Reward! Help me find my old race car.

[Mightymike]

I'd like to find my old race car, a 1977 Ford Capri that I autocrossed and briefly raced in the southeast with the SCCA/SARRC in Improved Touring-A. I sold the car in the early 90's and I believe the buyer was from Virginia.

I built the car from a street car and had a lot of fun with it along the way.

I will give a years subscription to Grassroots Motorsports to anyone who locates the car.

Merry Christmas!

Mike

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/jeeppics/e06d131b.jpg

[CRallo]

Good luck!

The search of one's past cars always reminds me of this video from Chevy: Chevy True Stories: "My Dad's Car" extended

[Russ Myers]

Chevys suck.

Russ

[T Broring]

PM Sent

[BruceG]

[QUOTE=Russ Myers;331324]Chevys suck.

Russ[/QUOTE

And your point of reference would be?.....LOL

[Mightymike]

Hey everyone-It looks like I found my old race car!


12/27/11
Thanks to Steve Rose on the Auto X/Road Race forum who gave me a contact number for the current owner who bought the car from me twenty years ago. I've left him a message and can't wait to hear from him.
This is really cool, it is only a few hours away from where I live. I hope I can see it again (at the very least).
Steve also refused the "reward" of a years subscription to GRM magazine and I will be making a donation to a charity in place of that.

I will keep posting updates. Thanks for everyone's interest and help.
Mike

AND:

12/28/11
It just gets better!
I am going to pick up the car next week. The current owner offered me an incredible deal and I will once again own the Capri. Up until last year it had been parked in a shed since 1996 so I am very encouraged that it is still in good shape.
I called an old friend who was my crew chief back in the day and he is going with us to get the car. He was just as blown away by this story as I am. I will post some pics as soon as we get it.
What's next? Stay tuned...I have two kids in college so progress might be a little slow. I have to find out what kind of shape the car is in and how much work it needs. At the very least a fun Auto X and track day car. I would love to road race it again, but we'll just have to see what happens.
Thanks again for all of the support!
Mike

[924Guy]

Too cool, awesome to hear! Good luck with 'er!

[128 racecar]

I love a happy ending! Pics when you get a chance!!!

Marc

[Mightymike]

I pick it up tomorrow:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/jeeppics/capri1.jpg

[CRallo]

awesome stuff!!!! great to hear! looks pretty BAMF!

[RacerBill]

If that's a recent picture, it looks like it's in great shape!

[StephenB]

Glad you found the old Capri! That car brings back so many childhood memories going with my dad to the track :)

http://www.rstperformance.com/pictures/rstpicturesbefore1999season/capri/capri.htm

Post up some pics when you get it back on track!

Stephen