I bought a light metallic green 1982 Ford Crapi 2.0 Ghia 0n a y plate for 150 Quid back in 97. I had it for a week and then sold it on. I wish i kept it.
Capri II is my favourite version. The chrome hubcaps on the 1300 base are intriguing. I wonder if that carried on throughout the Capri II s availability? They weren't a thing on the mark 4 Cortina from 1976.
The Ford Capri with four engines, 1300, 1600, 2000 and 3000. The Mk1 was a saloon, the Mk2 became a hatchback with square headlamps, and the restyled Mk3 with the four round headlamps and made up to 1986, the 3000 replaced with the 2.8 injection. It's the bigger engined cars that have survived the longest.
I had a 1977 3.0 Ghia Capri 2 back in 1995. It was a really nice car but it always had problems with the auto gearbox. There was an adjusting nut on the side of the gearbox and you had to get under the car and adjust when it would hold the gears too long between changing. Like sometimes It would get stuck in 2nd and wouldn't change up to 3rd, maybe it was just my one but it got so annoying that i swapped it for a lime green 1978 Mk2 2.0S with a black vinyl roof. This drove nice but i did miss the extra power of the 3.0 engine.
There were 5 trim options and 5 engines and you could have worked your way up the range with the 1.6 S model been the best value model in my opinion. Sporty looks and suspension with decent performance for the time with a passenger door mirror.
It's interesting that the standard 1600 was a lot quicker (10.3 seconds) than the optional 1600GT (11.6 seconds) in the high gear 30-50mph test. The 1600GT would run 11.9 0-60 mph ... the only explanation for this would be a different final drive ratio since we all know it didn't get 0-30 in .3 seconds. lol Things were surprisingly different here in the USA. There was no such thing as a 1975 Capri II. In 1976 and 1977 the "Capri II" was available as a Mercury but it was actually closer to your Mk3 Capri with 4 round headlights. I owned a 1976 "Capri Le Cat Black" built in Cologne Germany which I made to look exactly like the UK 3.0S in black, including all the decals for the 1979 and up 3.0S (but left-hand drive of course). The only difference was the heavy 5mph bumpers we had here. I had P.S. delete, single leaf rear springs, Bilstein shocks and struts, Recaro seats from the 1979 Mustang pace car, the 2.8L engine with Holley 4bbl Offy manifold, ported heads, headers, and 10:1 pistons with a Norris re-ground Isky cam. I built a set of traction bars from some Mazda suspension parts and it would run high 13's in the quarter with the bumpers removed. That was plenty quick enough to beat my boss 1982 5.0 GT Mustang or any of the first gen IROC's I might meet on the street. As my father put it, "that thing is ferocious out of the hole". ;) He would also say stuff like put your boot through the carburetor...old timers. Good times, thanks for the memories.
The Capri II was a little more appealing with it's practical tailgate hatchback lid, looked a bit smarter with it's inoffensive front chin spoiler, and slightly improved interior, but it didn't sell quite as well as the Mk1 Ford Capri.
On the Capri S it mentions a 2.0 GT but no mention of that engine at the rear page. Probably a printing mistake . Nice cars, my Dad had a 2.0GL mk3 in metallic green. V reg 1980 I once traveled in the 3.0ghia mk3
3.0 S Capri,s proper cars had quite a few of them in the 80,s and a 2.8 , Happy days 👍
My step-father had a Mk 2 Capri 3.0 Ghia auto. It is my favourite model in the Mk 2 range.
Not forgotten...had a 76 Ghia ..... lovely!
Love the Capri, got lots of Capri brochures collected over the years along the whole range brochures.😀
Lovely
I bought a light metallic green 1982 Ford Crapi 2.0 Ghia 0n a y plate for 150 Quid back in 97. I had it for a week and then sold it on. I wish i kept it.
Capri II is my favourite version.
The chrome hubcaps on the 1300 base are intriguing. I wonder if that carried on throughout the Capri II s availability? They weren't a thing on the mark 4 Cortina from 1976.
The Ford Capri with four engines, 1300, 1600, 2000 and 3000. The Mk1 was a saloon, the Mk2 became a hatchback with square headlamps, and the restyled Mk3 with the four round headlamps and made up to 1986, the 3000 replaced with the 2.8 injection. It's the bigger engined cars that have survived the longest.
nice too see this mk2 ford Capri this value for money that time, same the cortina how many this model left in the UK road now
Not too busy for S 3- litre Essex Capri Mk2, thanks for Ford Friday 15th December 2023 ❤🍻
I had a 1977 3.0 Ghia Capri 2 back in 1995. It was a really nice car but it always had problems with the auto gearbox. There was an adjusting nut on the side of the gearbox and you had to get under the car and adjust when it would hold the gears too long between changing. Like sometimes It would get stuck in 2nd and wouldn't change up to 3rd, maybe it was just my one but it got so annoying that i swapped it for a lime green 1978 Mk2 2.0S with a black vinyl roof. This drove nice but i did miss the extra power of the 3.0 engine.
There were 5 trim options and 5 engines and you could have worked your way up the range with the 1.6 S model been the best value model in my opinion. Sporty looks and suspension with decent performance for the time with a passenger door mirror.
It's interesting that the standard 1600 was a lot quicker (10.3 seconds) than the optional 1600GT (11.6 seconds) in the high gear 30-50mph test. The 1600GT would run 11.9 0-60 mph ... the only explanation for this would be a different final drive ratio since we all know it didn't get 0-30 in .3 seconds. lol
Things were surprisingly different here in the USA. There was no such thing as a 1975 Capri II. In 1976 and 1977 the "Capri II" was available as a Mercury but it was actually closer to your Mk3 Capri with 4 round headlights.
I owned a 1976 "Capri Le Cat Black" built in Cologne Germany which I made to look exactly like the UK 3.0S in black, including all the decals for the 1979 and up 3.0S (but left-hand drive of course). The only difference was the heavy 5mph bumpers we had here. I had P.S. delete, single leaf rear springs, Bilstein shocks and struts, Recaro seats from the 1979 Mustang pace car, the 2.8L engine with Holley 4bbl Offy manifold, ported heads, headers, and 10:1 pistons with a Norris re-ground Isky cam. I built a set of traction bars from some Mazda suspension parts and it would run high 13's in the quarter with the bumpers removed. That was plenty quick enough to beat my boss 1982 5.0 GT Mustang or any of the first gen IROC's I might meet on the street. As my father put it, "that thing is ferocious out of the hole". ;) He would also say stuff like put your boot through the carburetor...old timers.
Good times, thanks for the memories.
Very interesting comment- thank you
The Capri II was a little more appealing with it's practical tailgate hatchback lid, looked a bit smarter with it's inoffensive front chin spoiler, and slightly improved interior, but it didn't sell quite as well as the Mk1 Ford Capri.
A sensible choice would be the 1.6 L, but if I had money to spend it would have to be a 3.0 V6 S.
I wonder if anybody ever deleted the standard power steering on the £3.0 models
It was an option to delete it so I’m sure it was done on some but I would imagine very few.
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On the Capri S it mentions a 2.0 GT but no mention of that engine at the rear page.
Probably a printing mistake .
Nice cars, my Dad had a 2.0GL mk3 in metallic green. V reg 1980
I once traveled in the 3.0ghia mk3
Not sure what you mean by no mention of the 3.0 on the back page?
The mk 2 escort Mexico also had the 1 6 GT pinto engine but in uprated 95 bhp form.A very rare but desirable car
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