And to add to my queries I own chassis number CK17ME 32939p and if I do a revs check or ppsr check it comes up with details Unknown I have called NSW police and Rms our registery and they know nothing about the car, I called vic police and their registery and they know nothing about the car. Finally I called South Australian police who knew nothing about the car but when I called the South Australian motor registery they said that they know nothing about the car but know the motor came out in another vehicle. On top of that I own a Capri with vin number CK18km and no that is not a typo with a ford verification letter to prove it. Capri by the numbers is leaving me confused.

My verification letter from Ford regarding CK18KM from Ford. Just sometimes can’t believe what I am told.

Well Wiggy333 here's some more information for you. The highest chassis number of the 11 'specials' is 34032, which is yet to be found, I believe, though ronsmallford may be aware of it's whereabouts. But, 34030 is a 'special' and still lives here in Melbourne.
 
Now, consider this as well. At the Homebush factory where the Capri was assembled, they were also assembling Escorts and Cortinas. ALL these cars used the same 5 digit number process and so, as the car came down the line, it received the next available number. For example, a Capri got 34030, an Escort may have got 34031, a Capri got 34032, a Cortina may have got 34033, and so on. We know that there were only 50 Capri's assembled in November, 1972, 60 in October, 1972, 74 in September, 1972 and 173 in August, 1972. These build numbers were the totals of all types, ie. Deluxe, XL and GT/V6.
 
Now, I do know that there were a total of 12,704 Escorts assembled in 1972 and that there were only 1,594 Capri's for 1972, so you can see that the 5 digit chassis numbers would have been wizzing by, especially when you also add the Cortinas being assembled as well, for which I can find numbers of approx. 18,400 for 1972 also!
 
Next time your at a Small Ford Car Show, have a look under the bonnet of an '72 Mk.1 Escort or a '72 TC Cortina and check the Chassis number. They are all coded with CK to start and would have an M as the fifth character, that being 1972. The hunt continues......
 
Cheers, Terry

PS. I believe that your CK18KM is definitely a typo, as there is no code number 18 allocated for any Ford vehicle assembled in Australia. What would have happened with your Capri is that the man stamping the number, may have just done an Escort, say a code 48 and just moved the first counter round from the 4 to the 1 and NOT changed the second counter, the 8 to a 7 and viola, you have your incorrectly coded Capri!

Thanks Terry, I just find it hard to believe Ford removed the eleven off the production line without mechanicals and produced others after that with them. More plausible that their was an issue with their motors and Ford pulled and replaced them knowing this. We are however only going from one typed letter from Ford in 1973. Maybe 33054 is 34053 and a typo maybe not. We might never know.

Keith, your CK17ME34053 is definitely NOT the 'Special' CK17ME33054, with the numbers mixed up. The reason being, your SIDO is 804746, according to your Ford paperwork and the 'Special' 33054 has a SIDO of 511823, according to the original 1973 Ford 'technical bulletin' paperwork.
 
Furthermore, according to the original 1973 Ford paperwork, 'A total of eleven (11) Capri units have been built with the up-rated V6 manual engine and associated components, and do not carry ID plates making special reference to this fact.'
 

Thanks Terry, I know CK18KM must be a typo it happened all the time. Would have thought someone with care would have done the stamping on the car and plates after the work of building the car. As for my car CK17ME34053p is a special I don’t think it is as I have no stickers and also it came missing it’s engine so if it was it wouldn’t mean much missing the vital drive train. I just am questioning the theory these were the last Capris off the production line. Obviously their were later cars that went through so why were these cars left without drive trains. If mine got one and others as well. I’m more thinking someone in the motor dept stuffed up building them so those motors were scrapped and new ones found. Running out I understand but they would be installed on the last Capri Chassis numbers.
1972 Capris are my favorite with the high back seats and bugs all worked out. I really don’t care to much for the specials as 20hp 40+ years on really means nothing after all they must have been rebuilt a couple of times and if not I’d rebuild it anyway. Still I like to look for good honest Capris and if one of the specials comes up I know what to look for.
My best Capri the one I love and just have that feeling for is a 1971 diamond White original matching numbers Auto and is in bits but a good base that has dents and no rust.
It at the end of the day is a numbers thing, I can’t get my head around this number difference and just want a bit more clarity on how it could have occurred. Not trying to offend anyone as well.

Just to finalise I have CK17ME34053, and CK17ME32939p both are close but they are also really special to me. Also have V6 blocks that are CK17ME which don’t match my cars. If anyone is searching for a particular number as I am for these cars we should start a register of blocks available and blocks requested to assist in getting these cars numbers matching if and where possible.

FoxyCapri
I'm very confused about all this, you see, I have the build records from the Homebush Assembly Plant and they show Capri's being built in all months up to and including November. The codes for these last five months of Capri builds should have been as follows, according to Fords Year/Month coding and the actual paperwork:
All 1972, July - MD, August ME, September ML, October MY and November MS.
Now in these months the following numbers of Capri's were assembled:
July - 234, August - 173, September - 74, October - 60 and November - 50, these numbers being the total of all 1600 Deluxe, 1600 XL's and 3000 GT's built for the respective months. (Note: ALL model variants were assembled right up to and including, the month of November.)
It has been suggested that ALL of the last Capri's assembled were stamped with the Year/Month code of ME, which is actually 1972 August and that there are therefore no ML, MY or MS coded Capri's for the months of September, October and November of 1972. HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN AN ML, MY OR MS CODED CAPRI?
Also, the last of the Capri's were supposedly the 11 'Specials' fitted with the 'D' Port heads, etc. and the highest number of these is 34032. Now the Victorian Club records have a 34051P, a Teal GT/V6, which is clearly higher than the highest 'Special' number mentioned above. Now you can see why I'm confused!
CAN ANYONE PLEASE EXPLAIN OR CAN WE FIND AN ML, MY OR MS CODED CAPRI?
Gotta love a good mystery!
Cheers, Terry

34032 ah crap i missed out by 2 cars mine is 34035  9/72 plated 
can you blokes show a pic of the manifold where you can tell its a d port head

Look at inlet manifold and in front of carb if their is round raised section size of a twenty cent peice it's an oval port. If it's not there it's DPort. Would be missing on a 4barrel setup maybe. Hi number too. Sorry can't find pic at the moment.