Thursday, July 26, 2007

EBAY SCORE...BETTER LOOKS...LESS WEIGHT







Just got back from a trip to Iowa with Dan from work. I thought it was going to be an all day affair, but 2 1/2 hours both ways was pretty good time. Having a buddy to talk to passes the time. As you can see I scored a 3" cowl hood for the Capri. These are pretty rare to find, as the hood is only piece from a Mustang that won't work on a Capri. Mustang cowl hoods are a dime a dozen, but this one for the Capri was a great find. It has been worked over pretty well with additional support and it is ready to paint. There is some weight savings that comes with it. I have not weighed the factory hood and this one yet, but even with the additional layers of fiberglass, there is some weight savings, though it is much heavier than the average fiberglass hood. By the way, the guy I got it from had one COOOOOOL Capri. Mine will never look like his, but with the budget that I am on, I think mine looks pretty good. I made the trip up to Iowa in the F150 HARLEY truck you see in the pictures. It's the company vehicle, not mine. $30,000 for a truck seems a bit much for me, but the cool thing is I can drive anything under $35,000, not bad for almost 5 years of service. I think the Capri is looking better all the time. I just hope my sister doesn't want it back!!! LATER...

3 comments:

Dan Swope said...

Paul---the car is looking great & I'd ride to Iowa anyday with ya!

Crafty said...

Wow, I think you may have scored the only Capri cowl-induction hood in the free world...now you just gotta find glass'd fenders and facia.

Anonymous said...

Don't worry Paul...I ain't no indian giver!