Talk:Ford Capri
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Hi Folks!
In my original article I've made the assertion that the original 1969 Capri was based on the current British Cortina of the time. I'm pretty certain this is fact (or close to it) but I've not found any evidence so far to back this up.
Does any Capri fans know any better? My expertise is more 80's onwards Fords.
Cheers!
- I don't know if you would call these evidence, but try [1] for origin, [2], [3] for convertible. -- Zigger 14:21, 2004 Apr 4 (UTC)
Australian Capris? I know of the small convertible Capri that the article discusses, but you also see numbers of the much older Mk 1- type Capri in Australia. Are these private imports, are was the car built/sold here? The implication seems to be that the original Capri wasn't sold in Australia, but maybe it only means the Mk 2. Can someone clarify, it's a bit confusing. Graham 23:55, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] US History
I added some information about US club history under the US section. I added it from memory and from some of the sites "about us" pages. so i am sure it could use some updating.
~Chris Rosenau chris@proimageracing.com
- I removed most of that info because a lot of it was spam. Next time, only provide links to those clubs instead of littering the page with spam. Thanks. --ApolloBoy 02:43, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
> From 1970 to 1977, the Capri was sold in North America through Ford's Lincoln/Mercury Division. These cars carried no brand identification, only the "Capri" name. They were known however as the "Mercury Capri".
Like hell they were. My next door neighbor owned one in 78. They were called "Ford Capri"s. Another friend owned own here in Florida in 83, also "Ford Capri". The Mercury Capri was a rebadged Ford Mustang, as we note. The latter characterization is ok, but I'm pretty sure we want to cut the former one; it seems anywhere between misleading and downright incorrect, in context. Anyone disagree? --Baylink 18:08, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
I owned a 1972 Capri V6. They were always referred to as a Ford Capri, perhaps because they were built by Ford of Germany. However, and I didn't realize it until I did some research after reading this article, they WERE imported by Lincoln Mercury. But they were not known as Mercury Capris. An interesting article on the history of Capris by the Capri Club can be found at http://www.capriclub.com/grm/ccna15.html. Also, I just saw an original brochure on eBay that contained wording about the Lincoln Mercury Division of Ford. Alanraywiki 21:01, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
