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Number: 1815
From: "ascsbr <shortwalk@a...>" <shortwalk@a...>
Date: Thu Dec 12, 2002  9:00 am
Subject: Re: buy a capri....

Body:
Like others I've seen, my '89 has "Ford" on the steering wheel.....sr

--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Sandy Block <cigarsandy@c...>"
<cigarsandy@c...> wrote:
> In very subtle ways, if you take the time to carefully examin the
> patient, you will notice that Mercury division "verbally"
> acknowledged the car as a CAPRI ~ whereas Ford Division never
> acknowledged that the car was a MUSTANG. Case in point.... The
1986
> Mercury Capri Brochure shows the 1986 Mercury Capri ascMcLaren SC
5.0
> 2-Seat Roadster on it's next-to-last page. True, it tells very
> little about it, but it does acknowledge its existance! The 1984
&
> 1985 units all carried the MERCURY emblem in the grille. Small,
but
> it was there.
> Skip over to the Mustang. Never mentioned in any Ford promotional
> literature, brochure or paperwork. Nowhere onany of the 1987-1990
> cars does it say MUSTAND (or for that matter, FORD).
> When the Mercury dealer ordered a ascMcLaren Capri there was a
> special form to be used to order that car, between the Mercury
Dealer
> and Ford Motor Company ** AND ** another required form between the
> Mercury Dealer AND ascMcLaren! (Yes, 2 orders for the same car).
> However, over at Ford, beginning with 1987, all cars were order by
> ascMclaren and stockpiled. The dealer only sent one order,
directly
> to ascMcLaren, who had all of the invoice on each car from Ford,
and
> then billed the Ford Dealer, for the car, and the billing for the
> ascMcLaren part went out at shipping. No place on the Mustang
does
> it say FORD, or MUSTANG, either.
> Seems like Ford washed their hands of it after the last 1986
Mercury
> Capri version.
>
>
>
>
>

--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "jdawg <jdawg@e...>"
<jdawg@e...>
> wrote:
> > seriously......they have always and still do make mustang
> > convertibles, they never made a factory capri(fox chassis)
ragtop.
> > so its more rare in a lot of ways. plus it looks
> > better...snicker.....
> > jdawg
> > just so you know
> > a 302 is actually a 4.9 liter
> > they round up, how convenient

	Replies	Name/Email	Yahoo! ID	Date	Size
1816	Re: buy a capri....	Sandy Block <cigarsandy@c...>	cigarsandy	Thu  12/12/2002	4 KB
1817	Re: buy a capri....	Marquis Grove	InfoSysSec	Thu  12/12/2002	6 KB
1818	Re: buy a capri....	Sandy Block <cigarsandy@c...>	cigarsandy	Thu  12/12/2002	8 KB
1819	Re: buy a capri....	Marquis Grove	InfoSysSec	Thu  12/12/2002	8 KB
1830	White ASC McLaren 1989 - with 10k - did not sell on eBay	Marquis Grove	InfoSysSec	Mon  12/16/2002	3 KB
1831	Re: White ASC McLaren 1989 - with 10k - did not sell on eBay	Tom S.	petedaycab	Tue  12/17/2002	678 KB
1832	Re: White ASC McLaren 1989 - with 10k - did not sell on eBay	Sandy Block <cigarsandy@c...>	cigarsandy	Tue  12/17/2002	6 KB
1833	Re: White ASC McLaren 1989 - with 10k - did not sell on eBay	James Gibat-Thoroski	jgibatthoroski	Tue  12/17/2002	3 KB