Ant Upgrades A 1976 Ford Capri MK2 With A Completely New Engine | Wheeler Dealers

THE BEST Episode!!! ...and seeing some of the details helped me pull the motor and trans from my 76 Capri!!

The UK 2.8 injection Capri also has Siamesed exhaust ports !!! The 3.0 Essex version did not

Yeah 48 man hours of expert mechanic work cost at least $200.00 an hour. That’s another $9600.00.

1989 i stood at a used car dealer, and looked at a Capri exactly like that one, year, color and engine size even was for the us market, I was very exited,. lucky for me the old man was with me, being a rescue worker and a old mechanic, he told he's 19 year old son, it's very nice but, 175 hp will most likely result in a meeting with my coworkers, so I drove away in a Ford Taunus 1.6 Ghia with 78 hp that rusted up in 5 years. I had two crashes in that, so the old man was right again as usual

I bought a new 1976 white Capri with a sunroof and a 4 speed manual transmission coupled to a 2.8 motor. The car had two huge problems which I was never able to fix. Number one was the clutch. Unlike a normal clutch, this clutch had 2 positions. It was either engaged or disengaged. Try holding a car on a hill at a stop light. I had the dealer replace the clutch but that did not ever fix the problem. The other problem was trying to drive the car safely on wet or snowy road. I often said that if I held a large photo of a wet road in front of the car on a sunny day, the rear end would slip and slide. It was a beautiful car but really tough to drive. However it never was as good as my 1974 Capri which I loved but was totaled in NYC about 4 months after I bought it new.

Ant was great to watch on WD’s. He explained everything really well.

The good old Holden l6 used timing gears rather than a chain, I'm pretty sure the 253 and 308 V8s did too, but I could be wrong there

The fab work on that bumper 😮‍💨

All of your techs are Top Notch ! Wish you videos were longer .

Compare this to Vice Grip Garage or Rainman Rays Repairs … opposite end of the scale … “clean room” versus “reality” !

I had a 74 capri . I changed a lot of things like the intake headers and timing chain and gears and it ran like a monster. I miss that car.

Ant, we all miss you from your spot on knowledge your Yankee transplant to your horrible German accent. I enjoy your straight forward approach on resurrection of old cars sometimes back to original isn't the best that's why restomod is a good thing. I've been hooked since you did the Big Healey on Wheeler Dealers . I had a 67 3000 White & Blue with Hard top. Don't be a stranger !

I love Ant's work. If all this show was nothing BUT Ant,, I would watch every episode. I get nauseous even seeing '" MoneyIsMyGod Man' now.

Very irritating that we cant see the hole film

I have only fairly recently discovered this show and I think it is brilliant EXCEPT ..... when they went over to America .... they did mainly British, European and Japanese cars. I mean, WHAT! With all those fantastic cars they have over their in the States, and I don't mean just the muscle cars, what was the point in going over there? It's interesting to see some, and see the differences they made to them, but I mean, what about a 1970s Dodge Dart Swinger, a 1960s Mercury Monterey with their wind down rear window, a 57 (55, 56, 58) Chevy? I loved those small (oil crisis) Mustangs of the 70s, the stunning luxury cars of America's past, how about an Edsel? All those gorgeous cars you see driving past in the background of 1960s, 70s and 80s American films. There are way too many to mention. Take a look at Vice Grip Garage. When they did pick a gorgeous 1960s cruiser, the Plymouth Barracuda, they turned it into a drag car. What a waste. Anyway, other than that I think it is a great show.

Ant was amazing in this era of WD. Don't get me wrong, Ed and Elvis are absolutely great at what they do, but Ant just seemed to be able to do everything... and really well too. Can't get Euro bumpers for a Capri? Oh I'll make some. Build a Hemi drag car with a full cage from scratch? No problem. If I had that guy living next door to me he wouldn't get a minutes peace. On another note though - I think the Panda 4X4 episode should be struck from the schedule. The only car in all the series where it looked worse than it started. Embarrasing.

Ant and Ed😑👍🔥

Lots of cars had gear drive. Where have you been ?

I bought a '76 Capri Ii , one year old and drove it 250,000 miles.

The mustang II wasn't rubbish lol.