Ford Capri, a celebration

[ratchart]

So if the rumours are true, it seems Ford is to revive the Capri brand name, with depressing inevitability as a SUV type electric car. Rather than debating the rights and wrongs of that particular marketing decision (which has nothing to do with retro cars anyway) lets celebrate real Ford Capris. 

Here's the first few photos I found on my files, do add yours, whether your own rides or ones you've found at shows and out & about.

[bmcnut]

There's afew images floating around of what the new ev may look like, I don't know if any of them are ford's intentions or just people's theories, but I can see alot of this




In this

[norm75]

There is one identical to this for sale at the moment on car and classic. Yours for only £280,000

I have one already (alright so it’s only 1:43 scale 😂)

[consul315]

had a couple of Capris (all Marks) over the years, now only one left. it´s fairly oriiginal (even the aux-lamp covers are in the boot), but though it only has 17k km on the clock it, it needs a resto after long time storage: (note: it even has still the "SA" sticker on the front screen-a reminiscence to the oil crisis in 73/74. SA was for saturday and you were not allowed to drive it on public roads on saturday.)

[akku]

Mar 24, 2023 10:05:38 GMT bmcnut said:

I can see alot of this




In this

That Capri Custom was a brilliant concept. I loved it. Anyone know if its still around? Sad so many great customs end up in the bin

[ems1]

It's no different to what Vauxhall/Opel are doing with the Manta, a coupe SUV which has nothing in common with the originals other than the name.

[grizz]

Where is nickwheeler

He has had a Capri or three…..

He has been quiet, I do hope all is well at home for him.

[nickwheeler]

Mar 24, 2023 13:34:45 GMT grizz said:

Where is nickwheeler

He has had a Capri or three eleven…..

He has been quiet, I do hope all is well at home for him.

Fixed that for you

here's the best, my 2.0Si:








the fastest a 2.9i:












And an utter piece of curse word:










And several years earlier my £25 daily driver(at Santa Pod):


Things have been OK, but I've been suffering a total lack of motivation.

[shagracer]

[wildrover]

This was for sale local-ish to me recently... I dithered about going to see it and ultimately it was sold before I made up my mind that I really wanted it...

[disastra98]

Mar 24, 2023 10:05:38 GMT bmcnut said:

Is this a re vamp of a car from the the 80/90's?  I have a vague recollection of seeing something very similar in Custom Car or Street Machine.
The picture in my head has it yellow.

Edit.

Found a photo this is the car I remember.

[norm75]

Yellow one is mk1 the silver looks like mk3

[disasterbus]

Yours truly with my first Capri. This was 1984 - I was 19 and it was my second car and I thought I was the dog's whatsits

[braaap]

[ratchart]

The jury's out on the alloys and whitewall combination.*




























*Actually the jury's back and the verdict isn't good.

[braaap]

You did not even mention the vinyl roof plus arches combination!

[Del]

[Rusted Pistons]

Good excuse for a pic dump!

It's inevitably gonna be Mach E style electric vehicle but I'm looking forward to pulling up next to one and blowing its doors off 😂

Here are some pics of mine 👍

[cjhillman]

Heres my slice of Joy/Nightmare! A 1979 Ford Capri 2.0 Ghia in Diamond White. 









Still rough and ready but looked worse a few years ago. I've learned a lot with this one and should have chucked the towel in a while ago. Had the Carb apart at least 3 times, All new suspension (twice at the front), Steering rack that needs to be sorted again , wiring, new interior, new wheels, bumpers and currently spraying up a new boot lid for it.  








Some great advice from nickwheeler over the years and even helped me with some suspension parts! By the way Nick, I like the £25 daily! haha

Amazing Cars and if you have the money you can build a nice classic out of them they're a lot of fun. Still have plenty I'd like to do with this one. I'd love to get a vinyl roof on it, make it quicker and stop quicker basically a mild 70s street machine... we'll see. Theres a long thread on here about this one. 

Heres a pretty good celebration of the Capri! 

[nickwheeler]

Mar 25, 2023 12:52:14 GMT cjhillman said:

Some great advice from nickwheeler over the years and even helped me with some suspension parts! By the way Nick, I like the £25 daily! haha

That was over thirty years ago; I looked a lot younger then.

And that £25 wasn't for the car, but for the petrol the previous owner had put in it about ten miles before blowing up the original 1.6. I paid £75 for a complete 2.0l out of a mkIV Cortina, heaved it in(it fell out the back of the Cortina estate I borrowed to collect it in which is another story) and a week later four of us set off for 2000miles in France. We didn't even bother changing the oil.