The All-New Motorsport Capri Registry

[Sandy]

To those who know this, forgive the broken record syndrome.

A young female, who was pretty much in charge of record keeping at ascMcLaren in the 1984/1985 timeframe, became enraged at whomever there and quit. She also shredded all documents of 1984 & 1985 VINS. Thjerefore, that is why I have NO 1984 nor 1985 VINS. I have all 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 & 1990. NOBODY has 1984 nor 1985.
We only have production totals !

[1985 Motorsport Capri]

roush did not have a team of there own, but they didnt need one. they were with Ford/Mercury. they built there race cars.

[plumkrazy]

WOW that was some Great work, Was wondering why that pace car was in the junk yard? It did not look that bad, and how long ago was it? I think a RIP with a date would be nice.

[RARE-ASC]

WOW that was some Great work, Was wondering why that pace car was in the junk yard? It did not look that bad, and how long ago was it? I think a RIP with a date would be nice.

Someone thought enough to take photos! Wonder why was this one not saved?

[RARE-ASC]

To those who know this, forgive the broken record syndrome.

A young female, who was pretty much in charge of record keeping at ascMcLaren in the 1984/1985 timeframe, became enraged at whomever there and quit. She also shredded all documents of 1984 & 1985 VINS. Thjerefore, that is why I have NO 1984 nor 1985 VINS. I have all 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 & 1990. NOBODY has 1984 nor 1985.
We only have production totals !

Sandy i was just hoping so i can put "final GPIV car" beside my info in my signature just like you do you think mine is the final GPIV of highst vin one of the last one we know of? Also wonder why my vin# and a few before mine are consecutive and some of the other GPIVS are a little here and there and what is the highest vin# on capri production #'s since you said you know that? And any other idea's would help thanks Sandy.

[negusm]

so i can put "final GPIV car" beside my info in my signature just like you do you think mine is the final GPIV of highst vin one of the last one we know of?

As Sandy has said before, the VIN does not indicate when the car was converted. Unless the GP4s were numbered by asc, you will probably never know exactly when your car was converted. Your's being near last in line at Ford, may have been FIRST in line at ascMcLaren.

-Mike

[Sandy]

David, read this carefully:-

Lets take (only by means of example) the 1987 build of 479 identical 1987 Mustang LX V-8 2-Door Sedans. They are identical in equipment. All ordered with red, beige or grey interiors are BLACK cars. Units ordered with blue interior are WHITE cars, because the computer rejected a black car with blue interior ~ ~ so, the computer was set to paint the car white WHEN ordered with blue interior. (Exception: In 1988 they used "Light Grey" (non metallic) exterior paint color on the Coupes ordered with the BLUE interior. Okay ?)

Now, all 479 are made in sequence (VIN) as a group. They are then sent by RAIL to ascMcLaren, at Autry Ave, in Livonia, Mi. They are unloaded, and parked in a parking lot. (Mental image here.... A TARGET or K-MART parking lot).

As ascMcLaren recieves order or orderS, a company PORTER is instructed to venture out into the yard and find the following:-

A unit with_______ (fill in the blank) grey or beige or red ~
Interior, and the transmission called for, either 5-speed stick OR automatic. So, he's out there looking first for a car with either beige or grey of red interior (whichever he was told to find) and THEN to look inside for the correct tranny, as called for.

Should the call be for a car with BLUE interior, his job is much easier, for he only has to check WHITE cars, and then find 1 with the required tranny!

See? The keys were in all the cars, so now he may have to move 4, 8 or 12 cars to get to the needed unit. Okay?

He could give a rat's rump about taking them in VIN order from Ford.

Now, that said.... NEXT >> Inside the building they could do perhaps 10 to 12 cars at a time, some would finish first ahead of others that came in before them, others would be held over for flaws, still others, would speed thru the process. Therefore, in most cases, (I'll explain later) the Dash plaques are only there for the WOW ! factor, as in WOW, look, it's number 19 !! Whoop te do!

1987s & 1989s are numbered pretty close to their order of conversion.
1990s are in fact, EXACT !
1988s are totally & completely in error.
The worker opened all the boxs of dash plaques, dumped them in a wheelbarrow at the exit door, reached in & took one & stuck it on in the correct spot, on the 1988s !!
1986 COUPES are in fact also numbered 100% correctly !!

I do not believe that EuroCoupe recieved a dash plaque number.....Yes ?
Jayson has the listing of all of the VINs of EuroCoupes he has found.

[RARE-ASC]

OH I GUESS I WAS JUST WISHING THANKS SANDY FOR THE DETAILED RESPONCE! BUT STILL MAKES ME WONDER WHY THE FINAL 4 LISTED ON THE GPIV SITE VIN'S WERE SO CLOSE WHO KNOWS? I DO KNOW WHEN I ORDER VEHICLES AT WORK AND PUT IN AN ORDER FOR 4 OR 5 LETS SAY F-150'S AND ORDER THEM SIMILAR WHEN THEY COME IN VIN'S ARE ALMOST IF NOT ALWAYS CONSECUTIVE MAYBE THAT IS IT?

[RARE-ASC]

so i can put "final GPIV car" beside my info in my signature just like you do you think mine is the final GPIV of highst vin one of the last one we know of?

As Sandy has said before, the VIN does not indicate when the car was converted. Unless the GP4s were numbered by asc, you will probably never know exactly when your car was converted. Your's being near last in line at Ford, may have been FIRST in line at ascMcLaren.

-Mike

I DO KNOW THE EXACT ARRIVAL DATE'S ON MY PAPERWORK WONDER IF ANY OTHER GPIV'S HAVE THIS DOCUMENTATION? TO CROSS REF? HEY MIKE WHAT IS THE HIGHEST VIN# OF AN 85 CAPRI YOU HAVE COME ACCROSS?

[negusm]

so i can put "final GPIV car" beside my info in my signature just like you do you think mine is the final GPIV of highst vin one of the last one we know of?

As Sandy has said before, the VIN does not indicate when the car was converted. Unless the GP4s were numbered by asc, you will probably never know exactly when your car was converted. Your's being near last in line at Ford, may have been FIRST in line at ascMcLaren.

-Mike

I DO KNOW THE EXACT ARRIVAL DATE'S ON MY PAPERWORK WONDER IF ANY OTHER GPIV'S HAVE THIS DOCUMENTATION? TO CROSS REF? HEY MIKE WHAT IS THE HIGHEST VIN# OF AN 85 CAPRI YOU HAVE COME ACCROSS?

The highest of an 85 Capri? I haven't been watching for that

-Mike

[fredzilla]

Well,
.. for 85 the highest c.u.n # i have seen was 618913... ebay.
..for 86 the highest c.u.n # i have seen was 620635... F.E.P. member.

[1985 Motorsport Capri]

David,
there was some talk awhile back about the silver cars coming with white windshield decal. the answer seems to be no. the silver cars didnt come with the window decal. if you look at your page, there is at photo of your ride without it that was taken by thee previous owner before his repaint/new decals. this is also coming from graphik concepts & another silver car owner (1st owner)oh yea, your cars previous owner also added some mods to the car. i know he put on a saleen suspension among other things.

[1985 Motorsport Capri]

on the car that was junked crushed. someone contacted me about it about 4 years ago. they mentioned it was in restorable shape with the engine & trans/rear end but the owner of the yard wouldnt dig it out of the yard. would have had to move too many cars. but the person was kind of enough to get some specific info off the car for me on a 2nd vist with some photos. the owner before the junk yard was not aware it was there or scraped. it was stolen & ended up there. someone contacted me recently about one in the cinci area back in the day. he mentioned the motor was built to the hilt when he got it. but the thing was the engine looked completly stock. it wasnt until they cracked it open a few years later that they found some"definatley not factory "mods. he also mentioned some cheesy paint job and crappy block lettering. i sent him some pics & he confirmed it was the same car. he also mentioned it had to be fixed a little when he got it & put on the asc airdam(but kept the factory bumper).

[85GPIV]

J,

I don't believe Roush ever fielded a Grand Prix race car, correct me if I am wrong.

David

roush did not have a team of there own, but they didnt need one. they were with Ford/Mercury. they built there race cars.

I saw the above comments, and wanted to try to clarify the issue... Jack Roush, yes the same guy who now races NASCAR, started out as a team owner in Trans-Am racing. He owned a multiple car team that competed in that series from about 1982 until the mid 1990s, when he completely withdrew from road racing to dedicate all his efforts to NASCAR. His team was heavily financed by Ford for a few years, 84-86 being the most. It was his 85 Mercury Motorsports race cars (my AVTAR) that our Pace Cars were designed to look like. I saw many of these races in person, back then, and even met Jack at one race in 1984, so I guess you could say I have first hand experience. I loved his Capris when they were on the race track, so I guess that's why I always wanted to own one!

I hope this clarifies things.

[RARE-ASC]

85GPIV Is your GPIV the one in primer on the GPIV site? I remember that one on ebay several years ago did you buy it there or never sold it curious