jr
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Originally posted by mazdaspeed
Anyone know what happened to the one being built on Valvers.com by Animal? The site went down ages ago but this is it archived:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040211174614/www.valvers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13
i saw it 2 weeks ago, progress is in lee303's thread on mig called lees garage
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Originally posted by M16KE B
looks bullshit. waste of a good manta b imo. theyre not dragsters, away and butcher an old capri for the 'sport' o driving in a straight line.
that would have been a waste of a good capri.
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Steve X16XE
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I'd love to own a Capri. To pretend that i'm Bodie or Doyle racing around 
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Robin
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Nah, have a Manta, save it from the scrapyard and make it onto an awesome drag car, then everyone will say it's a waste 
Don't bother with the Capri, they're clearly crap and it's fine to cut them up...
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jr
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looks bullshit. waste of a good manta b imo. theyre not dragsters, away and butcher an old capri for the 'sport' o driving in a straight line.
i'm sorry, i must pick you up on this
capri - far cooler
capri - more expensive
capri - better
manta's, as much as i've started to appreciate them, are not better than a capri at anything
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If it was a Ford Manta and a Vauxhall Capri, their words would be different!!!!
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jr
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Originally posted by Steve X16XE
I'd love to own a Capri. To pretend that i'm Bodie or Doyle racing around
you have taste
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Robin
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Originally posted by jr
manta's, as much as i've started to appreciate them, are not better than a capri at anything
It's true, they're not even better at rusting
I love a good Manta, but the Capri is a far better car, better engines, better suspension (so good that people use it as the first upgrade for every older Ford under the sun), better seats, better specs, better gearbox, better diff, everything is better.
Cutting up a good Capri would be a crime, cutting up a good Manta would be too, but cutting up a sheddy Manta and making into something better than a heavy, metal cube is definitely not.
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Originally posted by jr
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Originally posted by Steve X16XE
I'd love to own a Capri. To pretend that i'm Bodie or Doyle racing around
you have taste
The Professionals all the way
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At the garage where i use to work, he's got a 2.0 Laser Capri. It's silver and i think it is fantastic!!! He's restored it. Not the best restore job in the world, but i've told him if he ever sells it, i want 1st dibs!!!!
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jr
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and then roll across the bonnet ci5 style
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It has to be done. Everytime you get to your car. Also don't forget to not open the door and climb in when the windows are down.
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Originally posted by jr
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Originally posted by M16KE B
looks bullshit. waste of a good manta b imo. theyre not dragsters, away and butcher an old capri for the 'sport' o driving in a straight line.
i'm sorry, i must pick you up on this
capri - far cooler because therostat is stuck open
capri - more expensive blow up all the time
capri - better at being worse than a manta
manta's, as much as i've started to appreciate them, are better than a capri at anything
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jr
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It has to be done. Everytime you get to your car. Also don't forget to not open the door and climb in when the windows are down.
no thats the dukes of hazzard
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jr
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Originally posted by sand-eel
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Originally posted by jr
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Originally posted by M16KE B
looks bullshit. waste of a good manta b imo. theyre not dragsters, away and butcher an old capri for the 'sport' o driving in a straight line.
i'm sorry, i must pick you up on this
capri - far cooler because therostat is stuck open
capri - more expensive blow up all the time
capri - better at being worse than a manta
manta's, as much as i've started to appreciate them, are better than a capri at anything
any of that from expirance of owning of your family having them for years and years 
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Originally posted by Steve X16XE
It has to be done. Everytime you get to your car. Also don't forget to not open the door and climb in when the windows are down.
No thats the Dukes of Hazzard
They did that the other day when i was watching it. Or did he jump through head 1st as they were being shot at??? 
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sand-eel
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nope i just like mantas more. i like arguing. i know capri's are better at probably everything , german made chassis for instance
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Robin
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Engine made by tarts in stilettos though 
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Steve X16XE
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They guy over the road had a 1.6 Capri. When my dad took the stabilisers of my bike (i was 5.... 1989) i crashed into his front bumper when he was driving up the street I didn't know how to stop
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sand-eel
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actually the engine's are pretty powerless, 2.8i 160bhp 
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Steve X16XE
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That's just what they made back then. The Rover's V8... wasn't one of them 150 BHP?
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Robin
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Yeah, but it was an engine designed in 1965 with 2 cylinders less.
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sand-eel
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aye the rover v8 was origionally a buick engine which was not heavy enough and old and shit enough so rover bought the design, and the americans settled with a cast iron 9000litre v23 that did 0.012 miles to the gallon....ahhhhh much better
[Edited on 08-08-2008 by sand-eel]
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Robin
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IIRC, one of Rover's designers saw a prototype engine laying around in Buick's yard in America and thought 'hmm, interesting' then paid literally pennies for the design
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Steve X16XE
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Yeah, it was on TG a while back explaining that one.
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