Old Ford Capri invoice....

[Wacky Racer]

Was searching through some old documents the other day and came across this old invoice for my Ford Capri...the prices make interesting reading...


And here's the car in question:-

[m8rky]

Great find.Bet you wish that was tucked aaway in the corner of your garage still?

[k-ink]

Classic cars are the way forward. I am so bored of modern stuff.

[Uncle John]

Nice find!

£9.88 for a full tank.....

[J4CKO]

Cool, nice car, but why the Ghia Wheels, I thought the 'S' got the RS style four spokes ? or was it year dependant, 78 is quite and early MK3.

[ruff'n'smov]

3.0S they couldn't have sold many of them.
Gordons old showroom is no a lake !

[craigjm]

What was the average UK wage in 1978?

[storminnorman]

Interesting find, that reminds me I came across my grandfather's rs2000 invoice, must dig that out again!

[Balmoral]

Wacky Racer said:

the prices make interesting reading...

I suppose so, £21,392 wouldn't get anything in that segment now.

[VinceFox]

J4CKO said:

Cool, nice car, but why the Ghia Wheels, I thought the 'S' got the RS style four spokes ? or was it year dependant, 78 is quite and early MK3.

First of the mk3 Ss had those wheels. And none fishnet interior iirc.

[El Capitano]

craigjm said:

What was the average UK wage in 1978?

The guardian : ' By 1978 GPs made £9,785, judges £14,530 and your average man in an office £5,236.40. MPs got £9,450 a year '

Nice find, I loved my old mk3, however mine was only at 2.0s

[craigjm]

Balmoral said:

suppose so, £21,392 wouldn't get anything in that segment now.

How did you work out that figure?

[Balmoral]

craigjm said:

Balmoral said:

suppose so, £21,392 wouldn't get anything in that segment now.

How did you work out that figure?

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.html

[stevensdrs]

craigjm said:

What was the average UK wage in 1978?

If I remember correctly it was about £80.00 a week, so the car was costing about a years wages.

[s m]

Great find!
Underseal £25

Edited by s m on Saturday 26th January 19:48

[Wacky Racer]

J4CKO said:

Cool, nice car, but why the Ghia Wheels, I thought the 'S' got the RS style four spokes ? or was it year dependant, 78 is quite and early MK3.

No the wheels were standard fitment in 1978, the others came later....

Here's the Capri again, with my later one, a 1979 GL model...



I had two previously, a 1976 Mk 2 in orange and a 1977 Mk 2 in white.

The first (orange) one was bought from Cowies in Blackburn, and the second one from Skippers, (now Evans Halshaw) in Burnley....

[el romeral]

Great reminder of how things used to be. Recaros for 64 quid
My 1979 orange 2.0S had the same wheels as those on the OP's 3 litre. I recall paying 2800 quid in about 1983 - a fortune then, although it was from Ford main dealer Cordiners in Aberdeen. Was gutted I was unable to afford a larger engined variant at the time.

[Willy Nilly]

How bushy were your side burns?

[el romeral]

Willy Nilly said:

How bushy were your side burns?

Bushier than Bodie & Doyle's put together

[Wacky Racer]

Willy Nilly said:

How bushy were your side burns?

Think Bradley Wiggins and double it......