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I knew a few people who used to have those. One guy squeezed a 351 in it. fast car, but not easy to work on. Very little room to fit a V8, in fact you have to *massage* the trans tunnel to make a C4 fit....kinda like an early Maverick.

 

The front ends in those are a bit whimpy too. Nice looking car, though. Much better than the Pinto / Maverick / Mustang II.

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Yeah, that's definitely a FORD Capri though, not a Mercury Capri. I'm pretty sure most of them had the early ranger 2.8 engine in them. We had a nice imported black one here around town, it's actually the only one I've seen in person. Imported because they were far more popular (and continue to be, evidently) in Europe. Not an issue of Retro Cars goes by that doesn't have at least one in the background somewhere at some rally or other. They turn up for sale every once in awhile if you look hard enough.

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The Capri was a very respected car in England and Europe and gave the BMW CSL some good run for their money at the Nurbugring and LeMans.

 

There were three generations the last ones were made in the mid-80s.

 

The smallest engines were a 1600 pushrod. The most luxurious ones had a the Ford Cologne 2.8L V6 called the 2.8i. There was also a 3.0L in the early generations as well.

 

Tickford did a very nicely hopped-up one but was $$$. Aston Martin used to own Tickford.

 

Yasin

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there are about 3 of these in my town. 2 with 302s, one with a 3L v6.

 

There is one that takes out the BigBlock NA every year at the biggest car show in Aus, with well over 1000hp i think, from a 500ci??

 

that car was amazing, first time i was it was when it drove past smoking its slicks in 3rd just keeping with the traffic of summernats.

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