I have an 86 "solid roof" Capri with the crs buck tag and the GS on the hatch. It was Mercrs old car.fredzilla wrote:negusm wroteThe first pic..Maybe, its the light ?How so? All of them look blacked out to me....like a 5.0L car should be. Which picture?
I dont recall seeing any 86's with a CRS buck tag and a GS hatch tag
nor, have i seen a 86 GS with the fuel injected 5.0 L .Which,I see you could get.
I have seen the red seats though..
The great GS debate...
2018 F150 S'crew
2011 Fusion AWD
2011 Fusion AWD
RARE-ASCs window sticker still bothers me then as it does not mention the GS. It keeps with the straight "5.0L".1985 Motorsport Capri wrote: all 1985 Motorsport Capri's (please people, lets start calling it by its real name, not GPIV) were built from Capri GS models. all Motorsport Capris were all GS models!!!! it wasnt a idiot running the badge section at the plant. The Capri GS with 5.0 was available in 1985 with an automatic & the efi engine. The GS with 5-speed was not available in 85 except in the Motorsports. the 5 speed may have been addded as an option on the GS after the discontinuation of the RS.
i have a section on this issue in the upcoming Registry website.
I can concede that its possible Ford, in mid 85 decided to try and dump the GS tag on ALL the Capris...5.0L or not. It would still be nice to know what exactly was going on....but it does appear that maybe there is truth to that.
-Mike
1985 ascMcLaren Coupe - Midnight Blue
Under Restoration
Under Restoration
Maybe the line workers had learned if the car coming down the line wasn't an "RS" it was automatically a "GS". When the name changed from from "RS" to "5.0L", the folks on the line continued to stick "GS" on the hatch of any Capri that wasn't an "RS", which just happened to be all of them.
Thougths?
Thougths?