FoxyCapri

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From what I know the last were built in August 72. They were sold off but the final cars had no driveline as Ford ran out of stock. They were sold off when the facelift driveline came from England or should I say given to managers and staff as work vehicles.

Why then do I have build numbers for the months of September, October and November?
 
 Terry, cars were only counted when they were finished and given the id plate, not  when the shells were built and given the ckme.

To add to that car companies have a saying of commercially acceptable damage. Many cars I saw around 2002 -2006 had accidents on the boat or in transport from the docks or while they were in our storage. The lot had its own paint shop, mechanics shop( they would fix known mechanical defects before sold) and if cars weren't selling as other manufacturers had better technology they would get retrofitted there as well.
These weren't cheap cars either we had Dawoes on the lot Peugeot Alfa Romeo Mercedes Benz Porsche to name a few.

165 is a gross figure, the rs at 148 will be nett. Even so the 165 figure is optiimistic.

These should be the style GTV6.
They were kept from my 165,. (along with the owners handbook with 165 warning sticker.)
Would have been fun with the Uniroyals.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ok today saw the Yellow Fire Special towed off to a mate for its bodywork and welding.  New LHF guard and replacement tail light panel supplied.  A call from the body man sees rust a bit more than we bargained for in the left A pillar.  Also the rear lower beaver was really ratty and the wheel arch was heavily bogged and glassed hiding a few sins.  I had missed the fact that the battery tray and support had been removed (and not supplied in the parts).
 
So I spent the afternoon ordering arch, beaver, battery tray, support, and Complete A Pillar repair - Ex pressed promised fast turn around on it.
 
One brilliant stroke of luck was finding 2 matching NOS Hepolite Powermax pistons for its damaged race engine.  This will enable it to be repaired.  However the race engine does not match the car nor is it a D port, so I'll move it on once sorted.
 
I received the 165HP decals today (many thanks Ron) and brokered a deal to retrieve the 2 remaining Rostyles.
 
Prior to it being moved I got to drive it today, loud and torquey.  race seat was stupidly tight, but I have some High Backs coming.  These will need to be re-trimmed with the B2 black cloth insert, its original back seat was in the spares so that was a good thing.
 
A productive day on the capri, when I work out this photo upload system ill add some

good stuff will be a nice one when finished
 
also many thanks ron for the 165 stickers

Bernie, there is no doubt that your 'wild plum' Capri, knowing its full Chassis Number, IS one of the 11 Capri's known as the 165bhp 'Specials'!

FoxyCapri
Bernie, there is no doubt that your 'wild plum' Capri, knowing its full Chassis Number, IS one of the 11 Capri's known as the 165bhp 'Specials'!

Cheers Terry....................................