Wide Bodied Mk3 Capri with Supercharged 3.9 Rover V8

thefatcapri · Post by **thefatcapri** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:56 pm

Hi,

Thought I'd make my first post here rather diving in with questions!

Some of you may remember my car from the 'old' forum, but for those who don't...

It's a Mk3 Capri that has an all-steel body that's almost a 12" wider than a stock Capri - based on the cologne x-pack shape, only fatter. It's running with a 3.9 litre Rover V8 with a Wade RO34 supercharger and Weber 500 carb. This drives though an HP22 4 speed auto box to a standard 2.8 axle.

While it's not my daily driver, it's street legal and great fun to drive!

Here's a recent pic of it taken by Classic Ford magazine... on the OSF London to Brighton run just before it misbehaved and overheated

Cheers,

Bob

Post by **Coops** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:41 pm

Hi Bob,
welcome back mate,
good to have fat back on the v8 forum

Alley Kat · Post by **Alley Kat** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:54 pm

Hello Bob,

Good stuff, was wondering how the car was getting on,

cheers
Bill

thefatcapri · Post by **thefatcapri** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:17 pm

Hi Bill,

Long time no speak - we need to meet up at the Ace again!

You keeping well? Car still going strong?

Cheers buddy,

Bob

Alley Kat · Post by **Alley Kat** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:39 pm

Hiya Bob,

An Ace night would be most fine...

Couple of car changes here, a guy asked about buying the Victor so I went with that. I bought an Amazon estate, then flogged it and bought a one-owner one. Just got me a Lexus Soarer with a view to using the engine; a mate is going to build a chassis/cage next year as a work-swaps thing. The Ovlov will be duly skinned and draped over that. Long term thing ...

We moved to Cambridge a few months back, so I finally got some garage space, it's bloody excellent!

Hope to see you and the car at the Ace matey,
cheers
Bill

volospian · Post by **volospian** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:04 pm

Ooooof, that's sweet!

reminds me of the last interceptor

5000SE · Post by **5000SE** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:25 am

If you're gonna be a bear, be a grizzly.

reanimation · Post by **reanimation** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:30 pm

Hi Bob, long time since I have been on your site, but its sure good to see it on the road!

V8 Jetta · Post by **V8 Jetta** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:43 pm

Hi, I'm new to this site and was wondering what rear axle you are running on your car?
I'm currently building a Mk1 Jetta with a V8 lump and have bought a Capri rear axle from a 1983 2.8i. I believe these were 160bhp, so it should cope with standard V8 power.

Thanks
Billy