Mk1 3 Litre Capris, How Many Survive ?
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aeropilot said:
How many survive....??
Of all versions, GT, GT L, GT XLR and GXL about 75 are left in regular (or summer only) use with a further 50 odd on permanant SORN.
Plus about 15 or so RS3100's left in regular use with a further half dozen on permanant SORN, which is a lot lower than I was expecting
.Of all versions, GT, GT L, GT XLR and GXL about 75 are left in regular (or summer only) use with a further 50 odd on permanant SORN.
Plus about 15 or so RS3100's left in regular use with a further half dozen on permanant SORN, which is a lot lower than I was expecting
Loads still in South Africa.
I am sure they never had the poxy 1,3L
It started at 1,6L then 2,0L, then the 3.0L, then the 5.0L Mustang V8.
This one just 311 miles from new in 1976.
http://search.autotrader.co.za/www/cars_advert?id=...
V.
Edited by uk_vette on Friday 10th June 06:47
Edited by uk_vette on Friday 10th June 06:48
uk_vette said:
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Loads still in South Africa.
I am sure they never had the poxy 1,3L
It started at 1,6L then 2,0L, then the 3.0L, then the 5.0L Mustang V8.
This one just 311 miles from new in 1976.
http://search.autotrader.co.za/www/cars_advert?id=...
V.
now that is one hell of a track day car , the original Gunston Capri went round Kylami 11 seconds slower than the F1 cars of the day back in the early 70s !Loads still in South Africa.
I am sure they never had the poxy 1,3L
It started at 1,6L then 2,0L, then the 3.0L, then the 5.0L Mustang V8.
This one just 311 miles from new in 1976.
http://search.autotrader.co.za/www/cars_advert?id=...
V.
Edited by uk_vette on Friday 10th June 06:47
Edited by uk_vette on Friday 10th June 06:48
Interesting reading guys, there were in fact 250 RS3100's built and I currently have records of 230 cars not all of them still exist.
50 were exported to Australia in June 1974, by filling the gaps in on the Register i can make an educated guess that there were approx 60 Sebring Red cars, 60 Diamond White, 49 Daytona Yellow, 26 Olympic Blue, 25 Modena Green, 20 Stardust Silver and 10 Marine Blue these were the last 10 RS3100,s off the production line.
I would estimate that there are approx 100 examples left in this country in varied states some of which may never go back on the road, we have had 31 examples together at Castle Combe a few years back and hopefully more next year being the 40th anniversary.
Interestingly the chassis numbers do not run in one batch there are 14 different batches of numbers possibly to disguise the low volume of cars built, indeed if all chassis numbers between the first and last cars were all RS3100's then there would have been 1,000's built.
If anyone knows of any of these cars that may not have been on the Register ie been off the road for many years I would love to hear about them.
RScapriman.
50 were exported to Australia in June 1974, by filling the gaps in on the Register i can make an educated guess that there were approx 60 Sebring Red cars, 60 Diamond White, 49 Daytona Yellow, 26 Olympic Blue, 25 Modena Green, 20 Stardust Silver and 10 Marine Blue these were the last 10 RS3100,s off the production line.
I would estimate that there are approx 100 examples left in this country in varied states some of which may never go back on the road, we have had 31 examples together at Castle Combe a few years back and hopefully more next year being the 40th anniversary.
Interestingly the chassis numbers do not run in one batch there are 14 different batches of numbers possibly to disguise the low volume of cars built, indeed if all chassis numbers between the first and last cars were all RS3100's then there would have been 1,000's built.
If anyone knows of any of these cars that may not have been on the Register ie been off the road for many years I would love to hear about them.
RScapriman.
Hi, 2 spoke steering wheel was correct fitment for the RS3100 because it was based on a basic GT.
There were no options ie sunroof, radio, mud flaps, tints, lsd etc etc if any cars had any of these items they would have been a dealer fit not from the factory, Internally all had black headlinings some had re needles on the dials others had white ( as per Mk2), some had static seat belts others inertia ( this could well have been a dealer fit) allthough I guess it could have depended on what parts were available at the time and some had plastic gear knobs others had leather look a like ones.
RScapriman
There were no options ie sunroof, radio, mud flaps, tints, lsd etc etc if any cars had any of these items they would have been a dealer fit not from the factory, Internally all had black headlinings some had re needles on the dials others had white ( as per Mk2), some had static seat belts others inertia ( this could well have been a dealer fit) allthough I guess it could have depended on what parts were available at the time and some had plastic gear knobs others had leather look a like ones.
RScapriman
rscapriman said:
Interesting reading guys, there were in fact 250 RS3100's built and I currently have records of 230 cars not all of them still exist.
50 were exported to Australia in June 1974, by filling the gaps in on the Register i can make an educated guess that there were approx 60 Sebring Red cars, 60 Diamond White, 49 Daytona Yellow, 26 Olympic Blue, 25 Modena Green, 20 Stardust Silver and 10 Marine Blue these were the last 10 RS3100,s off the production line.
I would estimate that there are approx 100 examples left in this country in varied states some of which may never go back on the road, we have had 31 examples together at Castle Combe a few years back and hopefully more next year being the 40th anniversary.
Interestingly the chassis numbers do not run in one batch there are 14 different batches of numbers possibly to disguise the low volume of cars built, indeed if all chassis numbers between the first and last cars were all RS3100's then there would have been 1,000's built.
If anyone knows of any of these cars that may not have been on the Register ie been off the road for many years I would love to hear about them.
RScapriman.
And if memory serves me right ..... all 250 made in just the one month, November 1973.50 were exported to Australia in June 1974, by filling the gaps in on the Register i can make an educated guess that there were approx 60 Sebring Red cars, 60 Diamond White, 49 Daytona Yellow, 26 Olympic Blue, 25 Modena Green, 20 Stardust Silver and 10 Marine Blue these were the last 10 RS3100,s off the production line.
I would estimate that there are approx 100 examples left in this country in varied states some of which may never go back on the road, we have had 31 examples together at Castle Combe a few years back and hopefully more next year being the 40th anniversary.
Interestingly the chassis numbers do not run in one batch there are 14 different batches of numbers possibly to disguise the low volume of cars built, indeed if all chassis numbers between the first and last cars were all RS3100's then there would have been 1,000's built.
If anyone knows of any of these cars that may not have been on the Register ie been off the road for many years I would love to hear about them.
RScapriman.
Have you got a Sebring one still registered with a sunroof? I know of one genuine car that was a rust-bucket and was re-shelled using a mint Ziebarted from new 3000E shell that happened to be originally Sebring as well. This was late 1980's.
Have you got a Sebring one still registered with a sunroof? I know of one genuine car that was a rust-bucket and was re-shelled using a mint Ziebarted from new 3000E shell that happened to be originally Sebring as well. This was late 1980's.
I believe the car you are talking of was actually rebuilt into a 3000 GXL shell with sunroof by TLJ not sure it still exist's and yes your correct all production cars were built in Nov 1973 with just 6 pre production cars being built before.
RScapriman
I believe the car you are talking of was actually rebuilt into a 3000 GXL shell with sunroof by TLJ not sure it still exist's and yes your correct all production cars were built in Nov 1973 with just 6 pre production cars being built before.
RScapriman
Edited by rscapriman on Sunday 4th November 15:29
quiraing said:
Thx for reply. The Sebring RS 3100 I was mainly thinking about had the static seat-belts (forgot all about them!!), an Oselli engine and a 2.8 Special lsd. Was a "standard" RS otherwise with black vinyl GT seats and black headlining. Not much room in the back. This was around 1987, my mate swapped a mint X-reg black 3.0S to get it. I remember 4 of us going camping on the Isle of Skye in it - the boot was full to the top but it didn't take long to get there! Will have a look for old photos for reg-number - the car was in excellent condition and I believe it's still around - was in north-east Scotland late 80s, then Glasgow area, think it's in north England now.
Would be very interested in learning the Reg No possibly STW Cheers RScapriman
rscapriman said:
Have you got a Sebring one still registered with a sunroof? I know of one genuine car that was a rust-bucket and was re-shelled using a mint Ziebarted from new 3000E shell that happened to be originally Sebring as well. This was late 1980's.
I believe the car you are talking of was actually rebuilt into a 3000 GXL shell with sunroof by TLJ not sure it still exist's and yes your correct all production cars were built in Nov 1973 with just 6 pre production cars being built before.
RScapriman
Correct, it was the one done by the late TLJ, and I had a drive of it a couple of times after the re-shell. He also aquired a really rotten Stardust example around the same time, which he broke for spares (have a few photos of it somewhere that I took when it was parked on his driveway just before he started breaking it)I believe the car you are talking of was actually rebuilt into a 3000 GXL shell with sunroof by TLJ not sure it still exist's and yes your correct all production cars were built in Nov 1973 with just 6 pre production cars being built before.
RScapriman
Edited by rscapriman on Sunday 4th November 15:29
quiraing said:
There's a pre-facelift Mk1 3-litre Capri "Super-Roo" on e-bay which was an Australian Capri GT imported in 1976 - a Mk1 on a P-plate. Obviously requires work but interesting to see. Sorry, I don't know how to post a direct link.
Quick question for anyone who knows - what's the latest Mk1 Capri registered? Have seen some N-reg Mk1s and remember a P-reg 2000GT V4 auto Mk1 in bronze owned by an old bloke in Aberdeen.
that would be this oneQuick question for anyone who knows - what's the latest Mk1 Capri registered? Have seen some N-reg Mk1s and remember a P-reg 2000GT V4 auto Mk1 in bronze owned by an old bloke in Aberdeen.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-CAPRI-MK1-3ltr-Manu...
well its definitely a pre facelift so latest it could have been built in the UK would have been end of 1972 . I have seen several N plate mk1's which would have overlapped when the mk2's were hitting the showroom , being a new model , quite possible many sat unregistered . This one is interesting as its a Aussie import.
quiraing said:
There's a pre-facelift Mk1 3-litre Capri "Super-Roo" on e-bay which was an Australian Capri GT imported in 1976 - a Mk1 on a P-plate. Obviously requires work but interesting to see. Sorry, I don't know how to post a direct link.
Quick question for anyone who knows - what's the latest Mk1 Capri registered? Have seen some N-reg Mk1s and remember a P-reg 2000GT V4 auto Mk1 in bronze owned by an old bloke in Aberdeen.
There is a "P" registered RS3100 albeit probably the only surviving pre production RS3100Quick question for anyone who knows - what's the latest Mk1 Capri registered? Have seen some N-reg Mk1s and remember a P-reg 2000GT V4 auto Mk1 in bronze owned by an old bloke in Aberdeen.
RScapriman
quiraing said:
Thx for post. That's an August-75-onwards reg for a Mk1 RS that was built Nov-73. Interesting.
RScapriman
rscapriman said:
quiraing said:
Thx for post. That's an August-75-onwards reg for a Mk1 RS that was built Nov-73. Interesting.
I can't remember Ford never registering any other FAVO pre-prod car or test car, and keeping it that long un-registered prior to selling on....?
I even know of a German spec LHD RS2000 that was one of the last cars built at AVO in Jan 75, and was UK registered by Ford-UK from new.
aeropilot said:
Do you know why that was....?
I can't remember Ford never registering any other FAVO pre-prod car or test car, and keeping it that long un-registered prior to selling on....?
I even know of a German spec LHD RS2000 that was one of the last cars built at AVO in Jan 75, and was UK registered by Ford-UK from new.
Apparantly this car unlike the other 5 was the closest to looking like the actual production item and was used for promotional work it covered a mere 20 odd miles up umtil 1975 when sold, it differed from the production cars in that it had fixed rear quarter windows, black rocker covers and possibly a 3 spoke steering wheel.I can't remember Ford never registering any other FAVO pre-prod car or test car, and keeping it that long un-registered prior to selling on....?
I even know of a German spec LHD RS2000 that was one of the last cars built at AVO in Jan 75, and was UK registered by Ford-UK from new.
This car was also used for the studio shots as seen in the single piece sales Brochure and the supplementary handbook.
RScapriman
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221153531683?ssPageName=...
on ebay at moment. rear 'bumper looks familiar, was for sale last yr for 12k, had cologne arches on it then, painted blue and white.
Knew the car about 30 yrs ago, was olympic blue, with a full length webasto.
on ebay at moment. rear 'bumper looks familiar, was for sale last yr for 12k, had cologne arches on it then, painted blue and white.
Knew the car about 30 yrs ago, was olympic blue, with a full length webasto.
Hey DBSV8 , yes I really must get cracking on the old warrior, but my new biz has taken priority plus the CSL is hopefully going in for long overdue treatment in January.
My youngest has taken a shine to her as well, so she's in good hands. I still havnt had a chance to get her running since I fitted the rebuilt mildly tweaked engine about 18 months ago.
I have So many fantastic memory's attached to the MK 1 Capri 3 Litre and I am really looking forward to hearing that gorgous noise that an Essex lump makes and of course smoking those rear tyres !
My youngest has taken a shine to her as well, so she's in good hands. I still havnt had a chance to get her running since I fitted the rebuilt mildly tweaked engine about 18 months ago.
I have So many fantastic memory's attached to the MK 1 Capri 3 Litre and I am really looking forward to hearing that gorgous noise that an Essex lump makes and of course smoking those rear tyres !
Not sure if this has been posted before or not....
Rare cine film clip from a icy Croft Rallycross meeting in Feb 1969, incl some footage of Roger Clark in the works 4wd Capri.
https://dragtimes.com/video-viewer.php?v=qrRJLa8CO...
Rare cine film clip from a icy Croft Rallycross meeting in Feb 1969, incl some footage of Roger Clark in the works 4wd Capri.
https://dragtimes.com/video-viewer.php?v=qrRJLa8CO...
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