Capri Club Run

Well, we had two Capris!

The Capri Club had its first run for the year late in February to Montville in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Unfortunately, the weather leading up to the weekend had been pretty terrible but Sunday turned out to be a really good day. However, we had a small turn out & two, really nice Capris. I am a bit spoilt these days & find non air conditioned cars in the Queensland summer a bit of a hardship, so the Capris stayed at home & I took my Subaru. It is a good route to take for a Sunday drive with good roads, some hills & bends & nice countryside. Maybe, I need to install air conditioning in one of my Capris!

A Blast From The Past - Capri V6 Rally Car

I just found this in Racing Car News magazine - January, 1971.
Those front tyres look really mean!

CAPRI PRIZES - 1972

This competition was advertised in the Australian Women's Weekly on 17 May 1972. Perhaps there were a few extra Capris around at the time.

German Capris in USA -1971

I found this picture while researching for an article.

Ford Motor Co.; Capri models; Ford Capris, made in Germany, being unloaded at Detroit Harbour terminals
23/9/1971

How times have changed? A bit different to how we transport & unload vehicles today!

Stanthorpe Drags

A recent clipping (Feb, 2013) from the Stanthorpe (Queensland) newspaper showing a really bright Capri owned by Ronnie Surch from Warwick.

Australia Day 2013 & 1974

Unfortunately, this was the extent of my Australia Day activities this year.
For the past few years I have attended the Brisbane Bayside Restorer's Australia Day Rally, but due to the weather the Capri didn't leave the garage.
Talking about the weather, we found these pictures of a flooded Capri in the Capri Club archives. It was during the famous Brisbane 1974 floods and is on Coronation Drive, Toowong. If you know anything about this car (It looks like a 69GT), I would like to hear from you.

2013 Burton Power (UK) Catalogue

 I received this in the mail today & it has a huge amount of information about classic Fords. Some of you may have received it previously but it is a first for me & will be a great reference book for parts.