Motorsport Capri Promotional Items
The Mercury designed Motorsport Capri logo was featured on a few promotional items. The photos above feature the logo on a coffee mug and a T-shirt. A poster was also believed to be made. The items were distributed during the race weekend. Quite a bit of these items made there way to the dealerships that eventually received a car. The logo was also featured on a few dealer memos & some in-house paperwork. For those photos, please check out the Paperwork section on this site.
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Lincoln/Mercury video clip of the 1985 Motorsport Capri. This clip was from a laser disc that was sent to dealers as a sales tool in Summer of '85. |
Some other interesting items the cars were delivered to the dealerships with were a mini-Champaign bottle & checkered flags.
The checkered flags were used on some cars downtown at the race. These flags were mostly used on the parade & show cars. After the race, these were used on the cars at the dealerships.
The mini Champaign bottles were delivered with the car to the dealership as a thank you to the dealers who took part in the driveaway program.
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Pictured above are jackets given away by Ford. They probably went to VIP's during race weekend.
As with any major event, there comes lots of mementos & souvenirs. Below is a few photos of memorabilia featuring the official 1985 Detroit Grand Prix IV logo design.
The photo above features a pin back button, patch, & key chain. All featuring the official Grand Prix IV logo. Shown below is a photo of the Official 1985 Detroit Grand Prix Program.
Shown below is a bumper sticker distributed by lengendary Detroit rock radio station WRIF 101. These were passed out during Grand Prix weekend.
The photos below feature a Pepsi Cola drinking glass, a beer stein from Chuck Muer (a Downtown Detroit restaurant) & a souvenir beer mug sold at the race.
Here is a Trans-Am Capri plastic toy car body. It looks to be a body for a remote control car.
