Anyone know about Capris? Need a price check

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Been asked to try and help shift a Black 1978 (T) 3.0S Capri.

Its done 25K since new and not 125K with Ford using 5 digits - all service history since new to prove mileage etc.

Only issue is its in Fuengirola, Spain. It was driven there 10 years ago by current owners and been garaged ever since.

Apparently its not what you would call mint but is still a very nice example of the breed.

No one knows what price to put on it. I suggested I fly over there and drive it back to this country in order to sell it on. Have also asked for some pictures to be emailed to me.

Anyone???? Aren't 3.0s rare?
 
Probably worth about £1-2.5K depending on what the bodywork is like. It's the 2.8i that is the soughtafter one. I probably wouldn't think it's worth the bother because to drive it back is going to set you back a few hundred quid in fuel, they are quite thirsty and there are plenty of good examples left over here.
 
2 1/25 pfft try double that for a good one


have a look in some of the classic ads
 
have a look in some of the classic ads
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........and these ones never sell, they're just the usual "hope we find a lunatic" kind of price.

Early Mk1's (in moderate condition), Mk2's and special edition variants like the Brooklands might fetch 4-5k but a pretty boggo Capri won't.
 
My advice would be to buy a 3.0, silver, and screech around back streets crashing through cardboard boxes with a curly wig on.

Just like The Professionals. Anyone of my genre will remember them. :cool:
 
Jonny69 said:
Probably worth about £1-2.5K depending on what the bodywork is like. It's the 2.8i that is the soughtafter one. I probably wouldn't think it's worth the bother because to drive it back is going to set you back a few hundred quid in fuel, they are quite thirsty and there are plenty of good examples left over here.
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I'd agree with the price as a rough guess (being a capri owner myself :)) but 3.0s are more sought after these days as they're a lot rarer now, whereas there's still quite a few 2.8s around.
 
I'm going to get more history on it and have asked for some photos. Its had paint at some point but need to find out why.

I thought that 3.0s were rare and sought after cars - not that I know anything about Capris.

All I pay for is my flight over there which is naff all and they'll pay to get it back here. Spend a grand getting it here and tidying it up and sell it on for 2K - worth a shot.

I take it a 3L Capri will drift?
 
Stupid question. It's got 250+lbs of torque and most of the originals were wiped out reversing quickly onto roundabouts/into hedges etc :D
 
Lashout_UK said:
250? Get out :D Even the Cosworth one only made ~200!
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Yeah, the Essex V6 only made around 175lb/ft in the scimitar and I doubt it's much different in anything else
 
penski said:
If by 'drift' you mean 'understeer off at the first corner' then...yes.

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Couldn't agree more. I had two - both of which preferred to head directly for magnetic north at the sight of a corner.
 
My Dad had Capri's for years and years when I was a kid, right up to the 3.0L S and 2.8i and none of them ever understeered or spun off backwards through a hedge!

Drive them as they are meant to be driven and not like a modern hot hatch with grip like napalm, and they are great fun. Throttle balance is the key not agressive all out attack. I remeber driving around Silverstone in the 80's in his capris and there was very few normal cars that would stay with them through the bends. Its all about the drift ;)
 
merlin said:
Couldn't agree more. I had two - both of which preferred to head directly for magnetic north at the sight of a corner.
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sounds about right, if drive them like they are meant to be driven you mean slowley, then yes! They handle like a 70's car with a big heavy engine in the front should, badly. I had a good go in one one afternoon, a 2.8 it was good fun.
 
Oakesy2001uk said:
sounds about right, if drive them like they are meant to be driven you mean slowley, then yes! They handle like a 70's car with a big heavy engine in the front should, badly. I had a good go in one one afternoon, a 2.8 it was good fun.
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I remember doing and indicated 140MPH in my fathers 2.8i in the early 80's while in Germany, hardly slow, though knowing the old Ford speedo it would be nearer 130MPH in real world. They also 0-60 in 7.9, so again bloody quick in their day, and not that shabby today.

They had handling 'traits' of course, they were tail happy and will be much more so today. Don't forget most if not all of the Capri's around today will be rough as old boots compared to the day they left the factory. So understeer and oversteer will be prevelant.

Sure, a hot hatch would leave most for dead cross country, but you can have great fun still at sensible speeds in a Capri and in the day they were as good as anything. Years of winning the Group 1 Touring Car championship showed that. Gordon Spice, Vince Woodman, Andy Rouse, Tom Walkinshaw all made their names in Capri's winning their group for years and years on end.

Got a soft spot for them because I grew up with them I suppose, and being 39 year old actually drove many too...
 
sorry when I said slow I was meaning yes they will handle ok..... if you take the bends slow.
There is no point in even suggesting they handle well because in todays company they handle like a boat, but they are good fun and I love the look, nowt wrong with the engines either!
I am 20, so have no excuse to have a soft spot, but I have! dont think I will ever own one though.
 
by modern standards the handling is dire on capris.
but that's not what they are about.

in their day they were raced and won in touring car events.
i think Jackie Stewart raced them for a while.

the short of it is, a 3.0L capri will be quickish in a straight line, and entertaining on the twisty stuff. driven without due care and especially in the wet, sure it'll let go. but not as twitchy and eratic as an 80's 911.

for my own lack of attention, i did once manage to put my capri on it's side, in a ditch. :D
(and that was only a 2.0L model, when i eventually bought a 2.8, i paid it more respect!)
 
and from memory, wasn't there an aftermarket handling kit for the 3.0L that stiffened up the suspension and made it a bit more predictable?

think it might have been the X pack, although there was also an X pack for them which was purely a body kit so they got confused a lot.
 
Lashout_UK said:
250? Get out :D Even the Cosworth one only made ~200!
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There's always the Zakspeed :D

As for the price of the 3.0 between £1.5k and £2.5k sounds about right.
 
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