DO I OWN THE RAREST CAPRI?

RARE-ASC · Post by **RARE-ASC** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:35 pm

I own a WHITE 85 MERCURY MOTORSPORT DETROT PACE CAR GRAND PRIX CAPRI 5.0 5-speed vin# 615388 no t-top or sunroof it is all original 17k miles original gatorbacks fully documented have the double copy window sticker and the one that was on window says on window sticker sold to FMC "SHOW CAR" new car buyers order original title even where they shipped it to ASC for conversion plus much more this car is rust free and in cherry cond there were only 30 ever built 3 silver and 27 white and only 17 have been located at this point 20 years later i think it is the rarest original untouched specialty capri 5.0's left or one of a very very few what do you guys think?

Post by **negusm** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:07 pm

Sandy posted this a long time ago....

#14 at 805 made the Crimson Cat of 1983
#13 at 575 made the White Lightening of 1981
#12 at 469 made the Black Magic of 1983
#11 at 381 made the "Charcoal" Turbo R/S of 1983
#10 at 348 made the White Lightening of 1982
#09 at 257 made the asc/McLaren Convertible of 1985
#08 at 245 made the asc/McLaren Convertible of 1986
#07 at 150 made the asc/McLaren Hatchback of 1985
#06 at 115 made the asc/McLaren Hatchback of 1986
#05 at 050 made the asc/McLaren Convertible of 1984
#04 at 047 made the asc/McLaren EuroCoupe of 1986
#03 at 030 made the asc/McLaren G.P. IV Pace Cars of 1985
#02 at 025 made the asc/McLaren Hatchback of 1984
#01 at 017 made the Turbo (R/S) of 1981

So you are already at #3...and you may be right if we only count currently known existing cars....

-Mike

mustang marty · Post by **mustang marty** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:59 pm

Cool... I broke into the top 10 with my 85 vert

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:49 am

A Silver one would be rarer at 3 made.

Post by **negusm** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:29 am

There is at least one more "Capri" that Sandy does not have listed there but I would still consider....and I would consider it the rarest.

Its the 1983/1984 official NHRA Motorsport Capris. There were at least 2 based on pictures I have:

http://www.ascmclarencoupe.com/Literatu ... ing_09.jpg

http://www.ascmclarencoupe.com/Literatu ... eed_08.jpg

-Mike

MercRS · Post by **MercRS** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 5:20 pm

sweet I did pretty good.

14
12
10
7
4
had all of these and a bunch of 81-82 Black Magic cars,I almost
had a 81 Turbo car real beat up the guy wouldn't sell.

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:36 pm

WOW!
You had ALL of those, MercRS ?? You gotta have had the most!! I had/have # 6. Bought it new, it still is new. Has 646 miles on it, in storage.

MercRS · Post by **MercRS** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:38 am

I like Mercs Capris and Cyclones mostly.I have had about 21 Capris.

RARE-ASC · Post by **RARE-ASC** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 2:30 am

negusm wrote:There is at least one more "Capri" that Sandy does not have listed there but I would still consider....and I would consider it the rarest.

Its the 1983/1984 official NHRA Motorsport Capris. There were at least 2 based on pictures I have:

http://www.ascmclarencoupe.com/Literatu ... ing_09.jpg

http://www.ascmclarencoupe.com/Literatu ... eed_08.jpg

-Mike

those are neet did you see the ref to the cougar station wagons?

RARE-ASC · Post by **RARE-ASC** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 2:35 am

Sandy wrote:A Silver one would be rarer at 3 made.

point taken.... mine must be the lowest mile original one left.

fredzilla · Post by **fredzilla** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:23 am

Wouldn't the 86 ASC McLaren SC with the 3.8L be the rarest
Capri....at only eight.

MercRS:

I have had about 21 Capris

That's amazing....I just needed to buy one.

Post by **negusm** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:41 am

fredzilla wrote:Wouldn't the 86 ASC McLaren SC with the 3.8L be the rarest
Capri....at only eight.

MercRS:
I have had about 21 Capris
That's amazing....I just needed to buy one.

True. I bet Sandy didn't have them on the list since they were not specifically broken out of the 86 run and there is no hard # of how many were made.

-Mike

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:05 am

That's exactly correct, Mike. No records were kept regarding the engine(s) in cars received for conversion. (I just triple checked). It was a looong wait to get a 1985/86 Capri McLaren Roadster. Took 4 weeks for Dearborn to make & ship to ascMcLaren, and they stayed at ascMcLaren for 3 weeks and an average of 10 days in transit, for a total of close to 9 weeks to arrive at ordering dealership.
I did speak to one owner and he said that he was told "about 8 six cylinder examples were made...." (for what that's worth....)"

n20capri · Post by **n20capri** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:14 pm

My 86 is 6th...

I really like that chin spoiler on the 1983/1984 official NHRA Motorsport Capris...very clean looking but definitely more aggressive than stock...cool stuff

ponydude · Post by **ponydude** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:26 am

I've got #9 and #12.