The Ford Capri RS3100 was a road going performance limited edition of the the MK I (facelift) Ford Capri launched in December 1973 just two months before the new MK II Capri.

125mph performance was facilitated by a 148 hp 3090 cc / 186 cui overbored Essex V6 motor distinguished on 249 of 250 RS3100’s built with blue painted rocker covers.

This particular motor is described as having been rebuilt by Australian Bo Seaton with an upgraded steel crank shaft and balanced pistons, high lift cams, ported heads and twin side draft carburettors to take the power up to 190 hp.

The RS3100 was available in seven colours all came fitted with triple gold go faster strips and the four spoke 6 x 13 RS road wheels.

The interiors were not uniform with differences in seat belts, instrumentation and gear knobs, the black PVC seats and headlining were however common to all 250 RS3100’s.

This Sebring Red example, seen at Silverstone Auctions at last weekends Race Retro, is one of 50 that were exported to Australia between June and July in 1974, when it became apparent that a combination of fuel crises and the introduction of the new body MKII Capri was adversely affecting predicted UK sales.

This particular car is said to have clocked up 100,000 miles before returning to the UK in 2010. It is believed that just 46 of the 250 Ford Capri RS3100’s built have survived.

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