the professionals the race! Bodie´s Capri 3,0S

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  • Опубликовано: 10 дек 2024

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  • @trevorjohnson9397
    @trevorjohnson9397 2 года назад +27

    An iconic Man driving an iconic car 🚗 rest in peace Lewis Collins God bless you

  • @JimTimber
    @JimTimber Год назад +11

    Lew Collins lived in Chalfont St.Peter and my Uncle used to clean his windows (no pun intended !!) on his Mopes Farm mansion down Denham Lane ! He was a really kind and witty gentleman !!

  • @alessandropellizzoni2303
    @alessandropellizzoni2303 4 года назад +9

    I used to watch the Professional when I was a little boy... I love this serie even if I know that AN Alfetta Alfa Romeo 1.8 ltr was enough to overtake a 3.0 ltr capri... I read that Lewis Collins died 6 Years ago... R. I. P.

  • @andreedowns4561
    @andreedowns4561 2 года назад +6

    EARLY 80S.....SUNDAY NIGHT...THE BEST !!!! ...NOTHING CAN TOP IT ????

  • @antoniaburns3522
    @antoniaburns3522 5 лет назад +8

    Gorgeous Bodie. Never bettered. You are my no.1.

  • @jackiesurridge8178
    @jackiesurridge8178 2 месяца назад

    How can you beat that, gorgeous Bodie in an iconic Capri....Fantastic!!

  • @LordFlashheart.11
    @LordFlashheart.11 8 месяцев назад +4

    The capri won everything touring cars had to offer, and i dont think people realise just how good these cars were! Glad I've still got one!!!

    • @andypdq
      @andypdq 4 месяца назад

      But the race cars were nothing like the production cars, which suffered from horrible understeer and dreadful leaf spring rear suspension .

    • @LordFlashheart.11
      @LordFlashheart.11 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@andypdq I've been around Silverstone and Oulton Park in mine and it handles like a dream, nothing wrong with the single leaf suspension, firm the front end up, bigger brakes. They are awesome, if you know how to drive them and tweak them, they are a raw car for sure. Nothing else like them biggest issue is side to side axle movement that can be sorted. Ford offered uprated stuff back then from the RS catalogue but many didn't realise.

    • @andypdq
      @andypdq 4 месяца назад

      @@LordFlashheart.11 Anything will perform much better if you tweak them, the thing is, as they came from the factory to the retail buyer in the early 1980s, the Capri was a Mk 2 Cortina, with different body panels. The Mk2 Cortina suspension system was deemed obsolete in terms of handling in the late sixties.
      Superior live axle coil spring four link rear suspension for the MK 3,4 and 5 Cortinas, much superior IRS in the Sierra of the early eighties, which could have been fitted yet the Sports Coupe from Ford with hopelessly outdated, inferior leaf spring suspension still sold well to the gullible public at the same time in the early1980s. Axle tramp 101 on uphill corners, if they had the power
      Of all the departments of the Ford Motor Company, I bow in absolute awe to marketing.

    • @cologne2792
      @cologne2792 4 месяца назад +1

      @@andypdq That was precisely why they were so much fun.
      They were old hat before the Mk3 appeared in 1978 but the carry over 3.0 V6 gave it a very decent 140 bhp for it's weight.
      8,5 seconds to 60 and 120 mph in the seventies was excellent. The 3.0 torque meant you drive through towns at 5mph in third gear and just rumble about like you were in something old and with muscle - which you were.
      The life axle made life interesting, especially in the wet but it was never unpredictable and drifting them was very easy.
      The 3.0S was the last domestic car I drove that could be steered on the throttle with ease.
      A hot hatch would have been much quicker but nowhere near the fun.
      The 2.8i was too nailed down and well sorted and lacked the involvement of the earlier cars.
      My 3.0S is the only car I miss selling today.
      I can't think of a more perfect hooligan car for the show.

    • @andypdq
      @andypdq 4 месяца назад

      @@cologne2792 In the early 90s I enjoyed blowing 2.8 Capris into the weeds on the country lanes of the Staffordshire moorlands in my Rover SD1 V8. V6 Sierras were a different matter.

  • @fatwalletboy2
    @fatwalletboy2 5 лет назад +15

    How good does that Capri look at full chat 👍

  • @marittamustonen-smith7333
    @marittamustonen-smith7333 4 года назад +4

    I love these guys esp the handsome Bodie

  • @ianmangham4570
    @ianmangham4570 5 лет назад +3

    I still am bodie Today, my mum bought me the ci5 kit back in the 70s, great little hand grenade in the kit

  • @AntonHu
    @AntonHu 6 лет назад +30

    The Capri was certainly an understeerer, but Ford masked it pretty well for everyday driving (unless you always drove like Bodie!). But yes, great shame Lewis never played Bond, for his sake and ours.

    • @MagicAyrtonforever
      @MagicAyrtonforever 3 года назад

      All ford cars were basically set up to understeer... For safety you know.

    • @AntonHu
      @AntonHu 3 года назад +1

      @@MagicAyrtonforever Indeed, most cars are, but we might have hoped the production team would have induced some oversteer by way of mods or driving.

    • @RustedPistons
      @RustedPistons Год назад +1

      Didn't know I was getting filmed on my way to work this morning

    • @bendermi
      @bendermi Год назад

      Are you concerned about understeer in a car with leaf springs? 😅

    • @AntonHu
      @AntonHu Год назад

      @@bendermi Rally Escorts managed very well with leaf springs, and were generally in oversteer mode.

  • @richardleigh9161
    @richardleigh9161 7 лет назад +9

    ive had a good a good collection of capris cool looking car and I'm proud to say ive still got a capri

  • @simonlunt353
    @simonlunt353 2 года назад +5

    Great series loved every minute of it but wished they had made some films like the Sweeney

  • @gary-scottmclean1043
    @gary-scottmclean1043 Год назад +2

    Absolutely awesome 👌

  • @AFExploration
    @AFExploration 11 лет назад +21

    R.I.P. Lewis Collins

  • @danielball7595
    @danielball7595 6 лет назад +9

    Fantastic video I love all these professionals tribute videos. Yello the race was a great song choice. Owning a ford capri you often find yourself driving like your Bodie or Doyle. :)

  • @tino1890
    @tino1890 17 дней назад

    Mi serie de mi pre-adolencia, de culto, adoraba a Bodie y Doyle. ❤❤❤

  • @johnpirie3800
    @johnpirie3800 7 лет назад +8

    RIP Mr. Collins.
    Top show. The seventies was the Sweeney and the eighties belonged to the Professionals!
    Carter; BODIE DOYLE, MY OFFICE NOW!!!
    Pours a scotch and relax!

    • @fatwalletboy2
      @fatwalletboy2 5 лет назад +4

      You mean Cowley? 😃

    • @johnpirie3800
      @johnpirie3800 2 года назад

      @@fatwalletboy2 Sorry buddy, my bad. I loved the Sweeney and the Professionals. Got a bit ahead of myself there!!

  • @biroldjoshan3745
    @biroldjoshan3745 5 лет назад +7

    Rip Lewis Collins

  • @debravenning948
    @debravenning948 10 месяцев назад +5

    Bloody legend period. 😳👍👏👏👏💪🇭🇲🚬

  • @stevesmith9351
    @stevesmith9351 Год назад +2

    Still got my 3.0s 😊

  • @janetchapman1
    @janetchapman1 11 лет назад +3

    Boy's and their toys eh!.... girls too, I do love the sound of a powerful car. Hugs mate xx

  • @richardbuxton7285
    @richardbuxton7285 9 лет назад +23

    Should have been bond

  • @stefankassbohrer2765
    @stefankassbohrer2765 4 года назад +2

    An old friend of mine had some Capri V6 2.3, they looked great, had a good sound & made a lot of fun to drive, and you could screw on it well. Best wishes from south Germany

  • @tinkerbelle5944
    @tinkerbelle5944 11 лет назад +3

    Brilliant!!!! Thank you BC

  • @biroldjoshan3745
    @biroldjoshan3745 5 лет назад +1

    Nice cars the Capri's ... especially the 3 litres like Bodie's , I had a 3.0s, a 3.1s believed to be the 'bullit' engine and A 2.8i all beautiful cars , the 3.1 was a beast of a car , should o kept that one

  • @SuperJinkyO
    @SuperJinkyO 2 года назад +1

    What a fun video!

  • @janethomas6115
    @janethomas6115 3 года назад +2

    He should had played bond

  • @finnhere2
    @finnhere2 11 лет назад +2

    You know, I kinda liked this! ;-) Thanks! And the last line crowned it all! :D

  • @richardmorley8309
    @richardmorley8309 6 лет назад +4

    Bond had it all

  • @richardbuxton7285
    @richardbuxton7285 9 лет назад +4

    A hard man, tried out for the SAS but they took him very serious but wouldn't allow him in due to being a celeb, could have maybe changed his identity.

  • @izmirubel9821
    @izmirubel9821 5 лет назад +3

    Original numberplate was VHK 495 S - the car does still exist today!!

    • @butlerhatler2444
      @butlerhatler2444 4 года назад

      Gibt es den Wagen tatsächlich noch? Wie gerne hätte ich den in meiner Garage!

  • @Steve24527
    @Steve24527 9 месяцев назад

    Bodie was the epitome of a Real Man

  • @ianennis1280
    @ianennis1280 4 месяца назад +1

    The 80,s Grant Mitchell,

  • @saraspitefull32
    @saraspitefull32 2 года назад

    They only understeer if you can't drive a capri..awsome vid with yellow the race..

  • @skpManiac
    @skpManiac 5 лет назад

    Great combo - well done :)

  • @STEPHENFOSTER-u6x
    @STEPHENFOSTER-u6x 9 месяцев назад

    Loved is iconic driving high 5

  • @tonyjames6044
    @tonyjames6044 4 месяца назад

    This Capri is a 2.8 injection as it's a MK2.. The mk 1 had the 3 litre Essex in it which had a carburettor. I scrapped on and put the engine in my MK3 transit.. Should have kept the Capri..

  • @paulcherry8256
    @paulcherry8256 4 месяца назад

    A couple of different 3.0s Capri cars used or just the same car with different number plates 🤔

    • @cologne2792
      @cologne2792 4 месяца назад +1

      They had a few different Mk3s but not as many as the plates suggest.

  • @bodiecuddle
    @bodiecuddle  11 лет назад +2

    The sound is sexy, isn`t it... yeahh!! This car is a toy for boys and girls. ;) hugs hugs xx

  • @bodiecuddle
    @bodiecuddle  11 лет назад +1

    yeahh!!! what a car!! and the driver!!! *sigh*
    Thanks xx

  • @bodiecuddle
    @bodiecuddle  11 лет назад +1

    Thank you mate!! xx

  • @marshalllucky
    @marshalllucky 4 года назад +2

    This was a weekly one hour advert for Ford , shows how stupid BL`s marketing dept were

  • @LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise
    @LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise 3 месяца назад

    UOO 303T is now on a 2016 purple porsche 😞

  • @fv7765
    @fv7765 3 года назад

    My uncle had one, he should have kept it because it cost round 20 grand today!

  • @toothfairy2353
    @toothfairy2353 4 года назад +1

    Lovely car and all that, but what happens if he needs to pick up a fridge/freezer or a sofa ?. What he really needs is a nice Chrysler voyager, perfect for hauling around big heavy items

  • @howiehamburg1372
    @howiehamburg1372 8 лет назад +2

    Bodie is best :-)!!!

  • @leonshackleford9585
    @leonshackleford9585 4 месяца назад

    I’ve been to Chalfont St Peter in leechcroft Twice in One Day

  • @SITRUUNAKAKKU-pl3jj
    @SITRUUNAKAKKU-pl3jj Год назад

    I LIKE THE CAPRI

  • @howardlake6178
    @howardlake6178 3 года назад

    Under Steer? Did you watch this til the end? It was fish tailing all over the place 😂 My mum worked for Ford Motor Co, and I got to sit in all the cars from The Professionals, aged 9 because she'd been given 6 months due to breast cancer. She died on her 42nd birthday which is a 1 in 300,000 event. Tell women first child over 30 doubles the risk.....

  • @CAL1MBO
    @CAL1MBO 2 месяца назад

    Haaamoooond!

  • @paulmckenzie7814
    @paulmckenzie7814 3 года назад

    Class

  • @bodiecuddle
    @bodiecuddle  11 лет назад +1

    Yeah, our "fast Bodie" with his toy ;) Someone had to slow down him sometimes *g* :D xx

  • @LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise
    @LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise 3 месяца назад

    OWC 827W has been off the road since 2006 and is sorn'd

  • @robwalker9555
    @robwalker9555 2 года назад

    I never ages. :)

  • @bodiecuddle
    @bodiecuddle  11 лет назад +1

    Bodie needs it LOL!!! ;)

  • @andreedowns4561
    @andreedowns4561 2 года назад

    I CANT FIRE IT .........👅👍💥💥💋

  • @janethomas6115
    @janethomas6115 3 года назад

    Miss u very much. I also fell hopefully in love with u

  • @markwhitehead4645
    @markwhitehead4645 8 месяцев назад

    Look what they use to do and treat these classic Fords .... never treated my 1st car .... 1600E ... Fern Green UOH 921H and paid £650 for her... in 1980....like that ... as I knew even back then that these beauties HAD TO BE SAVED .... just started to do her up until a pissed up justice of the peace coming from a Black Tie Do ....1am Saturday morning....Digbeth High St Birmingham....I remember every single detail.....🤨...hit me up the arse... in a little 850 FIAT....and rammed into the back of an old Black Cab ....er let me see now .... who was the only 19 year old who was breath tested and passed🤔.....😡....had a letter off the cops ... no further action will be taken .... yeh right... but who’s lost his car ....stripped her down and sold bits off ... engine gearbox ended up in a 1300 Mk1 Escort... no brake up grade though 🤣... carnt remember what happened to the Lotus suspension... only had about 1000 miles on it ... or the wooden dash door capping ...clocks .... seats ....only things I kept ... they are somewhere though ...😡....are the WINGS and the 1600E badging... must admit... love the actin video and the music ... just like been back in the day ... now have gone to the dark side 😜... restored Triumph Stag .... 🤣... and NO ... she don’t overheat 🤨and runs beautifully... the old Triumph V8 burbling away ... oh what joy 🤣...... BUT ... wish I still had my “E” ... what a bevy of beauties and garage collection that would be ... the perfect world 😩

  • @leonshackleford9585
    @leonshackleford9585 4 месяца назад

    I liked Lewis Collins A lot I would of liked to of hit his Autograph Signed by him to me he was a Brilliant Actor as well as Martin Shaw both from Ci5 Professionals I got both the Full Ci5 Professionals Boxset & Documentary Making about the Cars Etc its very interesting

  • @jamescornflake1542
    @jamescornflake1542 8 месяцев назад

    1:20 Pulls back the hammer to let off the hammer))))))))))))))))))

  • @LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise
    @LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise 3 месяца назад

    VHK 12W is taxed :-)

  • @bodienotdoyle
    @bodienotdoyle 11 лет назад +1

    almost vehicle porn..!! Excellent.

  • @GeriatricFan1963
    @GeriatricFan1963 11 лет назад +3

    "SLOW DOWN!" :)

  • @moorehen
    @moorehen 11 лет назад +1

    rip... 2.0S

  • @faustusTVR
    @faustusTVR 6 лет назад

    Guv! Guv! Guv! Guv! Guv! Guv!

  • @sergioduart706
    @sergioduart706 8 лет назад

    ford chocho con esta serie , xque promocionaba muy bien a la marca

  • @jakelamotta2387
    @jakelamotta2387 7 лет назад +2

    Shit audio... but great footage, Thank You!

  • @badgern100
    @badgern100 9 лет назад +1

    It was a 2.0 S