Capris are cool. Yep, we said it. In writing. And we’re going to stick with it. I would MUCH rather have a 1976 Capri than the Mustang II of the same year. And this Capri Pro Street is ultra bitchin with a nicely done back half with an 8-point roll bar. It’s not a cage, but it could easily be added to in order to make it one. We’re pretty sure there are more parts that come with it than are listed in the ad. This car was being built as a love affair, and if we know our seller then other stuff will go with it if the right buyer shows up that is going to give this thing some love. The owner is battling cancer and can’t finish the car, so it’s fitting that someone else get this thing and help the current owner’s dream become a reality.
Here is what the seller has to say about it:
Call Dave @ 661.466.6480 or Denise@ 909.532.2095
Please no Texting as I will not reply, too many scammers out there. The two phones listed are available all the time if you call. I am not working so you can see the car anytime.
ASKING $3500.00 OR BEST OFFER. MUST SELL MOVING TO VIRGINIA
This really is allot of car for the money, like the import V8 thing, would of been nice to find something like this before my current import V8 project (MGB V8)
This is vaguely similar to an engine swap I did for a friend around 1975-76. His car was a 73 Capri. We didn’t do a back-half, nor a rear axle swap. I fabricated the motor mounts (302 V8), the transmission mount (C4). It went in pretty cleanly, but back then, there weren’t any fox-body ‘notched’ oil pans, so we had to fabricate one. The car ran well, but while I rebuilt the engine, it was a quicky rebuild (dingle ball hone/glaze breaker), heads rebuilt and stock pistons (low compression – maybe 8.0:1) and a stock camshaft (2BBL). We did install a 4BBL manifold and carburetor (600 CFM Holley). We used the factory exhaust manifolds, and had head-pipes made up to connect to the V6 exhaust.I think we did a shift-kit for the transmission pan, but we couldn’t put a deep pan on the transmission due to ground clearance issues. We didn’t want to cut the floorpan, so the assemblies were a low as we could make them (from a practical standpoint). Externally, you couldn’t tell it had a V8 (except for possibly the exhaust note). That car went low 14s and was perfectly drivable by anyone. It was a nice looking combination. Capri’s are very hard to find nowadays that aren’t badly in need of a total restoration, if found at all. I think we did the swap in about 2 weeks in a friends garage. If we’d have had more money (we were basically broke kids), the car could’ve easily been a low 11 second ride, while looking nearly stock.
A lot of car for the money indeed – especially if you sold the pro street rear end and went for a totally stock appearance, rostyle wheels and all…
I have a Capri and am not ashamed to admit it. 1970 model that is a full chassis car. I might have one of the few one-piece fiberglass front clips ever made. All steel otherwise. It’s getting a 532″ BBF with a mild turbo set up on methanol.
Wonder if you swap out the rubber bumper for metal ones? Just not a fan of those rubber baby buggy bumpers.