Tag: Capri

  • Euro Capri

    Euro Capri

    Yesterday, we featured a Fox Capri.  That was Mercury’s second generation of Capri.  Today’s feature car was the first and was an imported Ford Europe vehicle.  Note that we specify this was the first generation Mercury Capri, not the first generation Capri.  The name was a hand-me-down from Lincoln and was used on full-size cars…

  • Early Fox Capri Turbo

    Early Fox Capri Turbo

    We’ve featured several Fox body Capris in the past, but never an early turbocharged version. These had nowhere near the output of the later Mustang SVOs, but were entertaining in their day when you could keep them running.  Also, by 1980, Ford had temporarily killed off the beloved 302 V8 and replaced it with the…