My first car was a 1979 Mercury Capri RS. I remember I bought it at a used car lot in Little Havana in 1986. It was red with yellow stickers on the side that said 'RS" on it.
The engine was a 6 cylinder inline with a 3 speed automatic I think and it had those metric wheels that was a real pain to find tires for.
Then I was one of the few students in Junior High school driving my Capri to school but it was towards the end of the school year. I made a few modifications to it before I started high school. I installed different wheels on the car, then I had the car painted all red.. yes, all red including the bumpers and lowered the car since that was the style back then.
I had four 12" speakers on the back hatch and two 400watt amps. I bet you could imgaine how that sounded. I keeped the car for about 4 years but I"m not sure.
I worked for my first car with a little help from my father. It was so happy when I got my first car
For now these are the only two pictures I have. I will find better pictures but this is a start.
This was the car how it looked original.And this is how it looked when I repainted the car. Keep in mind I was only 18 in when I did this in 1988. LOL[img]
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