Welcome!
This site started as a chronicle of my
car's restoration. Recently it has
turned into a bit
more....actually A LOT more.
You find here, the MOST EXTENSIVE
on-line
literature resource for the
79-86 Mercury Capri! Brochures,
Upholstery books, Data Fact Books and
anything else I can lay my hands on can
be found on this site! |
2011-09-09 |
OMFG! TWO Years without an
update! Well, it's a big
one:
Console Restoration. |
2009-07-13 |
YES! Just got an update in
before 2 years have gone by.
Added some Mexican Mustang
pictures. |
2007-08-18 |
Added the 1982 For Facts
Organizer. Added a
couple of
magazine articles. One
is Car Craft May 1986 and the
other is Hot Rod july 1982.
Both are shootouts and decent
reads. |
2007-08-15 |
Completed the last batch of Fact books. Added the 79 and 86 Advanced Fact Books....so now we have all the advanced books as well as the regular ones. |
2007-05-18 |
Added a Paypal donation button
to this page. I figured
since many people like the
content on this site, it might
defray some costs with it.
If you do donate, PLEASE donate
only for the current information
located here on the site.
Do not donate in hopes it will
hasten updates to this site.
I cannot guarantee updates....my
life is just way too busy. |
2007-04-06 | August 1978 Road & Track and
March 1981 Motor Trend Scanned
in
here. |
2007-03-31 | August 1978
Popular Mechanics Turbo
Article
Mustang Illustrated 1979 Mercury Capri
article. |
2007-03-26 | Scanned in the 1980 Advance
Product Highlights
Booklet! |
2007-03-26 |
MAJOR UPDATE! All
the Canadian Capri Brochures
have now been scanned in!
Check them out
here! |
2007-03-02 |
1984
SVO Brochure was sent to me and
so I scanned it
here! |
2006-12-10 |
July
1 1985 Autoweek
tiny asc advertisement.
A couple of Capri Tire Ads:
BF Goodrich,
Firestone
Popular Cars March 1985 Capri
Magazine Review
1985 Capri Convertible
brochure. |
2006-12-09 |
2006 Hemmings Motor News
stumbles accross a very early
1985 ascMcLaren Coupe for sale. |
2006-11-05 |
The
1980, 1981, and 1985 Advanced
Product Fact Books are now
scanned and uploaded. |
2006-11-04 |
A
couple of new Mercury Capri items scanned in.
1983 Advanced
Product Book
1982 Mercury Ad
Planner |
2006-08-04 |
Found the last Salesman's Guide
to finish the set. 1979 is
now
UP! |
2006-02-25 |
1985 Capri Pizza
Car:
1,
2,
3. Read all magazine
articles
here. |
2006-03-24 |
And
even more scans
1978 "Car Can Handle" ad:
1,
2,
Alt 1 page ad
Capri Slide Rule:
1,
2
1978 "The sexy new Capri. A miracle under $4700." ad:
1 page ad,
Alt 2 page ad. |
2006-03-22 |
And
More Scans
AHA Pony Car Capri Convertible Conversion:
1,
2,
3
Lyn
St James Promotional Photo
Release
November 1982 Canadian ad for a 1983 Bubble Back Capri
1980 Capri RS Turbo Promotional
Photo
"Feeling Free with the Magic of
Capri" Canadian Magazine Ad |
2006-03-22 |
More
scans:
1981? Black Magic
Magazine Ad
1986 Canadian Lineup:
1,
2
1981 Black Magic Postcard:
1,
2 |
2006-03-21 |
Added a few new
scans:
1978 Capri Photo Release
1978 Capri Turbo RS Photo
Release
1984
Team ASC
Hustlin Hillbilly |
2005-10-17 |
Added 2 Magazine
articles. One on a
1979 Capri racer and a 1984
Capri with an EFI swap. |
2005-10-17 |
Added a bunch of magazine
ads. I also scanned in
the 1980 Motor Trend with the
McLaren Mustang. |
2005-10-15 |
Added the 83 Turbo Capri Folder
(tag and no-tag versions), 84
Turbo Capri Folder and the 1986
Capri 5.0L Info Card
here. |
2005-10-08 |
The
1982 ADVANCED Product Fact Book
Pages for the Capri are now
uploaded
here. |
2005-10-07 |
A
HUUUGE update for MUSTANG fans.
The 79, 80 (and 85 from before)
Mustang Product Fact sheets are
now ONLINE!
HERE! |
2005-09-29 |
SHEEESH! FOUR months
between updates! No real
updates to look at.
Currently the interior has been
really gone over. I have
painted all plastic pieces,
replaced the seatbelts, nuts,
bolts, etc etc. I need to
get a new headliner and carpet.
Check out
www.foureyedpride.com if you
have not done so. The BEST
place for 79-86 Mustang and
Capri information. |
2005-05-28 |
Added a few things to the
Mercury Capri
magazine section. 1983
StrikeForce ad. Motor
Trend 1979 Road Test.
1978 Car
Magazine (From BRITAIN!)
Also added the 1980 Value
Package Folder to the Dealer
only
section. |
2005-05-06 |
Added a BUNCH of dealer
literature. Product news,
etc. Also added a
Hotrodding article from 1984
about dropping in a 351 in a
Capri. Also scanned in a
Motor Trend article on the
1979 Capri Convertible made
by AHA. |
2005-05-05 |
Added the
ascMcLaren article from the
Feb 2005 Hemmings Muscle
Machines Mag. |
2005-04-09 |
Added some
more
POSTCARDS! |
2005-04-05 |
Added a TON to the Capri
magazine area. |
2005-03-22 |
Added some info on
Console Differences from
79-86. |
2005-03-06 |
I
wrote up how I like to
clean my door panels.
I think its good info. |
2005-03-05 |
Wow!
2 Months with no updates.
Here
are a few pics of some
Build/Inspection forms Ford and
asc used when building these
cars. |
2005-01-09 |
Added a "Progress/Project"
page. Just to show things
that I do to the car as I
restore it. |
2004-12-23 |
Posted a few NC pics in the
"Current State of the Coupe"
page. |
2004-12-06 |
WHEW! Finally got ALL the
Mercury Product Fact books
scanned! This marks a
pretty cool milestone for this
site and Capri enthusiasts.
Now for any year Capri, you can
view the Upholstery Guide,
Brochure, Product Fact Book and
Salesman Pricing Guide (except
79)! |
2004-12-05 |
Sandy Block sent me copies of
EVERY
Salesman Pocket Guide for
80-86. I need to look out
for 1979. |
2004-11-28 |
Got
the 1982, 83, 84 Mercury Product
Facts Books
scanned in. The 1983
book has GREAT info on the
Crimson Cat! |
2004-11-12 |
Scanned in the 1986 Ford Model
News on the Dealer Literature
page. I also scanned
in the 1983 Motorsport Racing
Brochure and 1986 Ford Cars and
Trucks Brochure on the
Customer/Sales Literature
page. |
2004-11-09 |
Scanned in the 1985
Ford Product Facts Book.
Has some cool Mustang Info. |
2004-11-08 |
Scanned in the 1986
Product Facts Book. |
2004-11-07 |
Scanned in the 1985 Mercury
Product Facts Book
here. |
2004-10-12 |
Added some pics of my new rear speaker
covers and hella fog light covers on the asc parts page. |
2004-09-30 |
Moved a few things around the "Literature"
section. Added "Post Cards"
and "Magazine" pages. I scanned in
a "Quicksilver" magazine ad and some Car and Driver reviews. |
2004-09-29 |
Scanned in the Alpine radio brochure that
Sandy sent me! Check the bottom of this
page! |
2004-09-21 |
The new ascMcLaren
forum is now
up and running! |
2004-08-19 |
The site has been moved to a NEW SERVER!
600MB of ascMcLaren and Capri GOODNESS!
|
2004-08-16 |
Check the parts page for seatbelt stuff. |
2004-08-09 |
Got to take a trip to NY this past week
and visit the car. Some new pics are here. |
2004-07-22 |
Got a really cool item up. A 1979
Mercury Product Fact book. Check it out
here. |
2004-07-20 |
Got a 1984 Ford Motorsport Racing
brochure. Scanned it in
here.
|
2004-06-13 |
Pics of the final stages of body work are
on the History page. Now its starting to look like something! |
2004-06-11 |
Whoohoo! I've obtained the 79-82
Upholstery books and scanned them in. Go to the
Literature page
to see them. |
2004-06-01 |
I put up my pages of my sand blasting
container. |
2004-05-23 |
Got some pictures of
the car after being painted blue and having the ground effects on it. Boy
there is SO much work left to be done. |
2004-05-13 |
The literature sections
are getting an overhaul. Thumbnails are going in all around. |
2004-05-08 |
I saw the car. Its getting better
but boy is there alot of work to be done. Ground effects are on and the
car is blue again. Still an issue of the moulding paint. Pics to
come... |
2004-05-02 |
Thumbnails have been added to the
ascParts
section. Yay! I broke up the Literature page into two parts:
Literature and ascLiterature. The
latter has thumbnails! Yay again! |
2004-04-15 |
Got word that the car now runs! The
thing has been dissasembled so many times its a wonder that anything works
anymore. |
2004-04-13 |
Alot more stuff added to the
Literature page. |
2004-03-27 |
Sheesh! Its been a month since I
added anything. Hopefully a few rare ascMcLaren literature scans can make
up for it! Go to the Literature page.
|
2004-02-26 |
Added the ascMcLaren front air dam
installation document to the Literature page.. |
2004-01-26 |
Added four new magazine
articles. |
2004-01-25 |
Added some more engine parts to the
Parts
page. |
2004-01-25 |
Added some new ascMcLaren parts
pictures. Rocker cover plugs/supports, wheel caps, radar detector and
alpine amp. |
2004-01-24 |
Added
some 1979 dash hull picks and 1979 vs 1985 dash hull comparison pics on the
Parts
page. |
2004-01-21 |
Added new pictures of the car
as it sits in the body shop. PROGRESS!
|
2004-01-20 |
Whew! Reorganized the
Parts page.
I wanted to get it categorized and in order befoe I added anything new. I
broke the part lists out like the ascParts page. |
2004-01-20 |
Reorganized the ascParts
page into Interior, Exterior and Chassis modification areas. Added some
new rows for parts I didn't know about (some little stuff). |
2004-01-19 |
Between, the kids being sick and holidays
and my uncle passing suddenly, I haven't had a moment to add anything to this
site. I have a few boxes of parts to photograph plus a few pictures from
the body shop! I also have to reorganize some pages and scan in more
brochures. I hope to have all 79-86 Capri Brochures up soon. |
2003-10-29 |
Masi is working on the car(s).
Hopefully we can get a few pics. |
2003-10-02 |
Added the 1986 Capri Brochure and the
1985 Mercury Ad Planner to the literature page.
FINALLY everything that I have is scanned in. |
2003-09-31 |
Added the 1986 Mustang Brochure to
the literature page.
The 1986 Capri one will be up soon! Also organized the literature page a
bit. |
2003-09-28 |
Added the Jan 85 Autoweek article and a
few more tidbits to the literature page. |
2003-09-27 |
Added a bunch of magazine articles about
ascMcLarens to the literature page. |
2003-09-26 |
Added the 1983 Color and Upholstery Book
to the literature page. |
2003-09-25 |
The donor car
has been STRIPPED! Now its off to the body shop to be with the asc. |
2003-09-21 |
Added the 1986 AND 1984 Color and
Upholstery scans to the literature page. |
2003-09-19 |
Pics of the donor car are
here!
DISASSEMBLY TIME!!!!! |
2003-09-18 |
The donor car has been retrieved and its
at the body shop. Its a rust free 4cyl 84. Pics soon I hope. |
2003-09-11 |
Got a donor car lined up now for the
road pig. BTW, God bless America on this infamous day. |
2003-08-29 |
Yet more parts listed.
Note the comparison of the Repro and NOS dash pad. |
2003-08-27 |
Got out another box and put more stuff on
the Parts
page at the bottom. |
2003-08-23 |
Put
yet more stuff on the Parts page at the bottom. |
2003-08-22 |
Fixed two of the 84 Capri Bochure
pics. I forgot to knit a few together. |
2003-08-21 |
Added the 1984 Capri Brochure to the
literature page. |
2003-08-12 |
Added a Capri GS "Loaded For Less"
mailer to the literature page. |
2003-08-11 |
The car went to Masi's Auto Body
in St. Johnsville, NY. |
2003-08-10 |
Put in some
more stuff on the Parts page at the bottom. |
2003-08-09 |
Put in some stuff on the Parts
page at the bottom. I think I may want to reorder some stuff...maybe use
a "New" icon to show new stuff instead of always sticking it at the
bottom. |
2003-07-19 |
I think that the scanning will
never stop. My stuff to scan is stacking up. Added the 1992
Collectible Automobile October article to the literature page.
(Note to self: Navigating the articles sucks. I need to put in "next"
links...or have pages with thumbnails and a frame....hmmmm...) |
2003-06-30 |
Added 1984 ascMcLaren Coupe and
Convertible brochures to the literature
page. |
2003-06-24 |
Added the
1985 Capri Owner's manual and 1985 Build sheet to the
literature page. |
2003-06-20 |
Added the 1985
Ford Mustang Brochure pics on the
literature page. |
2003-06-16 |
Added the all important Links
page. |
2003-06-15 |
Added some new pics of the car
before it went to the body shop. Also added a few parts to the
Parts and ascParts pages. |
2003-05-21 |
Added the 1985 Mercury Capri Brochure
pics on the literature
page. |
2003-05-15 |
The pig goes into the body shop 5/19/03!!! |
2003-05-14 |
Added the
Current State page. |
2003-05-13 |
Added the
ascMcLaren Coupe and
History pages. |
2003-05-11 |
I think I got the home page to a point
that it will be ok for a bit. |
2003-05-07 |
New graphics! Nifty new
front page! |
2003-05-01 |
Parts,
ascMcLaren Parts
and Literature
pics were added here and there. |
2003-04-25 |
After much agonizing, I settled on the name
ascMcLarenCoupe.com and registered it! Contenders
were "ascMclarenRoadPig", "PopsicleOrangeBlueCoupe" or "ascMcLarenMoneyPit".
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