Well Rob, just like all my retirement projects, this one will be for sale when it's done. ETA late spring or early summer 2023.

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Test fit before paint.

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With the new wheels. Looks more finished than it really is...

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Finally getting to the interior.

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This brings back memories. I had a 65 Fleetside with a 292-6 and 3 speed w/OD. I put 300K on that engine then gave it to my yardman after I dropped a 327-300 in it. He drove the 292 for another 5 years then he died but that damned engine was still running. I used to go thru all 6 gears using hi/lo just to turn heads. Sell it before the tranny needs planetary gears. They're scarce IIRC. GLWS

This will be a sweet ride when finished for sure....

I bought it on a bit of a whim, as (like the FJ40 a while back), it is well outside my normal range. It just looked like an easy rescue.

But the farther I go on it, the cooler it gets. I'm having a lot of fun building it.

No planetaries in this 'box. It's a somewhat rare 4 speed manual with 4th gear as an 0.75 overdrive. Looks and shifts like a Muncie 4 speed. Not good for high HP/torque applications, but fine behind this mostly stock 305.

More parts today. Gonna transform the steering...

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The new power rack is installed, fed by a Volvo electric hydraulic pump. Nothing old school here.

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And the seat got new foam and covers, too.

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Almost done. All that's left is new A/C, the parts for which should arrive late next week.

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Looks great Arne! Those wheels really changed the look.

A/C installation has commenced.

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A/C install is complete. Evac and charge scheduled for next week.

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Then just a few minor touch up items. I plan to attend a local American Classic show and cruise on June 3rd, with a For Sale sign in the back window.

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Truck looks great!

The A/C was charged a couple of weeks ago, and—as they say in all the car ads—blows COLD.

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Took some time to squash a couple of small bugs, and I'm now declaring it to be finished. I will clean it up a bit, do a few final touch-ups, and then start marketing it. Considering BaT, but we haven't agreed on a reserve yet.

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Accepted by BaT earlier this week. Should go live in 3-4 weeks, so they say.

GLWTS. Turned out sweet. If it had an 8’ bed I would buy it.

Can't to see it on BaT.

love it.

fan of utes myself, but a pick up truck is the next best thing.
and that ones a ripper.

Still waiting. Despite BaT's early promise of 3-4 weeks, I figure I've got another 2 weeks or more. Definitely a bit of less-than-honest time estimates from them.

It's show time!!

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1964-chev...10-stepside-23/

Best of luck with the sale. That is a damn nice truck!

She sure came out nice. Reading the comments there were a few 305 haters. In that light of a truck it should be a great power plant. Good luck on the sale

You can't auction any vehicle on BaT without a hater or two popping in. You just have to roll with it. On the whole, the comments have been mostly positive, so it's been easy so far.

Nice. My dad had a '65 C20 fleetside long bed - that's what I learned to drive in

My dad had a 64’, in-line 6 and ‘3 on the tree’. He wouldn’t spend the $15 for a dealer installed AM radio. Traded that in on a 70’ Datsun 510 wagon. It had a radio.

Reserve not met...

Sold locally today.

Now I can start looking for something new...

Never knew Chevy used Chrysler transmissions. Great job finishing it.

That's one nice looking truck!

Project #7 begins tomorrow. 1974 Capri V6...

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Cool car. This should be fun.

Can’t wait… I grew up with a friend that had five of these beauties. What color is it going?

Always thought it was nicely styled but never understood why it wasn’t a hatchback.

I had a ‘73 (in’79), they’re cool cars.

@arne Any chance this is the correct front fender emblem/nameplate for your Capri? Sure looks like it, but I can't find any clear pictures online and the part number on the sticker doesn't show up in a Google search. NOS part that came with a stockpile of parts I bought years ago at an estate sale. Marked "made to west German specification." The part number starts with a 74 and I believe the V6 in 1974 was a 2.8. The back is marked "G 68250" and a search does show that as a Capri part, although I can't find a picture. Yours for free if it's for your car.

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At about the same time the gremlin and the pacer were out there with a hatchback. I’m pretty sure they did make a hatchback too

Color - Original looks to be a silver-blue, so I think I'll bring that back.

Hatchback was introduced in '74 (Europe) or '76 (US).



Yes that is correct for my car! I'd love to have it. PM me and we'll work out the details.

@arne

ford capri = one of coolest cars from late 60s/early 70s.

the hot oz capris got the super-roo sticker same as the big falcon GTHO V8s.
same sticker i sent over to the @Maltese Falcon

have not seen one in the flesh out on the streets down here for a long long time.
all hidden away in collections these days.
same sexy little rectangular headlights that the ford escorts had.
some great cars came out of ford UK / ford Europe.

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Interesting. In the US they were sold as Mercurys.

ford did the same thing in the 90s when they sold the mercury capri convertible.
which had many flaws.
not least of being released against the mazda miata.

that mercury capri was sourced from australia where it was designed and built using mazda 323 mechanicals!!!!! irony or ironies.
down here it was a ford capri.

likewise the mercury cougar of the late 90s was imported down here from the USA as a niche model and sold as a ford cougar!!!!

the mercury capri of the 90s was not a great car much as i would like to be patriotic.
although some of the very last of the line got a fair bit more sorted and are kind of half treasured and stashed away now. a car that is hardly seen anymore except in the junkyards.


a great uk/euro ford was the cortina.
stacks of them down here.
don't think you guys ever got the cortina?
in lotus gt form a red hot little car.
highly treasured. saw one this morning when out for my walk parked outside the workshop local to me.

Ford was afraid that if the Capris were sitting on the Ford lot next to the Pintos, no one would buy a Pinto. So the Lincoln-Mercury dealers got them instead. The L-M dealers got all the cool Ford imports - Pantera (partially Ford), Capri and Merkur XR4ti (Ford Sierra).

Love the Capri. My Dad had one (early '70s). Can the bumpers be back dated? Assuming so but not familiar enough with them.

Another big fan of the Capri. Friend had one in high school. Engine sounded good and it felt fast (at least to me at the time). About 20 years ago I went looking to see if I could pick one up cheap. I hadn't realized how popular/rare they had become. I thought I could maybe find one for cheap. I was wrong.
There is one rotting away under a tarp around the corner, but it's too far gone.

Bumper backdate is definitely possible, if you can find them. Nice bumpers are harder to come by than the cars themselves here in the US.

Very cool!

My dad had a few back in the day and I've always wanted one but around here they are pretty rare. Looking forward to seeing your progress as usual!

Yup the SuperRoo...it rides today on my hauler PowerStroke 6.7 turbo diesel. Small World but in the '70-'80s when MSDS was located in Culver City, there was a retail & mail-order Import Speed shop on Washington Blvd. The owners Don and Bill were aka DOBI Co. Specializing in Datsun, Toyota + Capri.
We mfg several of their specialty products for over 2 decades. Don had a metallic blue Capri with an AK Miller turbo (Garrett) kit on it, with Fat tires on wide Centerlines...it was stolen + recovered at least once a year !!

Waiting on parts for the fuel and cooling systems, so I started on the wheel refresh. One down...

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Since that last post, I've finished de-smogging the engine, verified that it runs (yay!), refinished all the wheels and installed the new tires, done a complete brake overhaul (master cylinder, hoses and all), and started putting the dash back together at least far enough to be drivable.

More to come, of course.

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I had a 73 V6 Capri in 75. It was blue, had the decor group with the rear molded seats and AC but no sunroof. My dad wanted me to get a brown Audi Fox automatic: all it did was shift in and out of second gear, what a dog! Got the manual Capri instead, they were 4 speeds, right?

I installed a switch that allowed the fans for the AC to work without the compressor, making the cabin way more comfortable on those in between days.

Rubbed the paint down to primer in the front learning how to use Blue Coral.

The shifter broke off in my hand on the way back to Stony Brook, NY after seeing Little Feat open for Procol Harum in Westchester, NY. Made it back last part of the way powershifting.

I appropriated a set of front seatbelt buckles from a wreck in my neighborhood. That was a 74 innovation, mine had limp short belts that sat on the floor.

Of course, the map light was the coolest feature of all! And the Pirellii CN36's weren't bad either.

Thanks for the memories!

Paul