1979 Ford Capri Grp 1

The Ford Capri was a dominant force in saloon car racing during the early 70's, driven by legends such as Gordon Spice, Stuart Graham and Brian Muir. Easily adapted and set up for racing, it was a popular choice for the professional and club driver alike. Naturally in such a popular and competitive championships there became certain "buzz' words that related to success. CC Racing run by Dave Cook and Peter Clark, Neil brown engines, Gordon Spice all became the names associated with all the necessary ingredients needed to win. That's exactly what we have here in a 1979 Ford Capri, chassis CC13, built by CC racing for the iconic and grueling 79' Spa 24-hour race with a Neil Brown engine. After that event, we are informed the car was later owned and raced by a Mr. Peter Birds in the Northern Sports and saloons championship for the following few seasons.

Following this, renowned competition specialist and preparer, Ric Wood, purchased the car and kept in his ownership for some 20 years. Following this period, in 2014/15 this iconic racer was re-commissioned by Ric using his extensive knowledge and expertise on Group 1 Capri's, so as you can imagine the car incorporates the perfect blend of originality (with the Hewland gearbox still used along with other genuine CC Racing parts) and the know how on how to make these cars as competitive as possible.

Delivered to the current vendor for the Silverstone Classic Media day in 2015, this special car has since competed in a few races such as the 2015 HTCC Donington Meeting and the ever popular Silverstone Classic, showing great pace and reliability. Fantastically, the very generous vendor is also offering with the car a guaranteed and fully paid up entry into the first round of the 2016 HTCC (Historic Touring Car Challenge) Donington historic festival, 30th April -2nd May.

A wonderful opportunity to own a racing Capri with great history that would be welcome at most Historic Motor Sport event and will quickly gather a crowd in any paddock