Got a brand-new '73 Capri too back in the day. It was a V-6, dark green with tan interior and sunroof. IMO the styling went down hill after '73 starting with the '74 hatchback. Looked a bit more chunky than streamlined. Great video and I was blown away by the Capri song. Anyone know who sang it?

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊😎

The 3 L. was the most talked about it the early days,their many around and was considered the best but fuel consumption was the issue.The 2.8 L cab. model, imparted from the US second hand, were command in the early 80's but the rest you mention were rear.

I see you really love Capri's.

Exactly. Had a 73 Mercury Capri. I miss it!!!

@Ian W, laughs in Shelby Super Snake/Shelby 1000 crate engine kit.

Ian...bless you sir...A true blue oval fan , I was born on the same date the Ford company was incorporated and my first car was a Ford...and many thereafter ...The Consul was a piece of automotive beauty indeed!

@Ian Ingham Very odd indeed that the 1961 Consul Capri / Classic is not mentioned. Same engine as in the early Cortina, and the Classic featured the same rear window design as the Ford Anglia. I bough a Classic in late 1967 ( my first car) A cherry red color. Which suffered an engine bay fire due to a fuel leak. The damage was repaired and the car resprayed. There were not many Capri and Classic in Australia, more common in New Zealand. I liked the car, which was traded in September 1970 on a Ford Falcon GTHO Phase 2 351 V8 (which had hairy legs) Mine was Metallic blue of which only 998 were made in that color as near as I can recall. Of course my dad who had a 1968 XT 4.2 litre 6 Cyl Falcon (the same engine that was uses in the Sunbeam Alpine, decades ago) >.My dad freaked out,it was almost half the price of a 3 bedroom house at that time.. That was a lot of money. Not that my dad could do much about it as I had started My Military Service in January 1970. FORD FALCON XW GT-HO PHASE II REVIEW www.tradeuniquecars.com.au/feature-cars/1708/ford-falcon-gt-ho-phase-ii-review Geelong All Ford Day XW Falcon GT Fairmonts GTHO Only XW (Phase I Windsor - Phase II Cleveland) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jsppf6Z8tb3RYoU.html Allan Moffat reunited with the GTHO Phase 1,2,3 and 4. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/brRddKx217iXe2g.html SUPER FALCON GTHO 540 BHP 1970 XW ALLAN MOFFAT. (Phase II) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5l1abaprd3aZ5c.html The GT Club Inc - GTHO Phase 1, 1.5, 2 & 3 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gpyZq6ie2pimmo0.html GTHO Ford Falcon XW Phase II kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d82chNJyzpbPgKM.html CarTorque Series 2: Falcon GT HO Phase III kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b9RkfpagvZOUdJs.html GTHO Ford Falcon Phase III kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNiGlMWklbm8ips.html All Ford Day Geelong Falcon GT, GTHO, GTP, GS, FPV only kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e917Z5yl0p-se5c.html Ford Falcon XY GT Blue 1971 SN1010589 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNl3Y7alt76-Y4E.html Allan Moffat's 1970 Super Ford Falcon XW GTHO kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d9aFhNuKuM63f5s.html

The Consul Capri was a completely different car and actually wasn't the first car that Ford used the Capri name on. That honour is owned by Ford's Lincoln Cosmopolitan Capri way back in 1951. The Capri that most people remember is of course the 1969 through to 1986 Ford Capri's. The name has been used on US Mercury Comet Capri's from the mid 1960s, the US Mercury Capri from 1978 through 1986 and the Aussie Ford Capri convertible from 1989 through to 1994.

There both Great Dream Car

the mustang was not inspired by any european car.. good try though.. if it's something great you brits try to latch on to it anyway you can .. my family owned a ford dealership from 1912 till the mid 70's..that's why it wasn't mentioned..it filled a spot they still refer to as the pony car..not because it has a horse on it either..the mercury capri in north america is a canadian car..

Lynn Bell bob.marley use 2 own one

Capri’s don’t have void bushes

Any Mk3 Capri's over there m8. That Aus Ford Mazda 323 wasn't worthy of the name, The Super Roo Mk1 Aus Made Ford Capri was fit to wear that Badge.

I don't know but it's embarrassingly cheesy and the vocals are flatter than a pancake.

Christian Grech l know d cortina song is much better

Holdadolla n.

Holdadolla

If that doesn't sell the Capri to a new generation, nothing will.

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Afrocanuk So are you a car designer. You should work for ford.

Erm, as the chap says, they made about 1.25 million of them . With all due respect, I think they got it right.

charles stanfield They handle like a dream if you know what you are doing Fifth Gear Vicki throws it everywhere an anywhere

Only in America, in the rest of the wrold it's the Ford Capri

Not true. The Euro Capri was never badged as a Mercury - just sold through their dealers.

Well yeah but since it was sold through Mercury dealers it was known as the Mercury Capri despite being a Ford , like the Ford Sierra which was known as the Merkur Xr4ti in the US , they had all their ford badging removed i believe

No. The Merkurs were branded as Merkurs. You won't find a Mercury badge on a Euro Capri.

Bailey&Stella Productions You have to admit though that the 78 Mustang 11Cobra in white with blue stripes and alloy wheels looked really cool. They hadone on "Charlie's Angels" and I loved the style of it. I think it would have soldwell here in the UK. But it was never imported to these shores.

+Bailey&Stella Productions the UK Ford Cortina was sold as their captive import until 1970 where poor sales led to FoMoCo dealerships marketing the POS Pinto (a 1970s firetrap) - subsequent Ford of Europe products were imported by the Lincoln-Mercury dealerships where the Mercury division handled sales (USA market Capris were sourced from Germany and did not have Ford, Lincoln, or Mercury badging where it was sold by the Mercury division as a standalone product (same as the 1960-61 Comet after the demise of Edsel where the Comet was the next Edsel product but became Mercuryed in 1962 as part of its product portfolio; some USA market Capris may have Mercury badges which was tacked on by some L-M dealers)

Ray Gibson Ofcourse they made a 3.0