I just knew it. After a trip way up north to Sault. Ste Marie, in which I acquired another car (I won’t talk about it here because it’s another brand), I got back into town late Thursday. I had planned to pull my ’86 Mustang out of the garage clean it up and get it ready for the cruise in. I did manage to clean it up (sort of) I’ll post a separate blog on that, but I didn’t finish detailing it in time and figured I’d take this new brand X-car I’d bought for a change. BIG MISTAKE. When I got to the cruise night, I counted no less than eight Fox Mustangs and all of them but one were four-eyed cars – the other was a 1987 GT ragtop. SEVEN out of EIGHT Fox Mustangs at a cruise and all but one are four-eyed cars - when’s the last time that happened?
Here’s what showed up. 1983 Mustang GLX convertible, 5-liter five-speed; 1985 5.0 LX coupe with the 180 hp EFI 302 and AOD automatic, plus no interior console. 1986 GT hatchback, Jalapeno Red, modified, 1986 Mustang LX convertible, leather interior, automatic trans, stock original – when was the last time you saw a stock ’86 LX ragtop 5-liter with a white leather interior? Then as the icing on the cake a 1983 Mercury Capri showed up. Original Oxford White paint, black lower body, original mint condition graphics and a black interior that was absolutely flawless – complete with the original Ford AM/FM cassette stereo. It sported 10 hole wheels with 225 front and 255 rear tires and dual exhaust (can’t say I blame the owner for those mods, but the result was one awesome looking car – I was in love. So all these four-eyed guys are there and I start talking to them and admiring their cars. But with a GM wagon as my claimed chariot that day (trust me, it’s a temporary deal), the scenario was weird to say the least. I told them that I’d bring my ’86 GT out next time around, but Murphy’s law says that if I do, it will once again, be the only four-eyed Mustang at the cruise-in (usually is). Oh and I also forgot to take my camera if you can believe that! Such is life. But boy that Capri was awesome, bulging fenders, black head light pockets, working Marchal foglights. I might just have to ask the guy if he will sell it, if he show’s up again. That will then mean three white Fox body pony cars in the stable I seem to collect them like spinsters do cats– but hey, we’re Modified Mustangs and Fords now, plus it’s been a while since I went the carbureted route, but if I was going to do it again, this would be the car. The condition of that Capri just goes to show that you can still find some gems out there, no matter what your taste in cars. With that in mind, I want to see if any Capri guys are reading this – since we can, it’s about high time we gave the Capris some love. We won’t discriminate either – if you’ve got a 1979-86 version or even the German built 1971-77 model I want to hear from you, heck, if any readers in Europe or the Antipodes have got some cool homegrown Capris of their own, send us some pics as well, we’d love to see ‘em.