, I can safely say that the inaugural Perth Capri Cruise was a huge success - there was a dozen Capris that turned up (mostly MK1, and three MK3's)- not to mention a cheeky little Anglia :-) Nice one!

The car park at Manning resembled a scene from "Life on Mars" and by 10am we were on the road. The cruise was a short hour trip up the hills and through some nice winding roads to Mundaring Weir. We lost a couple of people on the way but most ended up at the destination for a BBQ and good old chin wag (Big thanks Volker for supplying the grub).

It was quite a sight driving up those tight winding roads in the hills with a dozen Capris all in a row. On route down the hills we took the well known "ZIGZAG" road which is also used in the Targa West Rally (known as the king of the mountain leg - after Brock's death in '07).

All in all everyone seemed to enjoy the day thoroughly and are all keen for another cruise.

I suggested making it a bi-annual event - that way all the people that turned up minus their Capris (i.e. Volker :-) will have enough time to get them back on the road where they belong!

Just for the record - no Capris fell victim to the warm day and the steep hills !! ....Oh, except for one dodgy clutch cable - but he still made it home.

Paul