1974 Capri MkI

1974 Capri MkI in The Enforcer, Movie, 1976

Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin: — Made for: USA

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cl82 ◊ 2010-11-17 14:12	AFAIK all Capris for the US-market were assembled in Cologne. Is it the Capri '73?
Ingo ◊ 2010-11-17 14:15	Yes, the 73'-facelift
dsl ◊ 2010-11-17 14:18	Agree this is a Mk1 with Sept 72 onwards facelift trim. Not sure where US Capris made - one clue would be engine size if over 2 litres - UK only made 3-litres, Germany only 2.3 and 2.6. Alongside this is the question whether UK made LHD Capris.
Ingo ◊ 2010-11-17 16:21	Yes, they did. The 3.0 was also as LHD made in Britain. A fellow of my plate-collector-forum had such a car years ago. Spare parts are the biggest problem for this model, because it was made with inch-tools and -parts. The German made Capri's had metric measures. Due this reason the 3.0 is quite unpopular for Continental European Ford-freaks.
dsl ◊ 2010-11-17 16:46	.... and a metric Capri would create parallel problems in US !?!
car nerd ◊ 2010-11-17 20:14	With that bumper it's a 1974
Ingo ◊ 2010-11-18 10:12	dsl wrote .... and a metric Capri would create parallel problems in US !?! It depends on the tools, the mechanic has In the USA surely the spare-part-problem is worse anyways, will all kind of Capri's, resp.European Ford's at all. It's horrible here, too. Ford is the worst European car-company in this relation.
car nerd ◊ 2010-11-24 00:35	My first car