SYDNEY, NSW

BELIEVE IT or not, Peter bought his Capri to do a V8 engine transplant… but after receiving strong encouragement in the form of plenty of thumbs-ups at, and several ‘Best Classic’ and ‘Top Tudor’ trophies from, various Sydney shows for his little four-cylinder Capri, he’s having second thoughts!

“I bought it in Perth and had it trained over,” Pete explains. “I bought it sight unseen – but from looking at a whole lot of high-res pics. It replaced a car I had last year, another red Capri that was stolen from my driveway one Sunday.”

Dammit! “I used to have an XY Falcon GT but I sold that in 2014 to help with some property finance,” he continues. “This one has some cool oldschool stuff; a louvre on the rear window, carpet on the rear parcel shelf and Voxson speakers! I’ve kept it all!”

Mechanically the car retains its original specification 1600cc four-pot and fourspeed and as you can see from our pics, with the intended V8 transplant, Peter hasn’t bothered to restore or detail the little four - yet!

Since buying the Capri, all Peter has done is fix some minor paint issues (including painting around the grafted-in second exhaust cut-out for the now- unlikely V8 exhaust) replace the stripes (thanks to Nippy Signs in Sydney) and add red-band tyres.

V8 or not, Peter intends to do plenty of cruising with Sydney’s Grand Tourer Muscle

Car Club and the Northern Beaches Muscle Car Club.

“I want to thank my wife Dimi for putting up with it!” laughs Peter. “My kids James and Nicola love coming cruising with me.”