I was there the day this was filmed at Buxton resevoir,have to say Quentin was a top bloke and we had alot of fun filming this,it took all day and i helped write the script too... although he did crash the 280 into a grass bank and bent the front valance. John Partridge the owner nearly fainted,the Tickford,John Cristinis was doing over 100mph down that road and nearly didnt stop at the end...both cars all these years later are still owned by the same guys,theyll never part with them. Both are still pristine and will never be sold.
I just loved my metallic blue mk2 2.0S in the 1980s. Also had a mk1 3000e metallic grey with lovely red interior. Great cars ! I miss those happy days.
worked for Hertz at marble arch in London in 1976 and remember thrashing the snot out of a 2.0Ltr GL MK2 from hertz Cardiff to Heathrow on the M4 at night. It went really well and as you all know NOTHING goes as good as a "Rental car". good memories.
I had a 3000 E in circa '71. Was a flying machine back then. It was dark metallic green with a black vinyl roof and some what controversial colour keyed turquoise interior. It was distinctive with the black louvers on the rear window.. A bit of a handful in snow but I'ld love to have it back now. Ok, no creature comforts and sophistication, and couldn't compare to my current Audi TT 3 litre Quatro but just for the simplicity it would be great for those special days.
I'm in Canada... the car was re-badged and sold here (as a 'Mercury Capri), but was a cult car. Probably this car's closest relative here (in concept, at least) was the '79-93 Ford Mustang - a cheap, customizable, fast car, just (in the Mustang's case) without the handling part. I own and work on an '83 Mustang GLX 5.0 convertible and enjoy it - no refinement or handling, but tons of power and character. I would've thought the Ford Sierra would've been considered the successor, over the Probe? Interestingly enough, we got a re-badged (de-tuned) Sierra Cosworth as the Merkur XR4Ti. Back to the Capri - I find it really attractive, and I'm glad there's now a following for them. The car hobby isn't just for snobs!
I have my 2.8 over 25 years now, nothing rough about this car , I love the way this wafts along in 5th a real mile muncher. Vastly superior to a Jaguar E Type I drove too.Far more desirable than any tarted up front drive hatch ever will be.
Once owned a 73 Capri with the 2 liter and some kind of Appearance Pak that included full instrumentation like the V6 cars. Terrific car, but a bit of a squeeze to get my 6 ft 4 frame behind the wheel. " Traded " it for a 66 Mustang coupe and later sold it back to its original owner. Now I have an 06 Mustang convertible with the 4 liter version of the V6. Somehow it sounds like a 289 like my old Mustang.
I used to drive and sell them in Australia, the finish left a lot to be desired out there as parts were shipped in from different countries and the panels didn't fit all that well, on some case we had to modify the front pillars to get the doors to fit Loved them, had a GT 1600, with the "roo" decals, followed by several XL's (which were less optioned), and the peak a 3 litre GT in vivid "True Blue" A great handling sexy car; still looks good today and would love to own one again!!!
Each model is the most beautiful of all the Capris. I can't choose a favourite from amongst them. I still yearn for one even now ... but I don't think I'd trade my classic M3 in for one.
SRP 629N was my first car, back in 1990..JPS Special and I didn't know it ! probably because the body was hand painted in white. Would shudder at 40mph, had a hole where the jack point was and the windows wouldn't close properly. But, i'm here fondly reflecting - the car was a memory maker. As I handed the keys to the scrap yard, I was clearing it out and found a GT badge....never knew ! and neither did my insurance company lol
I have a 69 Capri that has a 347 V8 stroker that pushes out 515hp.. Cream with a Gold stripe with a nice set of Gold Simmons wheels.. It's a fun but Wild ride. When i stop for fuel (which is quite often) i get people of all ages, man or woman coming up to have a chat.. I love my Capri :)
wait why didn't they mention the mark 3 body, it was the capri adapting and combating the hot hatch's i personally love mine, i have a 1979 mercury capri ghia
I've always been a massive fan of the Capri but the same can't be said for my English teacher. He keeps saying "You recreate the seventies, the decade with no style at all" & "The Capri was a rubbish car". I'd always come up with "you're in no position to judge sir, YOU are a TR7 fan!!! Only an idiot would prefer a door wedge to a reliable thing of beauty". Come back Capri, we need you
Ha ha oh the good old Capri i am only 21 but i have been brought up restoring old classic Fords Especially the Capri i love em to bits funny tho that i drive a 1981 MK5 Cortina but i would also have a mk3 Capri too.
As a 39 year old Ex-Pat. Dartord to California. I really miss my classic Fords. I had the Mk2 John Player Special. Mk3 3.0RS XPack. Couple of 1.6GL Cortina Mk3 GXL Loved everyone of them. Would love to go back to the early 90's stop myself from beating these cars up and junking them. What an Idiot I was
Personally I'd use it as a spares car. I've been welding up an old van, two years in I'm still patching it up and to be honest was only half as rotten. Think you'll need a blank cheque book and very deep pockets.
The cops used to put a bag of cement in the boot if theirs to improve handling (light back end). It was the hooligans car back then.The back seat was used for 😮😊........
One rumour I've heard is that Ford ran out of some parts for the last Capris and dealers had to fix them up before sale. Anyone any idea if there's any truth in it?
It’s ashame I suppose, but a good descion. Whose to say the mark 4 Capri wouldn’t have been a rebadged Probe? And as for Golf GTIs, not bad cars but there kinda like mainstream cars that aren’t very unique or original to own
In '97? School. I may have been born in the 80s, and grown up a 90s child... But I'm '60s and '70s at heart. Not one of my currently running cars is younger than 1972... Sad really, that these clunky, but soulful machines have been irrevocably replaced with gigabytes and pedestrian friendly marshmallow styling. Ah well, at least decent cars are cheaper than new cars nowadays.
What's the BS about being attacked by hot hatchbacks?! The capri was of a different class, being RWD. Anyone who wanted to powerslide would get the tickford or 2.8i over a VW
The Capri lost out to the Sierra Cosworth? Seriously? The Capri should have been treated to that YB Turbo Engine and a stronger back end and that Borg Warner Box, then you would have seen who was king. I miss the Capri so much, if Ford was still making it I would buy another. My 2.8 MK2 from the UK was great but the MK3 2.8 was the real thing. A 4WD option would have been just great too. Evan now the Focus fails to carry the charm and sporting looks of the Capri. Ford UK is a really silly Company to kill off its best brand and surrender the RWD market to FWD. After Killing off the RS Cosworth Sierra and the RS Escort Cosworth, they are just emerging after decades with a replacement, the 4WD Focus. Meantime Mitsubishi and Subaru ran off with their market with the Evo and the WRX.
Oh wow. I wish I could find a genuine Capri here in the States. We imported the Mk1 through the Mid 70s. It was badged as a "Mercury Capri". Mercury was Ford's failed attempt at a mid-level luxury brand. Then Ford USA tried to sell a rebadged Fox-platform Mustang as a Capri. Why? I think the last generation Capri was a rag-top Mazda 323 that we imported from Ford Australia. It was marketed as a competitor to the Mazda Miata. Again. Why? As you can guess, the Mercury brand folded in 2008. I commend Ford for finally getting a clue and (apparently) ditching their redundant US car designs. After decades of pieces of crap like the Pinto, the US Escort (Yeah...the Ford Europe Escort, awesome...the US Escort....not so much), and the Granada (again...your Granada was awesome...ours was a piece of crap) we finally get the Focus, the Kuga (sold here as the Escape) and the Mondeo (sold here as the Fusion). We even get the Fiesta again! Funny story, the Ford Probe was supposed to replace the Mustang. That went well.
Mercury merely a failed attempt at a mid level brand? Hardly, Mercury was an iconic American brand of car that lasted 73 years. It was a victim of a crowded market of Japanese. Korean & European cars which sadly displaced many lower & mid level car brands such as Oldsmobile, Plymouth, Pontiac, AMC & others. Gone but certainly not forgotten. Kind of like British car brands which if not foreign owned are gone to the dustbin of history.
My dear old friend Martin A. And his beautiful Capri.
Great to see you Mart. Love you brother.
JOHN HILL said no one knows what's under the bonnet until the bonnet gets open up. And that's very true. (John from Capri club.)
I was there the day this was filmed at Buxton resevoir,have to say Quentin was a top bloke and we had alot of fun filming this,it took all day and i helped write the script too... although he did crash the 280 into a grass bank and bent the front valance. John Partridge the owner nearly fainted,the Tickford,John Cristinis was doing over 100mph down that road and nearly didnt stop at the end...both cars all these years later are still owned by the same guys,theyll never part with them. Both are still pristine and will never be sold.
I just loved my metallic blue mk2 2.0S in the 1980s. Also had a mk1 3000e metallic grey with lovely red interior. Great cars ! I miss those happy days.
Ahhh, STOKE ! Much maligned. well done son, restoring a Capri back in the day!
Late 86 the last Capri ! ... Outlasted you Quentin Wilson !
worked for Hertz at marble arch in London in 1976 and remember thrashing the snot out of a 2.0Ltr GL MK2 from hertz Cardiff to Heathrow on the M4 at night. It went really well and as you all know NOTHING goes as good as a "Rental car". good memories.
I had a 3000 E in circa '71. Was a flying machine back then.
It was dark metallic green with a black vinyl roof and some what controversial colour keyed turquoise interior.
It was distinctive with the black louvers on the rear window..
A bit of a handful in snow but I'ld love to have it back now.
Ok, no creature comforts and sophistication, and couldn't compare to my current Audi TT 3 litre Quatro but just for the simplicity it would be great for those special days.
0-60 in 8.2 Seconds. That was the car. Faster than the GT.
I'm in Canada... the car was re-badged and sold here (as a 'Mercury Capri), but was a cult car.
Probably this car's closest relative here (in concept, at least) was the '79-93 Ford Mustang - a cheap, customizable, fast car, just (in the Mustang's case) without the handling part. I own and work on an '83 Mustang GLX 5.0 convertible and enjoy it - no refinement or handling, but tons of power and character.
I would've thought the Ford Sierra would've been considered the successor, over the Probe? Interestingly enough, we got a re-badged (de-tuned) Sierra Cosworth as the Merkur XR4Ti.
Back to the Capri - I find it really attractive, and I'm glad there's now a following for them. The car hobby isn't just for snobs!
MY dream cars in the early 70's the Mercury Capri and the Opel GT, My friends were all crazy over Ford Mustangs and Chevy Cameros
I have my 2.8 over 25 years now, nothing rough about this car , I love the way this wafts along in 5th a real mile muncher. Vastly superior to a Jaguar E Type I drove too.Far more desirable than any tarted up front drive hatch ever will be.
Eoin Kenny Congrats on hanging onto your 2.8! The design has aged so gracefully.
Eoin Kenny my mates dad had a 1984 Capri 2.8 turbo but it was a left hand drive. That was a stunning car and was very fast for the time.
you still got the old girl Eoin?
Definitely a Ford classic; I loved my 79 2:0S in Venetian red. Got me a few perks back in the day as only a Capri could 😉
wouldn't give up my Capri for anything EVER
How about a brand new Capri?😁
do you still have it 6 years later?
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@@FirstOnRaceDayCapri2904 good man!!
Thanks you soooo much for putting this up i remember watching it and lost my recording been looking for ages thank youuuuuuu
Once owned a 73 Capri with the 2 liter and some kind of Appearance Pak that included full instrumentation like the V6 cars. Terrific car, but a bit of a squeeze to get my 6 ft 4 frame behind the wheel. " Traded " it for a 66 Mustang coupe and later sold it back to its original owner. Now I have an 06 Mustang convertible with the 4 liter version of the V6. Somehow it sounds like a 289 like my old Mustang.
I used to drive and sell them in Australia, the finish left a lot to be desired out there as parts were shipped in from different countries and the panels didn't fit all that well, on some case we had to modify the front pillars to get the doors to fit
Loved them, had a GT 1600, with the "roo" decals, followed by several XL's (which were less optioned), and the peak a 3 litre GT in vivid "True Blue"
A great handling sexy car; still looks good today and would love to own one again!!!
lffit Super Roo GT
Each model is the most beautiful of all the Capris. I can't choose a favourite from amongst them. I still yearn for one even now ... but I don't think I'd trade my classic M3 in for one.
SRP 629N was my first car, back in 1990..JPS Special and I didn't know it ! probably because the body was hand painted in white. Would shudder at 40mph, had a hole where the jack point was and the windows wouldn't close properly.
But, i'm here fondly reflecting - the car was a memory maker.
As I handed the keys to the scrap yard, I was clearing it out and found a GT badge....never knew ! and neither did my insurance company lol
best European Ford ever made
Still remember the registration plate of my old 3.0S......MVM 600W
One of the last 3 litre Capris.
Had a Mk1 1600gt WAG397K, Mk2 2000 ghia MHS682P, and Mk3 2.8 injection A816HSM.
I wish I had kept them!
Yes a mk 1 capri is extremely rare on our roads now a great car with sole
I have a 69 Capri that has a 347 V8 stroker that pushes out 515hp.. Cream with a Gold stripe with a nice set of Gold Simmons wheels.. It's a fun but Wild ride. When i stop for fuel (which is quite often) i get people of all ages, man or woman coming up to have a chat.. I love my Capri :)
wait why didn't they mention the mark 3 body, it was the capri adapting and combating the hot hatch's i personally love mine, i have a 1979 mercury capri ghia
I've always been a massive fan of the Capri but the same can't be said for my English teacher. He keeps saying "You recreate the seventies, the decade with no style at all" & "The Capri was a rubbish car". I'd always come up with "you're in no position to judge sir, YOU are a TR7 fan!!! Only an idiot would prefer a door wedge to a reliable thing of beauty". Come back Capri, we need you
Love em', never heard of the Tickford capri though!
i would love to paint some day capri. i wishd id had some day 9 capris
Ha ha oh the good old Capri i am only 21 but i have been brought up restoring old classic Fords Especially the Capri i love em to bits funny tho that i drive a 1981 MK5 Cortina but i would also have a mk3 Capri too.
I had 3 capri's, 1.6s mk2 (white), 2.0GL mk.3 (Gold), 2.8i mk3 blue (resprayed in black)
STL 818W Still on the road!!
i m missing my 1974 mercury capri 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔
EGX 200T Last used on the road in 1995 seen here in 1997 probably scrape not long after
VHK 11W & VHK 12W currently SORN as of last year
I miss my Capri 2 dislikes must be Vw owners.
As a 39 year old Ex-Pat. Dartord to California. I really miss my classic Fords.
I had the Mk2 John Player Special. Mk3 3.0RS XPack. Couple of 1.6GL Cortina Mk3 GXL Loved everyone of them. Would love to go back to the early 90's stop myself from beating these cars up and junking them. What an Idiot I was
Personally I'd use it as a spares car. I've been welding up an old van, two years in I'm still patching it up and to be honest was only half as rotten. Think you'll need a blank cheque book and very deep pockets.
I loved my 1974 ford capri i had it was the best. But now i have 2nd best 1986 mercury capri rs 5.0
E560 JDX Currently SORN as of this year
The cops used to put a bag of cement in the boot if theirs to improve handling (light back end). It was the hooligans car back then.The back seat was used for 😮😊........
One rumour I've heard is that Ford ran out of some parts for the last Capris and dealers had to fix them up before sale. Anyone any idea if there's any truth in it?
Sam Eyers I've heard that also.
Fab car Nothing not to love.
Listen up women, Never stand in the way of a man and his car.
Is the guy still talking about the car at 7:20? :D
god bless the capri
TDH224W STILL ON THE ROAD UNTIL NEXT YEAR :-)
PGK177P currently SORN
E560 JDX SORN as of this year
What, no 78 2.0l S?
These were cars you could jack up outside your house and work on, Track control arms anybody
i wishd id had some day 3 capris 1969-1972. 1967-1973
It’s ashame I suppose, but a good descion. Whose to say the mark 4 Capri wouldn’t have been a rebadged Probe? And as for Golf GTIs, not bad cars but there kinda like mainstream cars that aren’t very unique or original to own
Dont forget in germany the Capri 3000 GXL was as expensive as a Mercedes 230 E Coupe
or an Audi 100 Coupe S!
I WISHD ID HAD SOME DAY 2 CAPRIS 1 GREEN AND 1 YELLOW
I would take any Capri, over a stupid ugly nerdy dorky Mk1 Golf any day.
iI Have 77 2.8 With Chevy 292 Forged Pistons,Crane Cam.Offenhauser Aluminium Intake, Holly 4 Barrel,Mallory Ignition & coil Hooker Headders Hauled Ass 280z rear viev mirror.
A 2.8I 4x4 capri would be v cool.
The Capri wasn't the disco car; the Datsun 280Z was.
I WISHD ID HAD 3 CAPRIS AND 2 OVERALLS
In '97? School. I may have been born in the 80s, and grown up a 90s child... But I'm '60s and '70s at heart. Not one of my currently running cars is younger than 1972... Sad really, that these clunky, but soulful machines have been irrevocably replaced with gigabytes and pedestrian friendly marshmallow styling. Ah well, at least decent cars are cheaper than new cars nowadays.
A Golf 1 has Class ?!?!? WTF?? Most Boring car ever the Golf Mk1, Capri has Class!!!
I have a 71 1600 with 30,000 original miles on it for sale
What's the BS about being attacked by hot hatchbacks?! The capri was of a different class, being RWD. Anyone who wanted to powerslide would get the tickford or 2.8i over a VW
L369 NAR SCRAPPED 1994
2:42 Lad!
The Capri lost out to the Sierra Cosworth? Seriously? The Capri should have been treated to that YB Turbo Engine and a stronger back end and that Borg Warner Box, then you would have seen who was king. I miss the Capri so much, if Ford was still making it I would buy another. My 2.8 MK2 from the UK was great but the MK3 2.8 was the real thing. A 4WD option would have been just great too. Evan now the Focus fails to carry the charm and sporting looks of the Capri. Ford UK is a really silly Company to kill off its best brand and surrender the RWD market to FWD. After Killing off the RS Cosworth Sierra and the RS Escort Cosworth, they are just emerging after decades with a replacement, the 4WD Focus. Meantime Mitsubishi and Subaru ran off with their market with the Evo and the WRX.
speaking as an American the Capri looks extremely European. why didn't the thrill seekers try importing a few Dodge and Plymouth cars?
Max Simeck we still don't want US today
P121 RYX SCRAPPED 2012
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T'tuu's LOL!
Love Q right arrogant git but love him
Capri was done in 74 all capris after that are junk
in the us that is
Go Southend on Sea
I'd rather holiday in hell.
@MuscleCarMad Lol!
Oh wow. I wish I could find a genuine Capri here in the States. We imported the Mk1 through the Mid 70s. It was badged as a "Mercury Capri". Mercury was Ford's failed attempt at a mid-level luxury brand. Then Ford USA tried to sell a rebadged Fox-platform Mustang as a Capri. Why? I think the last generation Capri was a rag-top Mazda 323 that we imported from Ford Australia. It was marketed as a competitor to the Mazda Miata. Again. Why? As you can guess, the Mercury brand folded in 2008.
I commend Ford for finally getting a clue and (apparently) ditching their redundant US car designs. After decades of pieces of crap like the Pinto, the US Escort (Yeah...the Ford Europe Escort, awesome...the US Escort....not so much), and the Granada (again...your Granada was awesome...ours was a piece of crap) we finally get the Focus, the Kuga (sold here as the Escape) and the Mondeo (sold here as the Fusion). We even get the Fiesta again!
Funny story, the Ford Probe was supposed to replace the Mustang. That went well.
Mercury merely a failed attempt at a mid level brand? Hardly, Mercury was an iconic American brand of car that lasted 73 years. It was a victim of a crowded market of Japanese. Korean & European cars which sadly displaced many lower & mid level car brands such as Oldsmobile, Plymouth, Pontiac, AMC & others. Gone but certainly not forgotten. Kind of like British car brands which if not foreign owned are gone to the dustbin of history.
Equally funny?, GM's Chevy Beretta was supposed to be the replacement for the Chevy Camaro.
Go bodie
lol