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From: "Dick & Terrie" <rjohnson67@s...>
Date: Fri Apr 18, 2003 10:52 am
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Re: Identifing My Capri
Body:
Hello Sandy ( and others, too)
Actually the car does have a SIKKENS sticker in the inside of the driver's side door. It does not appear to have been much of a sticker in the first place - by that I mean it is just paper and is getting faded out. I cannot see a color code on it.
The car's paint is really bright red and sure does draw attention
Thank you for your, as usual, great help and information,
Dick
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 10:22 AM
Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Re: Identifing My Capri
They did not go back to Ford. They went from Ford to ascMcLaren to
railcar.
All 1987 thru 1990 Mustangs built under code D32 to become an
ascMcLaren came down the Dearborn, Michigan Mustang plant in BLACK
Ford factory paint, with the EXCEPTION of units ordered with blue
interior. Blue interior'd cars were done in white in 87, 89 & 90.
In 88 they were done in light smoke pastel grey. This is because
Ford's computers were set up to reject the combo of a black car with
blue interior, deemed a no-no combination. Cars with red, beige,
black or grey interior started life as a black car.
Once inside ascMcLaren, the cars got at least 60% dis-assembled.
After the roof was removed and other major alterations completed to
the chassis and the car was ready, it was totally repainted using the
most expensive paint known, SIKKENS (of Holland) in america in
Georgia. Sikkens paint seldom chips, never cracks, and holds up a
long time ! A gallon of it is over $45.00.
98% of all paint colors used on ascMcLarens are unique to a Mustang.
Your red (ascMcLaren Red) is actually a Porsche/Audi color on the
Porsche called Guards Red and on the Audi Laser Red. POR 027/H1 is
code. For a complete color listing, I believe I did it & that it's
to your left either under Links or Database.
S A N D Y
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Dick & Terrie" <rjohnson67@s...>
wrote:
> Dear McLaren Mustang freaks!
>
> Speaking of paint: I have very recently purchased an '88 ascMc,
#1217. It has about 40,500 miles on it. The seats show some wear but
over all the car is really sharp. Has a brand new black top, gray
interior and bright RED paint. Orig. honeycomb wheels and eagle
tires.
>
> So much for that. So pleading just plain ignorance on these cars in
general: When these cars were converted from a coupe to a rag-top and
all the trim added, was not the entire car painted (repainted)? The
reason I ask, is that the paint on this car looks just about too good
to be 15 years old and have not been repainted. But even guys that
know about painting ( and I know a little bit) can only point out
some very tiny spots, like a bit of paint on the edge of the original
mfg. plate on the inside of the driver's door and a wee bit of
something at the very bottom of the windshield under the cowling.
There is no apparent overspray anywhere; trunk, door sills, fenders,
engine comp.; etc. But, then to me; the paint looks more like enamel
than lacquer; there is a bit of "orange-peel" to it and sme slight
roughness.
>
> I am not really to bothered if, in fact, the car has been
repainted because it does look really sharp. I just keep wondering if
all of these conversions were a "repaint" between the time they went
from Ford, to McLaren, and back to Ford?
>
> Thanks for your consideration,
>
> Dick Johnson, Myrtle Beach =, SC.
>
> ps. I have $14,500 in the entire car and just love it even if it
has been repainted. It seemed to me that this was a reasonable price?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sandy Block
> To: ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 9:37 AM
> Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Re: Identifing My Capri
>
>
>
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "James W. Gibat-Thoroski"
> <mercurycapri@c...> wrote:
> >
> Yes, in 84, 85 & 86 the V-8 was an option in the GS, and standard
in
> the RS. Now, having been in the car business, I can tell you
that
> any dealership manager ordering cars, specifically CAPRIS for
> inventory would order all GS models with either the standard 4
Cyl or
> the optional 6. IF IF IF they wanted a V-8, naturally they'd
order
> the RS. I would say that a V-8 GS would 100% be a customer
ordered
> car. What reason one would have NOT to go into the RS but opt
for a
> GS with 302 V-8 would certainly baffle me. Yes, I can think of
one
> reason. The GS came in many more colors than did the color-
limited
> RS, so a plausable reason would have been to get a certain color.
> Another reason might have been IF buyer did NOT want the
AUTOMATIC
> OVERDRIVE type of Automatic Trans. The Auto in the V-8 GS was
NON
> Auto. Overdrive. Why, would baffle me, but I am sure there were
a
> few who would make that choice!
> In 1984 the GS came in the following colors that a buyer if a RS
> could NOT have:
> Dark Blue/Light Tan/Light Blue/Medium Tan or Bright Copper
> In 1985 the GS came in Dark Grey/Sand Beige/Dark Brown/Dark Olive
> Green/Light Blue or Dark Blue, all of which the RS was not
available
> in.
> Finally, in 1986 Sand Beige/Dark Grey/Dark Brown/Light Blue or
Dark
> Blue were again available on the GS but not the RS.
>
> I would say that the desire for a V-8 in one of the
aforementioned
> nine colors would have been cause for the birth of a GS V-8.
I'll go
> see later if I have those figures for 84/85 & 86 for you.
>
>
>
>
> > It may have been optional, but I don't think any were made...I
> haven't seen
> > one, nor has anyone come forward to say they have one.
> >
> > My memory is fading though...I've got so much stuff going on.
I
> need a
> > memory upgrade. :)
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:53:34 -0400, Brent Abrams
> > <babrams@l...> wrote:
> >
> > > James,
> > >
> > > Your memory must be fading. :) I
> > > In '84 the 5.0 Liter HO 4V (carbed) engine was "standard &
only
> available
> > > with the Capri RS"
> > > The 5.0 Liter HO engine with Electronic Fuel Injection was
new
> for '84
> > > and
> > > was "optional with Capri GS and Capri RS"
> > >
> > > (quotes are from my 1984 Mercury Salesman Source Book)
> > >
> > > Brent
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "James W. Gibat-Thoroski" <mercurycapri@c...>
> > > To: <ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 2:04 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Re: Identifing My Capri
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> As far as I know, no GSs in 84 got the air dam unless
someone
> added it
> > >> after the factory, and there were no 5.0 GS cars in 84. In
85
> there
> > >> were
> > >> some, in 86 that's all there was...unless you got the car
from
> Canada
> > >> and
> > >> then you could get an RS.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > -----
> > 76 Mercury Capri GHIA / 77 Mercury Capri V8
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> > Still working on it!
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