Art.Nr. 31046 The
latest FORD Capri RS 3100 from CARRERA, with part number 31046, features the classic 1970s "flower power" design. The most famous car with this type of paint job is probably the legendary Porsche 917. But other manufacturers have also adapted this design for their race cars. For example, the Capri is available not only in the dark green–light green paint scheme seen on this model, but also in blue–red.
FORD holds a very different status in the United Kingdom than it does here in Germany. What VW is in Germany, FORD is in the UK. Over there & , FORD-loving classic car owners can get every replacement part, every tuning accessory—and, if they want, even complete bare chassis—to rebuild their classic race cars from scratch. One example is the company “Ric Wood Motorsport,” which, upon request, will build an RS3100 from scratch for racing (if you have the necessary spare change. A lot of spare change…). This page offers a few glimpses of the car.
On their website, you’ll find this model as well as the red-and-blue Ford mentioned earlier. So the CARRERA model is based on a real car.
I didn’t realize just how popular the first-generation Capri is here until this past spring: At the parts market held by my own classic car club (100 members), there were two brand-new Capri 1s on display: One with a standard body and a 3-liter Essex V6, the other a wide-body version with a 2.9-liter Cosworth V6 from the Ford Scorpio. Both owners were around 25 years old. Her dad showed up in a 55-year-old Transit… ????
CAPRI rules!
Best regards,
CoMod Lotus
