1970 Hot Orange Capri GT V6
Hi all, a sneak peak of my latest Capri.
1970 Hot Orange GT V6 4 Speed.
It is an early car with the rear vent in the bonnet.
It has a documented 96,000 miles on the clock and nice and original, matching engine no etc. (dont worry the white wheels are no longer on the car).
I am the 4th owner, and I purchased it from the 3rd owner who owned it for just on 12 months and had some very silly plans to modify it.
So hopefully I have saved it.
The 2nd owner had the car since 1973 to 2012 and kept some very detailed history.
I have contacted him and he is great guy and also sent me some pictures from the mid 1970's. It was a very interesting chat to 2nd owner who regretfully sold it.
It does have a couple of usual wear and tear items, but nothing to serious and I am slowly going over it and replacing a couple of worn items at the moment.
Future plans are for a fresh paint job mainly due to paint being faded and getting a bit thin in a few spots and a couple of minor things that need tidying up, this will be the cars first re-paint. I keep forgetting these cars are over 40 years old!
I am wondering if this is one of the lowest milage documented GT V6 Capris going around?
The original selling dealer was Bib Stilwell as per owners manual, and verified by Ford Verification letter.
It also has a small silver Bib Stillwell silver sticker in the engine bay with a stock number which also matches number in owners books.
I am in two minds as to how far to go with a restoration, I am thinking about leaving the car as original as possible and not re-spraying underneath and inside as it nice and clean as is, or should I just bite the bullet and give it a complete make over?
Regards and open to all comments good and bad.
Also I am curious when Capris went from having a 3000 GT front guard badge to a 3000 V6 badge?
Regards
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