So I finally owner the Hooper Capri but what do I do with it and how can I get it working again? The first thing I did was get in and fiddle around with everything I could find.
Well that didn't last long as although there were plenty of buttons and dials, none of them actually did anything, despite connecting a brand new battery!
So what had I actually bought, apart from a good looking wreck?
I'll start with the mechanicals:
There was no life what so ever from the engine or starter motor. The engine was actually a later Ford cross flow 1600 GT engine, it didn't look healthy and I'm sure that if it actually ran it probably wouldn't have sounded healthy either.
Both the brake and clutch pedal were as floppy as piece of celery that had been lost in the bottom of the fridge for a week. And the brakes themselves were semi seized so pushing this monster of a car was virtually impossible, even more so as all the tyres were flat and bold.
The exhaust system reached as far as the end of the four branch manifold. The rest of it had turned into a long pile of rusty dust many years before.
That was about it in terms of the mechanical condition of this once loved consul capri. Next I'll be remembering the bodywork condition, it will be a long one...