Class of '86: Mercury Capri

[Stéphane Dumas]

The last year of the Fox-body Capri, article from Hemmings blog http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...mercury-capri/

[Smaart Aas Saabr]

What is weird is I basically have never seen a V8 one of these... they were always the 4 banger with the black/silver plastic hubcaps...

[F14CRAZY]

When I think of Capri I think of my brother's '91 XR2.

Or my Capri



Which Bayliner did offer with an OMC/Ford 2.3L SOHC, as used in the Fox body Capri. Fortunately I have the Chevy II based 3.0L

[caaraa]

They were always the 4 banger with the black/silver plastic hubcaps.

[F14CRAZY]

They were always the 4 banger with the black/silver plastic hubcaps.

you mean the van hubcaps?

[JuMPy]

My Buddy had an 86 RS with a 5 liter/5spd. It had the 10 hole aluminum wheels (shared with the Mustang).

These cars are actually fairly rare. Hard to find parts for them thou, and the rear hatch's always rust out

[t-rex]

And of course, the requisite Mexican-market “Ford Mustang Hardtop”





In true mix 'n' match fashion common at that time south of the border, the hatchback version of the Mexican Mustang married the “bubblebutt” Capri body to the 83/84 Mustang front end!

[Smaart Aas Saabr]

you mean the van hubcaps?

these ones

[isszy]

Or the 91 - 94 Australian designed and built Mercury Capri :



Basically a turbo Ford Laser with a (slightly) more attractive convertible body. Compared with this the GTO and G8 were runaway successes - Mercury was not the right US brand for this car.

[F14CRAZY]

Or the 91 - 94 Australian designed and built Mercury Capri :



Basically a turbo Ford Laser with a (slightly) more attractive convertible body. Compared with this the GTO and G8 were runaway successes - Mercury was not the right US brand for this car.

to me it's more like a 323 restyled as a convertible and sold as a Ford and built in Australia, then rebadged and exported to the US

[Smaart Aas Saabr]

You can't really say they exported them to the US, since nobody bought any and ergo none actually made the boat trip (badum tissh)

[corwaa]

My first car! A 1981 orangey/red capri with a 2.3 and a 5 speed. I was 14 when i bought it for $75, kinda always liked those cars.

[skylark68]

Or the 91 - 94 Australian designed and built Mercury Capri :



Basically a turbo Ford Laser with a (slightly) more attractive convertible body. Compared with this the GTO and G8 were runaway successes - Mercury was not the right US brand for this car.

No brand was right for that car. What a piece of junk. I remember when these were new at the auto show and the top was already coming undone.