Jeff, from the
Northeast,
purchased the car from an advert on this website in late 2008 from a gentleman
who had owned the car for 28 years. He had done an excellent job of making the
car concours but unfortunately another Capri hit the rear end on the way to a
show. The car was repaired with all new panels and then put away. Over time the
repair micro blistered and although from a distance the car looked fantastic,
close up revealed another re-spray was required. This was one of the reasons he
decided to sell the car. Jeff bought the car and took it to a trusted body shop
and told them to fix it. The next time he went to see the car it had been
stripped to bare metal and the comment from the body shop was, "this makes me
feel young again".
When the car had been made concours it had lost its vinyl roof and some other
minor detailing. Jeff has replaced these so the car now looks more or less
as it did when it left Ford. One of the pictures shows the car loaded up
on the trailer for the long journey home to the Northeast from Kent.
