Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
Dog house
HARVESTER OF EYES
DAMN IT! LET THE RABBITS WEAR GLASSES, SAID THE CRIES OF THE CARROT.
YOU SHOULD NEVER SMOKE IN PAJAMAS, YOU COULD CATCH ON FIRE AND BURN YOUR FACE.
Per the "CRS" (Capri RS) code on the buck tag, it is a "Capri 5.0L" (formally Capri RS).
I bet it says "Capri 5.0L Package" in the equipment list.
At the beginning of the 1985 model year they all had "RS" in the bodyside molding. After production started, models sold in the US got the "RS" molding deleted and the model was also renamed "Capri 5.0L". Models in Canada continued to get the "RS" molding and continued to be called "Capri RS".
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FEP Registries: Black Magic & Crimson Cat / Cobra / Dominator / G.T.350 / LTD LX/Police & Marquis LTS / M81 / Pace Car / Predator / Saleen / Turbo GT & Turbo RS / Twister II
Wanted (Dead or Alive): VINs, door tags, buck tags, build sheets, window stickers, owner cards, transmission tags, axle tags
Last edited by FoxChassis; 10-15-2014 at 06:12 AM.
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FEP Registries: Black Magic & Crimson Cat / Cobra / Dominator / G.T.350 / LTD LX/Police & Marquis LTS / M81 / Pace Car / Predator / Saleen / Turbo GT & Turbo RS / Twister II
Wanted (Dead or Alive): VINs, door tags, buck tags, build sheets, window stickers, owner cards, transmission tags, axle tags
"FoxChassis" - Thanks for the info!!!
Yes, it does say "Capri 5.0L Package" on the equipment list on the Marti report.
Just seems odd that previous owner(s) put the GS badge on the back or did they come from the factory like that? The car appeared all original when I bought it with exception to collision repair to front-passenger side (which appears to be an odd situation in itself). Then again, someone did remove "Capri" from the hatch......
Either way..... its not going to be the same much longer.... may as well have been a 4 cyl rolling shell with all the modifications that have been/will be done.
1985 Capri
347 (Baker Engineering built, Dart block, GT40x, RPM air-gap, Mahle pistons, custom cam...)
5 speed RS
Ext - Red/Grey
Int - Tan
The GS badge was from the factory.
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FEP Registries: Black Magic & Crimson Cat / Cobra / Dominator / G.T.350 / LTD LX/Police & Marquis LTS / M81 / Pace Car / Predator / Saleen / Turbo GT & Turbo RS / Twister II
Wanted (Dead or Alive): VINs, door tags, buck tags, build sheets, window stickers, owner cards, transmission tags, axle tags
FYI: The ratio of 1985 Capri 5.0L/RS to 1985 Capri GS w/ 5.0L engine is 3:1.
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FEP Registries: Black Magic & Crimson Cat / Cobra / Dominator / G.T.350 / LTD LX/Police & Marquis LTS / M81 / Pace Car / Predator / Saleen / Turbo GT & Turbo RS / Twister II
Wanted (Dead or Alive): VINs, door tags, buck tags, build sheets, window stickers, owner cards, transmission tags, axle tags
It was probably fords way of IDing them like the 5.0 lx mustangs
Here is my 1982 (White)Black Magic Capri 5.0 4spd.
~LES~
157 HP @ 4200 RPM
240 ft/lb @ 2400 RPM
"Yeah Baby Feel That Pure Power"
Capri:
Is a Mustang With Hips And Class
Ok, I'll play too......
Here's my 86 5.0L Capri with T5 and many upgrades. Owned for 14 years now.......many scratches, scrapes and stone chips, but a true road car in all sense of the word: fast enough to be fun, can tackle the worst twistie's, turn heads and return 20 to 28 mpg. Very much still on the road.
Last edited by silverfive0; 11-10-2014 at 11:05 PM.
86 Capri 5.0/5spd: Too many mods to list
93 5.0/5sp LX: Silver, 3,980 miles: now stored
84 Thunderbird TurboCoupe: she's back!!
84 Capri RS- T-top car built for my wife
83 Thunderbird Heritage 5.0
79 F100, new parts hauler and toy vehicle
78 Bronco Custom: 2-wheel conversion project
73 Mach1 -351C-5spd
64 Galaxie 500 390 Z-code
55 Ford Customline Sedan-long term project
Also here is my fiance's 84 Capri RS t-top car. I actually bought it through the classifieds here on FEP over in Chickasha, OK. Stripped out all the old stuff, upgraded the front end and rear axle, then re-did the interior. So far she's happy driving it as a beater, but we'd like to do some bodywork then repaint it in nw Ford Tuxedo Black Metallic with the silver stripe along the bottom.
86 Capri 5.0/5spd: Too many mods to list
93 5.0/5sp LX: Silver, 3,980 miles: now stored
84 Thunderbird TurboCoupe: she's back!!
84 Capri RS- T-top car built for my wife
83 Thunderbird Heritage 5.0
79 F100, new parts hauler and toy vehicle
78 Bronco Custom: 2-wheel conversion project
73 Mach1 -351C-5spd
64 Galaxie 500 390 Z-code
55 Ford Customline Sedan-long term project
Great looking cars silverfive0! Did you buy your car in Carlisle? I thought I remember reading that once on here. I might have met the guy you bought it from. I bought an original '86 Capri hood from him and he mentioned he sold his car at Carlisle years ago and it had a cowl induction hood on it. Maybe my hood is from your car. That would be something.
YES!!! I bought my Capri at Spring Carlisle in 2000 from a guy who said his best friend bought it new and he knew everything about the car from the day it left the dealership. I don't remember his first name (I have paperwork around here with his first name) but remember his last name was Bartuska and his family owns a furniture store in PA. Odd things we remember, huh??
So you have my original hood?? Thats an odd coincidence but very cool!!! Thanks for sharing that info!!!
86 Capri 5.0/5spd: Too many mods to list
93 5.0/5sp LX: Silver, 3,980 miles: now stored
84 Thunderbird TurboCoupe: she's back!!
84 Capri RS- T-top car built for my wife
83 Thunderbird Heritage 5.0
79 F100, new parts hauler and toy vehicle
78 Bronco Custom: 2-wheel conversion project
73 Mach1 -351C-5spd
64 Galaxie 500 390 Z-code
55 Ford Customline Sedan-long term project
Here's my 'White' Black Magic, running the Aussie 250 2V head but now with the US inlet manifold. I just paid my Club Permit fees of $71.20 which allows me to use her for a maximum of 45 days per year. It's very cheap motoring and equates to giving her a run nearly once a week. For an extra $71.20, I can get an additional 45 days if I exhaust my initial 45 days. She just loves the open road!
aka Terry M Walsh
Downunder in Melbourne, Australia
1981 Mercury Capri, 'White' Black Magic, 200-2V/C4
1983 Ford Capri, 2.8i, 5-spd
Very cool Terry. I was just thinking about your beautiful BM.
Dave
If common sense was common wouldn't it just be sense?
1983 Capri L T top 5.0 efi aod
1983 Capri RS Turbo
1981 Black Magic 400 c6
93 F-250 351 5sp 4x4
Thanks Dave, I did pass through your 'neck of the woods' back in late May, but alas, didn't really have any spare time to look you up! Enjoyed our drive down from Vancouver and our stay in Seattle. Cheers.
aka Terry M Walsh
Downunder in Melbourne, Australia
1981 Mercury Capri, 'White' Black Magic, 200-2V/C4
1983 Ford Capri, 2.8i, 5-spd
That is the same guy. Denis Bartuska. Their furniture store has since closed. I saw the hood on craigslist and inquired about it as the ad had expired. He still had it and I met him at the furniture store and picked it up. It was about 4hrs from my house. I had it repainted and it is now on my car. My car had a 1983 hood on it and I really wanted an original '86 hood on it.
It is odd what we remember. That is a pretty neat coincidence. No problem sharing that info. Thought you might get a kick out of it.
fascat- Thats amazing to me that you ended up meeting with him and got the hood that was originally on my car. He never mentioned having the original hood...and I really don't remember asking him whatever happened to it!! At the moment, I was too excited knowing I was buying a Capri that I got to drive 6-7 hours home back to Ohio!!! LOL
86 Capri 5.0/5spd: Too many mods to list
93 5.0/5sp LX: Silver, 3,980 miles: now stored
84 Thunderbird TurboCoupe: she's back!!
84 Capri RS- T-top car built for my wife
83 Thunderbird Heritage 5.0
79 F100, new parts hauler and toy vehicle
78 Bronco Custom: 2-wheel conversion project
73 Mach1 -351C-5spd
64 Galaxie 500 390 Z-code
55 Ford Customline Sedan-long term project
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