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Lovely idea and good to see the Austin at least is still alive. I would much prefer to see petrol engines being used, even a light 1ltr type motor would do as a start with the net weight it would still be good fun.

I thought what a lovely idea and a great looking car until you mentioned it was electric then I immediately lost interest……shame !

I hope the new Austin expands their range in a few years. I'd like to own an A55 like my grandad used to drive

I am a big 60s 70s Ford fan I love the Caprse

Put an ice engine in it and I might get interested.

brilliant idea wish you all the best about time someone built austin cars i've got 2 from 1954

Ah! Austin of India. 🙄

Question: that Austin’s seven was made so the average person could afford them, So what are the costs for these

Very interested, but thought it was a bit electric whinny ?

I had a h husky

So ingenious to have to use a huge fan to blow air from the low-pressure zone in the engine compartment through the radiator into the high-pressure zone underneath the car. Thereby robbing that tiny engine of a significant amount of power. Genius. Not. It could have been a great car. It wasn't due to several bad design choices, including the poor front suspension design which resulted in chronic understeer. The Mini, albeit less comfortable and practical, was great to drive. The Imp wasn't.

Built in India for fuck all and sold to twats in England for 32k. Lol.

Nice, shame about electric just a non starter now

My sisters first car was a second hand Hillman Imp which soon developed a gearbox problem. It would jump out of gear and was only a few years old at the time.

Imp was my 1st car in 1972....bet it would feel odd to drive now 😊

You have just destroyed the original spec and originality of a rare example. It’s a delboy project.

all good until you mentioned electric.

any plans to build these with petrol engines ?

Touch screen dash! You must be joking right? That method is a modern mistake by mainstream EV manufacturers and should be banned - it is already out for consultation by VW. Touch means not looking where you are going at that moment - no different from texting or using a mobile phone while driving. Keep the controls switch or lever controlled, preferably via controls on the steering wheel - F1 style.

Brilliant achievement the look is spot on

Lady Penelope Pink!!!!👌

And do some with a Mitsubishi mirage engine❤️🌟❤️🌟❤️🌟

Do pink one…..it will be your best seller….

Muito bonito

I bought the 3 litre GT 1976 red in colour loved it the last one I had was the 2.8 S in 1984

You had me up till you said electric

Never seen them before.

Make one with a roof and it would be great for shopping.

I drove one of these in 1973 when I worked for the Newcastle Evening Chronicle aged 17. I learned that if you turned the ignition off then back on again whilst driving it would backfire, great fun for an irresponsible youth. Also, when one of my colleagues phoned the office to report that the clutch had failed, I drove the other HB to his location, swapped vehicles and I drove the broken one to the repair shop without the clutch. Lots of people in the company didn't believe it could be done, especially by someone so young. My tenure ended when I put the van onto its side when hitting a large patch of ice. Fun times.

Lost interest when electric was mentioned.

looking forward to conversion - I would take this character repro with a V6 or EV conversion :) Drove a 72 Dino Been in one at 8+k rpm....but not for long - owner ignored erratic rev counter and 'winged it' - got one of the bent valves around here somewhere....

lovely rep]lica quality :0

I think he created the Austin Seven in 1922 ! Not 1929

Bit of a mess. I don't think the shape looks right, losing the roof its lost its lines.

I seem to remember an estate version of this car back in the 1970s. I also remember a model badged “ES”.

I remember seeing a convertible Capri in Barbados in the early 1990s. It was white initially, then repainted gold. But it wasn't in the best of shape and it might have been scrapped.

I changed the Reg, but I can't remember to what. There is a picture on the net if you Google it under Ford Capri convertible. I have a picture if you send me some way of getting it to you, i.e. email.

The original Reg was BPC336H.The I had at the time was it was bought by the Warner holiday camp family

The ford Capri that had V6 had one of the best exhaust notes ever heard

Colour, wheels and interior look very wrong. The Black inside and white outside looked far more better.

Lovely car but ruined by those later alloys, rostyles would suit it much better in my opinion. Also not a fan of the white interior.

There don't look much strength in the body with the roof chopped off. Could have done with a roll bar like the Triumph Stag

Why no seatbelts?

I have a 1 off capri mk1 convertable from the 80's. They are amazing

I remember seeing one of the grey cars for sale on a country garage forecourt near Rownhams nr Southampton in about 1982-ish. £450 it was priced at. I had my hands full at the time sorting my old XK120 other wise I would have snapped this up as a day time runabout.

I remember reading the newsaper article about these convertibles way back then. Cannot remember which version though. It was stated that at least 50 would be made but more would be made if there was demand for it. I have seen one of these on the road.

OOOOH I do like a MK1 Capri they are fantastic and the Crayford just looks like it should have been like that in the beginning and I love the colour if was me I would have gone Red seats with a Black dash.🤩

The Crayford conversions were always an interesting choice. The convertible look really suits the Capri. This one looks lovely in the current shade of blue with its gloriously impractical white interior! It sounds VERY nice too! 👍

That poor car - hope the next owner rebuilds it to something that can proudly bear the Crayford name.

I had a MK1 1600 GT Abbott in the middle of the '80s, which I wish I had kept. There is a picture on the Webb somewhere in white.