Aston Martin Capri Tickford

Finished in cannock black with magnolia hide the car had only covered 5 000 miles during 30 years of existence.

Aston martin capri tickford.

In late 1955 tickford limited was bought by david brown owner of aston martin since 1947 and lagonda since 1948 both always fitted with tickford bodies. The aston martin tickford capri. There were only ever 100 built and it s not surprising considering the 1986 cost was over 17 200. My own car build 002 is registered with the dvla as a make of tickford rather than ford.

Full ox blood leather interior. Built around an upmarket fuel injected v6 model these tickford turbos were extensively modified from exterior and cabin styling to suspension and of course forced induction. I have owned this car since 2003 purchasing from the first owner. Aston martin tickford turbo capri.

15 inch alloys and stainless steel exhausts. Tickford were coachbuilders owned by aston martin and in 1981 aston martin created an engineering service subsidiary choosing the name aston martin tickford rekindling the specialist service available to all vehicle makers which had been the tickford philosophy for the first half of the century. This 1985 ford capri is one of approximately 100 turbocharged examples built by tickford which at the time was owned by aston martin. What can you say about this amazing car.

The tickford capri arrived at the very end of the iconic ford s production in fact the final capri ever registered was a tickford. This rare car came with a host of extras. The tickford capri is a type approved vehicle in its own right with a brass aston martin tickford vin plate under the bonnet showing the nta number 12101t. The images below show a tickford lagonda hat was offered at the 2014 bonhams aston martin auction.

An initial build run of 250 cars was later revised down to. He soon moved aston martin onto the site at tickford street where it remained until ford moved db7 production to bloxham and then to gaydon for the db9 and dbs. From special order a brand new 2 8 injection special was delivered to aston martin tickford where it.