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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

1879.0. "Mark I Capri..any ideas??" by WOTVAX::LIVINGSTONEM () Tue Sep 01 1992 15:08

    
    	Does anyone have any idea what this car is worth? It used to be
    mine, but now my brother has it and he would like to sell it.
    
    	It is an L reg, mk I Ford Capri GT/XLR, with a 2 litre V4 engine
    ( I used to call it Linda Lovelace 'cos it was a 2 Litre {tool eater})
    It had a new engine 15,000 miles ago, full respray, a new vinyl roof
     recently and is still good to drive. Some people he has spoken to have
     said it is not worth much, but others have quoted silly money figures
     because it is a 'classic car'.   
    
    	If he can part with this he would like to buy an ex-lease car as he
    says the Capri is not in keeping with his job (not yet rich doctor).
    Does anybody know of ex-lease car prices Cavalier size and below, but
    not the sporty types..eg Golf, Rover, Honda, Mazda etc.??
    	
    	Martin.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1879.1	Like new or tarted up?	NEWOA::SAXBY	Frontal Lobotomies-R-Us	`Tue Sep 01 1992 15:20`	12
	There's a Capri owners club (Sorry I don't know the number, but any of the Classic Car mags will have it) who could probably give an accurate idea of the car's classic status and likely value. A lot of a Capri Mk1's classic value will depend on its originality (I think the V4 2 litre is quite unusual, but I'm no Ford expert). If the improvements you speak of have retained the original nature of the car it could be worth a fair sum (Not sure what that means though). If not it's probably worth more for parts or scrap! Mark
1879.2	a few more details...	WOTVAX::LIVINGSTONEM		`Tue Sep 01 1992 15:38`	12
	Yeah, I agree..it's not souped up or anything..it looks just like the example in the Haynes manual...Flat bonnet et al. The body work is going a bit in a couple of places, hence the desire to part with it before it gets too messy. There is another 6 months tax and MOT on it yet. On the carburettor (twin if I remember correctly) there is a device a bit like early fuel injection/kickdown. What happens is that when you kickdown the accelerator to the floor, extra fuel is squirted into the chambers resulting in shove in the back acceleration.
1879.3		VANGA::KERRELL	Dave Kerrell @REO 830-2279	`Tue Sep 01 1992 16:15`	6
	re.0: I thought all the V4's had caught fire and burned out years ago. Does it have a plumbed in fire extinguisher? Dave :-)
1879.4	fire???....what fire?????	WOTVAX::LIVINGSTONEM		`Tue Sep 01 1992 17:49`	7
	Never heard of any combustible stories before......I believe it is the same engine that was in the Ford Corsairs, but as this was one of the last of the V4 engines then maybe they sorted the problem out. I think mostof the wiring is new............... Martin.
1879.5	Fuel fire.	NEWOA::SAXBY	Frontal Lobotomies-R-Us	`Tue Sep 01 1992 17:55`	9
	The V4 is basically a cut down V6 Essex. Both engines suffered from fuel pipes splitting or working loose and dumping fuel into the Vee of the engine where it happily ignited. I think later cars had a fix to stop this (In fact, it was a fairly rare occurence), but it's worth watching that pipe! Mark