Mexican Mustang Coupe Spotted
I'm down in Mexico City on buisness and, as usual my favorite hobby seems to be odd four-eye hunting.
Spotted this Hybrid Coupe in the airport:
What is interesting, is the myriad of combinations I see in the pre-85 cars here. Really the pre-84's seem to be a true mix and match of the Ford parts bins as they were built in country.
84.5 5.0 5spd Non-Air T-top AE
84.5 2.3 Turbo 5spd w/Air T-Top AE
03 Mach 1
thats cooli i want one but i still feel it just doesn't look right w/o the flares and the capri front end
That...Is awesome. I'd love to have a Capri-nose/tail notchback...Mostly so I could tell the folks that would invariably whine about it not being original to get bent.
It's 'definitely', not 'defanitely', 'definately' or 'definetly'.
Is that a fart-pipe on that car?
'88 Mustang GT convertible, T5, 3.08:1 gears. 5.0 Explobra Jet: A9L Mass Air conversion, Fenderwell Mac cold air intake, 70mm MAF meter = 4.6 T-Bird/Cougar housing + '95 Mustang F2VF-12B579-A1A sensor, aftermarket 70mm throttle body and spacer, Explorer intakes, GT40P heads with Alex's Parts springs and drilled for thermactor, Crane F3ZE-6529-AB 1.7 "Cobra" roller rockers, Ford Racing P50 headers, Mac H-pipe, Magnaflow catback, Walbro 190 LPH fuel pump, UPR firewall adjuster and quadrant with Ford OEM cable, 3G conversion ('95 Mustang V6), Taurus fan, rolled on Rustoleum gloss white paint...
Past Four Eyes: Red well optioned '82 GT 5.0, Black T-top '81 Capri Black Magic 3.3L 4 speed, Black T-top '84 Capri RS 5.0 5 speed.Over 200,000 miles driven in Four Eyes, and over 350,000 in Fox Body cars.
Originally Posted by grabbergreen84
Is that a fart-pipe on that car?
That is the first thing I noticed. Why ?
86 GT with some go fast parts
I had an 81 notch and an 83 Capri parts car, so when I needed new bumpers for the notch (it was an autocross car) I used the Capri bumpers. Got all kinds of odd looks.
Because in Mexico...they don't give two shakes about anyones opinion.
No matter where you go, there you are
^^ exactly
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ALL BLING & NO ZING MAKE RICKY A RICER !!
82 5.0 GL
74 F100 Custom 302/auto
67 Volvo 122S
When I was in Monterrey Mexico 9 years ago I saw cars badged as Mustang with Capri front and rear bumpers and the bubble back glass with a spoiler. I believe Ford sold the Mustang in Mexico using Capri body parts or else rebadged Capri's as Mustangs.
George
84 Capri 5.0 B303 cam, shorty headers, Flowmasters, MM Caster Camber plates,
I have a capri notch, I agree, it looks pretty badass.
79 Notchback Capri 5.0/TKO - Sold
88 GT TTOP 5.0/5spd - Sold
86 GT 5.0/5spd Boltons - Sold
89 LX Vert 5.0 5spd - Sold
89 LX 2.3/Auto - Sold
95 5.0/5spd boltons wingless & no power options
Parts is parts? Chicken...
Of course yours isn't Mexican Domestic market though
No matter where you go, there you are
see looks great with the flares
Nope, mines good old fashioned "I got a '79 Ghia coupe without a straight panel on it, and a clean 4 banger capri with no floorpans.... Hmm..." domestic engineering. I liek the way it came out, much better without the solid yellow paint too.
79 Notchback Capri 5.0/TKO - Sold
88 GT TTOP 5.0/5spd - Sold
86 GT 5.0/5spd Boltons - Sold
89 LX Vert 5.0 5spd - Sold
89 LX 2.3/Auto - Sold
95 5.0/5spd boltons wingless & no power options
I love the 80's old school look with the wide tires on the rear...thats just awesome!
-Currently Searching for "The One"
Yeah, I ditched the bogarts, not real road freindly, got some old-school solid centerline autodrags and polishing them out, 15x3.5 front with skinnys and 15x9 for the back, it spends most of its time at the track or the rare cruise, so I'm running 26x10.5x15 MT ET Streets (old style 3 groove bias-ply) I'm gunning for the local badass of 1982 look.
At the moment I'm sportin 10 holes till the polishing job gets done, plus theres a set of Word 180 irons, a victor jr and a 125 powershot plate (OLD SKEWL!!) that needs to get on there. But at lease its clean in this pic with the peanut butter trick on my black plastics.
Thanks everybody for your positive comments on the car, its cool to see your car get attention in the mustang world for being different and retro.
Maybe I can buff it out one more time and get it in a photo shoot, I doubt MM&FF or 5.0 has ever seen one..lol..
Last edited by Mr. Pink; 03-09-2007 at 09:54 AM.
79 Notchback Capri 5.0/TKO - Sold
88 GT TTOP 5.0/5spd - Sold
86 GT 5.0/5spd Boltons - Sold
89 LX Vert 5.0 5spd - Sold
89 LX 2.3/Auto - Sold
95 5.0/5spd boltons wingless & no power options
Capri Coupe, I thinks I like...
01 F250 Lariat SC 4x4 and it's paid for. Still loving the V10
Peanut butter trick?Yeah, I ditched the bogarts, not real road freindly, got some old-school solid centerline autodrags and polishing them out, 15x3.5 front with skinnys and 15x9 for the back, it spends most of its time at the track or the rare cruise, so I'm running 26x10.5x15 MT ET Streets (old style 3 groove bias-ply) I'm gunning for the local badass of 1982 look.
At the moment I'm sportin 10 holes till the polishing job gets done, plus theres a set of Word 180 irons, a victor jr and a 125 powershot plate (OLD SKEWL!!) that needs to get on there. But at lease its clean in this pic with the peanut butter trick on my black plastics.
Thanks everybody for your positive comments on the car, its cool to see your car get attention in the mustang world for being different and retro.
Maybe I can buff it out one more time and get it in a photo shoot, I doubt MM&FF or 5.0 has ever seen one..lol..
nice find
86 GT vert - Bright Red/Grey Black top
89 GT hatch - Bright Regatta Blue/Grey
90 5.0 vert - Light Titanium/Red No top
90 GT vert - Light Titanium/Black Black top
91 5.0 notch - Medium Titanium/Black (wife)
91 5.0 notch - White/Red soon to be black int
Car is for sale
79 Notchback Capri 5.0/TKO - Sold
88 GT TTOP 5.0/5spd - Sold
86 GT 5.0/5spd Boltons - Sold
89 LX Vert 5.0 5spd - Sold
89 LX 2.3/Auto - Sold
95 5.0/5spd boltons wingless & no power options
Again!?
No matter where you go, there you are
the tire and rim combo gave it away on that one
1998 SVT Contour Daily Driver- K1 Racing Wheels CAI
1985 Mustang GT T-top Black
Freshened/Blueprinted 302-Heavily Worked GT40 Heads SS valves and Heavy Duty springs-1.6r Crane Cams RR-Custom Grind Comp Cam-Wieand Intake-Edelbrock Carb-MSD-King Cobra Clutch-World Class T5-Cobra 4whl Disc-31spl 4:10 rear-Longtubes-Strange 10Ways-Mac Exhaust with 3" Rolled tips-
1984 RS Turbo Capri 100% Show car
1982 Mustang GT
That mexican capri coupe has the capri front end.
Mike
Now stang-less.
88 Cougar 5.0
But not the capri front fenders.
Matt
1985 Cougar XR-7 5 speed manual.
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