I saw a very nicely preserved Mk1 3.0L GTXL a couple of weekends ago. Bright yellow, Black vinyl roof. I think the car can still stand against todays Eurobox variety and hold its head up high in the looks stakes. I just don't think it dates. If they produced one today (but rust free and better dynamics etc) I'd buy one!
The Mk3 is quite a looker too.
Anyone else?
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Fully agree with you, tack.
I reckon my old Mk1 Facelift was one of the best looking "ordinary" cars ever made.
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Definitely. My Dad had a 1969 GT XLR in Ermine white. The 'R' pack gave you Rostyle wheels, front spot and fogs and matt black painted areas.
I also have a soft spot for the MkII but these are quite rare compared to the MkI and IIIs - probably due to the poor quality steel used in the mid 1970s (unless you bought a Ghia built in W Germany)
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One of my first jobs, boss had a MKII 2.0S "R" plate as I recall, used to send me iff all over the place in it, good fun at the time.
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One of my first jobs boss had a MKII 2.0S "R" plate as I recall used to send me iff all over the place in it good fun at the time.
Or was it a MKIII, my memory is fading ...
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I recently saw a dark green example and with all teh chrome and delicate styling, it really is a gorgeous car. Id still rather have a Traction Avant though :-)
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i had a 2.0 jps mk 2 built in germany,far superior to dagenham examples apart from the gear lever breaking in half (ooh never seen that before sir)
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Me to :-) 2.0 black with gold coachlines. Apparently they did them in white as well :-S
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Pictures.............we need PICTURES, although I know what they look like co's I'm old. The younger guys and gals NEED to know what these great cars looked like.
MD
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Pictures? Go to google and search for them, simples
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Like this...
www.fordcapri.co.uk/mk1show/gallery.htm
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Looks best in that canary yellow or tobacco brown IMO.
I had a Mk3 Cortina 2000E more years ago than I care to recall and I remember how vast the bonnet looked from behind the wheel. Like a carrier deck! I recall the Capri as having much the same effect
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www.fordcapri.co.uk/mk1show/gallery.htm
A real enthusiast at the back of the 7th one down on the left! ZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Edited by Fullchat on 16/10/2009 at 21:32
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In principle a modern Capri sounds a wonderful idea. I have visions of something taking its styling cues from an XK or a DB9 but at a price mere mortals could aspire to. Trouble is, in order to have any chance in today's market, they'd have to make it FWD and offer a diesel option. That would be just wrong. Better to remember it for what it was. Those days have gone.
My boss ( sniff ) had a 3.0 S which I got an occasional shot of when he needed someone to fetch some petrol. There had always been a "long queue" at the petrol station.............
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www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/220956/...l
Seems a nice car. 4x4 would be the solution
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I had a Mk III, 3.0 'S' in Metallic Burgandy with a black vinyl roof. Lovely car and drifted like a dream!!!!
Makes me wish I was 21 again.
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The solution? Nope, looks like a Beemer 1 series or any number of Japanese. As someone earlier mentioned, best to remember it as it was, sigh and then move on.
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Ford Capri Mk1 - Still a looker?
No, sorry. Never was, IMHO. Posers' cars. :-)
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No sorry. Never was IMHO. Posers' cars. :-)
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Satan.
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I was at the Capri 40th Birthday event at brooklands on the 27th September. Capris as far as the eye could see.
I had 4 of these. The Mk1 facelift was defintely the best looking. In white, with black vynl roof.
The Mk2 was ugly in comparison and aged badly.
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Notice how long the strut that holds up the bonnet is. It looks longer than the width of the engine compartment. Decent cars but more for show as far as I am/was concerned.
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It needed to be. The bonnet was 20 feet long
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>> Ford Capri Mk1 - Still a looker? No sorry. Never was IMHO. Posers' cars. :-)
'Cortina in drag' is a phrase that has stuck in my mind.
But I think those owners' club cars look great - the 'reborn Capri' in the Autoexpress picture just looks like another modern car. They should use the same shape, like they did with the GT40.
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I think the 'original' Ford Capri still looks good - although it looks dated, obviously.
It has aged much better than the Mark 2 Capri. I say 'original' because, of course, the real ORIGINAL Ford Capri was the coupe version of the early 1960's Ford Classic and very few people would think that was a looker!
A contemporary of the Capri that is still stunning is the Jensen Interceptor. In a way, the Interceptor WAS what the Capri was pretending to be!!
QUOTE...""Cortina in drag' is a phrase that has stuck in my mind.""
Wasn't the capri based on th Corsair rather than the Corttna?
Edited by Sofa Spud on 17/10/2009 at 10:50
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The Greater Manchester Police used 3.0L Capri's for their patrol cars in the mid-late 80's (or were they 2.8's)?
Edited by nick62 on 17/10/2009 at 12:34
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Wasn't the capri based on th Corsair rather than the Corttna?
Don't know - perhaps I read that later in the Capri's life when it did share parts with the Cortina? The Corsair was before my time - have just had to google it to see what it looks like (although I do recognise the shape).
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I think the Corsair was partly based on the Cortina anyway, so we're both right in a way.
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the corsair , was based on the transit van , it had that horrible v4 engine in it
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After my Cortina 1600 super? I 'progressed' to a Capri 1600 GTXLR in metallic jade.
Later on I had a 3000 Ghia in silver.
The best colours (IMO) were metallic Orchid or Aubergine.
In my mobile tuning days I obviously got to drive the lot - and the 2.8 injection was head & shoulders above the forerunners.
I used to look after one for a professional photographer, almost new it was, in a sort of mid blue metallic - Ggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat car!!
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I always thought these were the first Capris...
agecars.com/coupes/ford-consul-capri/
Personally I prefer the Mk2s and 3s... less of the fancy add-ons...
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interesting link b308
ive also handmade many fords in my lifetime
and swept many away with a broom
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I always thought these were the first Capris... agecars.com/coupes/ford-consul-capri/
I really liked the look of those but one reference shows a top speed of 79mph and a 0-60 of 23 seconds.
They look faster than that standing still!
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Saw one today a K plater MK1 in a sort of pale metallic green - nice car.
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You're feeling that RWD need again aren't you PU ? Even a clonky old Carpi is stirring your juices now......!!
Nowt wrong with that mind.....
;-)
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Manchester Police had 2.8i models around X reg, not 3 litres. One of the best patrol and pursuit cars ever on the force. Sad day for the lads when they were all withdrawn.
Ted
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When my Dad retired some years back, he treated himself to "The car you always promised yourself", in this case a red Ford Capri Mk3 1.6GL in excellent condition. He liked the view along the long bonnet with the power bulge, the low driving position and the dashboard with all the dials.
I tried it out and was surprised by the rifle bolt gearbox and direct steering. Other than that, though, it was a right dog. I'd forgotten that cars used to suffer from things like axle tramp and bump steer and, though the 1.6l ohc engine was reasonably quiet, it was unbelievably slow.
The worst thing about it was the brakes. The first time I had to stop was at the end of the road where my parents live. I pressed the brake pedal as I would in a modern car and nothing much happened. I had visions of ending up in the garden opposite the junction, but actually came to a screeching halt just over the give way line.
My Dad got over it after about 18 months, sold "The car you always promised yourself" and bought an automatic Astra. He got more for the Crappy than he'd paid for it.
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A close friend had a 2.8i - he owned it from nearly new sold it and bought it back from later on when the then current owner went to lap the great racetrack in the sky.
I'd be tempted by a late plate (Possibly a D prefix being the last ?) one but in all, and being realistic, it would be a very old car by now and need all kinds of fettling to keep it mobile. Far better proposition would be a big engined 5 series - far more durable long term proposition.
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Cliff Richards Capri 2.8i ~ tinyurl.com/yz2o7w4
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Cliff Richards Capri 2.8i ~ tinyurl.com/yz2o7w4 its an auto------------------------------yuck-------------
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Cliff Richards Capri 2.8i ~ tinyurl.com/yz2o7w4
The auction has ended and the reserve not met. Presumably due to the bodykit. I guess an unmolested 2.8i would have gone for far more than that - auto transmission or not.
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Although I likes me autoboxes, I have to agree with bb's Yuck Re: the 2.8i it hasta be a manual IMO.
And as you say - the bodykit certainly commits GBH.
To be honest, john - I'd rather have my 05 Almera 1.8 which is worth, well - just a few grand I suppose - than that £6.5k poseurmobile on ebay.
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A Far better proposition would be a big engined 5 series -
Yup,....and the problem is ?...
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A chap in a nearby street owns a mint 280 Brooklands on an E plate. One of the very last. It is a stunning looking car which I often stop to admire. Burbles past occasionally sounding very healthy too.
Still a very pretty car IMHO.
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Council estate Mustang :-)
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Watching The Professionals on ITV4 just now - Granada, Escort RS2000 and Capri.
Singlehandedly, this program nurtured my fascination with cars and when I win the lottery, I will buy a mint example of each for my collection...
Might do without the big phone in the Granada though!!
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I was 15. It was 1969. An older boy picked up the girl I fancied outside school in his New Capri. Thats what single handedly started my fascination with cars. Capri's in particular.
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AE you had a Capri at one point didn't you? Did that "nurture" Mrs Mk 1 ???
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A ford Capri Mk 2 2litre auto
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A friend has the most gorgeous Mk1 3.0 in white, black vinyl roof. It's an auto, but that's the only flaw in a car that looks better than new.
I was admiring an early 2.8i 4-speed the other day too. Another friend used to have one, fitted with tubular headers and boy, did it sound good.
It was also a bit of a beast at the time, the car was quite light compared with modern tackle and 160-odd BHP and 170+ lb-ft of torque certainly made it quite lively :)
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Watching The Professionals on ITV4 just now - Granada Escort RS2000 and Capri.
Capri was only a 2 litre though - can't remember the reason why they couldn't get hold of a 2.8/3.0, but they got a bit of stick for it at the time.
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Capri was only a 2 litre though - can't remember the reason why they couldn't get hold of a 2.8/3.0 but they got a bit of stick for it at the time.
Well that's what I thought, but apparently my memory is failing:
www.personal.u-net.com/~carnfort/Professionals/pro...m
Features a couple of 3.0s driven by Doyle.
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I say 'original' because of course the real ORIGINAL Ford Capri was the coupe version of the early 1960's Ford Classic and very few people would think that was a looker!
By extreme coincidence, I saw one of these bombing up the M3 towards London, just before Sunbury, on Saturday night. I was quite taken aback. Even the other non-petrolhead occupants of our car were impressed. We agreed it was probably being driven by an Elvis impersonator on his way to a gig, it being Saturday evening.
Ugly beast, but I just couldn't help staring. Haven't seen one in, probably, decades.
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Not much mention of the happy tail end on the 3.0 and the 2.8s - rosy glasses ??
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i loved the capri...i had a mk 3 (twin round headlights i think) but as in a previous post the law didnt take kindly to me driving it
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That 1961 Consul Capri was styled by the same man as the Edsel. It doesn't look so bad now to my sentimental old eyes. The four-door Consul (Classic? I think it had a name) exactly contemporary with it, and equally short-lived, had one of those reverse-rake rear windows, as did the Anglia of the time and at least one series of Lincoln Continental (there's one in the movie Five Easy Pieces). The four-door Consul was said to be made of thicker sheet metal than its immediate predecessors and successors. The thinking at the time was that it would take longer to rust through. I wonder if it did?
Of the real Capris I liked the first one best. Only ever drove one and that was a rough 1600cc example in Lagos. I didn't think the facelifts improved it much.
I believe some enthusiasts revelled in the oversteer PU mentions, and I find it appealing myself. It isn't everyone's cup of tea. But I saw plenty of people having a jolly good time in those 2.8is. Clearly a very rapid real-world sporting coupe.
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You're right Lud - I doubt whether many of the FWD jocks here would have the stomach for one.
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