South Africa got Aussie Falcons, Holdens and Valiants. Sometimes they assembled some 'alternative' models as well. HT Holden Monaros with different front guards, cornerlights and quad headlights. I beleieve some utes also had the same front as well. They got Fairmont GTs, a local variation on a Falcon GT still using the 351C. How sports they got with Valiants I dont know. Soe where 318. Base cars had slant 6s unlike the hemi 6 here in Oz. AMC also sold some cars The GM variation of the Peranna was a 302 powered Vauxhall Firenza. A car like the XU1 based on a Viva. From what I understand though the suspension was still Vauxhall unlike th heavily modified shells used on LC LJ 6 cyl cars. So not probably my idea of a car. And yes I raced an XU1 with a Chev for many years. Even then not a great car. But light and fast and the cage and partial spaceframe helped tie it together. Mk2 Cortina and the Capri are the same underneath, the Capri is a Cortina in drag! People have fitted V8s too them as well. Windsor yes but never a Cleveland lump. The V6 Capris had bigger calipers and fatter rotors, the same as an XU1. Yes a 10" rotor and these days very tiny,, but ok for the period. Toranas also had 13" wheels. As did the Firenza which I hoped they upgraded the brakes on,, the Viva had tiny brakes and callipers. There was no end of 308 LC LJs built. Some by GM dealers, many by hotrodders. With all the right bits it is a days work to fit one. Plus exhaust fabrication! You picked various accescory mounts from variouis models and they bolted in. Offset the rack a little to the right and jobs done. Chevs are harder as the starter is in the way. Eventually I used a narrowed LH Torana rack with a better angle in that cleared the starter and was one uni joint [LH part] in the column. These days you can buy kits to put the starter on the otherside [as was the Holden] making the job a lot easier
Glad I was one of the few that recommended these cars for an episode. Back In the 70s before I knew about the Perana i wanted to do a 302 swap on a Capris.
Good video apart from showing the wrong version of the Granada (ugly US version not the correct EU version) at the start. I have worked on a Capri Perana here in UK but would prefer the Granada Perana and have considered making a replica. From what I was told at the race car restoration garage I worked at Ford supplied the same Windsor 302's that were built for the GT40, how true this was I am unsure but it wouldn't surprise me having worked on both these cars.
European mk1 Granada is a much better car than the American pig you showed. they went on to make mk2 Granada V8s for the South African Police. Great cars
I had a '78 Mercury Capri when I was 17. I only owned it for 4 hours. I was washing it in my driveway and hadn't taken the for sale sign out of the window and a guy stopped and offered me $400 more than I just paid for it, I handed him the keys and said nice doing business with you. That extra $400 in 1982 is like $1300 today so I went and bought the '76 Cobra II I had my eye on!
I vaguely remember the V8 Capri's... I was thinking of the South African Ford Sierra XR8 homologation specials when I started this clip... It would be a good car to feature here☺ "In a nutshell, the XR8 was a standard five-door Sierra with a Mustang V8 squeezed into the front..."
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Yes I stay in Cape Town, I do know the Ford Capri very well. In those day South African motor sports one of the best. I always wanted an Ford Capri and almost bought one.
I knew a retired military man who owned one of these. It was a German spec. Knowing the right people he had, it shipped to Welldon Springs North Carolina. He worked in an automotive repair shop when I met him. However, it wasn't powered by Ford. He installed a Chevy 327 small block in it. Fast isn't a proper description 😂
@@harrywalker968 You're funny. Plenty of fast reliable small block Chevies out there, then and now. The Chevy dealerships sold lots of race parts, as did the aftermarket.
Basil Green and Carroll Shelby were the only 2 outlets to ever make and sell Ford factory backed cars ever. BG made the V8 Granadas before the Capris. The Capri was a homologation race car. The race cars were sponsored by Gunston cigarettes and painted a Burnt orange colour. That colour was the most popular in the road cars also. They didn't use Aussie Ford parts. Ford supplied BG with fully built cars. He then swapped the original V6 from the Capri into the Cortina. And the Cortina's 1600 engine and transmission were sold back to Ford and to the public also. Those rims are "Rostyles". About that same time, GM also released a much rarer homologation race car for the street. Only 100 ever built. The Chev Firenza Can-Am. That was a small Euro car fitted with a modified Corvette 357. P.s... Change the flag on the thumbnail. It should rightfully be the old flag.
My cousin owned a 1978 Ford pinto that he stuffed a 302in into. 4 speed with huge drag radials on rear. I was terrified everytime I rode with him. It was yellow lmao.
I saw 2 very attractive girls cruising Columbia, Missouri in a Pinto with a tunnel-rammed 429 on Saturday in the 1980s. They smiled and flirted, but admitted it belonged to one of their boyfriends.
I have a Perana - nice car- British XL trim - Different to the 3000gt model - has a 302 Windsor with a 460 holley on a alloy inlet and alloy bellhousing-front andd rear suspension was developed in Australia. You can pick a Perana Easy as its front Brake Calipers are on the opposite side of the Rotor - The V8 Badges come from a P6 Rover V8 which I also have 2 of.The Rear Diff does not come of an XB falcon if that is what you said but rather an earlier model. I have an XB as well and know these inside out. Same as the one used in MAD MAX movie. I have a V6 3000GT Suparoo Capri too which is my favorite.
The Capri (and Cortina, and Escort) yes. The Perana Capri, maybe.. It seems familiar. Personally, I like the way it looks more than a Mustang. And I love the late 60's and early 70's Mustangs! I'd love to have one each of the Perana cars!!! Especially the Capri, but the Cortina is a very close second. A Lotus Cortina would be a sick pairing as well.
Early Fords, nor any other make, had no rust protection or the metal itself treated to prevent corrosion. British and west- German cars rusted easily. You can’t find any of them on the road. Except languishing someone’s backyard and covered with berry bushes. Mid to late 2000 suddenly collectors became interested to restore early Capris and Escorts. Even a rusted out hulk cost a small fortune.
I had a Ford Cortina MkII Lotus that went like 💩 off a shovel!😂 In those days cars were built first then the engine went in, nowadays it's the car built around the engine.😢
Oddly, by that Time, SAAB Rally had Bumped the Tanaus V-4 1.7L up to 140 HP, and a few, in US SCCA racing had gone to Superchargers (blower intakes/roots type) that made 185 HP [but often seemed to toss Rods/bearings?]. Had that V-4 ever gotten a better Bottom-end Bearing to support the Crank, IDK where it's top-end output would've been. Anyhow, my "objective" opine is that the Leyland/Buick 215 V-8, with a bit of extra BREATHING ability would've been a Great Fit, but, would've been GM, not FORD.
I have a copy of a road test by SA CAR magazine, January 1971. Holley 4 bbl 600CFM; 281 bhp SAE; peak rpm 5 800; 200 lb.ft. @ 3 500 rpm; 0-60 mph 6.1 sec; 1/4 mile 14.6 sec; max speed 142.2 mph; fuel consumption @ 60 mph 25.7 mpg. Price ZAR 4 450. Very expensive at the time.
Yes I already known about this car, there was also a V8 powered European Granada ,an Australian 6cyl 4.1L late 70s early 80s Coritina, and best of them all was a 302 powered mid 80s ford Sierra called the Sierra XR8
Cortina MKII savage was also sold in Britain n I always believed it was a locally ( British done conversion? to a the V6 Essex engine, later on the V6 Essex engine was replaced by the German Ford V a 2.8 engine with fuel injection lighter n more powerful, I know this cause I had 3L V 6 on my speed boat Marinized By Castolti jet (Milano 05 unit)
The blank slates the Cortina, Grenada and Capril. Yep that's true but what you showed as a Grenada is a model that wasn't what was available in SA in the 70's!!!!
We got them LHD from 1969-74 with 4 headlights and a 2 litre pinto motor only. The bodystyle changed in 75 to the Capri II. Not nearly as stylish but hatchback.
Im South African and know about these cars...Capri Pherana and Sierra Xr8....how ever i only recently learned about the other Pherana Fords that Basil built. His wife came up with the name Pherana...right spelling is Phirana...but that name was akready used Another South African market only car is the BMW E30 333i.....extremly highly sought after and gets crasy prices at auction...if and when they do pop up for sale as only 250 or so were built
Earlier this year a 333i all genuine origanil.....85 000kms sold for 1,7 miljon Rand....thats about 60 000 miles and rough estimate somwhere around $ 700k (i think)
@@henniekruger6602 The Rs 500 was a Cosworth if memory serves. The Saphire was simply called the Novalsport Saphire. They also did a Fiesta with a few mods. It was done by Noval Ford in Paarl as far as I can remember.
When actually Left Hand Drive is a handicap. I've lived and worked in many countries who drive on the right. And it's totally backward. Even road design is complicated by this handicap.
those essex V6 fords were no joke.. there used to be some build guides for them in the 1980's and they had beefy blocks with impressive bottom ends and lots of aftermarket carb and FI setups // i seen one about 30 years ago with a off the shelf triple 2bbl webber setup that was pretty wild for a v6
1m 40s , this is NOT the Granada they would have used, the Euro Granada was an entirely different car, produced in 3 generations (the 3rd being called the Scorpio in mainland Europe and the Granada in the UK)
I watched a youtube video about Capris that mentioned these. Also, the European Granada was different than the American one. Smaller, and better looking, with , ironically, some American styling cues.
I was totally unaware of these. Opening the bonnet of a stock 4il Capri always looked like a missed opportunity for something better. Other than the homologation 3 litres, the Capri visually made a promise which it couldn't deliver.
I only learned of this car recently, when shown on another YT video. Somehow in all my 48 years of being a musclecar owner and enthusiast, I missed these cars entirely. I always did like the Mercury Capri's style and looks.
There were also Ford Granadas and Sierra XR8 built as well that were rocket ships too. The Granada was more of a luxury bruiser with independent rear suspension. The Sierra was a superb handling car and was far more aerodynamic than all its predecessors. All the Basil Green conversions are now a rarity in South Africa and command a premium if you can get an owner to part with them. I am sorry i ever sold mine. The racing in South Africa produced some "home grown" manufacturers rockets from Ford, Chevy, Fiat, BMW, VW, Alfa etc and are still legends today.
twisted body,s broken screens..IF. you find a cheap century. whak a clevo in that.. the struts can be fitted to a capri, but oposite, left to right.. escort nut here.. dream car. pantera. own. 340 r/t dodge challenger. 73.. clevo history.. the yanks sold it to us, then in the 70,s we went to u.s. to the drags, with a 351 clevo.. beat there asses.. why, because there track was grippier than ours.. thermo quad. best drag carby. 800 plus cfm..any.. ausie. sa...
Great cars except they had a handling problem. The Capri and Cortina front sub assembly were simply bolted through the front chassis. The bolts causing stress on the frame would wear the mounting holes oval and the front suspension would start to "walk" when ripples or irregularities were encountered on the road. The movement also made the front skittish under braking, darting from side to side under braking. They were a very "nose up" car at speed and because of this front suspension movement they wandered all over the road at high speed. The solution was to drop the front and weld a 3/8 " plate on either side with a sleeve so the fastening bolts would not crush the chassis. The other problem were the tiny solid roter discs on the front brakes that warped badly after a few high speed braking maneuvers. I eventually had them swapped out for the later Ford Granada ventilated brake system. Bear in mind the original cars were designed for a 1600cc crossflow 4 banger, later upgraded to the 2000cc overhead cam motor for more oomph. The 3L v6 and 5L v8 were way over what the chassis was designed for, both in weight and power output. My 3L v6 was heavily modified with heads, cam, wiseco slipper pistons, extractor manifolds, carbs etc and made a healthy 195hp on the back wheels in Johannesburg at 6000 ft elevation. It revved out to 7500 and was a beast in that vehicle. I had also swapped in the Toyota Cressida 3L 5speed gearbox and had a solid "x" type clutch built with a comaro pressure plate. With the close ratio first 4 gears and overdrive 5th that car was hot. Suffice to say, suspensin mods were also done and it would run 155mph which was incredibly quick back in the day. As in any hot rodded cars, they need work to make them fit for purpose and i really enjoyed that car.
cortina, nothing like the capri.. the capri had cambered struts.. the cortina didnt. here in aus, we had TC cortinas, with a 250 ci motor. fkn fast, but still with 4 cyl brakes.. hell fun to drive.. all weak spots can be upgraded, fixed. triangles, strut brace ect.. a chrysler century front struts fit capri, cortina. big brakes.. if you want to put sht on something, try chev.. cos they are..
@harrywalker968 I had the modded mk3 Cortina, my one mate hade the 2,8RSI cologne Capri, the other the V8 Perana Capri, then a Z window Anglia with an overhead cam converted stage 3 Meisener conversion, and the last mate a Chevy "little Chev" V8. The fastest out of all of us was the Firenza with the Chevy Comaro z302 motor. No suspension or brake issues and handled better than all of us. Was quicker than the Capri v8 too. We didnt care about Chevy/Ford nonsense snd got together and helped each other spanner on each others cars. Maybe our culture was different with making do and guys doing things together. We would buy parts and bits for the others if we came across it and most times never even asked for the cash back unless it was really needed. Side draughts, exhausts, gearboxes, anything. We always had cars in our garages we were busy with. Fords, Fiats, Lancias, Chevys, Datsuns, BMW's etc . If we got a bargain, we got it and built it. Built several Escorts too 2 Fiats and one Lancia, several "Holdens and Holden utes (badged as El Camino and Chev Commando)", BMW 3,o L and a CSI, Datsun 1600SSS, Golfs, Jettas, all kinds of bikes. We didnt care what we built and rodded. As long as we could build it and go fast. Ford F250 with a 351 v8 in it..... just fun. Wrecked a Fiat X19 with a hot 1600 twin cam Fiat motor that was wicked fast for what it was. Sierra 2L and XR8......Jag Xj6 with a Chevy 327 making 500hp Just fun All of it.
I have known about these cars since my childhood. I even had a Matchbox toy Capri as a kid. Sadly over in Europe we never got faster models then the late model hatchback 2.8injection. It had the Germany made Cologne V6. There were however tuning companies the offered turbo Capri's like the May turbo, Turbo Technics and Tickford. On the European market the Capri was positioned to compete against the Opel Manta/ Vauxhall Cavelier coupe.
I am not gonna lie, I was little weirded out to see this video today. I just heard about the Basil Green Capri yesterday while looking up some information about muscle cars. I think the Perana Capris are some of the best cars of the muscle car era, along with the Pontiac GTO, the Ford Falcon XY GTHO Phase 3, the Beaumont SD 396, and the 1970 1/2 Ford Falcon. Great video, keep up the great work!
I heard of the Parana Capri. I fell in love with Euro Fords back in 2010. I really want a Mk1 or Mk2 escort but they're scarce in the US and crazy money. I been building a mk1 capri I found in a junk yard for the last 10 years . I love it so much. They were such a slept on classic tuner and now they're insanely rare in the US and even harder to find a rust free one. I've never even seen another running one in the wild on the highway . If you like the Capri look up the commercial for the 1969 Capri "The car you always promised yourself". Its the best commercial ever made lol.
I was an American kid living in South Africa in 69 when that ad came out.. I still remember it & thinking how cool those Capri's looked. My dad brought over a '68 Pontiac LeMans when we went to South Africa, It was a head turner over there with the Oklahoma license plate and steering wheel on the wrong side.
In the mid 70s I worked at an auto air conditioning company. They had a contract to retrofit new Carpis with AC. I got to drive them from the dealer to the shop. They were pretty quick with the V6. With another 100 Hp they would have been a lot more fun. And no, I had not heard of these until today. I would like one new one today.
Still my boyhood dream 45 years later! Saw one of the red variety in Salisbury, Rhodesia, in the late 1970's. I remember it wheel spinning in first and second gear as the driver pulled away from a shopping centre.
I remember these well. Actually knew a guy who owned one. My brother worked for the Green company many years later building the SA version of Shelby's Cobra. We also had the 3 litre Alfa GTV built here in SA. And an insane V8 Chev Firenza Can Am - that could leave tyre marks on the road when you shifted down at almost 100 miles per hour and floored it. A time never to be seen again in South Africa.
Unfortunately not many South African motor enthusiasts know this history. They will probably know the car but not the man behind it all. Have a look into the SA icon Aldo Scribanti and his history.
Nope; never heard. Briefly owner a V6 Capri in USA. Felt solid and torquey. loved it.
Loved my 1973 USA Capri with 2.8 liter Cologne V6
Yes! I had a 74 Ghia edition with that same engine. It was a great car.
Yes! I had a 74 Ghia edition with that same engine. It was a great car.
The 60-degree Windsor V8 fitted in well. I saw one at Perth Motorplex about 20 years ago. White with two tone blue stripes.
South Africa got Aussie Falcons, Holdens and Valiants. Sometimes they assembled some 'alternative' models as well. HT Holden Monaros with different front guards, cornerlights and quad headlights. I beleieve some utes also had the same front as well.
They got Fairmont GTs, a local variation on a Falcon GT still using the 351C.
How sports they got with Valiants I dont know. Soe where 318. Base cars had slant 6s unlike the hemi 6 here in Oz.
AMC also sold some cars
The GM variation of the Peranna was a 302 powered Vauxhall Firenza. A car like the XU1 based on a Viva.
From what I understand though the suspension was still Vauxhall unlike th heavily modified shells used on LC LJ 6 cyl cars. So not probably my idea of a car. And yes I raced an XU1 with a Chev for many years. Even then not a great car. But light and fast and the cage and partial spaceframe helped tie it together.
Mk2 Cortina and the Capri are the same underneath, the Capri is a Cortina in drag! People have fitted V8s too them as well. Windsor yes but never a Cleveland lump.
The V6 Capris had bigger calipers and fatter rotors, the same as an XU1. Yes a 10" rotor and these days very tiny,, but ok for the period. Toranas also had 13" wheels. As did the Firenza which I hoped they upgraded the brakes on,, the Viva had tiny brakes and callipers.
There was no end of 308 LC LJs built. Some by GM dealers, many by hotrodders. With all the right bits it is a days work to fit one. Plus exhaust fabrication!
You picked various accescory mounts from variouis models and they bolted in. Offset the rack a little to the right and jobs done. Chevs are harder as the starter is in the way. Eventually I used a narrowed LH Torana rack with a better angle in that cleared the starter and was one uni joint [LH part] in the column.
These days you can buy kits to put the starter on the otherside [as was the Holden] making the job a lot easier
Glad I was one of the few that recommended these cars for an episode. Back In the 70s before I knew about the Perana i wanted to do a 302 swap on a Capris.
Good video apart from showing the wrong version of the Granada (ugly US version not the correct EU version) at the start. I have worked on a Capri Perana here in UK but would prefer the Granada Perana and have considered making a replica. From what I was told at the race car restoration garage I worked at Ford supplied the same Windsor 302's that were built for the GT40, how true this was I am unsure but it wouldn't surprise me having worked on both these cars.
European mk1 Granada is a much better car than the American pig you showed. they went on to make mk2 Granada V8s for the South African Police.
Great cars
Never heard of it but as an Australian I'm chuffed they used a Ford Australia rear end. What a beast!!
I used to see these occasionally in Rhodesia. Yellow and black with black slats on the rear window.
You missed the granada mk1 parana.
Talk about the savage escorts/cortinas next please.
They are cool but the capri was the only officially ford endorsed perana. The others had there stock engines removed and swapped.
South Africa did not have to rely on European dealers as Ford's have been produced in South Africa since the 1920's.
We have our own Ford factory.
I had a '78 Mercury Capri when I was 17. I only owned it for 4 hours. I was washing it in my driveway and hadn't taken the for sale sign out of the window and a guy stopped and offered me $400 more than I just paid for it, I handed him the keys and said nice doing business with you. That extra $400 in 1982 is like $1300 today so I went and bought the '76 Cobra II I had my eye on!
Even the 4-cylinder Capris were tail-happy.
Loved my 1977 USA Mercury capri ghia 2.8 liter , loads of fun!
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New to me car unknown thank you for the clip - a life time Ford guy - enjoyed it very much.
I vaguely remember the V8 Capri's... I was thinking of the South African Ford Sierra XR8 homologation specials when I started this clip... It would be a good car to feature here☺ "In a nutshell, the XR8 was a standard five-door Sierra with a Mustang V8 squeezed into the front..."
The Capri Pherana is also a homologation car...btw...the name Pherana was given by Bazil Reeds wife.
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I loved my 3.0S Capri back in the day. A V8 would have been great - for the noise if nothing else
There used to be a yellow one in Somerset, UK, back in the late 80's. It had presence, great car.
There was also the Savage Escort conversions in UK
Great video I had heard of the Perena but knew very little about it.
Yes I stay in Cape Town, I do know the Ford Capri very well. In those day South African motor sports one of the best. I always wanted an Ford Capri and almost bought one.
Well, another ford that i didn't know enough off so thanks rare cars and have good day bye now.
I knew a retired military man who owned one of these. It was a German spec. Knowing the right people he had, it shipped to Welldon Springs North Carolina. He worked in an automotive repair shop when I met him. However, it wasn't powered by Ford. He installed a Chevy 327 small block in it. Fast isn't a proper description 😂
chev 327.. compare the valve train to a ford.. ford are better.. dodge is better still. & clevo ultimate.. chev are a bad excuse..
@harrywalker968 😂 👉👌, doesn't sound like you know anything about V8's of that era! Honestly. Ford V8Chevy V8 but Dodge V8
@@harrywalker968 You're funny. Plenty of fast reliable small block Chevies out there, then and now. The Chevy dealerships sold lots of race parts, as did the aftermarket.
Basil Green and Carroll Shelby were the only 2 outlets to ever make and sell Ford factory backed cars ever.
BG made the V8 Granadas before the Capris. The Capri was a homologation race car. The race cars were sponsored by Gunston cigarettes and painted a Burnt orange colour. That colour was the most popular in the road cars also. They didn't use Aussie Ford parts.
Ford supplied BG with fully built cars. He then swapped the original V6 from the Capri into the Cortina. And the Cortina's 1600 engine and transmission were sold back to Ford and to the public also. Those rims are "Rostyles".
About that same time, GM also released a much rarer homologation race car for the street. Only 100 ever built. The Chev Firenza Can-Am. That was a small Euro car fitted with a modified Corvette 357.
P.s... Change the flag on the thumbnail. It should rightfully be the old flag.
My cousin owned a 1978 Ford pinto that he stuffed a 302in into. 4 speed with huge drag radials on rear. I was terrified everytime I rode with him. It was yellow lmao.
I saw 2 very attractive girls cruising Columbia, Missouri in a Pinto with a tunnel-rammed 429 on Saturday in the 1980s. They smiled and flirted, but admitted it belonged to one of their boyfriends.
Kind of like the Ford equivalent of Australia's Holden Torana A9X
I have a Perana - nice car- British XL trim - Different to the 3000gt model - has a 302 Windsor with a 460 holley on a alloy inlet and alloy bellhousing-front andd rear suspension was developed in Australia. You can pick a Perana Easy as its front Brake Calipers are on the opposite side of the Rotor - The V8 Badges come from a P6 Rover V8 which I also have 2 of.The Rear Diff does not come of an XB falcon if that is what you said but rather an earlier model. I have an XB as well and know these inside out. Same as the one used in MAD MAX movie. I have a V6 3000GT Suparoo Capri too which is my favorite.
What is the the year and month on the perana tag?
Never heard of them before. I knew SA had a bit of a similar car scene to Australia, but wish we got a v8 capri lol
I think they also put 289's into Cortinas for the Hong Kong Police.
We got some pretty good cars here in the States in the 60s and 70s. But there was definitely a lot of great cars around the world at the time
The Capri (and Cortina, and Escort) yes. The Perana Capri, maybe.. It seems familiar. Personally, I like the way it looks more than a Mustang. And I love the late 60's and early 70's Mustangs! I'd love to have one each of the Perana cars!!! Especially the Capri, but the Cortina is a very close second. A Lotus Cortina would be a sick pairing as well.
I'm from Puerto Rico, and yes we, have it those car's too
Yes, I have heard of it before... but I'm a major vintage racing nut...
Never heard in my life! ;-)
Never heard of it until today
Early Fords, nor any other make, had no rust protection or the metal itself treated to prevent corrosion. British and west- German cars rusted easily. You can’t find any of them on the road. Except languishing someone’s backyard and covered with berry bushes. Mid to late 2000 suddenly collectors became interested to restore early Capris and Escorts. Even a rusted out hulk cost a small fortune.
I have REALLY heard them, growing up in SA in the 70's and 80's I saw and heard them, 1 sold the other day at auction for R750000, $42000
You had Mercury Capri's 1979-86 with V8's they were re-badged Mustangs Gt's
I had a Ford Cortina MkII Lotus that went like 💩 off a shovel!😂
In those days cars were built first then the engine went in, nowadays it's the car built around the engine.😢
Oddly, by that Time, SAAB Rally had Bumped the Tanaus V-4 1.7L up to 140 HP, and a few, in US SCCA racing had gone to Superchargers (blower intakes/roots type) that made 185 HP [but often seemed to toss Rods/bearings?]. Had that V-4 ever gotten a better Bottom-end Bearing to support the Crank, IDK where it's top-end output would've been. Anyhow, my "objective" opine is that the Leyland/Buick 215 V-8, with a bit of extra BREATHING ability would've been a Great Fit, but, would've been GM, not FORD.
Any reason the beginning of the clip shows the Trabant factory production line? My wife's 1st car was a Trabant (in Hungary)...
I always wanted to buy and hop one up with a strong v8
I have a copy of a road test by SA CAR magazine, January 1971. Holley 4 bbl 600CFM; 281 bhp SAE; peak rpm 5 800; 200 lb.ft. @ 3 500 rpm; 0-60 mph 6.1 sec; 1/4 mile 14.6 sec; max speed 142.2 mph; fuel consumption @ 60 mph 25.7 mpg. Price ZAR 4 450. Very expensive at the time.
Yes I already known about this car, there was also a V8 powered European Granada ,an Australian 6cyl 4.1L late 70s early 80s Coritina, and best of them all was a 302 powered mid 80s ford Sierra called the Sierra XR8
They also rebuilt Granada & Sierra...
Cortina MKII savage was also sold in Britain n I always believed it was a locally ( British done conversion? to a the V6 Essex engine, later on the V6 Essex engine was replaced by the German Ford V a 2.8 engine with fuel injection lighter n more powerful, I know this cause I had 3L V 6 on my speed boat Marinized By Castolti jet (Milano 05 unit)
Never heard of this. Great video!!! I love sprint cars and super modifieds. Apparently, there's a huge scene in New Zealand and Australia.
The blank slates the Cortina, Grenada and Capril. Yep that's true but what you showed as a Grenada is a model that wasn't what was available in SA in the 70's!!!!
Could you put the steering wheel on the other side? I want one!
We got them LHD from 1969-74 with 4 headlights and a 2 litre pinto motor only. The bodystyle changed in 75 to the Capri II. Not nearly as stylish but hatchback.
That's a super cool looking car with a V8, would have been awesome!..love these videos!
Im South African and know about these cars...Capri Pherana and Sierra Xr8....how ever i only recently learned about the other Pherana Fords that Basil built.
His wife came up with the name Pherana...right spelling is Phirana...but that name was akready used
Another South African market only car is the BMW E30 333i.....extremly highly sought after and gets crasy prices at auction...if and when they do pop up for sale as only 250 or so were built
Earlier this year a 333i all genuine origanil.....85 000kms sold for 1,7 miljon Rand....thats about 60 000 miles and rough estimate somwhere around $ 700k (i think)
And don't forget the Chevy Can-Am. There was also a lesser known Noval Ford Saphire V8 with a jacked up 302. Thing was an absolute beast.
@@KermitGTT i do remember...think it was called a RS 500(?)....ever rarer then the Cam Am and XR8
@@henniekruger6602 The Rs 500 was a Cosworth if memory serves. The Saphire was simply called the Novalsport Saphire. They also did a Fiesta with a few mods. It was done by Noval Ford in Paarl as far as I can remember.
Badass car, I would drive the hell out it. Great video as always.
Imagine if SA had not been handicapped by right-hand drive. Not that you couldn't say that for the whole backwards half of the Western World.
When actually Left Hand Drive is a handicap. I've lived and worked in many countries who drive on the right. And it's totally backward. Even road design is complicated by this handicap.
those essex V6 fords were no joke.. there used to be some build guides for them in the 1980's and they had beefy blocks with impressive bottom ends and lots of aftermarket carb and FI setups // i seen one about 30 years ago with a off the shelf triple 2bbl webber setup that was pretty wild for a v6
Another Great video 🎉🎉🎉
Don’t forget the British legend
Jeff uren
Cortina savage
Cortina cheetah
Capri Comanche
Capri stampede
Escort Navajo
Escort apache
1m 40s , this is NOT the Granada they would have used, the Euro Granada was an entirely different car, produced in 3 generations (the 3rd being called the Scorpio in mainland Europe and the Granada in the UK)
Well that's a new one on me. Thanks.
There where also v6 turbo's Capri's for sale in Europe ford at dealers
They are nice body car
I watched a youtube video about Capris that mentioned these. Also, the European Granada was different than the American one. Smaller, and better looking, with , ironically, some American styling cues.
Never heard of them, but would love to build one from a shell.
There's a 1974 Mercury Capri at The National Automobile & Truck Museum with a 302 in Auburn, Indiana.
Capri, NOT Capris!
It's right you could buy Ford Capris with V8 in South Africa.But Caroll Shelby wasn't from South.Africa.
I was totally unaware of these. Opening the bonnet of a stock 4il Capri always looked like a missed opportunity for something better. Other than the homologation 3 litres, the Capri visually made a promise which it couldn't deliver.
Awesome, I have been impatiently waiting for this.
I only learned of this car recently, when shown on another YT video. Somehow in all my 48 years of being a musclecar owner and enthusiast, I missed these cars entirely. I always did like the Mercury Capri's style and looks.
There were also Ford Granadas and Sierra XR8 built as well that were rocket ships too. The Granada was more of a luxury bruiser with independent rear suspension. The Sierra was a superb handling car and was far more aerodynamic than all its predecessors.
All the Basil Green conversions are now a rarity in South Africa and command a premium if you can get an owner to part with them. I am sorry i ever sold mine.
The racing in South Africa produced some "home grown" manufacturers rockets from Ford, Chevy, Fiat, BMW, VW, Alfa etc and are still legends today.
Then the Australians decided to shove 351 Clevelands in them every chance they got
twisted body,s broken screens..IF. you find a cheap century. whak a clevo in that.. the struts can be fitted to a capri, but oposite, left to right.. escort nut here.. dream car. pantera. own. 340 r/t dodge challenger. 73.. clevo history.. the yanks sold it to us, then in the 70,s we went to u.s. to the drags, with a 351 clevo.. beat there asses.. why, because there track was grippier than ours.. thermo quad. best drag carby. 800 plus cfm..any.. ausie. sa...
Great cars except they had a handling problem. The Capri and Cortina front sub assembly were simply bolted through the front chassis. The bolts causing stress on the frame would wear the mounting holes oval and the front suspension would start to "walk" when ripples or irregularities were encountered on the road. The movement also made the front skittish under braking, darting from side to side under braking. They were a very "nose up" car at speed and because of this front suspension movement they wandered all over the road at high speed.
The solution was to drop the front and weld a 3/8 " plate on either side with a sleeve so the fastening bolts would not crush the chassis.
The other problem were the tiny solid roter discs on the front brakes that warped badly after a few high speed braking maneuvers. I eventually had them swapped out for the later Ford Granada ventilated brake system.
Bear in mind the original cars were designed for a 1600cc crossflow 4 banger, later upgraded to the 2000cc overhead cam motor for more oomph. The 3L v6 and 5L v8 were way over what the chassis was designed for, both in weight and power output.
My 3L v6 was heavily modified with heads, cam, wiseco slipper pistons, extractor manifolds, carbs etc and made a healthy 195hp on the back wheels in Johannesburg at 6000 ft elevation. It revved out to 7500 and was a beast in that vehicle. I had also swapped in the Toyota Cressida 3L 5speed gearbox and had a solid "x" type clutch built with a comaro pressure plate. With the close ratio first 4 gears and overdrive 5th that car was hot.
Suffice to say, suspensin mods were also done and it would run 155mph which was incredibly quick back in the day.
As in any hot rodded cars, they need work to make them fit for purpose and i really enjoyed that car.
cortina, nothing like the capri.. the capri had cambered struts.. the cortina didnt. here in aus, we had TC cortinas, with a 250 ci motor. fkn fast, but still with 4 cyl brakes.. hell fun to drive.. all weak spots can be upgraded, fixed. triangles, strut brace ect.. a chrysler century front struts fit capri, cortina. big brakes.. if you want to put sht on something, try chev.. cos they are..
@harrywalker968 I had the modded mk3 Cortina, my one mate hade the 2,8RSI cologne Capri, the other the V8 Perana Capri, then a Z window Anglia with an overhead cam converted stage 3 Meisener conversion, and the last mate a Chevy "little Chev" V8.
The fastest out of all of us was the Firenza with the Chevy Comaro z302 motor. No suspension or brake issues and handled better than all of us. Was quicker than the Capri v8 too.
We didnt care about Chevy/Ford nonsense snd got together and helped each other spanner on each others cars. Maybe our culture was different with making do and guys doing things together.
We would buy parts and bits for the others if we came across it and most times never even asked for the cash back unless it was really needed. Side draughts, exhausts, gearboxes, anything. We always had cars in our garages we were busy with. Fords, Fiats, Lancias, Chevys, Datsuns, BMW's etc .
If we got a bargain, we got it and built it. Built several Escorts too
2 Fiats and one Lancia, several "Holdens and Holden utes (badged as El Camino and Chev Commando)", BMW 3,o L and a CSI, Datsun 1600SSS, Golfs, Jettas, all kinds of bikes. We didnt care what we built and rodded. As long as we could build it and go fast. Ford F250 with a 351 v8 in it..... just fun. Wrecked a Fiat X19 with a hot 1600 twin cam Fiat motor that was wicked fast for what it was. Sierra 2L and XR8......Jag Xj6 with a Chevy 327 making 500hp
Just fun
All of it.
So he was basically bri'ish.
A lot of wrong things in that story.
I have known about these cars since my childhood. I even had a Matchbox toy Capri as a kid.
Sadly over in Europe we never got faster models then the late model hatchback 2.8injection. It had the Germany made Cologne V6.
There were however tuning companies the offered turbo Capri's like the May turbo, Turbo Technics and Tickford.
On the European market the Capri was positioned to compete against the Opel Manta/ Vauxhall Cavelier coupe.
If this interests you, have a quick look for South Africa's BMW E30 333i. 🇿🇦🍉
I am not gonna lie, I was little weirded out to see this video today. I just heard about the Basil Green Capri yesterday while looking up some information about muscle cars. I think the Perana Capris are some of the best cars of the muscle car era, along with the Pontiac GTO, the Ford Falcon XY GTHO Phase 3, the Beaumont SD 396, and the 1970 1/2 Ford Falcon. Great video, keep up the great work!
I heard of the Parana Capri. I fell in love with Euro Fords back in 2010. I really want a Mk1 or Mk2 escort but they're scarce in the US and crazy money. I been building a mk1 capri I found in a junk yard for the last 10 years . I love it so much. They were such a slept on classic tuner and now they're insanely rare in the US and even harder to find a rust free one. I've never even seen another running one in the wild on the highway . If you like the Capri look up the commercial for the 1969 Capri "The car you always promised yourself". Its the best commercial ever made lol.
I was an American kid living in South Africa in 69 when that ad came out.. I still remember it & thinking how cool those Capri's looked. My dad brought over a '68 Pontiac LeMans when we went to South Africa, It was a head turner over there with the Oklahoma license plate and steering wheel on the wrong side.
In the mid 70s I worked at an auto air conditioning company. They had a contract to retrofit new Carpis with AC. I got to drive them from the dealer to the shop. They were pretty quick with the V6. With another 100 Hp they would have been a lot more fun. And no, I had not heard of these until today. I would like one new one today.
I always loved the Mercury Capris! I did not know about these ones until this video!
Still my boyhood dream 45 years later! Saw one of the red variety in Salisbury, Rhodesia, in the late 1970's. I remember it wheel spinning in first and second gear as the driver pulled away from a shopping centre.
I remember these well. Actually knew a guy who owned one. My brother worked for the Green company many years later building the SA version of Shelby's Cobra. We also had the 3 litre Alfa GTV built here in SA. And an insane V8 Chev Firenza Can Am - that could leave tyre marks on the road when you shifted down at almost 100 miles per hour and floored it. A time never to be seen again in South Africa.
LOVE the idea of a Capri V8 289+ 4speed man + a good rear ratio👍👍👍👍
Ford build a Escort with a V6 but it was a bit much 🤣bit of a handful 🤣🤣👍👍
Unfortunately not many South African motor enthusiasts know this history. They will probably know the car but not the man behind it all. Have a look into the SA icon Aldo Scribanti and his history.
I've never heard of piranha because I'm in the USA.
Capri was a crappy car.
It was like ford's version of a Datsun . They were rusting away before they hit the docks in the US market.