Lot details
Registration No: TNP 55L
Chassis No: BBECNV12792
Mot Expiry: Mar 2007

Commissioned and designed by Ford as a European equivalent to the iconic Mustang, the Capri was launched in 1969. An attractive four-seater with good handling and respectable performance, its reputation was enhanced by the repeated successes of competition variants in the contemporary European Touring Car Championship. Although, stylistically evolved over three 'Marks', the handsome two-door coupe remained predominantly faithful to the same basic mechanical recipe throughout its seventeen-year production life. Built around a monocoque bodyshell featuring Macpherson strut front suspension, a leaf-sprung 'live' rear axle, disc / drum brakes and rack and pinion steering, it was powered by everything from an anaemic 1.3 litre four-pot to a homologation special 3.1 litre V6 engine.
Finished in white with red vinyl upholstery, this particular 3 litre GXL example is variously described by the vendor as being in "good" (interior trim, chassis, bodywork, paintwork) or "very good" (3000cc V6 engine, four-speed manual gearbox, electrical equipment, wheels / tyres) condition. First registered to Kidderminster Motors in 1973, it is said to have had just two private keepers and covered a mere 14,590 miles from new. In the current ownership since June 1993, it was apparently "overhauled by Classic Engineering" the following year. Reportedly "ziebarted from new", the seller considers this unusually low mileage Capri to be "mechanically sound". Though, he notes that the "bodywork is starting to bubble around the wheel arches etc". Riding on smart four-spoke alloy wheels, it is offered for sale with DVLA-supplied provenance paperwork, vehicle valuation report, MOT certificate valid until March 10th 2007 and road tax current until October 2006.