Capri mk1 and Facelift original Ford Brochures. Enjoy

[graemel]

Some nigh on 32 years ago I got to own my first fast car. A 3000 GXL at 18 was good news. Sebring red with a beige vinyl roof. Taught me how to drive or stay alive depending on your prospective. The chap I bought it from lived across the road from my father. He went and bought an e-type Jag. Series 1 drop top from memory. He gave me the brochures when I bought the car. His mum had a mk1 1600GT that they never sold although I doubt she is alive today. The mother that is. I sold it a few years later to a mate I went to school with. I kept all the original service pack etc. that came with the car. He did not keep it long and sold it to a couple of hoodlums that I also knew. I hope you find the info useful























































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Edited by graemel on Thursday 3rd February 23:49

[graemel]

neutral 3 said:

A Fantastic read. Amazeing that you still have the Orig Purchase Receipt ! Do you have a Body Colour/Paint Chart for the GXL ?

Was your car Originally fitted with a White Vinle Roof ? The Sales Brochure only mentions Black or Tobacco for Vinle roofs ?
Only ever seen one other GXL with a White Roof, but could be a later fitment .

The original purchase receipt belonged to the chap I bought the car from. It was still in with the handbook etc. when I bought the car from him. Unfortunately no body paint chart I'm afraid.
The guy I bought it from was not big into cleaning his cars so it took a lot of polishing to make it look good again. The vinyl roof. Mmmmm it was a very long time ago. I remember it was really filthy and whatever I tried I could not bring it back to life. I know I painted the roof with some materials I bought from these guys, nice to see they are still going http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/ I think the roof was white but I chose a light beige to make it easier to keep clean. Now I also remember seeing my car at the start of a film when they panned from a height through the BBC car park and I am sure the roof was black originally. They are still great cars. My sister 4 and half years younger than me bought one when she was in her early twenties, triple black and manual. She too likes her cars.

[graemel]

I can't remember what I paid for the GXL back in 1979 but I can remember paying £230 for third party fire and theft insurance. After the Capri I bought a Mk2 Escort built as a group 4 rally car without an engine and gearbox from the guy I worked for at that time. Topspeed Tuning in Acton. The deal was he would pay to put the 3 litre V6 stage 2 engine (built by Swaymar I think) I kept but it never happened. I sold the escort and wanted a yank. Could not find a decent one with the very limited budget I had. I ended up buying another 3000 GXL. Originally green it had been painted white, with slightly flared arches, brown vinyl roof with a full length webasto. A fully functioning Series 1 Jaguar XJ6 dashboard and completely retrimmed in brown and beigh vinyl and cloth. Janspeed exhaust with two twin tail pipes, appliance mags and triple webbers.
Bloody unreliable piece if aggro. In fact when I started dating my mates older sister who is still my other half today I used to have to borrow mates cars to take her out in. The first date we had I borrowed her brothers Ford Fiesta. It wasn't an XR2 but I think it was a 1300 with goodies on it. We arrived at the pub and she says do you always drive so fast. I was on best behaviour at the time. Too many years living with a lunatic has rubbed of on her. She has her own 993 C2S. Good girl.