Should Capris be in the Fox Mustang Magazine?

I received the second issue of the Fox Mustang Magazine yesterday and flipped through it last night. I was caught off guard by a section where the editors asked "Is Mercury Capri a Fox Mustang?" and soliciting feedback from the subscribers.

Here is my reply:

Hi Tom,

You asked "Is Mercury Capri a Fox Mustang?". My answer is simple. No it isn't. It's a Capri.

Any idea how many times I've said that? Hundreds, if not thousands of times. Usually when someone comments on how nice or loud my "Mustang" is. I very politely point out it is a Capri, which often led to a nice discussion about the differences if the speaker doesn't know. It got to the point when my then girlfriend, now wife would smile, laugh or look at me waiting for my reply when someone called my car a Mustang. That was back in the late 80s.

Fast forward to a few years ago and I found another Capri, admittedly in much worse shape then I left that 80 Capri and the questions start again. This time is a little different though. This time the Mustang guys are interesting in her and what I'm doing. In the 80's the Capri was an oddity. Now it is a classic and just about every Mustang or Musclecar guy I meet knew someone who had one and wants to talk about what they or their friend had.

Later you asked '... and not worth displacing a genuine Ford from our Mustang pages?' My view is yes some should. The era of the Fox-chassis Ford/Mercury cars is full of lots of interesting and unique cars and the Mustang was a big part of it, but the whole community defined the era. Should there be a token-Capri in every issue? No. But when you see a good example include it. When you are looking for a car for a tech article look for a Capri too.

Will I continue to support your magazine if you don't show Capris? Sure, I am subscriber 44 because I love the concept of a Fox-specific magazine and wanted to support you guys in getting it off the ground. Much if not all of the tech you will offer will apply to my 84, so I'll learn from you. It would be nice to see a Capri every once and a while (including mine when I finish it) but it wouldn't prevent me from resubscribing.

To give you an idea of what I'm working on, my blog detailing the full resto-mod rebuild is here: http://84caprirs.blogspot.com/ and there is a similar build thread on FourEyedPride.

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Thanks,

Chris

No updates in a while

Winter is in full swing here in Georgia, so I've not done anything on the Capri. The weather isn't really the reason, rather all the family and work commitments. Looking forward to Spring when I can sneak a few hours in!

Currently saving money for the paint job. 'Life' has hit into the fund a few times (who knew wisdom teeth were so damn expensive to pull!) but I hope to be ready in a few weeks!

I did write a letter to my first Capri as part of the Japolink meme. My letter is here.