These are my favourite pictures of the Hooper Capri just after it had been restored. I used to drive it everywhere around Brighton. Back in those days you could drive along the beach and park up on the concrete. I think that area has been turned into a basketball court now or something like that and the West Pier has burnt down into a lump of twisted rusty metal.
And this rear shot is great showing the chrome tips on the fins, a feature I've never seen on any other Consul Capri or Hooper Consul Capri. Not sure they were original or not but they are really well made and look fantastic! The Hooper badge is a reproduction one that I painted in a slightly lighter metalic blue. I stil have the original badges in the garage but they have a couple of small chips in them and don't look quite so good.
And this rear shot is great showing the chrome tips on the fins, a feature I've never seen on any other Consul Capri or Hooper Consul Capri. Not sure they were original or not but they are really well made and look fantastic! The Hooper badge is a reproduction one that I painted in a slightly lighter metalic blue. I stil have the original badges in the garage but they have a couple of small chips in them and don't look quite so good.
02/10: Some more pictures at last!
I dug these pictures out the other day and scanned them into the computer.(They were taken before the days of digital cameras!).
I took these pictures of the capri on Brighton seafront after I had finished the restoration work.
You can tell these are old pictures because the fair ground seen in the background of the rear shot of the Hooper no longer exists and has been replaced with a large redevelopment including restaurants, an arcade and Burger King.
I took these pictures of the capri on Brighton seafront after I had finished the restoration work.
You can tell these are old pictures because the fair ground seen in the background of the rear shot of the Hooper no longer exists and has been replaced with a large redevelopment including restaurants, an arcade and Burger King.
