Hi all
 
I was directed to this forum by a former work college.
 
He told me about a pink / wild plum capri V6 that was being discussed.
 
Here goes the story (I will try and keep it short).
 
We where both apprentice's at a large bodywork shop during the late 70's and a capri V6 come into the shop after it had a large hit in the rear.  
 
I remember this car well as I used it to be assessed for my trade certificate as the owner requested a two tone paint (the silver bonner and rear panel) which I needed to complete for my assessment.
Well the story was we had another capri come into the shop and we had to transfer all the components over to the other shell including the numbers etc and id plates. This was a common trade practice during the day as the original body wasn't able to be easily repaired.
 
Wow I would have never imagined that this car would still be alive.
 
Anyway good luck with everything.
 
 
 

Hi Russ,
Thank you for your comments.
Did the shop buy in a new bodyshell from ford? Did you transfer engine, gearbox and diff to the shell? Im just trying to get my head around this scenario, cheers,...ron

There were quite a few Wild Plum Capris made, nothing to say the re-shell was a last 11.  If we cannot confirm that it was one, we should re-locate these entries to a separate new thread-as its still a good capri story

Hey russ-w
 
what town did this body shop exist in and are they still there ? .....any chance you can contact them for ID numbers ?
 
Couldnt imagine it would be mine as my paintwork looks too blotchy & original from 1972 and has touch ups here and there from at least 20-30 years ago...........but if it is, it is.  They would have needed to find another rare GTV6 that was also "WILD PLUM" as my car had "Wild Plum" paint in hidden in areas no body shop would care to paint, plus
ENG/CHASSIS nos on RH Tower look so authentic and the VIN Plate/Tags look like theyve been there since 1972.
 
 

Hi Bernie,
Any further dicussion about Wild Plum could you please use the Pm faculty and not the public forum or this thread, cheers,...ron.

"paint in hidden in areas no body shop would care to paint"
 
Looks like I did a good job with the paint coverage back in the day then.
 
Anyway I don't really care, but seeing the car is for sale I thought everybody would like to know my history with it
similar to the discussions about other Capri's advertised for sale and discussed on this forum.
 

 
 

I suppose too I don’t believe these posts should be hidden as it is what it is. If someone doesn’t like the facts that’s their problem. At the moment though I see no facts and maybe just moving to another heading would be more appropriate.