My ride: 1970 Capri Perana

[V8 Perana]

1970 Ford Capri Perana V8

Officially sold by Ford South Africa to Homologate the car to race, the Perana was built by a man called Basil Green who did the conversion, which entailed fitting a custom steering rack, cutting the engine bay to accomodate a 302W which was ordered from the states with the Stage 2 muscle power pack, that was mated to a 4 speed toploader which fed power to a Borg Warned Limted slip diff, built in South Africa.

Suspension was upgraded both front and back, bigger brake calipers were used.

Power was 290 bhp and 0-100 km/h was achieved in 5.9 seconds and top speed was 230 km/h.

Handling was much better than the contempory mustangs also imported ito SA. Today these cars are very sought after, only 500 were made and the race car was incredible, ran a Gt40 motor won 10 out of 11 races in 1970....

Some pics...

[archimedes8989]

thats one of a kind. Beautiful car. I've only seen one of those...and it wasnt even in person, it was in a video game (ford racing)

[defln67]

daaamn, thats literally the first one ive ever seen, i love it, thats bad.

[V8 Perana]

Thanks guys, its a bit of a beast, have updraged the suspension so she handles very well, though brakes are the weak point but then muscle cars havent event been about good brakes have they......

[78KingCobra]

Originally Posted by V8 Perana

Thanks guys, its a bit of a beast, have updraged the suspension so she handles very well, though brakes are the weak point but then muscle cars havent event been about good brakes have they......

heh, they require OPEN road for a reason, lol.

b-e-a-utiful car, by the way. i think it looks like a very good mixture of older european elegance, with an american mindset.

[4 cam tbird]

Damn, that thing is sweet. I love crazy bad ass foreign Fords :)

[soontobefastfox]

very interesting, I have never seen one of those either!

Very nice!

[Axemanj3]

i have never heard of that model. i always loved the lines of that car.

[FieldWalker]

Sweet ride for sure...

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