It’s a story that we see all too often. Man buys car, man builds car, man races car. Car gets noticed, car gets featured in a magazine. Then the big D happens -divorce, it’s an ugly thing for a variety of reasons. In this particular instance the car we found on Cragislist is a 1986 Mercury Capri, from back when the Capri was still a Mustang variant and not a crappy, imported, wheezing, two-seater, clueless chick car.

We’re not sure if it’s the same owner or not, but this car was featured in a popular Mustang magazine back in 2011, as a monster 1,200-plus horsepower beast owned by Denny Reed. Today it’s a shell, although it is certified for drag racing into the six-second zone according to the ad.

The shell while certified, appears to be fairly rough, although any capable racer and body man could fix all that. Careful examination of the photos shows damage to the quarters on both sides, as well as the cowl area although we’re not sure if it resulted from encounters with the wall, or something else. There’s no suspension, engine, transmission, or rearend. The only interior component that remains is the dash -a shell itself. The only glass left in the car are the windshield (cracked) and T-tops, likely forever stuck in place by the addition of the roll cage. There’s not even doors, hatch, or hood present.

It’s sad to see a car that was once so beautiful and capable now sitting nearly in this shape, but it happens. The bright side is that it could be revived to run again, and $1,800 is a deal considering what all the metal work for that cage would cost at most chassis shops.

So what would you do with this Capri shell, what class would you put the car in, and where would you go racing with it?