Sold | The 1973 Avon Tour of Great Britain; HRH Prince Michael of Kent; Nikki Lauda; Tom Walkinshaw; Barry Sheene 1973 Ford Capri 3.0 GXL Group 1 Competition Coupé

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£80,500 (Est: £80,000 - £120,000)

The 1973 Avon Tour of Great Britain; HRH Prince Michael of Kent; Nikki Lauda; Tom Walkinshaw; Barry Sheene 1973 Ford Capri 3.0 GXL Group 1 Competition Coupé

United Kingdom • 13 Apr 2025

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This 1973 Ford Capri GXL is a genuine Ford works car with in-period competition history, including participation in the Avon Tour of Great Britain and the 24 Hours of Spa Francorchamps. Restored around 2018, with over £100,000 spent, it boasts a known ownership history and has been stored for 36 years, making it a unique and valuable piece of motor racing history.

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The car has been restored to a high standard, with a full strip down, repaint, and engine overhaul by Neil Brown Engineering. Although it has been raced, it is described as being kept in tiptop condition by a professional race team. It also participated in Goodwood Member's meeting in 2021.

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• Genuine Ford works car • In-period competition history • Known ownership history • Stored for some 36 years • Restored circa 2018 • Goodwood Members' participant in 2021 This Group 1 Capri was originally built by Ford to participate in the 1973 Avon Tour of Great Britain, the first running of this event, to be driven by HRH Prince Michael of Kent.

The Tour of Britain was conceived to pit top names from the worlds of rallying and circuit racing, plus motoring journalists and show business celebrities, against one another on circuits, rally stages and thousands of road miles.

Sensing that success in such an event would generate valuable publicity.

the Ford Motor Company decided to enter three of the newly face-lifted 3.0-litre Capri GXLs.

Ford's broad-based team consisted of rallying ace Roger Clark and his co-driver Tony Mason; Dave Matthews of Broadspeed touring cars; Nigel Clarkson of Aurora F1; Charles Reynolds (Ford's rallying guru); and HRH Prince Michael of Kent.

Ford's Bor...