I ´m looking for some materials about this car.
1) Is this picture from launch??
2) Have somebody pictures from race or training?
3) Was this car always black?
4) Where is this car now , was destroyed? or it´s location is unknown?
Many thanks for helping me.
THE MARK2 CAPRI, ALTHOUGH NOT BACKED BY FORD, DID RACE IN BRITAIN AT THE HANDS OF PRIVATEERS ESPECIALLY GORDON SPICE WHO RULED THE BRITISH SALOON CAR CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 6 CONSECUTIVE SEASONS FROM 1975 TO 1980. THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHT FOR SPICE WAS WINNING THE SPA 24HOUR RACE IN BELGIUM IN 1978.
PERHAPS THE MOST EYE-CATCHING RACING MARK 2 WAS THE "BLACK BEAST" DRIVEN BY DAVE BRODIE. THE HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE LOOKING CAR WAS DESIGNED TO TAKE ON VAUXHALL'S VENTORA AND FIRENZA V8 RACERS IN THE BRITISH CLUB RACING CATEGORY FOR SPECIAL SALOONS. GLASSFIBRE PANELS LIFTED OFF TO REVEAL A SKIMPY PRODUCTION FRAME SUPPORTED BY TUBULAR REINFORCEMENT. FRONT ENGINE WAS THE 3.4-LITRE COSWORTH, EVENTUALLY, BUT THE CAR ALSO APPEARED USING THE OLD WESLAKE 3.0-LITRE ENGINE. DESPITE ITS LOOKS THE CAR FAILED TO LIVE UP TO EXPECTATIONS. EVENTUALLY IT WAS TAKEN TO FORD RESEARCH AT DUNTON FOR STYLING TO HAVE A LOOK AT AND CERTAINLY IMPRESSED EVERYONE THERE.
CERTAINLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE MARK 3 ZAKSPEED MODELS, THERE ARE SIMILAR COMPARISONS SUCH AS THE OUTRAGEOUS FLARED ARCHES AND FRONT-BIB SPOILER, SO WHO KNOWS MAYBE THIS CAR DID HAVE AN INSTUMENTAL ROLE ON THE DESIGN OF THE FORTHCOMING ZAKSPEED RACER WHICH PROVED SO SUCCESSFUL IN THE EUROPEAN TOURING CAR SCENE.
Regards
Honza
