Ford Capri Aston Martin

This 1985 ford capri is one of approximately 100 turbocharged examples built by tickford which at the time was owned by aston martin.

Ford capri aston martin.

Still registered as a ford capri but been built since the 1980 s. Love it or hate it it is up for auction on ebay. A very unusual aston martin volante convertible kit car based on a ford 3000 capri. An initial build run of 250 cars was later revised down to.

Aston martin lagonda global holdings plc is a british independent manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers it was founded in 1913 by lionel martin and robert bamford steered from 1947 by david brown it became associated with expensive grand touring cars in the 1950s and 1960s and with the fictional character james bond following his use of a db5 model in the 1964 film goldfinger. Handbuilt tickford aston martin 1 of 85 some say 100 an not one of them are them same. The tickford capri is a type approved vehicle in its own right with a brass aston martin tickford vin plate under the bonnet showing the nta number 12101t. Capri aston martin volante replica.

Ford capri 2 8 injection tbt fifth gear duration. Ford capri aston martin replica. The cars finish doesn t look too bad but reading the description this could be the car is wrapped but it does use genuine. Some of you will hate it because a capri was used in creating this car and some of you will hate it for trying to be something it is not.

17 405 not warranted 3500 00 buyers premium. The tickford capri arrived at the very end of the iconic ford s production in fact the final capri ever registered was a tickford. It runs and drives well has leather interior hood is in good condition just needs a bit of tidying but will make a good car. He soon moved aston martin onto the site at tickford street where it remained until ford moved db7 production to bloxham and then to gaydon for the db9 and dbs.

Built around an upmarket fuel injected v6 model these tickford turbos were extensively modified from exterior and cabin styling to suspension and of course forced induction. For a short video of the vehicle running please click here. Found in a derelict state in a farmers shed in wiltshire where it had lain for over 2 decades full of rubbish and many engine parts missing the vendor tells us he put on his rose tinted.