Box No2

[ali15son]

I then turned my attention to the box that included the documents for the gold capri which followed the silver capri, obviously the first documents were signed over to the production team at The professionals and there have been a few owners of the car since but there was also this letter



(I will type out what is said in the letter)

SOLAR GOLD FORD CAPRI 3.0s- OAR576V as driven by Martin Shaw (Doyle) in The Professionals
Condition

OAR576V is offered in superb condition having undergone light restoration in 2011 by the current owner with meticulous attention to detail. It is a matching number car fitted with a full stainless steel quality exhaust system. The engine and gearbox have been fully reconditioned as a matter of course and the engine has excellent oil pressure. The interior is in fabulous original condition with front fishnet recaro seats. The vehicle features it's original alloys and period Goodyear grand prix 185 70 13 tyres. Current mileage on the speedometer is 43, 222 miles.The engine bay has been detailed to concourse standard - even the rear parcel shelf is original and in excellent condition.Overall a beautiful original Ford Capri 3.0s in it's original colour of solar gold.

History:-
OAR576V was first registered to the ford motor company in Brentwood, Essex on the 9th june 1980 and 16 days later on the 23rd june 1980 was supplied on loan to Mark 1 productions
Ltd for the filming of series 4 of The Professionals tv series (the only proviso from ford was that the vehicle was to wear the false registration plate OAR576W on the screen so that the vehicle appeared 'new' on first TV transmission date of seies 4 ie 19th October 1980 when the first episode in series 4 "blackout" was transmitted on ITV by which stage the 'W' suffix had already been released by the DVLA on 1st August 1980 - hence the ford motor company got free advertising of a 'new' ford capri 3.0s on a popular ITV show at peak viewing times)

OAR576V was allocated to Martin Shaw who acted the part of "Doyle" in "The Professionals" and the car went on to feature in 10 episodes of the series.

Blackout, it's only a beautiful picture,blood sports, hijack, you'll be alright,kickback, discovered in a graveyard,foxhole on the roof,operation susie, the untouchables.

The current owner purchased the vehicle on the 1st October 2007 and a history file is available with the vehicle.




Included also was this signed photo



A magazine belonging to the capri club which features the Gold capri (a collectors item)



And finally a photo of Martin



My day was now complete apart from the final outcome, the cars and what they sold for, which happened to be £166.000 WOW.

Comments

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing your day with us!

[ali15son.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome and thankyou once again for your comment.

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh. . . .how fabulous!!! Thanks for sharing it all.
I'm so glad the cars went together.

[ali15son.livejournal.com]

Thankyou so much for your comments along the way and the cars were listed as a pair , they belong together.

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting and sharing all this with us!

[ali15son.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome and thankyou for sharing your comments with me.

[f-m-parkinson.livejournal.com]

Thank you for all the commentary and photos. A super experience for you (and us at second hand) and it's lovely to know that those cars went together.

[ali15son.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome and thankyou for your comments along the way, they belong together and were sold as a pair.

[sw33n3y.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the detailed information. Interesting to learn why the number plates had to be charged.

[ali15son.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome and thankyou for your comments along the way.

[f-m-parkinson.livejournal.com]

I'd like to add that as well as being such a wonderful experience, it's great that you've recorded a bit of history re. those cars, post-series.
I assume they went to a collector but it would be a dream if they could be exhibited in the future, even temporarily at, say, a motor museum, where some more of us might have the opportunity to look at them. But that's just a daydream...

[ali15son.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome always and i enjoy going to classic car shows, maybe i (and hopefully you at some point) may get the opportunity to see these cars again. The winning bid was a telephone bid so i don't know who the new owner is but it would be nice to know that they may still be shown. I am going to the classic car show in Birmingham in November, my fingers are crossed that they will appear.

Thankyou.

[jinkyo.livejournal.com]

This was a fantastic opportunity and I'm so happy to read that the auction was a good trip for you! Thank you for sharing such detailed reports with us. You really brightened my weekend with the auction posts!

[ali15son.livejournal.com]

It was the best day with so many unexpected treats. You are very welcome and thankyou for your comments, i'm glad that you have enjoyed looking at my posts.

Thankyou so much.

[watteaux.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Yeah, didn’t bid on them 🤩

[ali15son.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome. Whoever bought the cars also got these to keep.

Thankyou.