1972 Ford Capri fitted with a tuned 350 BHP 5.0L V8 engine...

Ford had started production of the Capri at Halewood in Liverpool, England in November 1968 in order to ensure that every Ford dealer had at least one Capri on their forecourt on 5 February 1969. The Capri was sold as "the car you always promised yourself" and over the next eighteen years nearly two million people in Europe and America fulfilled that promise. Eleven years after the Capri was launched it was still in the top ten selling cars in Britain, something that would be impossible today.

The likes of Jackie Stewart, Cliff Richard and of course 'Bodie and Doyle' all drove Capris at one time or another. So, whatever your view is of the Capri, it remains a part of our motoring history that carved a place for Ford in a part of the market it had never been in before and set the trend for others to follow.

This particular Capri will be instantly recognisable by many classic Ford Capri enthusiasts here in the UK as it was one of the last cars constructed by Malcolm Darlow. He built up a reputation over the years for building one off custom vehicles, unfortunately Malcolm passed away in 2010 but his legend lives on in what can only be described as a stunning recreation of one of Fords most iconic motor cars ever.

We are informed by the vendor that the car is fitted with a 5.0 Litre 350 BHP engine that has been both balanced and blue printed and other features include high compression pistons with alloy Trick Flow Edelbrock cylinder heads. As a result this power plant can only be described as staggering! To transmit all this power to the rear wheels it has a racing clutch and a balanced flywheel which in turn are mated to a Mustang Gearbox and an 8'' Mustang rear axle with a limited slip differential.

Wisely, to harness all this power, the braking system has been modified and upgraded to discs all round along with adjustable suspension, as a result this Capri can handle as well as it goes. This car will be well known to many people and as such we expect an enormous amount of interest in this unique classic Ford.