So few times is anything actually ever definite when it comes to old cars. Case in point: When we highlighted a droptop 1980 Mercury Capri as a Hemmings Find of the Day last month, we were given to believe it was the only one built, commissioned by William Clay Ford Jr. and sliced and diced […]
Correct, Mercury never built a droptop Fox-body Capri. One may consider the ASC/McLaren as the exception to that statement, but this 1980 Mercury Capri two-seater convertible is no ASC/McLaren. Some backyard engineering job, then? A product of some overzealous enthusiast with a Sawzall and a welder? Not quite, according to the seller: This one of […]
Fresh from 1970 – four import ads, half of which have some sort of phrase that might be considered risque by a few really conservative readers back in the day. Frankly, I enjoyed the play with words myself, and I’m sure it swayed a few who were on the fence when it counted.