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◊ 2006-01-09 00:07 |
![[Image: dukeseps8239bq.6999.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is247/dukeseps8239bq.6999.jpg) Ford or Mercury.? |
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◊ 2006-01-09 17:26 |
Mercury... If in the US it is always a Mercury. |
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◊ 2006-01-10 00:08 |
Ok.! Thanks ..I'll try to remember.! .gif ":)") Here is another from Episode 12. ![[Image: dukeseps1257dc.jpg]](http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6332/dukeseps1257dc.jpg "http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6332/dukeseps1257dc.jpg") |
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◊ 2006-01-10 02:06 |
Sorry, but these are Ford Capris, even in America. They were sold by Lincoln-Mercury dealers, but were simply called Capri, without a Ford or Mercury badge. A Mercury Capri is an entirely different car, it is Mercury's Version of the Mustang from 1979-1986 and it is through and through American, whereas the Ford Capris were imported from Cologne. For clarification, please look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Capri |
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◊ 2006-01-10 08:05 |
In that case I would propose : Ford Capri with (US)in the extra info field... considering it's a Koln Ford product specially adapted for US market :no logo Ford, 4 round head light... which are quite remarquable differences with europeean Capri. In such a way we would apply the same logic than for some others cars (Citroen DS from UK , from US, Spannish Dodge, and so on...) What do you think ? -- Last edit: 2006-01-10 08:06:44 |
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◊ 2006-01-10 16:14 |
I agree. We must find a way to tell these Capris apart from Mercury Capris. -- Last edit: 2006-01-10 16:27:51 |
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◊ 2006-01-10 16:49 |
Maybe listing them under the make "Capri" ? Or list them as Ford like the other Capri... |
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◊ 2006-01-10 18:59 |
Not all the capri's have the ford badge on the grille. The name F O R D is in some cases spelt on the hood. |
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◊ 2006-01-10 19:46 |
Not all the capri's have the ford badge on the grille. The name F O R D is in some cases spelt on the hood.[/quote] I don't think creating a specific make "Capri" for such a situation beeing very fair.... Up to me it is a" Ford Capri (US)" .gif ";)") -- Last edit: 2006-01-10 19:48:00 |
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◊ 2006-03-06 00:45 |
disagree with the postings about listing them as "ford" capris in the u.s. it was marketed and sold as a MERCURY capri from the get go here in the u.s., starting about 1971, to the best of my memory. i owned 2 1973 versions, and both were titled as such. there was also a lincoln capri in the early '50's, but that was, of course, a totally different beast. |
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◊ 2006-03-06 02:15 |
No, they were NOT sold as a Mercury Capri in the US. The Mercury Capri was Mercury's version of the Mustang. These imported Capris were neither badged as 'Ford', nor as 'Mercury', but simply as 'Capri' for the US market. They do in fact remain German Ford Capris with the usual legal adaptions for export to the US, thus they are simply export versions. And I would suggest listing them simply with the other (German) Ford Capris with maybe something like 'US-version' in brackets. I mean, they were fitted with side turn signals for export to Italy and France, and do we thus call them Ford Capri Italy, or Ford Capri France? -- Last edit: 2006-03-06 02:17:57 |
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◊ 2006-03-06 02:52 |
Agree with Junkman, the import Capri was not sold as a Mercury or Ford in the US. The US Mercury Capri was a different car. The confusion arises because there was a Mercury Capri sold starting in 1979. As Junkman correctly states these were versions of the Mustang. -- Last edit: 2006-03-06 03:00:37 |
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◊ 2012-09-01 17:01 |
so its FORD then ? |
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◊ 2012-09-01 17:02 |
In the USA it was sold only as Capri, not as Ford Capri. |
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