Truck load of Capri's

fredzilla · Post by **fredzilla** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 4:40 pm

Not ASC McLaren but, thought some would enjoy this pic.
Some of you may have seen it.
This is a pic from a 83,84 movie called Starman....
This truck rolls into the shot. Must of been on it's way to dealership
somewhere in mid-west.

(alt+p)

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 5:20 pm

The red one on the bottom is a Mercury Bobcat (Mercury's "Pinto") ~

fredzilla · Post by **fredzilla** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:01 pm

Sandy The red one on the bottom is a Mercury Bobcat (Mercury's "Pinto")

I was wondering what that was. Also, on the
back of the truck appears to be a Lynx ??
The Capri in the top middle appears to have the light
academy blue metallic paint. I noticed this was at
extra cost ?
http://www.ascmclarencoupe.com/Literatu ... ook_22.jpg

MercRS · Post by **MercRS** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:10 pm

nope thats the imported tracer.Bobcat was long gone by then.

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:31 pm

I stand corrected! I frequently get my Bobcats & Tracers mixed up

nixhex32 · Post by **nixhex32** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:20 pm

that movie sucked complete ass. but the cars are cool.

75coug · Post by **75coug** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:06 pm

Actually, I think that the other Mercury is a Lynx (Mercury's Escort), not a Tracer. The Tracer did not hit the market until the Capri was already dead and gone.

MercRS · Post by **MercRS** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:35 am

nope its a tracer.

75coug · Post by **75coug** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:28 am

MercRS wrote:nope its a tracer.

I must respectfully disagree. In 1986, the last year of the Capri (and the Capris featured in that movie were pre-1986), the Tracer had not yet hit the market.

http://www.nadaguides.com/uv/selectmode ... =1986&da=0

The movie "Starman" was released in 1984, and was likely filmed in 1983 or so.

The car in the photo, which is the squarish two-door Lynx, doesn't even look like the rounded Tracer (which was just a rebadged Mazda, I believe).

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/4444.shtml

Finally, here is some evidence that the Tracer debuted in 1987:

http://auto-recalls.justia.com/MERCURY-TRACER.html

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:30 am

Okay, it's a Lynx. BUT is it a base model, a GS, or a L model? Possibly a rare XR3 ?

75coug · Post by **75coug** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:48 am

Sandy wrote:Okay, it's a Lynx. BUT is it a base model, a GS, or a L model? Possibly a rare XR3 ?

Base, GS or L . . . tough call. I don't think that the XR3 came out until a few years later, when the body style changed a little bit and Ford and Mercury went with the cool asymetrical grill for the Ford Escort GT and Mercury Lynx XR3.

In the early years, was there a "sporty" version of the Lynx? Ford first had the Escort SS, which always seemed to be a strange name for a non-Chevy. After a short time, the SS name was axed in favor of GT; probably around the time that the Mustang GT made its reappearance.

Euro#13 · Post by **Euro#13** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:01 pm

There was a Lynx RS up until 1984, no "performance" version in 1985, and then the Lynx XR-3 which came out in mid-year '85 as an 1986 model(some people refer to them as a 1985.5). The Lynx's last year was 1987.
As 75coug stated, the Tracer debuted in 1987 as an 1988 model.

As for the the car in question, at first glance I though it might be an RS model because it appears there is a black spoiler under the front bumper, but after studying the picture more, it looks like it's just a shadow. RS models had a rear spoiler on the hatch that was black and would be noticable if it was there and I don't see a rear spoiler on this car.

Pretty cool picture though, nice catch.

Brent

RARE-ASC · Post by **RARE-ASC** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:09 am

could be a escort? going to a dual ford mercury dealer? but 100% it is one of the 2 i am betting a lynx! Hey that looks like my red 83 rs capri on the back