Unveiled at the 1973 Glasgow Motor Show, the Ford Advanced Vehicle Operations division conceived and produced the equivalent of the Ford Germany made RS2600 'Homologation Special' entitled the RS3100, a very rare example of which is offered here today.

For whilst the FIA International Group 2 regulations of the day decreed that 1,000 identical cars had to be produced to qualify for international competition such as the prestigious European Touring Car Championship, it seems likely that only some 200 road-going super-Capris, like this, were ever completed at the Merseyside plant for the righthand drive market.

For racing, the RS3100 had the benefit of a Ford-Cosworth 3.4-litre quad-cam conversion, whilst for the street cars, the standard 3-litre 60 degree V6 was over-bored to 3,091cc, gas-flowed with 9.0:1 compression ratio, fitted with blue rocker covers and supplied by a downdraught twin-choke Weber to achieve 148bhp at 500rpm.

Although the basis of the car was mainly 3000GT, AVO d...