Mk1 Capri 4x4. dub-tee-eff!

Yeah the same guy that posted the pics then went on to say

"Its a A Ferguson Formula 4x4 Capri 3.0 and it the only one in the world.."

I must have that car.

It was in Classic and Sports Car a year or two back. I have in my mind that they made three but could be wrong.


Tig, buy a rusty Jensen FF and swap all the running gear for big block Capri fun

Roger Clark and his brother Stan drove one each at Rallycross events all over the UK in 1970/71. I can remember seeing one on BBC Grandstand from Lydden in Kent. I think they tried fuel injection as well. IIRC they suffered from terminal understeer, and the idea was shelved.

It was a development of the Ferguson 4WD system which also featured in the Mk4 Zephyrs trialled extensively by police forces across the UK in the late 60's. At least one of the Z-cars survives, possibly more.

There used to be a mega rusty 4x4 Mk4 Zephyr behind the little petrol station down Matchams Lane at Hurn (down your way Tigran) but it was many years ago. The car was too far gone to restore and I guess the only reason it was still there was the running gear. I wish I knew what happened to it.

I dunno if the Greenie is a pukka Fergie or what. Your friend shot pics from the wrong business end. And with a late-model, non-period "4x4" badge, so's it's hard to make heads nor tails from the pics.

Fergie Capris production was 16 or 18, my letter from Ferguson isn't handy at the mo. And 12 of them went to Si Haberman's FF4 firm in NY, USA for sale. Period ads ran in the buff mags by FF4.

TB owns 2 of the 12 cars. One is a special Weslake-prepped forest rally Fergie 4x4, built for SCCA Pro Rally. This rally car is featured in Brooklands Hi-Perf Capris book. Triple Solexes. APR Tony Rolt, MBE, he of Colditz Glider fame, took an interest in this rally car's development whilst running Ferguson at the time. We have the correspondence from him, as well as Weslake, to the rally team constructor.

Oooooffity-Ooof-Oooof-Ooooof!

I wish somebody could tell me how to save YouTube videos. I'm a total PC tard. Took me a year to figger out how to create files and save text messages. Sigh........ Maybe Adam's mum could help me, an clean me room too. Kidding, Adam! nyuk

That Capri is freakin' awesome

I am sure I read somewhere that apparntly Roger Clark said that 4x4's would never be popular (after driving the Capri in rallycross).

I know in 1973 Reliant worked with Tony Rolt and Os Webb of Ferguson Formula and built a 'one off' Scimitar GTE 4x4. The car was never intended for production, it was more of an experiment.

The car sat at the back of the development department until ex-Reliant chief engineer "John Crosswaite" offered to buy the car. John got the car on the road and used it as his own transport for a couple of years before selling it to a private collector.

The car has dissapeared off the face of the earth!

I have been trying to trace the history of the car and its whereabouts and I was given these photos of the chassis:





I know the car was completed and a modified body was fitted afterwards and I know what the registration number was, but the number doesn't seem to exist anymore??

Scimmie

THAT capri is sweet! Seen it before in a magazine feature in Classic Ford, the editor got invited to a Ford testing center in Norway or something. Where they got to drive the 4wd capri, standard (mint) 4wd saff cosworth and a WRC focus iirc, on a snow covered test track!

Good feature I remember them saying then it was the only one in existence

Proof once more that Ford HQ is daft, especially as to its own heritage. Sorry to say, and a number of folks have done a lot to try to change that sad state of affairs to little or no avail.