Lime Glaze 1973 V6 Capri??

Hi Timmo
I'd say ur on the money with it "laying around" till sold in 73. If stamped 11/72, the sale could have gone thru just 32 days later to give the Dealership the temerity to deem it a 1973 vehicle, as was and probably still is, their wont !
 
What I reckon is HEAPS more important, is to see if any 72/73 Capri pops up for sale has a "D" Port engine in it,
plus does it happen to be one of the 11 "Specials" ?
Have you seen any ENG or Chassis numbers (should be the same) quoted Timmo ?
cheers
Bernie
 
 

Timmo
 
 
The latest Shannon's auction lists a Lime Glaze 1973 V6 Capri, guide price $45k - $55k. The car was sold by Thompson Ford in Sydney in May 1973. I presume that it's not correct to call it a 1973 model as the VIN plate says 11/72. Could this car have been sitting in the dealership for 5 months before being sold, if so it must have been one of the last, if not the last V6 to sold in Australia (not including RS3100's)? Maybe it was used by a Ford employee and sold as a demo? The colour is interesting, I've never seen it before, fairly rare I would think. It looks like a mistake by Shannon's to call it a 73 when the VIN says 72?
I'm hoping some of you Capri gurus out there can clarify details on this car ie did Capris sit in dealerships for this long before being sold, just out of interest.
There is also a vermillion fire 71 V6 listed for $35k - $45k, auto though.

This car is not one of the eleven uprated cars . 
A knowledge of the vin indicates 3 dates with the 11/72 one being the date of the final work done of fixing the vin plate.
Ford had several accounting systems to ensure type ,identity compliance and to make sure no cars went missing.
11/72 was officially the end of production but I know of several guys with ford letters saying that their car was built in january 73.
This lime glaze example presents well. I think the fact that the pics are taken in a white room has fooled the camera into thinking that the colour is a pastel. Anyway for some reason the colour looks softer.  Still more restoration work to be done. 

Thanks for the info Terry. I would have thought a company with Shannon's resources and experience would have got this right. I think that what Ronsmallford mentioned about the photos being taken in a white room changed the look of the Lime Glaze, I realize now that I have seen quite a few in this colour.
Is the glovebox on the passenger side a standard feature? I have only seen parcel trays on Capris.
I'd still be interested to know if this was the last V6 Capri sold in Australia though, just curious.
Can't believe it's over 2 years since Capriciation, that was one of the best long weekends I've ever had!!!

Timmo, Shannons accept what they are told by the owners, simple as that. 
As far as I know, no Mk.1 Capri worldwide ever came with a glove box. Perhaps borrowed from another vehicle and grafted in, like some cars delivered without a floor centre console.
One of the last eleven Capri 165bhp 'Specials' has two ID Plates that were only used from 1973 onwards. I wonder if any other Capri has that? If there are no Capri's coded with ML, MY or MS, being Sept, Oct & Nov 1972 codes, then all Capri's from August through to November are coded ME. With that in mind, there were 357, 1600 Deluxe, 1600XLs and 3000GTs assembled during that period. It is impossible to know which one of those 357 was the last one completed or the last one sold or the last one registered.
55 year anniversary coming up in 2024, perhaps we could do it all again!
Cheers, Terry

G'day Ron. I've just checked the plates and all the ADRs listed are exactly the same as the 1972 plates. These 1973 plates did not have the ADRs already engraved in the printed plate, they were all added later, by hand or machine. So, the 7 new ADRs introduced in Jan, 1973 are not listed and so there isn't a problem. The compliance date month and year read 8/72, so all appears legit.
Can't wait to see what you've got coming! 
Cheers, Terry

Great work Terry and Ron and you other "Gurus" who impress me with your penchant for details, and dedication and love for Capris.
 
As I mentioned years ago, I purchased my GT V6 Capri not even knowing its unique 1 in 11 Heritage (strange the seller never mentioned it once?) to flip it for a profit, but fell in love that fateful night driving "Stephanie" back from Ballarat to the Mornington Peninsula after being in storage for 25 years. She ran so well she just "blew me away" that night nearly a decade ago ! Amazing considering it wasnt tuned or serviced for many years.
I've since been offered ridiculously high money on more than 10 occasions since bringing her home, but no.
Like so many Classics from the 60's and 70's , this Capri is amongst my stable of other Classics where not even one has failed me or gave cause for regret.
A huge shame the same cannot be said for the majority of post 1990 mass produced cars.  It will be a very cold day in hell before I purchase a modern new vehicle unless it has the breeding and longevity of a reliable Toyota.
Unfortunately, it's not in the manufacturers interest for cars to last "forever" like our Classics.
 

There was no "GT" Steering wheel.  All capris came with the same plastic steering wheel.  You had to pay extra to get the Sports Steering Wheel