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Latest News November 2025
As the clocks change and winter is upon us, it is time to get the Capri ready for its winter sleep once again. I have enjoyed driving her for a few months in late summer and she seems in pretty good health. I recently replaced all the water hoses in the engine bay with nice silicone black ones form Spax. Together with new stainless clips all looks nice again and there are no more water leaks caused by ancient rotten hoses.
The Capri has received a service before winter which included changing all the fluids (oil, water & brake) as well as new plugs, air filter & oil filter.
Before putting the cover on she was given a good warm up followed by a thorough clean inside and out, light T-cut and polish. The tyres have been pumped up to 35psi for storage and the electric aerial has been soaked in WD40. The car has been put on the trickle charger for the winter which seems to keep the battery nice and healthy. I just hope the heater blower works next time.
With all that completed the car has had its quality storage cover applied, strapped down tight and cable padlocked. Having seen this flap around precariously in previous storms, it is always worth making sure the straps are adjusted nice and tight!
After taking most of the day to clean her I was feeling pretty sore but happy with how nice she looked. It is always worth it to be able to unwrap a super clean car in a few months time.
My Capri is fast approaching 40 years old and will one day become tax free, which I guess all Capris will achieve by December 2026 as this was definitely the last date of the production. I believe that although she is a 1987 D-plate her chassis was manufactured in in 1986 which is the date to use assuming you can prove it. I’m sure there will be lots of talk about this next year and I think it wont apply to my car until April 6th 2027 anyway. Still there is plenty of talk of that Rachel Reeves stopping it before then. We’ll know sooner rather than later about that.
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