Arne's non-Porsche projects - Now a 1969 Bronco

[911-Purist]

Any idea why the flexible PCB burned out?

A short or a high current draw, the latter you would not find in an instrument panel. Time to get the circuit diagrams out and meter a few things.

[Arne2]

Note to self - I like having A/C in a street car so that I can drive through the summer months, but the factory A/C in a Capri really complicates the dash and underdash plumbing. It's worse since I wasn't the one who took it apart, and I've never seen it assembled. So it seems like everything I do has to be done two or three times, as I find some new bits to do the more I put together. I'm getting close now, pretty much all that's left is the glovebox. I'll be glad when this part of the project is behind me.

Side notes - The new circuit sheet for the gauge cluster is still in Queensland, but is "booked for flight".

The new seat covers from France seem to be quite nice, but I found that no headrest covers were shipped despite the website indicating that they would be included. Turns out that in Europe and the UK Capris did not come with headrests, and the supplier told me that the item description was in error and they do not have a pattern for Capri headrests. So I'll be sending one of my headrest covers to France to use as a pattern as soon as I can get one removed from the foam and reinforcing plate.

My clock was working fine a few months ago when I hooked it up for testing, but only works in spurts now. Dang!

[Tom]

I'm 100% with you on the need for a/c... I'm sure it will be worth the effort. Really admire how you just keep knocking off tasks one after another.

[Arne2]

First public outing... in the rain! Took it to a PCA monthly coffee gathering. Because of the rain, there was less time for people to gather 'round, but the Capri was a big hit anyway.

Drive across town was uneventful. Pretty much everything worked as expected. The car is solid, water-tight, and rattle-free.

[blueline]

First public outing... in the rain! Took it to a PCA monthly coffee gathering. Because of the rain, there was less time for people to gather 'round, but the Capri was a big hit anyway.

Drive across town was uneventful. Pretty much everything worked as expected. The car is solid, water-tight, and rattle-free.

Good looking car - clean, timeless styling. Nicely done Arne!

[P_Coastal]

First public outing... in the rain! Took it to a PCA monthly coffee gathering. Because of the rain, there was less time for people to gather 'round, but the Capri was a big hit anyway.

Drive across town was uneventful. Pretty much everything worked as expected. The car is solid, water-tight, and rattle-free.

Good looking car - clean, timeless styling. Nicely done Arne!

This got me searching around, interesting about the designer, Philip T. Clark.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_T._Clark

[blueline]

First public outing... in the rain! Took it to a PCA monthly coffee gathering. Because of the rain, there was less time for people to gather 'round, but the Capri was a big hit anyway.

Drive across town was uneventful. Pretty much everything worked as expected. The car is solid, water-tight, and rattle-free.

Good looking car - clean, timeless styling. Nicely done Arne!

This got me searching around, interesting about the designer, Philip T. Clark.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_T._Clark

Interesting. It's sad that he died so young.

[996C438]

Great to see it out in the wild . Congrats on completing the journey .

[Arne2]

Great to see it out in the wild . Congrats on completing the journey .

Well, it's not complete yet. Upholstery, gauge repair and debug, oil leaks (with new water pump and cam gear WIIT), and A/C refurb. Probably a couple months to go.

[Arne2]

Quick update - Replaced the transmission output shaft seal. No drama.

I've also been troubleshooting speedometer failure, and after disassembling the dash (yet again) found the inner cable was bad. Getting the correct replacement cable has proven to be a bit harder than expected. The latest attempt should be here sometime tomorrow. So the dash has not been put back together yet.

While I wait, I've started working on the seats. The seat covers from France are looking like really nice stuff at this point.

Stretching the thick vinyl into place is more work than I remembered from prior projects, but seems to be going well so far. Just starting with the passenger seat back.