In 1977 at the age of 21, I bought a
4 cyl 4-spd Mercury Capri brand new. After 12,000 miles I pulled the
motor on my new car and put in a 69 302 , a c-4 and a Ford 8" r/e out of a
Mustang. After a year of driving this beast I bought my first house
and had to get rid of the payment on my car. So I sold it to someone
who wanted a fast car but was not a gear head so he didn't know how to
maintain a true hot rod. After he drove the car for a while it
developed a slight knock, not knowing what to do he parked it in his back
yard. I lost track of him and the car until July of 2004. I saw
him in a grocery store and asked what became of that old Capri, he told me
he still had it (to my surprise) and was think of getting rid of it.
So I told him to give me a call if he did. Well, he called in mid
August and said he wanted to part with it, and get this, he would give it to
me and toe it to my house! I ran right over to seal the deal and took
pictures of the car where it had sat for 24 years! To my surprise it
only has 38,000 miles on it and not a dent in it and the interior is like
new. Just needs cleaning. The down side is it was under a grape
arbor all this time and the exterior is ugly! It is now home with me
again waiting to be returned to it's former glory.y. |
In 1977 at the age of 21, I bought a
4 cyl 4-spd Mercury Capri brand new. After 12,000 miles I pulled the
motor on my new car and put in a 69 302 , a c-4 and a Ford 8" r/e out of a
Mustang. After a year of driving this beast I bought my first house
and had to get rid of the payment on my car. So I sold it to someone
who wanted a fast car but was not a gear head so he didn't know how to
maintain a true hot rod. After he drove the car for a while it
developed a slight knock, not knowing what to do he parked it in his back
yard. I lost track of him and the car until July of 2004. I saw
him in a grocery store and asked what became of that old Capri, he told me
he still had it (to my surprise) and was think of getting rid of it.
So I told him to give me a call if he did. Well, he called in mid
August and said he wanted to part with it, and get this, he would give it to
me and toe it to my house! I ran right over to seal the deal and took
pictures of the car where it had sat for 24 years! To my surprise it
only has 38,000 miles on it and not a dent in it and the interior is like
new. Just needs cleaning. The down side is it was under a grape
arbor all this time and the exterior is ugly! It is now home with me
again waiting to be returned to it's former glory.y.
