1983 MERCURY CAPRI RS 302 4 SPEED

Description for Mercury Capri 1983

SELLING FOR A FRIEND WHO PURCHASED THIS CAR FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AT LEAST 30 YEARS AGO. CAR DOES NOT CURRENTLY RUN DUE TO PARTIAL DISASSEMBLY.HE BEGAN TO RESTORE THIS CAR BACK IN 1998, THE LAST YEAR THIS CAR WAS REGISTERED AND INSPECTED.NOT A RUST BUCKET BUT ONE SECTION OF REAR FLOOR, DRIVERS SIDE, HAS A PATCH. CAR WAS REPAINTED 15 YEARS AGO BUT PAINT HAS BEGUN TO PEEL.A FACTORY FORD CRATE 302 WAS INSTALLED 12,000 MILES AGO BY OUR LOCAL LINCOLN MERCURY DEALER. ORIGINAL OWNER WAS NEGLIGENT REGARDING OIL CHANGES. CURRENT ODOMETER READING IS 99,801. IT HAS NEVER TURNED 100,000 MILES.USED MAINLY AS A SUMMER CRUISER AND STORED MOST WINTERS TO RESTRICT SALT ISSUES.MORE ASSEMBLY WORK NEEDED TO COMPLETE. CAR MAY BE IN A SMALL STATE OF DISARRAY BUT IS WELL WORTH FINISHING.CAR COMES WITH TWO MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS, ORIGINAL 4 SPEED AND A CURRENTLY INSTALLED 5 SPEED REMOVED FROM A 1986 TBIRD.COMPLETE NOS WEATHERSTRIPPING FROM MERCURY.REAR SPOILER WAS REMOVED AT TIME OF REPAINT AND IS INCLUDED ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL METRIC RIMS.