Unfortunately since the information about the "specials" came to light back in 2005 there has also been some misinformation or mistakes happen. I said back in 2005 that i thought that the eleven specials were the last capris made. I based this assumption on the build date of my car being 11/72. As there was then no information about build dates in the documents I thought that the build dates of all the specials would be 11/72. This proved incorrect as the build date information started to be revealed as more cars were found.
Another bit of misinformation is that all eleven were "deletes". Only a minority of capris with the delete option were assembled, the majority having the usual stripes and blackouts, and the specials were no different.
I will start a post in capri by the numbers soon with copies of all the "special" information so that all who are interested can find it easily. Cheers...ron.
 

Got a call from a guy who reckons he has one of the 11 Specials.  Its a Wild Plum CK17ME34026P built 9/72.  I also sold a set of switches to a guy who has one in Yukon Yellow (or similar) I'll try and get its number

JR, that number is not one of the 'specials', according to the paperwork!

A pic of the detail between DPort and Oval port. Size of 20c piece in front of carb means Oval Port if it’s not there it’s Dport.

More importantly Wiggy
what was the chassis no of the first v6 assembled here. my earliest is CK17KL65166
A 1/70 delivered

Wiggy333
A pic of the detail between DPort and Oval port. Size of 20c piece in front of carb means Oval Port if it’s not there it’s Dport.

cheers 

And I hear you on that Spud. It’s really a conversation about facts we all speculate on. Which was the first car and Colour of the line. Which was the last car and colour off the line and I don’t care either way but those facts would help out tremendously.

Interesting reading so far ..this one is going the other way. ..the first few Capris ! .In the 90's i done some work on a gold Capri 1969 . What caught my attention was the strut towers were mig welded on without any spotwelds .. i asked the owner who was the 2nd at the time , he said the Capri didn't meet Australian road conditions and these strut plates as well as other plates about the car were welded on by Ford after it was built . He also said that only a handful got done like this till they caught up to the production/import run. Has anyone got, or seen one of these welded Capris and was the owner telling the truth. ....

Digging up the past here a little.
I would have to disagree with the strut towers. My guess is that they've been replaced and it was easier to just mig weld it up.
I have a March 69 built capri, when they started production, and my strut tops are spot welded... unless of course being the first it slipped through...

I don't want to split hairs here, and as a mechanic enthusiast back in those days you must remember 70s cars were worth less than scrap metal value ($100 or less) I don't think anyone would bother to repair them , aaaand unless you knew parts were available from UK at 5x the sticker price back then. The paint looked as weathered as the rest of the car. I don't have a photographic memory but this I do remember .