Hello everyone. Great forum.
Back in ‘85 I factory ordered this (1985) Mercury Capri RS and took delivery in March of the same year. It is white with charcoal trim and has sunroof, radio delete, PW delete and cruise control options.
I drove it only on sunny summer days (weekends mostly) up until it was mothballed in Sept ‘88. We accumulated 20,000 Miles on the clock in those four summers. It has been stored in a heated garage and never driven or started since 88. It is bone stock and in mostly original condition (including original tires)….,well other than some required paint work in 85 and a vintage 1985 Blaupunkt stereo and power antenna (no harm with radio delete option).
I live in Coquitllam, British Columbia, Canada (12 miles east of Vancouver).
Here in BC when an original vehicle unmodified (in any way) reaches age 25 and is in "exceptional condition" the owner may apply for collector license plates for it, the plates allow the owner to purchase quite inexpensive government insurance.
Over the next few weeks I'll be compiling the necessary information and photos to submit to the insurance corporation for the plates. Please wish me luck, it is not a slam dunk.
Quite frankly It is absolutely killing me holding back the urges to "make it better" by tearing it apart and installing all of the standard fare modern conversions. Is it fair that all I can do is dust it off and look at it? AAARRG! Who was the learned scholar that said "they are only original once"? I can't get the phrase out of my head!
Not sure how long I can hold off the five lug conversion and the flow masters.
TWiCS
Edit: Collector plate photo added (last photo). The plate number is altered for obvious reasons.
These photos are not the shots I will submit to the MV. The MV requires all the original badges in place and stock ride height. I'm going to work on that tomorrow and plan to submit the application on Monday
Have you ever seen cruise control buttons on a Ford that were not on the steering wheel? This 85 has the buttons on the signal stalk. Yes it was a Ford option. Look closely and you can just see the on/off rocker through the left side of the wheel.
I think it is very rare.
Note the cruise control buttons on the signal stalk.
This shot taken a month after OP, Proper Air cleaner cover installed and minor detailing completed underhood
At last! My collector plates arrive! After 25 years of waiting to qualify it was a 7 week wait for the plates.......Hmmmm.......Now what do we do?
Two choices left for the future. Mod it? Or sell it?
I think we will go with the former.
TWiCS
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