July 5, 2003

Capri’s Mania!

Once again I had a great turnout at this second Connecticut Capri meet. The weather wasn’t as nice as last year, but we did have sun. It was humid and we did get a late afternoon thunderstorm. This year I hosted the event and invited several Capri friends. We had a total of NINE Capri’s show up with a total of 16 guests. Those in attendance included:

· The Szypulski’s (of course) including Ted, Dottie and Robin with Ted’s one-owner 1976 MKII with Décor Group option, 2.8L V6 and 4 speed.

· Laura Szypulski, in from Troy, NY where’s she’s working over the summer, she had her 1976 MKII Ghia, 2.8L V6 and 4 speed.

· Doug and Connie Wilson of Pennsylvania. Doug left his yellow ’71 with 2.0 and 4 speed at home, but they came with a lot of photos and doughnuts!

· Ivo and Denise Carver from Maine with his 1974 Euro spec MKII Ghia with 1.6L I4 and automatic transmission.

· Bart Manhard of New Hampshire with Bart’s fully restored copper ’74 with 2.0 and 4 speed. Bart’s car was featured at Ford’s 100^th anniversary celebration in Detroit as one of Ford’s “Heart and Soul” cars.

· Mike Rahamut of New York City with his newly painted 1974 MKI with 2.8L V6 and 4 speed.

· Kenyatta Lambie and friend Ray of New York City with his modified black ’77 with 2.8L V6 and 4 speed.

· Joe and Tracey Bennardo of Long Island, NY with Joe’s 1976 MKII with 2.3L Turbo and 4 speed.

· David Wells of New Jersey with his “Blue Beast”, a blue ’74 with 2.8 and 4 speed.

· Larry Wells of New York with “Colonel Mustard”, his orange ’71 with 2.0 and 4 speed.

Here are the photos…

Group on Lawn

Doug and Connie with photo of their Capri on their shirts!

Ted’s Capri

Ivo Carver with that Euro spec Capri

Bart and the famous 1974 MKI

Mike Rahamut with his newly repainted MKI. I like the color!

COMING SOON

Kenyatta Lambie’s ’77 with 2.8 (photo Mike Rahamut coming soon)

Joe and Tracey Bennardo with his Turbo Capri

David Wells and the Blue Beast, 1974 MKI with 2.8L and 4 speed

Larry Wells and Colonel Mustard, 1971 MKI 2.0L.

Laura’s Ghia

Joe’s and Bart’s cars

Copyright 2003, Ted Szypulski. Photos by Ted Szypulski. Last Update Sunday, July 13, 2003