Used to change the points and condenser as wellThe thing about cars like the Capri and the mk1 Cortina was that you could maintain them yourself. You could pop open the bonnet and there was enough space around the engine block that you could climb in to work on it!
Just the air filter, carburettor a distributor cap and some spark plugs to play with.
Nowadays, you open the bonnet and there is a mass of plastic covering everything, hiding all accessible areas. It just says, "Fuck off! Take me to a proper garage." The only parts you are allowed to touch are the dipstick and the oil filler cap which are bright yellow.
I went in an original mini a few years ago - 3 miles compressed my spine and shook every filling out of my head. And the noise !!! They don't make 'em like they used to do they?
I had an original mini for four years. I went in one of the new ones the other week and thought "Kinell, how did I drive around for four years in a tin box smaller than this. Mrs Ewing has a Peugeot 108 and I smash my head on the roof near every time I get in. And getting out? Jeez!
Never mind the Capri. The car that needs to come back in original form but with modern stuff under the bonnet is the Citroen DS, followed by the Citroen 2CV.
First car I ever drove, aged 11 (on a private road). I think I only managed to get 35mph out of it but it seemed k'in fast at the time. It was my dads Blue (obviously) 1.6L, reg No. UCM 508V, Strange how I can remember the reg number, but I forget useful s**t all the time.
If I remeber rightly, GMP used to have a 3 litre Capri, lowered, with super wide tyres and a body kit. I'd often see it on princess road on the way to the game.