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Ii a small sedan that had been sold in the us.

Ford f 150 diesel engine for sale. Ford began importing the cars in the spring of 1970 selling them through its lincoln mercury division. No facelift models or rs variants were marketed in south africa. Until 1970 in relatively small numbers.

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. Slide of third time lucky. Motorail operated from london to many places in the uk and was a popular ervice when long distances by car involved significant journey times.

Described in some quarters as a two door sedan the original capri is unarguably by todays frames of reference a coupe. But ford australias answer to the torana sixpack challenge was imminent. 1970 ford capri mk1 1600 for sale 2499 for sale ford capri mk1 1600 no engine no gearbox the body has some superficial rust but no hole.

So in late 1969 work begun on a special rs capri a full performance model for the road and for the track. Ford of south africa assembled the capri from 1970 to late 1972 with a similar model range to the uk. 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.

The new car named rs2600 made its debut at the 1970 geneva motor show albeit with a mock up fuel injection system. Just as the original mustang had inherited its mechanicals from the pedestrian falcon the capri was based on the british ford cortina mk. Ford of germany made 882264 capri mkis between december 1968 and october 1974 but just 318758 capri ils between december 1973 and january 1978.

For sale is the 1972 ford capri 3000e car number 12 that f1 legend the late great niki lauda drove at a packed wiggins teape fordsports day race meeting at brands hatch on sunday may 28th 1972. The essex v6 was the most common engine as it was assembled locally the pinto four was not installed. Late 1960s historical cars of the era including a ford capri on a motorail at fishguard harbour wales for ferries to ireland.

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