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articles & newsWebsites - If you like this website and would like one designed for your needs then give me a call - my Proactive Multimedia Concepts company is responsible for the design and commissioning of Brooklands280.com. Email or call for a quote. If you are getting fed up with articles and news about this car hating government then please send me some Capri 280 articles - I'll gladly use them where possible - it will save my grumpy fingers from getting worn out!! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The latest new tax from NuLabour - hey! everyone is a Victim you know - including us drivers, except we are victims of this Government and nobody compensates us do they? (If
you thought there was a glimmer of hope after May forget it - The crazies in NuLabour
have started already - they are to impose a 25% tax on every fixed
A Government spokesperson
for Bankrupt Britain stated
'The crimes (yes, crimes) selected *Crime??????? So
the next time you erroneously park your car, or do 80 mph on a Motorway,
or forget Gives you a warm and cuddly feeling deep down doesn't it? (your car insurance is already loaded with Insurance tax and a levy to pay for those who don't insure their cars, plus cyclists are deemed to be blame-free in any collision with your car - guess who pays? - correct. And if you've forgotten - every time you visit the petrol pumps and put £60 of petrol in your car, you just paid el Gordo £40 for the privilege. Don't be cynical, the motorist is not seen as a Cash Cow - you are seen as THE Cash Cow for this government.
"Not the time
to be putting that before the British people," says transport
secretary 24th July 2009.
MPs call for drivers to take part in 'voluntary' road pricing scheme. They couldn't even
conceal this lie for more than 3 weeks. It's that time again when warnings are needed. Beware fake Capri 280's If you ever see a Capri advertised anywhere as a 280 or Brooklands always ask the following questions:- 1. When was it registered? - all 280's were completed Dec 1986 and none were regstered before 1987. 2. What is the VIN or at least the last 7 digits? They must begin 'GG' and have 5 numbers after that. If not, - not Brookie. 3. The colour code on the VIN plate must state T7. This is a pretty sure way to find out who is genuine and who is conning you. If you know of anyone contemplating a purchase that you think is iffy - point them to this site it'll save them thousands and maybe a Civil Action.
Not only fake Capri
280's but fake wheels and parts are auctioned from
time to time.
BTW - it's a criminal offence to advertise something as genuine which you know is not. Ignorance is not much of a defence, especially if someone has told you the part is fake in advance.
How not to run a classic car club - a response from CCI NI I had the following email from the owner of a Capri 280 I supplied last year. I'll leave you to form your own opinion about this - it just leaves me cold and quietly fuming..........
I drove into the garage to park up and was asked to put my car in the area for Capri Club, I told the garage guy that I was not in the club and was just there to see the cars, he insisted I park there as my car looked that good . He
said the Capri Club guys would be in in 20 mins. Ed: The Capri 280 in question was my 21k miler and is already a show winner in it's own right. People often ask my why I've never joined a Capri Club............................. ps: I haven't named the club, and would welcome any comments from people who were there that day. I'm not interested in getting into a war over this - I just feel that Capri club members will hopefully be distance themselves from that type of attitude. Just had a response
from Alan Gourley of CCI NI. I am pleased to print in full his reply
and hope this puts the matter to bed. I don't want to perpetuate any
'hostilities' on this subject, in fact I'm meeting up with Alan (and
the owner of the 280 22k miler) for coffee later this month in Belfast. On arrival at
the venue we were all marshalled into place by employees of the dealership
and there were a few cars that had arrived before us and parked up
by them. These cars were not from our Capri Club including the above
280. The owner of it was not in the car when we arived so it was some
time later in the day before I discovered who owned it. With the cars
all parked, I publicly invited everyone to go into the showroom where
a buffet lunch was waiting for us. I did speak briefly to the owner of the 280 in question, briefly due to the fact that I spent the entire day overseeing the days events including ensuring everyone got the lunch that was provided and also organising groups of people to go for three seperate viewings of a club members classic car collection nearby. We were very greatful to the management at the dealership who transported us to and from the car collection throughout the day. As you can see it was a very busy day for us and meant that I personally did not have much time to spend with anyone in particular. With regards to
the condition of the Capris in our club, the standard of the majority
of them is excellent and we have been complimented on this by many
other clubs and organisations throughout Northern Ireland, We have
been featured regularily in Retroford magazine where our club display
and Capris in it have been described as being among the best in the
UK. Capri Club N.I.
has just marked it's 20th anniversary and this year had 75 members,
making it one of the largest "one make" clubs here. We usually
have between 20 and 45 of these out at our events throughout the year.
We have also been approached by many owners of "non-Capri"
Classsic Fords asking if we would extend our membership beyond Capris
to allow them to join, such is the interest to and attraction of the
club. All this aside,
my appology goes out to the owner of the above 280 who felt strongly
enough to want to put his comments on this website and may have seemed
that he was ignored or felt un-welcome on the day. I cannot speak
for all our members and am also not responsible for them, but would
be concerned if any of them intentionally made him feel in this way,
I can assure him though that this was not the intention. We are a
very active and friendly club who welcome all Capri owners into our
membership and our aim is only to bring as many Capris together in
the one place at Yours, Keeping the Legend Alive in N.I.. Alan Gourley, Secretary, Capri Club International, Northern Ireland Branch At last an answer to the perennial question that people keep asking me! "How many Brookies are there left?" So what is the answer? I have made enquiries with the only place that has up to date records of such things (correct at 16th June 2009)
Capri 280's taxed at end of December 2008 = 234 Capri 280's currently SORN = 229
So there we have it 463 Capri 280's known to the DVLA Unregistered
= I only know of 3 for certain - can't possibly tell you where they
are though........... So, I hope that settles the matter for most of us? Now, all I have to do is find all these
owners and ensure they are providing sufficient TLC to these rare
beauties! You heard it here first - at the Doctors Surgery.
(This list won't include those 280's abroad inc Ireland) 280's that are scrapped, dead or Cat C and D Ins write-offs are not known. There are one
or two in New Zealand and Oz - if you know of any in Europe give me
a shout. Cars only have to have SORN submitted after 1989 I think - so there's a good possibility that some 280's will be off the road and unknown to DVLA. I think it's fair to say that around 50% of all 280's are alive today.
Competition - no prizes (not in this game!) Ever wondered why you, the British driver feel as if the motorist is the most hated form of UK citizen? Ever wonder why you are penalised at every turn? Ever stop to think why only 5% of the billions you pay each year in road taxes goes back to road improvements? Did it occur to you that the answer lies in the common denominator below:- What do all these people have in common?
Well? Clue - did you ever see one of these driving a car? No? OK getting warm. At least 4 of these never bothered to learn to the basic rudiments of driving let alone take a test, never pulled up at a fuel pump to mutter the words, 'Look at the price of petrol' - so couldn't relate to you or me in any conversation about the cost of motoring, let alone say 'We know how the motorists feel'............ Everyone of these either can't drive, couldn't drive, won't drive - and ALL are/were involved in Transport Policies for the UK motorist at some point in their careers. All either hate cars, drivers (except their money) and none have done anything to ease the relentless attack on our motoring costs. Byers, Dunwoody, Livingstone, Brown, Ladyman and Cameron. Do you think it's a coincidence that each time Transport Policy is under review there's a Car Hater at the helm? Well, if you did, you don't now. Until we get a real driver, who understands and even enjoys motoring (instead of just dipping into motorists pockets) I'm afraid we are going to be hung out to dry. Don't expect sympathy - you are seen as a source of revenue. And in keeping with the car hating theme we now have Geoff Hoon - the new Sec of State for Transport - ushering in Road Pricing at break-neck speed (even though his predecessor Ruth Kelly gave up the idea ) I only posted this to take your mind off the fact that petrol just went up 9p a gallon despite the recession. I will move this to my Articles and News section within a few days - if 'they' don't get me beforehand.................. Petrol will never decrease in price under the Tories - not even if oil went down to $10 a barrel!!! It's a 'see-saw' fuel duty that says 'when oil is lower we'll put the fuel duty up - and when oil is higher we'll drop the duty a tad. Either way you motoring suckers will pay and pay dearly................ Tory answer to your high petrol bills - announced 6th July by George Osborne - Tory shadow Chancellor - "The plans, unveiled by shadow chancellor George Osborne yesterday, would link fuel duty levels directly to oil prices – so as fuel prices rise, duty decreases. Osborne said if the ‘fair fuel stabiliser’ had been implemented in the last budget, duty would currently be 5p lower. (Um, diesel would be £1.32 a litre instead of £1.37 - Oh heck you are too generous me old mate - what we want is that crippling duty reduced by about £25 p a litre NOW) “It’s a common sense plan to bring stability to public finances and help the environment by making the price of carbon less volatile,” he said. Graeme Leach, chief economist and head of policy at the Institude of Directors (IoD), indicated Osborne’s proposals were unrealistic. Now is it just me or is this con of gigantic proportions? Look at it. As oil prices surge - the fuel duty slides down. As oil drops the fuel duty soars back up. Now call me cynical but either way we pay the same high prices with NO chance of petrol ever getting lower priced again. Logic says that if petrol is £2 a litre and the price of oil goes up, then instead of the pump price going to say, £2.25 per litre (yes I'm not kidding) - the duty level would drop by perhaps a similar amount. Thus making the price of petrol remain a ridiculous £2 per litre. Using the same see-saw scale - if oil prices dropped drastically then the fuel escalator would kick in and the fuel duty would rise from about £1.25 per litre to say £1.50 a litre making the drop in oil invisible to the motorist. Taken a step further if oil dropped to zero dollars a barrel - then instead of petrol being about 60p per litre it would still be £2 because the Tory fuel duty would rise to the opposite extent that oil dropped. What I'm saying is it's a lose lose situation for us because the Government will always counter balance oil / fuel / duty etc. Hey Mr Osborne - thanks but er, no thanks. We understand your DelBoy initiative and we laugh at it.
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Capri 280's any point? Yes, believe it or not - people are still wanting one, still contacting me and not letting the below mentioned stuff scare them off completely. People are feeling the pinch but still not letting the squeeze stop them from enjoying life with a classic Ford. My last sale was the G Reg 280 - sold to a hard working guy up north. Decided that he wanted the car he always promised himself and he's a happy bunny. A super car that can return 31-32 on a run in style - can't be bad eh? Read on and you will get depressed but once you are, have a strong cup of coffee and then make sure they don't grind you into the ground!! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ When your car tax goes up to £400 a year pretty soon, bet you wish you had a pre-2001 car to drive eh? Still, at least you'll sleep safe in the knowledge that this Govt will spend 9 million x £400 wisely and 'save the world'. Yeah, Wolverines make good house pets too............................. I mean surely Labour wouldn't lift even more cash out of your pockets for dubious and spurious causes would they? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Latest - OIL June 2008 - is expected to hit $250 a barrel fairly soon - that will mean £2.30 per litre in the UK. Never thought it could happen did you? Who would have said that the past 2-3 years were 'the good old days'? Not me. But there's a lot of players out there all fixing and manipulating markets. The speculators have done their worst with the financial markets hence the credit crunch - now they are gambling on oil futures hence there's panic and increases even when there's no actual change in the supply or demand. It's fast approaching a time when to travel will be a past time of the seriously rich and the rest of us will have tin cans occupying our driveways and garages. It's a bit depressing but that's about it. There worst part I suppose is this - the crooks in the treasury take 70% of every tanful of petrol as tax. They spend or squander it away of many different things, mainly failed computer systems, propping up excess management structures in organisations and education establishments. Which means this. The British driver is now using 20% less fuel due to crippling costs so the exchequer is getting 20% less tax. Getting the picture? What will the Cash Guzzler Darling do when his ATM (the motorist) is down on funds? Well you work it out. They want us supposedly to drive less, use less oil / fuel etc. But when we do they get less tax to fund scandalous schemes. Outcome? You guessed it. If we do what they want, and spend less at the pumps coz we are being crushed, then they get less income and will hit us again somewhere else. And once we get hit elsewhere, it won't matter if oil reduces because the extra taxes will just stay. Bit like the price of chips at the chip shop - spuds were in short supply one year in the 80's - so up went a bag of chips from 30p to 85p. Spuds got plentiful later but chips stayed high. So it is with this oil / fuel / tax on motoring. Who will get us out of this? Labour? Tories? The choice my friend is Hobsons. It's like being asked if you prefer to be assaulted by Mike Tyson or Evander Holyfield - who you going to choose? Enjoy your car while you can - won't be long that's for sure. The £10 gallon is just round the corner and I recall when we protested at 87p per litre - happy days. HOW TO ESCAPE THE RECESSION You can escape the coming financial crash and the economic disaster helped along by 'Prudence' Brown and his bunch of £100 grand a year (without expenses and Gold Plated pensions) cohorts. Here's how:- 1. Don't buy food 2. Don't have a mortgage 3. Don't drive 4. Don't heat your water or your home 5. Don't fly 6. Don't use public transport - esp trains There - saved you a fortune - no charge for this advice.................. Oh yes, nearly forgot, whatever you do, do NOT grow old in Britain.
OIL CRISIS Yup it's a crisis. Crude hits $135 a barrel May 2008. The 200 dollar barrel is not too far away. Britain is fast becoming a 3rd world entitiy. Hardly any influence and bidding against the new economies of China and India. We cannot sustain our use of oil. Petrol prices will go through the roof and we will look back on 2008 as a time of, er, cheap fuel prices. Why keep mentioning this? Like I said dozens of times before. Classic cars will be ornaments before too long - read the headlines and the small columns. Our fabulous Capri's will soon be thought of as unsocial and everyone will be expected to drive an electric food mixer. Not because it saves the planet, but because we just won't be able to afford petrol. Answer? I actually do not know. All I can say is - if you want a classic Ford the only time to buy and enjoy one is now. Not tomorrow, not next week, but now. This is not doom and gloom it's fact. The upside is your wallet will not be weighing you down quite as much as in previous years.
Who is a buyer and who is a dreamer? There are a number of good indicators as to whether you are a buyer or a wishful thinker. Sometimes it helps to know. I have seen the signs over the years. Here's a few pointers that will see which camp you fall into:- You know you'll never buy a Capri 280 when:- (I have proved every one of these points except number 10)
A Buyer on the other hand is one who:-
Here's the deal: Turbo Technics have said if they get 10 orders, with a 20% deposit for each kit they will re-produce them. I'm not certain of the pricing - but I did hear 'less than 3 grand' - better ring Hamish or Sales at Turbo Technics.
This is the press release from Turbo Technics:- "This kit is identical to the famous kits we produced in the
80's and 90's which when fitted to the new Capri's would make 200bhp. Turbo Technics Tel: 01604 705050 Ed: Dr B has owned 4 Turbo Technics Capri 280's and they are without a doubt the most stunning drive ever! If only Ford had put this conversion on as standard......... but then everyone would have one wouldn't they?
Original diagrams:
Don't know quite how to arrange a Group Buy of at least 10 units but I guess if enough interest is shown they'll be swamped with orders. Pass this on to all your Capri nutters out there. Remember Norman Bates would have a kit - how is that for a recommendation?
FUEL PRICES - MORE INFO TO DEPRESS YOU - This is the way that the Government fleeces you every day.
The Last Capri 280 ever built
Did you know - that the first Capri 280 ever built was stolen and never recovered? Did
you know that Ford Europe kept the last one made Reg Number D194 UVW
and it's in Gaydon plant today? It
is official that the last one ever made is final chassis number
GG11896. Any
doubts? Call the Doctor! There are still at least 3 Capri 280's in England that have not been registered. I know the towns where they are but that's all I can say.
Imminent war in Middle East - all indications are that a huge conflagration in the Middle East will kick of fairly soon. This will have devastating effects on lives, the economy and for all us petrol heads - the price and supply of petrol, heating oils etc. Only mentioning this as we often think we are an Island and what goes on a couple of thousand miles away doesn't really affect us. I have numerous up to date links on the political and military positioning in the M.E. if anyone wants the links.
Road Pricing and the Spy in your Car click here As predicted over 3 years ago on this site - the government plans to give police access to all camera and private individuals road journeys. That means exactly what we told you - as soon as nationwide road pricing comes in every scrap of privacy goes out the window and govt. agencies and departements, CSA, DWP, Soc Services, Customs & Revenue, VAT, Specail Branch, MI5, MI6 etc will all have potential to know exactly where you went, with whom, what time, where you stopped and how fast you did it all!!. Good to know 'they' care about you so much................... click here
1. What happens when an executive gets fed up with the Company Jag?? Click here to find out
2. UPDATE May 2008: Who's got the only G Reg
then or should I say who's got it now?? click
here to find out 3. Want to find the Build number of your
Capri 280?
4. Ever heard of the 419-ers? No thought not. They are the overseas scammers who target a lot of people selling classic cars in the UK. In their extreme ignorance they think that if you own a classic car you are desperate for cash and will therefore fall prey to their infantile and zero IQ scams. Started by Nigerians but any number of morons from other nations try it on. There's even a website set up by folk to Bait the Scammers and cause them no end of problems! What great sport if you have the time. You will know their emails because they refer to your advert in a sort of generalised fashion such as ' I am very interested in the car - please give me the firmest price and I will get my agent to contact you very soonest' etc etc.They have no idea about the car they don't care about your car. It's a means to an end. They want you to give bank details - they promise to send you a deposit - then when you've banked it they want you to return the deposit on promise of the full amount. (they won't even have seen the car or shown any true interest in it). When you send back the deposit you find that their money was fraudulant and you are out by thousands of pounds. How do you deal with them? Simple. You reply to their email without disclosing anything about yourself, your car or your name. You ask for a UK tel number, a post code and their full name. It never comes. To add weight to this you can say that you will pass the email to Interpol if no reply within 12 hours. Always works. Their emails have a plausible looking name but nearly always are on a Yahoo account with numbers after the name. The wording is bland and generic and always refers to money, banks and shipping. Time of day is usually early hours of the morning GMT. Spelling of words like 'check' instead of cheque are dead give aways. You have been warned. A good link to see what's happening is this Internet Fraud and 419 scammers
5. Oil Crisis? Think we'll be driving forever? Think you can afford it? What about the 'Spy in Your Car'? Click here Remember you read it here first - I told you that the Tories would bring back the fuel escalator tax so that no mstter what price fuel was the tax would rise exponentially. Well, now the other tax 'em til it hurts ruffians are saying they will maintain the price of petrol artificialy by claiming the difference between reduced petrol costs and the existing price of petrol by calling it a green tax. In other words petrol drops 10p due to low crude prices and Labout Govt - keep the price of fuel at the same price anyway and keep the difference. I think they call it robbery, fraud, scamming or something like that. I believe we voted these clowns in to represent the majority didn't we? Well they are pandering to the greenies and conning us left right and centre regarding the Global Warming con and other similar tax scams. Look out pockets they getting emptier by the week.
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Not just me talking about this - me and 1.8 million others CLICK HERE
7. Read that The Conservatives will re-introduce the Fuel Escalator Tax on petrol. No worry - all it means is that it will be set at 3% above inflation each year, so that if inflation is, say, 3% then petrol TAX will go up by 6% a year each year, every year and NEVER come down again - even if they gave petrol away for nothing the government would still be around 80-90p per litre. So now you know who to vote for next time around? Glad you do coz I don't. It seems the motorist is yet again seen as the ointment that will cure all the financial ills of poor governments. Governments are elected by the people to represent ALL the people not just key, loud pressure groups. Way to go to be PM CMD! (Call Me Dave) follow the greenies and the pressure groups - get your extra votes and then stay in opposition. We thought we could rely on a new opposition to come up with something better than Lib Left Weak green stuff. We see the trick here - drop direct taxes slightly then take it all back and more with indirect taxes. The rich of the nation will not curb their spending on fuel. The poorer ones will go slowly broke trying to pay all the taxes and nothing will change globally except the coffers of the chancellors office. Now he's attracted the Green Vote, just wait for the next 'vote'. CMD will offer petrol credits for all single mothers and same sex couples who are having IVF, want men to conceive & drive pink cars with sequinned air-bags........... I'm going for a lie down.................... At least Attila the Hun would have driven a Hummer on Nitrous - as long as we ignore the rest of his behaviour. Ah no, he 'sacked the Roman Empire (i.e. the EU) didn't he? hmm.................
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Just click on BUILD CALCULATOR in the menu above
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