The Ford Capri 2.8 Injection was an Icon of the 1980s
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- Опубліковано 3 бер 2023
- The Capri was marketed as 'the car you always promised yourself', but as the 1970s progressed, it became softer and less desirable. But as the Capri's character arc continued to move, it was given one final hurrah - the Cologne V6-powered 2.8 Injection.
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Favourite Generation of Capri is the Mark 3 for me, as a 80's and 90's child it's the Capri that I remember the most especially the Brooklands, one day I would love to own one.
Fantastic video Ed as always.
Thanks as always mate :)
These cars were so cool back in the day and I am surprised at the amount of love for the Capri still surviving today. The 2.8i was without doubt the daddy of the Capri world.
Apart from the Tickford, even though I think it looks cheap.
280 Brooklands Capri was the official pinnacle I would say.
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I later found out that it was never called a Brooklands, it was a Capri 280... in Brooklands Green.
@@pinkyn0se 2.8i is a 280! The only difference is the colour, decals and full leather (rather than half-leather) seats with bigger wheels. They are otherwise identical. Apart from possibly worse paint as the quality reduced in the late 280s. The RS3100 and V8 Perana were pretty mental too.
@@lewis72 yep had I one and it just got nicknamed the Capri Brooklands even though the sides and rear Decals Showed just 280.
Brooklands Green Was an Awesome colour Though👍
We had matching Capri's, mine was a 2.0L and my wife's was a 1.6L. We loved them. Should never have got rid.
My first car - Capri 16GL, my second was 3.0 s then the 2.8 loved that era ...
Always amazed me that people in the 80s preferred golf's / hot hatches etc. Madness!
My understanding of the mid 70s to late 80s era of car desirability is that German cars were the top draw. Everyone wanted a Mercedes or BMW, but something like a VW would at least put you on the "cool track".
To be sure, this was just the trendsetters ideology.....plenty of people shrugged off the trend and bought GMs and Fords. Here, Mustangs and Camaros ruled the streets in the 80s. If you actually bought a GTI, you were trendy, but not exactly popular. Not that any of that really matters.....I proudly drive a 13 year old Toyota because I know it is will serve me well with very few mechanical issues. But I still love all cars, as impractical as they may be.
I mean it seems obvious now, but to me image wise you could either be mad max (capri) or a boring junior accountant from dusseldorf with a permed mullet (golf).
Give me a mk1 GTi any day probably the ultimate 80,s hot hatch and still is.
Have you driven a Capri? Even the 2.8i was horrendous. In the wet, a coffin with a steering wheel. I had one as my first car, all my mates were super jealous. I did like it, but it was utterly awful to drive and the build quality was dire. Then I got a brand new mk1 Golf GTI... it was a revelation at the time I can assure you. Wish I still had it actually.
@@luciussander8217 only ever been a passenger in a Capri and only once " Thank god" couldn't wait to get out, I've had 2 mk1 golf GTi,s and 3 mk1 Mexico's and regret ever selling any of them ,best cars I've ever owned by a country mile ,more fun than any fairground
I had a 1.6 gls in the 80's. I'm 57 years old now and driving a built 2009 impretza wrx hatch. Back then over the years I owned mk1 & mk 2 RS Turbo, raider 5 turbo, mk3 Supra, Astra GTE 2.0,rover 216 gti. Love you channel my friend. Takes me back to some good old days working on real cars
Thanks mate :)
Some incredibly cool cars in that bunch!
@@TwinCam your very welcome. 80's and 90's car's were the very best, I miss those days. Keep safe my friend 💯💯💯👍
Excellent video. I'm in my early 50's and when I was a young kid in Finland Capri was my dream car. But no... not the 1.6 or 1.3... it was the 3.0 S. Coolest of cool. We had a few of them but I never saw a 2.8i here. I think they didn't import it to Scandinavia at all. Opel Manta was its direct competitor. The shape has stood the test of time surprisingly well. Still looks good. Granada mk2 and Capri were among the best looking cars European Ford ever produced.
Back in the day I used to help a part time car dealer out from time to time to move cars around. On a few occasions these were quite err.... nice cars. Anyway on one occasion slowing down to stop at a red light on a dual carriageway next to a 2.8i with a sound system that may have been louder than a 80's WHO gig and revving the engine after this three door Sierra pulled up next to him with me in the driving seat. The owner sat next to me gestured to give it the beans once the lights changed. The Light's went green and a second or so later the Capri was a dot in the mirror, I was driving a whale tale Cosworth. Personally I loved the Capri but the owner reputation at the time did it no favours.
I had a mk3 3.0S and then upgraded to a 2.8 injection special. Absolutely loved them, I thought I was a very cool young man driving them.
3.0 SPORT I LIKED BETTER ID ESSEX WITH TRIPLE IDF WEBBERS WAS A ROCKET GOT 2.8 INJ AND WASNT IMPRESSED APART FROM HALF OR FULL LEATHER RECAROS N 15INCH 7SPOKE WHEELS LOL
I remember as a teenager, these were considered naff, and had an image of the drivers all being called wayne, and wearing a black leather jacket. I remember thinking at the time, although they are currently being scrapped in large numbers, they will become a desirable classic in a few years. Nice video.
When I was car hunting in 1997 aged 19 I had a Capri 1.3 or 1.6 in mind as a wildcard option. Had to be a smaller engined version for insurance and running cost purposes.
I was 17 in 1997 and a 1.6 Capri was my first car. I then moved onto a 2.0 Laser for my second car when I was 19.
The cars were seriously uncool by this point, but I loved them. Never ever managed to get a 3.0 or 2.8 which I always wanted.
One of my favorite 80s British cars!
I admit to owning two Capri 3.0 Ghias in the early 80s, after my dad owned the original Capri back in the 60s.
My dad used to have one of these. We used to call it the Capri Injection Titan Blue. I thought that it was called Capri Injection Tight and Blue which referred to the seat belts being tight! My dad also used to borrow TVRs from the factory because his company used to make dashboards for them. He was known as Dave the Dash.
lol. I had a history class in college, and the professor had talked about 'Philip The Fair.' I misheard and wrote about "Philip Affair" in the final exam! He got a big laugh about it and gave me a decent grade anyways.
“…drove it through an accessory shop with magnets strapped to the body…”. Love it !
run thru vat of glue and went through halfords n all the shit stuck was 1 we used lol
I actually had one of these. I bought it from a guy I trained with in the gym back in the early nineties. What a car. He had it in immaculate condition.
This is my era and I regret not ever having a Capri. Mates had them, but we all "knew" they didn't handle because of the leaf springs. I went mad and got a Camaro, if I'd got a Capri instead I might've kept it more than six months. Live and learn.
I owned 7 of them.. the best being a 1971 3,1 LuMo V6 (tuned by the luton Motor Co and based upon the GTXLR) It used to rip up the tarmac in an insane 0-60 in six seconds ! I sold it to a nutter who 'Had promised himself' a capri. I bought a black 2,8 injection from the profits.. with the shark grey Recaro seats.. and I loved it !
All Capri drivers used to 'hold the roof on' which meant that the driver had one arm out of the window (like an ape) holding onto the gutter.. ''Right turn Clyde !' lol
The best Capri was the 280 in Brooklands Green.. I want one !! lol
Superb video !! ..very good !!
Thanks Jim :)
You’re a good reporter! Enthusiastic and interesting. I had a MKI, MK2 for a short time, and 2 MKIII Capris. Loved them!
I owned a bright red Capri 2.0 GL back in the day. I can still remember the smell, the noise and the long bonnet and the pride when I washed her. How I miss all the Fords of old.
Great video, brings back memories of when i lived in England in the early ‘80’s.
I remember the advertisement for this car when it first came out in 1981, which said the Capri 2.8 injection goes like lightning. Always loved these cars.
So very interesting, Ed. I remember when the Capri came to market here. Initially they were 4 cylinder only. I was not that old, so don't know the relative prices, but I seem to remember a Ford Mustang with the base 6 cylinder was slightly less than the base Mercury Capri 4 cylinder. Import duties forced Capri to fight above its price class. The later 6 cylinder cars, albeit in bodies with less style, were a vast improvement. I haven't seen one in years, worse luck. They are still beautiful cars and a model I would prefer over any of the Hot Hatches with their wrong wheel drive.
Mk3 Capri is the single best looking mass production car of all time.
Well written and well researched. 👏
I love that you show an Australian Capri GT at 2:41, where you can see the Super Roo decals on the front fenders
Absolutely excellent video.. Well done Ed..
Thanks Doug :)
I've got one, pretty much identical to the one featured here. I literally can't drive it anywhere without people wanting to talk about it, people love them!
My fondest memory of the Capri was riding along with my friends sister on a test drive. In retrospect it was a blast. She was a good driver but scared the shit out of me on a very tight descending reducing radius ramp in Dearborn, MI. Lydia, I hope you read this.
I had one exactly like that 2.8! I actually thought it was my old one 😂
An interesting factoid about the 2.8i was that its claimed power of 160bhp was widely regarded as an inflated number due to some mistake that was deliberately not corrected, and that in fact it was the same 150bhp that was claimed for the Sierra XR4i and Granada that shared the same engine.
I would expect that the 160hp is correct. I had an unmodified 2.8i that was 25 years old at the time with 150,000 miles under her belt. I had it dynoed and was measured at 157bhp (she was WELL maintained!). I've also had the Granada.
@@dcarbs2979 That was brave of you to dyno a ford engine which already had 150,000 miles on it.
One of the nicest cars I ever drove,.
Had a mercury capri as a first car. Was fun to drive. Great little car!
I had a 1976 Capri II 2.8 with the black and gold paint scheme that recalled the John Player Special Formula One livery. For a mid seventies malaise-era car, it was pretty darn fast. It would smoke V8 Mustangs of the same era. The controls and electricals were basically the same as the Mercedes I'd previously owned. It's one of the few cars I've owned that I would gladly buy again.
I thought the JPS was only available as a 2litre and 3 litre?
Didn't have a 2.8 in 1976
Either 1.6 or 2.0...never 2.8/2.8i. Even the Granada didn't have 2.8/2.8i until the '80's.
Another super cool Euro Ford. Love'em. I know that engine well - in my '85 TVR 280i.
All us kids in the early 80s wanted a Capri because Bodie had one on the TV programme The Professionals
The Capri is a legend in its own right. Full of attitude, looks awesome & great fun to drive.
For me it was the car I always promised myself hence I'm the proud owner of a white 2.8 injection 👍
Love the cars 😍.... But I would say that!!
Had the 2 litre V4. First car I took to 100mph, all the way to 120mph in the end. Great car, shame bout the rust.
And the dodgy speedometers.
Great ,iconic,old car but ever suitable! Cheers Fabrizio
Thanks again Fabrizio :)
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This was my favourite car growing up in the 80's, I still want one even knowing they will be a bit crap. Although in retrospect I really wish I had done when you could pick up a decent example for under £1000
@Barry Scott I had both this and a Ferrari 308 as learning cars. The Capri is far better. You can feel every last dynamic that she is going through. Very easy to control and throw around. The Ferrari in the same driving conditions just grips and grips and grips until it suddenly lets go with no warning. You know exactly how much grip you have left in a Capri! Just don't try heavy braking from above 100mph..
Wouldn't of got a very good 2.8 injection for 1 grand
Excellent video and provision of context as always, Ed.
The Capri was also quite successful in the US from the 1970-78 model years. Sold as a Mercury, about 475,000 found customers, most being in the 1971-73 period, as Ford somewhat usurped the Capri in the US with the similarly sized and engined Mustang II in 1974.
Ford replaced the Capri for 1979 with a badge-engineered Mustang, and that car went largely unnoticed in the US market, being discontinued about 9 months before the Euro Capri was.
In fact, the Capri was, by far, the most successful Ford of Europe export to the US market, ever. And that includes all the attempts at selling us Cortinas, Mk1 Fiestas, Sierras, and Scorpios in the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s.
Also, the Mk2 Capri never lost its 4 round headlight look in the US.
I had a Mk3 3.0 S back in 1981 and to this day, of all the cars I've owned and driven, it's my favourite!
KDF 131V ...... where are you ....?
REMEMBER my dad bringing home a brand new gold coloured Capri back in 1982 Y reg loved Capri's ever since .spotted a Capri in original Gone in 60 secs movie
chips had many fiesta mk1 Capri 1 and 2 Christine wrecked a Cortina mk2 2dr lotus or gt lots in USA tv 70s 80s
I had an X reg 1982 in that exact colour scheme 20 years ago when I was 21. It cost me 1500 quid. The same car now goes for 15 grand and I feel a prat for selling mine for 2. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I had a Suzuki gt380 two stroke I sold for £500. They are now worth £6000. You’re not the only one with regrets
I still wish I had been able to keep hold of my Capris - 3.0 Ghia auto, 2.8i 4 speed and 2.8i special 5 speed.
I had three Capri, a Mk2 Ghia 3ltr manual, a Mk3 3ltr and a 2.8i and when I had them I thought they were the nuts but I drove one years later when doing an MOT (with the owner permission) and I must confess I kind of wish I'd just kept the memory.
I think people's views of cars are shattered because they're expecting too much. Someone I know drove an E28 M5 recently and was disappointed by the slow steering. But in that era, with many cars not having power steering, that was par for the course. I think it's always useful to get into the mindset of the era and of the engineering before assessing the performance of the cars :)
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In fact, most E28’s had power steering.
It is the recirculating ball steering that makes it feel less lively, as opposed to the more common rack and pinion steering.
All the cars from when we were young are great to look at but not so good to drive compared to more modern cars sadly
I recall going for a test drive in a 1600 Capri when they first came out, it was at a Ford dealer in Epsom I recall. Sadly I just didn't have the readies to buy one at the time and I had to stick with my 850 Mini.
Brilliant again.
A 2.8 capri is on my list of cars to own.. just need to find a tidy project.. great video 👍
Thanks as always Nick 🙂
I had a 1.6 with a blown engine. Got my hands on a tuned 2.1 pinto for £80 and got a mate to stick it in. Uprated the brakes and axle to suit and away you went. It was hilarious on a wet roundabout with 205’s on it. Wish I had it now. Ended up giving it to a mate for a favour done.
An interesting side note to this story is the Capri Perana - a Mk 1, built in South Africa by Basil Greene Motors, with a 5.0 litre Ford V8 up front. They actually did quite well in motor racing, being challenged by the (in most reports) superior Chevrolet (Vauxhall) Firenza Can Am. This car was GM SA's answer to the Perana, sporting a 5.0 litre Chevy mill.
Only had the 1.6's Calypso and Laser, loved them both. Best ever was the 1984 Tickford turbo capri. Great video.
The numerous Turbo Capris are awesome! I’d love to find one and make a video on it!
Thanks Mark!
@@TwinCam look for 2.8turbo called the rs capri 3
This is too spooky. I saw a Capri 2.8i today coming home from work. Immaculate it was, haven't seen one for many years then this video appears.
I'd buy one today. But 2.8i versions in decent condition are rarer than rocking-horse poop. Really enjoyed this. You know your stuff. Should've referenced the Bodie & Doyle factor though, the fact of it being an unashamedly Bloke's Car. Do Sierra Cosworth next.
Thank you
Be great to see you do videos on the other coupes you mentioned.
Opel Manta
Vauxhall Calibra
Ford Probe & Cougar
Rover Tomcat
Or even
The Opel Monza
All awesome cars.
I maybe slightly biased having owned a Calibra Turbo back in the mid/late '90s and now have V6 version in my collection
Very nice car !
Brother owned a black 2.8 Special back in the mid 90's. From memory it was an ex-Janspeed development car and had a ton of work done to the engine. Shockingly fast for a Capri. I remember it went well past the indicated max of 140 (on a private road naturally). Unfortunately the gearbox gave up the ghost and my brother, for some unknown reason, scrapped it...
Always liked Capris.
My parents had a yellow Mk1 with a vinyl roof and the V4 engine.
When I just got my drivers license, I had the chance to drive a Mk3 3.0S which a buddy pulled out of a field. It sounded mighty with a rusty exhaust. It had the full gauge set, 6 in total, the Recaro seats and a limited slip diff.
Sadly he broke it up for spares…
One thing the Mk3 Capri and my E28 have in common is the moody look, the outer headlights of an E28 are also partly hidden by the hood.
I have had capris since the summer of 1986 and everyday since. The first one was a mk2 1.6 xl. I bought the red 2.8i 31 and a half years ago in August 1991 and hopefully it will be on the road in summer. I also have a MK1 3 litre thats now an ETCC ford works touring car replica in blue and white.
I've said this before...
What Ford got right that BL mostly didn't was offer well-styled cars with quite basic engineering.
I doubt many people in the '70s and '80s cared if their 3.0/2.8i Capri was a live axle, leaf sprung car with iron block, iron heads and pushrods, it kept going when the Stag was overheating and warping the alloy heads on its OHC V8.
Absolutely!
Great video as usual Ed, just one thing that I need to point out though, the capri RS3100 wasn't fuel injected, they ran a twin choke weber carb, a 38 DGAS ( I think)......I'm pretty sure that the European RS2600 capri ran fuel injection but they were never available in the UK.
Exactly Right Sir👍
I always wanted a Capri and ended up having 3 with an 83Y Reg 2.8i with the Pepperpot Alloys that I absolutely loved and Being Caspian Blue over Silver I had to have it mint,
1985 I had a 2.8 Special I had Resprayed in Ford Radiant Red just for the hell of it then finally a Brooklands 280 E Reg which I wish I still had and never Sold.The V6 Cologne was In my opinion Bulletproof and all 3 models I had never had one problem (They were However Very Sketchy to Drive in the Wet though)
These were pretty popular in Canada, where small cars seem to do better than in the U.S. At the same time in the mid 70s we had the Mustang II, a Mustang based on the Pinto platform , and the Capri was the more stylish choice IMHO.
12:54 Front wheel drive XR3 grip vs. sloppy fish tailing Capri rear wheel handling is your answer to that one old sport.
Another great review. You look nothing like him, and I mean this as a compliment, but your enthusiastic presentation style reminds me of a certain Mr Clarkson, only younger! ;-) As for the Capri, along with the Mk1 XR2, the Capri 280 Brooklands is one of my favourite classic Fords.
People eventually gave up on them for lack of funds to restore/repair. These cars were absolutely everywhere. The last one I saw locally was one that had belonged to a local and which had always been pristine in the 1990s. About 4 or 5 years ago, it was a rotten-through carcass on an abandoned flatbed trailer - lots of bits missing or stolen. Don't know where it is now but the inflated prices for the remaining cars either sent it to the scrap dealer or someone rescued it.
Love them I’ve still got my grandads twenty eight I as I call them .
I'm 45 now. In the mid 90s you could have a 2.8i capri for about 2000 pounds, maybe less. Great looking car.
I had 3 running V6's (2x 2.8s and 3.0S) for under £4k combined. In 2002.
2 grand was a pritty cheap 1 in 1995 would of needed about 4k for a nice 1
i had 5, the last was the 280 with turbo technics, wish i still had it!
Nice work.
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Is that "One of" the most beautiful cars in the world back there??
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Cheers from the PNW Seattle WA area 🤘
The car I learned to drive in. Well not _that_ particular car, but... 😄
I had a Mk3 3 litre S model in the 1980's. An ex-police car from Wrexham so I was told (there were traces of the orange side-stripe remaining round the door handles). It was constantly overheating and I later found out (after I sold it to a friend) that a previous owner had replaced the original item with a Ford Transit radiator! It sounded great but the back end skipped out at roundabouts even in the dry. The Trio (later to become Kenwood) stereo sounded nice though.
Fine ! I remember the 80s, when the Capri was very popular here in Southern Germany.
Sadly so much people love the sporty Coupés - but didn' t buy them...
Such a shame. I was at some car dealers the other day, and the only coupes worth mentioning were the 4-Series BMW and the Toyota GR86. I do think the 4er is incredibly ugly, but I'd jump into a GR86 with that 2.4 Boxer engine!
Can't beat the final handful of 1987 280 Brooklands Turbo Capri's with 200bhp! :) Think they only made 100 of them.
Always liked these espicially the brooklands capri
These were great cars in the beginning
They still are. That they can't match up to modern cars in terms of performance, economy, safety, etc. doesn't detract from the fact they are still very attractive, viable daily transport, very easy to maintain and cheap to run. What about them is not great now ?
Every roundabout is opposite lock time
Great cars, I had a 1969 1300GT,then a 1984 2.0S, so I had to follow them with a RHD 5.0 Mustang GT!!
I had a mk2 3 litre in white a 3ltr in red a 2.8 injection in silver and a 1.6 laser and 2.0 in white loved them all if I could have kept them all I would be quids in now 😁
My dad owns multiple. He’s a vintage collector
The Hillman Avenger would be a great subject for you. It's history is well worth telling.
@Barry Scott it possibly would. Strangely, I have just seen one on ebay for sale
I'd love to make an Avenger video!
stay near old Linwood plant and have a hunter gls holbay engine car and 2dr Hillman avenger was 1300 but now has lotus sunbeam engine box etc in works white n blue few of my family worked for rootes Chrysler Talbot
Talbot bought it to kill British brands so we bought plastic crapbox 205s etc in 80s a damn shame maggie saves bl ffs and dont save rootes gone is singer humber hillman and more replaced by Citroen Peugeots n Renaults give me uk car anyday
@@brian3174 never a truer word said.
@brian The cars that came from Lingwood were much maligned. I had two Avengers, we had an Imp, my Grandad had Imp's and we all loved them
My 30's was very much my Ford era, and I had 2 Capri's, the Mk2 1.6L and a Mk3 3.0 Ghia. Neither was a ball of fire, but the 1.6 was a great town car, very easy to drive and park, even with that huge bonnet, and very comfortable despite it's poverty spec. The 3.0 Ghia was thirsty around town but made a wonderful long distance GT car, the bigger engine mated to a 3 speed box making for very relaxed cruising on the motorway. Forget the rumours, driven sensibly they weren't tail happy at all, you just had to remember that the non sporty versions handling didn't match the looks ! If I could have a garage of my favourite owned cars, the Capri would definitely fill a parking spot. 👍
Capris were also sold in the US but were sold as Mercury Capris. Fun little car. Thanks for posting.
@Barry Scott Oh, they were so charming...
lol
Thanks Mike :)
its replacement wasnt on ford badge either the merkur sierra xr4ti
The Capri went from cool to ktich overnight. The MkI 3 litre was the only one that really got me. Huge fun on a wet roundabout. I don't want one though. Way too much "Del boy" factor for me thnaks.
I'd very much love a Mk1 3000, but then again, I love the '60s styling. Gorgeous cars, and just exotic enough to stay the right side of the Del Boy thing, for me at least :)
@@TwinCam Maybe. I was a teenager in the seventies so perhaps the whole joke image thing is still etched into my head. By the late eighties you literally couldn't give one away.
One day I will own a Capri :)
Ideally I would like a Tickford Capri but given only 86 were built in 84 then they tend to be rare (and pricey)
I’d absolutely rock a Mk1.
Great cars, awful to park in a limited space 🤔 Great video….great memories of this car 😀👍🏽🇬🇧
Thanks mate :)
I love your channel as you actually have the cars, unlike another UA-cam channel that talks about the cars but don't actually have any cars. The Capri was the UK's Mustang but fitted with the 1.3L or 1.6L engine it wasn't really fooling anyone. What about the very rare V4 models ? Total dog I know, but worth a mention.
My future wife at the time and I used baby sit for a couple that had a black Capri 2.0S. I loved that car.
And it handled like a plush seat on a skateboard, with a missing wheel.
Mercury Capri was how it was badged in the states.
Ford, at least in America, doesn't get enough credit for its design language(s) over the decades. Sure, people focus on a few of their iconic models, but for an American brand, they are surprisingly leaders of the world's design trends.
FORD USA HAS KILLED THE RS BRAND FOCUS RS 4DR ONLY NUTZ SHOULDVE LEFT DESIGNS TO EUROPE
My buddy had a capris with a granada scorpio cologne cozzy for a heart
Hi. I’ve got to correct you on the Mk1 having separate quad headlights , as that was only used on the 3000 GT/GXL / R/S models . The mark 2 models still had their GT then S models with black sports -like interior trim rather than wood ( Formica) trim on GXL (early mk2) then Ghia models. When the MK3 was introduced , Ford not only revised the body style in a subtle way but also introduced the option of Recaro seats for the 3 litre S models. The car was later revised with the introduction of the injection models , revised suspension, a shorter throw gear lever to improve the change, and originally just a 4 speed. The 5 speed being the first of several upgrades before they phased it out. The interesting thing about the Capri was although it shared mechanicals from other Fords , it’s floorpan and design was unique to itself. Other manufacturers in the 1970s introduced the hatchback design as an alteration to an existing floorpan of saloon construction, such as the Fiat 128 ( excellent little car that it was) . Also with a lot of hatchbacks, even today, for that same reason have very little boot space when the rear seats are used or in upright position . You had more boot space in a conventional 3 box saloon. The hatchback only offered more when seats folded flat. The Capri has good boot space with seats up and obviously more with them . Not only stylish , but even more practical as well . As always , enjoyed your video .
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Thanks Martin :)
Yes, only the top models had quad lamps. I believe some of the AU-spec Mk1s I featured in photos had rectangular headlamps? But with this video being about the 2.8 Injection rather than the Capri or the Mk3 in general, I pitched this video just as a dive into the top-of-the-range, the halo models. If I'd have given all the digressions, we'd have been here until next week!
It does occasionally bug me that the Capri was seen so readily as a reclothed Cortina, despite the reality of the underside being quite different, all things considered!
Capri built on Cortina floorpans from mk1 - 3 outer panels and lower seat position same as calibra being an ascon-cavalier floorpans engines
I do miss the image these had in the mid 90's.
My dad had a Mk1 Ford Capri in the '70s, silver with black vinyl roof, and I remember as a young kid sitting in the back (we were a family of five, so I don't know how we all fit) being mesmerised by the shape of the elliptical rear side windows - things of beauty they were. My dad's model had the double-row rear lights (= =), which seemed to be much less common than the single-stripe rear lights (- -). Does anyone know what model this would have been?
I believe the double-row rear lamps were part of a minor facelift in 1972 or so?
The double-row rear lamps (four of them) were used on The Beast, as featured on The Late Brake Show!
Not sure about the Scimitar being affordable.. It was going on for double the price of a Capri in 1969, and was hundreds more than even the MGCGT. I've never seen the appeal of the Capri, but the Cologne V6 was always much more at home in a TVR.
Very nice cars these Ford Capri’s.
As an aside, please find and do some stuff around Vauxhall. Vauxhall Cavalier is one model that springs to mind. The British High Commission diplomatic corps and British Council Library ex patriate staff in India used to be allowed to bring in and use these vehicles for their personal use, in the 1970’s and 1980’s and even upto the 1990’s.
I'd love to do some more Vauxhall stuff very soon. I haven't been offered that much, but there are some on my to-do, and there's a Mk1 Cavalier I may be able to engineer a video out of. We need to see what the coming weeks bring!
@@TwinCam dont forget the cavaliers an ascona b series with manta front minus slots sportshatch and coupe rebadged opels id 400 ASCONA AND MANTA
I enjoyed watching this, Thanks for sharing. I havent seen one before. I didnt see the inside is it fancy?
Thanks :)
There are a few shots of the interior in the video, but I don't have timestamps to hand unfortunately.
@@TwinCam I'll watch again. I need to pay more attention!
@@TwinCam I found 9:29 And then 11:51 The interior is actually very very nice. Certainly classier than the American "80s tech-style" interiors of the Mustang during the period.
This car was know only in the UK, nowehere else in Europe was this car on anyone's radar.
With the likes of BMW and Alfa Romeo in the 70s this thing stood no chance of ever being picked up as the car of choice....in fact in Italy nobody has never even heard of this bloody thing!