Ford Capri 1970, Ford Capri 1700 Gt 1970 Red With Black Bonnet Diecast Car Hobbysearch Diecast Car Store

As with the later merkur debacle ford stumbled over the matter of a name failing to provide the coupe with the badge of any marque it was simply a capri though many assumed it was part of the mercury family.

Ford galaxie 500 1968. Ford began selling the capri in the australian market in may 1969 and in april 1970 it was released in the north american and south african markets. This import satisfied americas need for a european inspired mustang by terry shea from march 2017 issue of hemmings motor news. 1970 ford capri 17500 for sale this mint condition ford capri gt 26 v6 from 1970the car is in hungary and we are happy to send video help you with transportation and viewingthe car is museum classified.

Presented in a fabulous shade of royal blueobviously an engine out. Ford began importing the cars in the spring of 1970 selling them through its lincoln mercury division. Although a pinto straight four 20 l replaced it in some markets in 1971.

In germany capri offered several engine choices including the 60 degree cologne v 6 but ford offered only one in north america for 1970 the british kent 16 liter pushrod four that would also be the pintos base motor. The south african models initially used the kent 16 engine and the v4 20 version of the essex. While the capri didnt sell in quite.

Fords intention with the capri was to create europes own pony car front engined coupe with rear wheel drive sporty performance and affordability. In its february 1970 edition wheels magazine compared the gt variant with the exciting new torana gtr which unsurprisingly proved much quicker with a 172 standing quarter mile compared with the 16 litre capris 185. From 1970 to 1978 the capri was a sport compact marketed without any ford divisional branding sourced as a captive import from ford of europefrom 1979 to 1986 the capri became part of the mercury model line as a pony car.

Rare factory v6 gt capri you dont see many genuine v6 gts come up for sale a few 4 cyl and a few converted to v8 but for the collector the factory v6 is the one to own. But ford australias answer to the torana sixpack challenge was imminent. With the runaway success of the mustang in the united states ford of europe created its own pony car right sized for the continent for the 1969 model year.

Paint 3 green trim b black vinyl engine p ford v6 trans y t bar auto. 1970 ford capri gt original specs. Original uk supplied right hand drive1970 ford capri 3000gtfrist registered in the uk 08041970this is an older restoration with many upgrades.

And in 1968 it did it with the in. 18th19th sep 2020 cca cca september live online auction 2020.