1 thing i learnt many many many moons ago is not to have more than 1 project at a time lost count on how many times ive seen peoples resto projects go to the tip or sold of at a price that would make any dead person turn in there grave ...
 
never know what lays around the corner health wise for any of us  and have seen many great cars sent to the tip due to the family members etc not wanting them or family needs the money and get sold for next to nothing ,,,
 
these new age kids just want honda, euro or jap pocket rockets they have no respect for classic old style cars that have outlasted any pocket rockets
 
 

I have only seen 1 SVO capri it was a metallic burgundy with wild velour seat inserts

I'd just like to know where spud find them all! ;^). The only SVO paint Capri I've seen was in Satin Brown Metallic.

Wiggy, there's no such thing as a wide body SVO Capri. I saw that ebay ad a while back with the blue capri with big flares, but it's not factory or even a Ford sanctioned race car.

Cheers
Jamie

Fortunately my son is old school, which as a consequence means he's raided for his project what few spares I have from mine.

mick webb does svo cars and i think by memory started them here in aus in the 80's
 
and i think ford dpne svo back in 60's
 
with the capri what does the svo stand for
 
plated under the paint tag
 
would that be like special vehicle  order  somebody or a dealer ordered that color for a customer that wanted different color than the normal standard colors

That's all it is - meeting a customers request fr a non standard colour. Frosted metallic pewter and reef green are ford colours - but not normally offered on capris

you ought to find out who was the original owner  that placed the order never know might be somebody famous  etc ...
 
i know i have come across few toyota's that were special order that belonged to john laws that had things and color option that no other car same type came out with..
 
good find and buy ...

Jamie we both didn't get to see the car. But I remember from the add that the SVO was not in the paint section also the guy said it was SVO from the wide body. I won't discount anything that can happen with Ford. Until I can track that car down again I'm forever curious ( but your probably right?) I may have taken pics of the add will have a look when I get time (not likely till Xmas). Which is soon.

Hey Spud did you get this one as. Xmas present to yourself. Apparently I don't get a Xmas present cause I bought a gearbox for my birthday. All agreed on that. But it cost $800 with delivery. But now with import charges I have lost my Xmas present as well. The $2100 bill just for importing was mmm a rather big shock. So I decided I'll make my own present but unsure what that will be right now. Oh just thought about it. I'll fix up a Capri.

Sounds good Wiggy, post the pics up here if you can. My doubts come from the modern phenomenon of crazy ebay claims from just as crazy sellers who think they have the only <insert item here> in the world. I've also never heard of a wide body Capri and I've been around Capris for 28 years. You're right I suppose, stranger things have happened. ;^)

Cheers
Jamie