This article tells the story of Stuart, a Ford Capri enthusiast, and his latest achievement in winning the Pride of Ownership award with his restored Mk3 Capri. It delves into the history of the Capri, its popularity, and its rarity today.
The article celebrates enthusiasts with the best stories relating to their rare, unusual and cherished vehicles. Stuart’s Capri is certainly all of those things, having come a long way since its place at the centre of a large hall in Birmingham. Somebody asked me today, ‘What’s it worth?’ And I said, ‘Well, it’s only worth the insurance value of £18,000.’ And the guy said, ‘Well, I’ll give you £20,000 for it,” Stuart tells me with a grin.
The Capri, first released in 1969, was Europe’s response to the Mustang and was built on the Cortina’s underpinnings. Initially codenamed ‘Colt’, its stylish design and reasonable price point led to nearly 1.9 million sales over three generations of car, before production ended in 1986. Today, they’re something of a rarity, seldom seen on UK roads - especially in the kind of shape Stuart’s got his into.I bought my wife a £500k Ferrari but the reg plate cost five times as much This example has been lovingly restored, having been badly corroded after being kept off the road for some 10 years.New Ford Capri is a decent family motor that drives well but is NOTHING like the original - so why give it such an iconic name? But the Capri enthusiast has been here before, having entered and won the inaugural Pride of Ownership award back in 2016 with another Capri; a Mk1,1600 GT XLR model from 1969. After that win, Stuart said he received an incredible offer for his pride and joy that led him to uncovering the Mk3 he owns today. He said: “This guy pestered me and pestered me for it, so I went up to his museum. And he said, ‘what do you want for the Capri?’ And I said, ‘I want £30,000’.”with the man, Stuart enquired about a Mk3 Capri he saw in the lot looking worse for wear, parked away in a corner.“It needed restoration, and I asked what his basic price was and he said, ‘give me £10,000, you can take it’.While owning two Capris in a lifetime might be a dream for many, Stuart’s actually had 12 different examples over the year
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