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Compared to A Zed track car this looks good value
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Alphabettispaghetti
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I'd want paying £25k to be seen in a ford capri
franky, don't knock a car just because of it's 'Joe Public' image. The attached shows me (back) as spanner-man with my twin sister and brother-in-law at an Oulton Park race meeting about 30 years ago! The Capri was an ex Vince Woodman 2.8 and he had a lot of fun in it. The VW Camper in the background was mine - 1.7 Type 4 engine, Westfalia Conversion.
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I like the look of the Mk1 better eg this but I don't think this is a genuine 2.6 Cologne car - I THINK the later cars with the big rear lights went to the 3.0 Essex engine. Anyone know?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ford-cap...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ford-cap...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
Alphabettispaghetti
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Its nothing to do with its image. My dad had them as a kid. Just really don't get them.
What don't you get about them? Weren't they Z cool in their time?
Long bonnet, rear drive, working class hero - isn't that what the Z was?
And another, nowhere near that spec but £20k
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/302709763714
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/302709763714
Alphabettispaghetti
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I don't like the shape, I never liked the build quality, or the fact they were still based on early chassis design. I think the 'z' was something to aspire to. to me it was just another ford.
They're also very clumsy looking compared to the early s30.
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I agree with that, yes they are nowhere near as 'special' as an S30.
The Blue track Capri went for £13600 which IMO was a bargain.