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Number: 1816
From: "Sandy Block <cigarsandy@c...>" <cigarsandy@c...>
Date: Thu Dec 12, 2002  11:37 am
Subject: Re: buy a capri....

Body:
Yes, that is true, as it's there on my two 1990s also ~ but no place
on the exterior. I believe the only ascMcLaren Mustang to NOT have
it on the steering wheel was the 1987 when ordered WITHOUT speed
control. (At least that is how it shows it in the '87 brochure.


--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "ascsbr <shortwalk@a...>"
<shortwalk@a...> wrote:
> 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
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