The BEST NON MUSTANG FoxBody? // 85 Mercury Capri RS
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- The BEST NON MUSTANG FoxBody? // 85 Mercury Capri RS
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Thanks for the great video. Just thought the map light didn’t work because the battery was unhooked.
Thanks for letting me do it Brent and you're absolutely right LOL
I have an 1982 capri RS that I'm almost done rebuilding. I hope to have it as nice as this one some day. I'll do everything in my power to never part ways with it because of how rare they've become and how much fun they are. Thanks for the content
I love the 82's and especially the RS's that is gonna be one sick ride.
An old roommate had a '86 complete with louvers that covered the back glass, and I absolutely L O V ED I T!...
I really like what they did with this car!👍
Agreed, Brent did a bang up job.
Those seats are award winning
Definitely 100%
My step-brother had a 1980 Mercury Capri with the 3.8 V6 and 4 speed manual trans in the late 80's, His was the dark silver/pewter with black and dark red interior. I'm a GM guy but IF I could find one of these Foxbody Capri's halfway on the cheap I'd buy it in a heartbeat, we had alot of fun in that car and the ladies loved it.
Your step-brother had a cool color combo there. Love the Capri's!
@@GearHead704 Yeah and it was original, I haven't seen another one like it since. Unfortunately it got crushed by a building when he was training at Sub school in Orlando during a Hurricane, so he just bought a new Camaro.
I must be getting old because I love that interior! Great job on this build!
Me and you both Tom! Yeah Brent did a great job on it.
This video gets me even more excited to start working on my 82 Capri T-top RS😃
I love the 82's as I prefer the non bubble hatch, and a T-Top to boot! Nice.
@@GearHead704 Same here,this is my 3rd capri & one of them was a bubble back & absolutely hated that thing!
@@GearHead704 it seems like they sold a notch back version in Mexico
I had a 1980 Capri rs , which I used as a parts car to fix my 1986 5.0 notchback and I sadly scrapped what was left of the Capri.
At least part of it lived on.
Great content Capri is the classy version of the Mustang
Thanks, and I kind of agree.
Very nice to see they kept the factory bubble back hatch! Usually that is the first thing to go when people buy the 83-86 Capri's. I have a heavily modded 1984 RS Capri with a 347 that has been in my family since new. These cars are so rare these days due to the limited amount of the RS Capri's made. My year car there was just over 3,600 RS 5.0 Capri's built. Because they were not as popular as the Mustang a lot of them went to the scrap yard instead of being saved. You will rarely ever see one on the road. I have people come up to me all the time when I take mine out. Most people don't even know what it is! If you look up 1984 Mercury RS Capri on most search engines my car usually comes up within the first 10 pictures. It is white with red, orange and silver stripes with Centerline rims. Very cool cars!
I couldn't have said it better myself, these cards are very rare. Brent did a great job with is and I love seeing it ! Thanks for sharing your story.
Really cool, very clean, great looking Capri RS, these cars are almost rare to see anymore, they are really great cars.
Nice job by Brent, great interview Matt.
They are really getting rare now I think so too. Thanks Paul.
I was fortunate enough to find one in 2020 with about 50,000 miles on it it's the only one I've seen with louvers on the bubble hatch there's a picture of it floating around on Google
@@roberttaylor4108 Nice find
That’s a really cool car you just don’t see them anymore!!👊🏻
For sure not bud
Cool, unique Foxbody!
Definitely, thanks for watching.
Nice Bubble! I like the tweed interior its very nice! Capri RS with the front airdam is awesome, I want one!!
Yeah it's super clean. The interior works surprisingly well. You and me both!
This Coolpri is so siiick! The ESR wheels set it off!
Right, they definitely make the car.
Gearhead704 & HicksHouse… to bad I can only hit the 👍🏻 button once. Beautiful car!
LOL, thanks Mike we always have fun together.
Great video. Love those Ole Capris
Thanks and me too.
Thats a perfect daily so simple in a hood way and very clean like really really clean!
Such A Sweet Capri !! I have always loved these ..
Thanks James! I have a new found love for them.
I bought my wife a brand new 1982 Mercury Capri RS! She drove the s**t out of the car! Within 2 years she had put 63,000 miles on it. Sadly i had to replace the engine and let her go in 1985!
Man that is DRIVING it! Very very cool. Always will have those memories.
Very impressive Capri RS... They are well worth restoring if you can find one...💯👊🏾
For sure
Great vid Matt. Love this car and what Brent has done to it. I watched this car on marketplace for a while and couldn’t bring myself to try to get down to Carolina and try to buy it, afraid I’d be disappointed then Brent bought it and I realized I missed a diamond in the rough. Clearly the right person got it because now it’s one of the coolest Capri’s out there.
I watched for a long time and was scared to go look at it.
Man I'm glad he did, because you're right it turned out great!
We are all glad you pulled the trigger Brent
Loving the interior colors and those wheels great choice of color
Agreed on both for sure!
I ordered a 1982 Capri RS 5.0 from the factory in April 1982. I got the recaro seats and TRX wheels. price was below 10k with a factory rebate at the time. it came with a 2 barrel carb, 4 speed manual which was a 3 speed with an overdrive, and factory traction bars. 157 HP for that model year. it was a heck of a car. The Capri had a different suspension tuning than the Mustang. They came out with the bubble back with the weird rear bubble window at the end of the models life so it could be used in some type of racing, i forget if it was IMSA or what the series was. I put 150 thousand on my 82 , put in a used 91 fuel injected 5.0 and drove it another 100 thousand. Great cars that didnt need all the whiz bang stuff the new cars have now. in 1982 the 5.0 equalled the corvette in a 0-60 time of 7.5 seconds. thats as fast as detroit cars were back then.
Man that is such a cool story that you have on that one. Thanks for sharing. I especially like the fuel injected swap with another 100k. Great stuff!
A 1981 Capri was my first foxbody
Sweet, I love the Capri's
Back in late 80s when I was in Air Force a few of us had Mustangs, one guy had a GLHS, one had Conquest, one had Turbo T-Bird, and one had Capri. I loved the front end but I was always a notchback guy so ignored them. This is bringing back fun car memories of us all playing around in our cars thanks
Glad to hear it as that is certainly part of the intenet!
Man, the Mad Maxine looks and sounds insane. I'm hoping to see it at Mustang Week. Thanks for the video, always fun to watch. 👋😃
You bet Carlos! I'm sure Brent will have it there.
I absolutely LOVE the look of the Capri! People rag on the rear end but I think it's sweet AF with those solid red tail lights with the black horizontal lines.
Agreed.
Awesome video MATT. Thanks for sharing. Nice car. Keep the content coming. Hope you have an incredible day. Much love and RESPECT
Thanks so much Tim! Always always appreciate ya man.
Great video. Love "Coolpri"
Thanks Jim, it's always great to see it.
I was lucky to have owned a 84 Turbo TTop Capri as well as 85 RS Capri. RS stood for Rally Sport but I will own another soon. Beautiful Capri
Love the Capri's! Hope you get another one.
@@GearHead704 thank you. Right now I own 81 Fairmont boxtop. But I love seeing people giving the odd foxes some love
Hey Gearhead 704! I just got a unicorn foxbody mustang project car, it’s a roller but it’s a 1985 t-top coupe with capri fenders front and back put on. It is an original v8 5spd car and I’m gonna restore it and enjoy driving it with the tops off being the first fox I’ve owned that’s not a hardtop! I’ve had lots of foxes but this one is gonna be special👍🏻
I enjoyed my fox body mustangs but I’ve always wanted a Capri! Love the uniqueness and the styling with the “squared” fenders and glass hatch into the recessed round taillights
I love the Capri's. Want an 82
@@GearHead704 85 Capri for me please! And 84 coupe mustang should complete my garage with my 98 lol
I believe that a 5.0 Capri won the 1985 SCCA Showroom Stock Class A national championship. For 1985 the Capri 5.0 5 speed manual transmission was only available with the 2.73 rear axle ratio because of EPA rules because the bubble hatch made it heavier.
i had one like that but it had a 4 cyclinder and 4 speed the turbo had been removed . drove that car everwhere and cruised in it too.
Man, I bet that was still a lot of fun. That's cool.
Man the capri just has a look to them!!
Right! Especially this one.
I hated them back in the day but I would love to have either an 86 Capri or even better the ASC McLaren Capri.
ASC would be SICK
I had a Capri as a teenager like that my first car but it had 3 speed
That's still very cool. They are unique cars.
Gorgeous they definitely knocked it out of the park with that build I love the wheels they really make it pop everything just stands out and I'm not much for the bubble hatch but it looks really good on that car it looks subtle compared to most of them I don't know if it's the color The tint or what.. interior is pretty cool definitely fits the style! another great video Matt thanks!!!
Hey Shifty! The wheels really set it off for me. Brent and Monica simply did a great job.
Awesome Awesome Car Man!! And I love the music as well.👏👍
Oh thanks, most people don't like my music lol
Hey by the way what is that name of the music clip in the video because I was trying to find it🤣🎧 but I didn't. 🤣🤷
🔔😎 Had my eye on a nice flat hatch Capri for 7 yrs. "I'm gonna fix it up someday" owner. 😳😳
Good luck!
Love a clean CAPRI.
Yes sir and today's drop will be about a Pace Car
Great content i love the mustangs champ
Jay C in da house! Again sorry for the late reply dude. Always appreciate ya.
Map light? That's the dope-scope!🤣
Hah hah, love the name.
I agree about the Capri, but I'm more a fan of 1984 Capri RS Turbo. Love mine.
I didn't know they got the turbos but I don't much about Capri's. I'm sure it's a lot of fun man.
I’ve got an ‘84 RS Turbo also. My Dad bought it new in ‘84. Mint condition, bone stock. Drove it in my teen years. I’ll inherit it someday. Ultra rare- 1284 built, all charcoal grey. One of the rarest Fox’s.
Imo, the Mercury Capri was actually the better looking of the two Fox ponies. Lincoln-Mercury should have promoted it more than they did. I guess Mom & Pop and luxury land yachts was L-M management's only interest.
You know, I kind of agree with you. I still prefer the Mustang look but their focus was definitely on the land yachts and they should've promoted it more.
Runner up to the mustang would absolutely be the 87 88 t-bird.
Yeah you probably right. Love the t-bird
I've always liked the capris almost bought a rs 5.0 when I was in the marines. To me the pre bubble back glass cars look better. A buddy of mine has one it was a flat glass but he put the bubble on. I've thought about buying it as he has given up on the project. He still has the flat glass if I buy it that bubble glass is gone. BUT wife said I gota finish at least one of my mustangs b4 I buy any more projects even the Capri. Are you going to mustang week this year Matt? I'm planning to go it's the week of my birthday and the fox body cruise is on my birthday. What better way to celebrate than to do the cruise in one of my cars.
That's cool you got an RS and I'm with you the pre bubble is better and yes I will be at Mustang Week, so definitely do the cruise on your bday, that'd be cool!
My first car I ever owned was a 1979 Mercuri Capri RS. I also owned a 1985 Capri RS. I really kick myself for selling it. I parted with it in 1995.
Most of us have a similar story, but at least we still got the memories.
When are we going to see another video on project nemesis or the tarheel fox
It's going to be a minute on Nemesis. I'm currently collecting parts and boy are they taking a LONG TIME to get here. Tarheel is basically done, but I was thinking about doing a POV driving video, but I wasn't sure if there'd be interest or not.
Such a beautiful Mercury Capri 🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘🏻🤘🏻🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👍🏻🆒
It really is a very well done representation
@@GearHead704 🤠🤠🙏🤘🏻🤘🏻👍🏻
first! lmao just saw it as i was getting off work buddy!
Very nicely done! Hah hah, thanks buddy.
It a beaut Clark!
LMAO, yes perfect reference!
It looks like my 84 LX vert under the hood, but it's 5.0 TB and auto/ they made the same LX vert package with 5.0 4bbl / stick , so when looking at product numbers for Triple White / Oxford White LX vert 5.0 by what I know from my car as it 100% stock with single pipe out the back, some of the early Fox bodies can be kind of rare to start modding up.
I didn't know most of those details. Thanks for sharing.
@@GearHead704 It was the same 5.0 engine used in the Zimmer, you can see the TB in this video ua-cam.com/video/Lmy02O8558w/v-deo.html my 5.0 looks the same as this but in the LX vert
@@GearHead704 This is my LX in this video ua-cam.com/video/9n6msQPQpNs/v-deo.html I been trying to find all the issues with it, I had to take a break with life as that was in 2020 that I made that video, the car is in Asheboro N.C.
That is a nice Capri with different colors! Just curious if you're doing Capri vids
why haven't you done Capricious Mercury? its been around longer & has that raucous new drivetrain. N/A stroker Boss block! & T56 Magnum, no hair dryers needed
Crickets
Sorry Jay, I gotten really delayed on responding to comments, but I'm catching up again. I'd be happy to do a video on that given the chance.
Finally got back lol.
For a capri that’s bad ass
Right! I agree. Very clean example.
The Mercury Capri the better looking Mustang!
It's kind of hard to argue that lol
Does he have a channel or contact info? I want to ask him where he got his side lips and ground effects. Thanks in advance
Yes, it is here: ua-cam.com/users/HicksHouseVideos
The Mustang that never was. They are worth a fortune these days, since they're much raree than their Ford counterpart.
It might be the best non-mustang but the almost completely forgotten foxbody award goes to the Ford Durango. It's so forgotten Dodge took the name.
🤣. You are probably right buddy.
Wanna sell it
What do you mean “best non mustang foxbody”? The Capri is the best foxbody! Lol
LOL, well you can certainly make an argument.
The best foxbody is the Thunderbird
Interesting take. I do like Thuderbirds though
That's actually bad the fuck ass.... I Had a 93 Black on black GT.... These Capris actually look better than a GT.... WOooowwwww👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Agreed, it looks great!
I'm such a dumbass I sold one for 500 bucks