Highlights
- Successfully completed the gruelling 2016 Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
- Purpose-built endurance rally car with proven mechanical upgrades
- Professionally rebuilt from a bare shell with extensive strengthening
- Full multi-point roll cage and competition-grade components throughout
- 2.0-litre Ford Pinto engine built by Scholar Engineering
The Appeal
Often referred to as "the European Mustang", the Ford Capri was one of the most successful sports coupes of its era. Offering accessible performance and distinctive fastback styling, these simple, well-engineered cars are surprisingly hardy and therefore well-suited to the sort of gruelling events this well-prepared 1972 has been subjected to.
This 1600 GT XLR has been transformed into a purpose-built historic rally car capable of withstanding one of motorsport's most demanding challenges. It successfully completed the 2016 Peking to Paris Motor Challenge - the ultimate historic rallying event. So, for those in search of a capable, proven classic rally car, this beautifully prepared Capri is eminently worthy of careful consideration.
This 1600 GT XLR has been transformed into a purpose-built historic rally car capable of withstanding one of motorsport's most demanding challenges. It successfully completed the 2016 Peking to Paris Motor Challenge - the ultimate historic rallying event. So, for those in search of a capable, proven classic rally car, this beautifully prepared Capri is eminently worthy of careful consideration.
History and Paperwork
- Originally a 1600 GT XLR Capri, professionally rebuilt and prepared specifically for the 2016 Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
- Successfully completed the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge in 2016
- Constructed from a bare shell with comprehensive modifications for endurance rallying
- Engineered with reliability and durability as primary considerations
- 11,933 miles indicated on modern digital odometer
- Exempt from MOT and road tax
The Condition
- Fully seam-welded shell with strengthening plates and gussets at all suspension pick-up points
- Custom-made rear suspension turrets for long 2¼" Bilstein dampers
- Full-length alloy sump and gearbox guards for protection on rough terrain
- Integrated LED work lights fitted beneath bonnet and in boot for practical servicing
- Dashboard adapted for Stack speedo, rev counter and auxiliary gauges
- Intercom system with headsets and microphones installed
- Full multi-point roll cage for safety and structural rigidity
- Two spare wheels and tyres included
The Mechanics
- 2.0-litre Ford Pinto engine built by Scholar Engineering (Essex)
- Ford five-speed gearbox with heavy-duty "transport" gear kit
- Heavy-duty competition clutch
- Custom alloy long-range fuel tank with twin electric pumps, float level, roll-over valve and breathers
- Heavy-duty multi-core radiator with thermostatic twin fans
- Atlas rear axle re-tubed and modified with new 18-spline Gripper LSD, SKF bearings, and Squires 18-spline Safari-spec half-shafts
- Genuine Ford 4.6:1 crown-wheel and pinion
- 2.8 Capri front anti-roll bar
- Genuine Ford adjustable TCAs, all bushes replaced with SuperPro polyurethane
- Bilstein forged "Safari-spec" front struts with adjustable spring platforms
- AP Racing AP4567 four-pot front callipers with competition discs
- Competition Mintex pads and shoes front and rear
- Bias pedal box with Girling master cylinders
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