Restoring A Ford Factory Racing Legend - Part 1
This 1973 Ford Capri RS2600 was one of a fleet of six built by the Ford of Germany competition department to contest the European Touring Car Championship. It contested the Spa 24 Hours and Le Mans 24 Hours, and Allan Moffat drove it in Macau. Then it was purchased by Kiwi racer Paul Fahey and has been a resident of New Zealand ever since. Its had a colorful career, and at one time was even powered by a small block Chevy V8! Its currently under restoration. This is the first of a two-part story.
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A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat 1-8 people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than cargo. There are over 1.6 billion cars in use worldwide as of 2025. The French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first steam-powered road vehicle in 1769, while the Swiss inventor François Isaac de Rivaz designed and constructed the first internal combustion-powered automobile in 1808. The mode...
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