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Number: 1315
From: "jdawg" <jdawg@e...>
Date: Mon Sep 23, 2002  3:41 pm
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Taking the hunt for oddball Capri parts to Canada...

Body:
ditto....
i mean come on waht on a capri is like a mustang???? the doors!
nothing else(trunk lid on an asc). it bugs me car buffs dont know
what up.
jdawg


--- In ascmclaren@y..., "Brent Abrams" <babrams@l...> wrote:
> Marq,
>
> Thanks for the info on the Canada parts cars. My sister-in-law is
from the
> Ottawa area and her and my brother go up there to visit her family
a couple
> times a year. Maybe I can get him to bring back some parts when
they are
> needed. :)
>
> I must bring to your attention that when you refer to a Mercury
Capri as a
> "Capri styled Mustang", that is not kind to the ears of a die-hard
Mercury
> fan like myself. To me, a Capri is a Capri and a Mustang is a
Mustang.
> I get a lot of people that think my car is a Mustang and I
completely
> understand when they do, but I politely (in most cases) explain to
them that
> it is not a Mustang and by doing so I have found many people that
say they
> have never seen one before. (They most likely have but didn't
realize it
> wasn't a Mustang)
> Many Mustang owners refer to the Capri as an ugly version of their
car and
> to each his own, but do you think that when the original designer
of the
> fox-chassis Capri thought that his design should be considered a
styled
> Mustang?
>
> Brent Abrams
>
> 1986 asc/McLaren EuroCoupe
> 1985 Mercury Cougar XR-7 5-speed
> 1971 Ford Ranchero
> 1993 Mercury Sable Wagon (daily driver)
> 1994 Ford Taurus Wagon (daily driver)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marquis Grove" <infosyssec@y...>
> To: <ascmclaren@y...>
> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 9:27 AM
> Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Taking the hunt for oddball Capri parts to
Canada...
>
>
> > Here is an interesting thought that might help the Capri owners
expand
> their search for parts...
> >
> > It seems to me that there were more Capri's sold up in Canada
then down in
> the United States... or
> > at least that is what struck me when I cruised through a number
of auto
> wrecking yards in Ontario
> > and Quebec ? Now I know the US has a population that is 10
times larger
> then Canada, but it
> > almost seems like more of the Capri styled Mustangs ended up in
Canada (
> although cold hard stats
> > may prove me wrong in my impression ).
> >
> > I recall one wrecker in Quebec ( located at a yard just outside
of Hull in
> a town called Gatineau
> > Quebec ) that had a perfect condition Capri RS sitting inside
his building
> ( and he would not part
> > it out because he wanted $2000 Canadian for the entire car -
which is
> about $1200 US ). It had
> > the upgraded interior in very good condition, aero effects, no
rust on the
> body, I think it was
> > black with lime green pin strips ? ) and it packed a running 302
with a
> standard transmission in
> > it. I stumbled on it while I was searching for parts to restore
my Cobra
> and so it didn't really
> > interest me personally at the time.
> >
> > And to make things even better for Capri style Mustang hunters
is that the
> later version of the
> > Capri never made it in to Canada... so that means that the only
Capri's
> that will show up in a
> > Canadian auto wrecker are the Mustang styled Capri's and the
earlier
> non-Mustang version ( of
> > which very few would still be found in a wrecker ).
> >
> > Anyhow, I just thought I would toss that thought into the mix
for the
> Mustang Capri owners who
> > have never pursued their hunt for parts into Canada. You might
surf the
> Internet and try to
> > locate some auto wreckers in the Ottawa Ontario area or the
Gatineau
> Quebec area - as both had
> > large concentrations of your models of Capri's.... And since
most of
> those auto wreckers are
> > interconnected with each other they could perform some local
searches of
> all the other local yards
> > to try to help you find some oddball part that can't be found.
And if
> you are lucky enough to
> > locate what you need the cost will be in Canadian dollars (
which are in a
> pitiful state - meaning
> > 1 US dollar is equal to 1.60 Canadian ).
> >
> > And with the NAFTA Free Trade Agreement auto parts shipped from
Canada
> would be tax and duty free
> > as the vehicles were originally manufactured in North America ;)
> >
> > Marq
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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