who remembers the X pack?

[Vam]

I do, not cos I ever saw the series, but where we used to live (about 8 years ago) in Nottingham, there was scrap yard at the bottom of the road, that specialised in Capris.... and the guy that ran the place tracked down 2 of the original cars (Gold and Silver ones) and reconditioned them totally, they ended up with a full double page spread in "The Scum" newspaper :shock:

There was also a really bright (luminous almost) orange one (was the other owner's  I think) hideous thing!

Now it's just a normal scrap / garage dealing with "genuine japanese motor spares" :?

First car I ever drove was a Capri, was my Dads and I was 14 ( went through a phase of wanting to be a car stunt driver   :oops: )

My Dads last car was a Capri, was a big cool one with a 'blister' on the bonnet!
He got it dead cheap, as though in very good engine/chassis order had been, um well 'attacked' by the previous owners wife.  Not one panel had been spared from her keys after she found out that he'd 'entertained a lady friend'  in it :shock:  :shock:  :shock:


Helen

[Wanderer]

Ah the "blister" power bulge.
Mine had the power bulge with it being a 3.0. It wasn't the little one which was on later cars.

Where did you live In Nottingham Helen?
I can't remember a specialist Capri breakers.

Ed

[Bush Tucker Man]

Now who remembers series 2 of 'The Proffesionals'?  Bodie had the nice MkII Capri in gold with vinyl roof and doyle had the white 3.0l with X-Pack and super wide alloys.  The later didn't get used much, probably too thirsty.  I read somewhere that they had a total of 7 Capris between them over 5 series.

Is this where you read it?
Scroll down to find the cars page

[muky-kid.]

another sporting classic the Fiat 2.0l Twin Cam Mirrafiori Sport now that was a quick motor. But rusted quicker than i could repair it.  
My older brother had a 280 capri Brooklands that was a lovely car to drive. Dont see many Capris now :(

The Mirafiori 131 Sport :D , that was the 2-door in bright orange, black 'towelling' seats, black Alloys & Pirelli P6 tyres, & 4 head-lamps.
Nice car, my dad had a standard 131 for a while.

Italian Edition 131Sport?

The 280Brooklands was the 'run-out' model in a very nice shade of green with 7-spoke alloys.

'Retro-Car' is a magazine you'll more than likely be interested in

Mine was white quad headlights p6 pirellis with italia rally style stickers down the sides and on boot. Great motor inits day regualary beat of my mates 2.0L pinto R.S 2000. Pity it rusted away. :(

[muky-kid.]

well here is the LR equivalent - check out the Carlos fandango super wide wheels!!! :shock:

Wow, I'd forgotten about Carlos Fandango too  :shock:  :shock:

My mate had a RS3.1 Capri with the x-pack, now that was something else

 =P~ Yeah now that was a nice peice of kit...... :D

[Vam]

Ah the "blister" power bulge.
Mine had the power bulge with it being a 3.0. It wasn't the little one which was on later cars.

Where did you live In Nottingham Helen?
I can't remember a specialist Capri breakers.

Ed

Have no idea what type of Capri Dads was, other than it seemed bigger than usual, and he was dead chuffed with it.
Was a big blister and I had to be suitably impressed

We lived in Beeston, off Queens Road.
We reckon they shut down about 1998, then about a year later it opened up again. Don't know how long they'd been going or even the trade name.

Never paid them too much notice TBH, they were right miserable gits and parking from them was a bone of contention :roll:

HWMBO saw the *scum* artical on the train one day... It expalined all the possing and showing off he'd been doing recently

Helen

[matthew]

The picture that started this thread reminds me more of a Metro 6R4 than any Ford.

I'd also like to point out to all the pink spectacle wearers that a 2.8/3.0L Crapi puts out about 150 - 160 BHP standard, my 2.5L Turbo diesel car beats that :)

[muddyweb]

All the way through this thread I've been thinking about the hamlet advert where the guy has just fitted his Escort (I think) with something resembling an x-pack.. then promptly drives out of his narrow gate and removes the lot :-)

<cue double bass>

[SteveH]

:lol: good advert that was :)

[Vam]

:lol:

I remember that one :lol:  :lol:

Helen

[Range Rover Blues]

All the way through this thread I've been thinking about the hamlet advert where the guy has just fitted his Escort (I think) with something resembling an x-pack.. then promptly drives out of his narrow gate and removes the lot :-)

<cue double bass>

Anglebox.

[davidlandy]

I'd also like to point out to all the pink spectacle wearers that a 2.8/3.0L Crapi puts out about 150 - 160 BHP standard, my 2.5L Turbo diesel car beats that

Yes but these where before cats and other emissions reducing gadgets were put on the motor - 160 bhp then gave 0-60times of 7.something secs and 140mph+, these days you 200bhp + to get anywhere near.

so your 2.5 turbo diesel has that peformance does it  ?

[Wanderer]

Must lighter body as well.
Although I used to have a bag of potatoes and a sack of coal in the boot to get anything like grip in winter.

Ed

[matthew]

I'd also like to point out to all the pink spectacle wearers that a 2.8/3.0L Crapi puts out about 150 - 160 BHP standard, my 2.5L Turbo diesel car beats that

Yes but these where before cats and other emissions reducing gadgets were put on the motor - 160 bhp then gave 0-60times of 7.something secs and 140mph+, these days you 200bhp + to get anywhere near.

160BHP then was the same as 160BHP now. The biggest difference will be in weight and gearing, electric windows, central locking, and sound proofing all add a lot of weight so a similarly sized car will need more power to get similar performance. Also the crapi was rear wheel drive so traction for a 0-60 will be better than most modern front wheel drive cars. A 5 speed 2.8i does 0-60 in 8.3 seconds  http://web.cz3.nus.edu.sg/~shing/capri/perf.html.

 These were better than the Ford :P  :twisted:

so your 2.5 turbo diesel has that peformance does it ?

I think figures for the standard car are 143BHP, 130+mph max, 38mpg and about 10secs 0-60, mine has a chip plugged into it so is probably a bit quicker (BTW it is 10 years old so hardly expensive).

[davidlandy]

Matthew

glad u see what I mean
I note the 4 speed was quicker at 7.9secs, and the tickford turbo 205 bhp and 6.7secs

think early sierra cosworth 6.5 sec to 60 and 200and a bit bhp in standard trim and 150mph.   wonder what modern motor would be needed to match that performance these days ? ... and the same for the early fornt wheel drive escort RS turbos?

I must confess to liking the Manta - a chap down our road had a colour coded white one from new C reg I recall. Always remember the back seemed to lift up when accelerating! , but then, it wasnt a capri, or other fast ford!

BTW you spelt Capri wrongly - twice.

[banditman]

It's all starting to make sense now....

I have a 3ltr Capri Engine in my Series 3 and a 0 to 60 time of 83 seconds sound about spot on !!

[V8MoneyPit]

I'll apologise in advance for this.... sorry.......I am about to go into geek mode!

The company that did the original X pack bodykits for Ford was in Basildon and called Fibresports. I think they still exist. I have a catalogue from them here and it was still listing X pack amongst others in the mid 90's. I've got the blurb for the Capri Mk2 and 3 X 'Zakspeed', Escort Mk2 and RS2000 X pack and even the Fiesta Mk1 Z pack. They went on to produce a revised kit on commission by a car magazine. They called it the Double X.

Ah, memories!

[Range Rover Blues]

The X-Packs were a host of add-on toys, available through RS dealers, which included the extra-wide body.

[V8MoneyPit]

Thats right. Road wheels, steering wheels, gear knobs, etc. Not sure where those parts were sourced, but Fibresports were the approved manufacturer of the bodykits. If the company still exists, I'm sure they'd still make a kit if anyone wanted a retro Ford  :lol: