Saturday, April 7, 2012

Junkyard Find: 1980 Mercury Capri

The Fox Platform was one of Ford's biggest postwar success stories; a (relatively) modern, (sort of) lightweight unibody design that could be used for everything from economy commuters to rubber-burning factory hot rods to plush luxury sedans. Sure, Ford kept the Fox on life-support a few years too many, but that's how they roll in Detroit. We often forget about the Fox Capri, since it looked even nearly identical to its Mustang sibling (and because everyone thinks of the earlier Euro-Ford-based Capri when they hear the name), so it took me a second to realize that this inhabitant of a Northern California self-service yard wasn't a Mustang.
The Fox Mustang/Capri with the 5.0 engine became quite fast by the mid-1980s, but the early ones were much more Malaise-appropriate sluggish.
For the 1980 model year, the Capri could be purchased with the base "Pinto" 2300 (88 horsepower), the 200-cubic-inch I6 (91 horsepower), the 255-cubic-inch Windsor V8 (119 horsepower), or the 150-horse turbocharged 2300. The hood release was busted on this car and I didn't feel motivated to try to pry it open, so there's no telling which engine it has (I'm guessing it's the cheapo NA 2300, judging from the manual transmission and general lack of bling).
Here's a very nice Field Expedient Ashtray, made from a Vienna Sausages can and some wire attached to the heater controls.

16 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 01 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 02 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 03 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 04 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 05 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 06 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 07 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 08 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 09 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 10 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 11 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 12 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 13 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 14 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 15 - 1980 Mercury Capri Down on the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden

from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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