Five Cars Perfect For A Cheap Restomod (And Five That Definitely Aren't) - Page 5 of 10

Five Cars Perfect For A Cheap Restomod (And Five That Definitely Aren’t)

July 28, 2019

Cheap: Mercury Capri

Never heard of the Mercury Capri? I’m not all that surprised if you’ve not, they never caught on as much in the US as they did in Europe. Sold as the Ford Capri in Europe, the first generation were built in Germany and sold as a captive import, before being built in the United States for the second generation. In Europe, and particularly in Britain, the Capri has a Mustang-like fanbase among a certain generation. It brought power to the everyman, at a low cost, and was hugely celebrated.

The second generation served as a Mercury counterpart to the 1979 Mustang, and shares its Fox-body platform. Engines ranged from small four-cylinder offerings up to good-sized V8s. While not that easy to find, if you can grab one, they’re often dirt cheap. You can expect to pay somewhere between $2-5K, and that’s not for a wreck, either. If you want something that’s iconic, but not common, then a Capri could be exactly what you’re looking for.

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