Ford Capri Perana V8South Africa's '70s muscle car scene owes a lot to men named Basil. There was Basil Van Rooyen creating the mad Firenza Can-Am for Chevrolet, while on the other side of the age-old rivalry, Basil Green was tasked with creating locally-brewed muscle for Ford. Green's recipe featured similar ingredients to that of Van Rooyen: take a small European coupe — this time a Ford Capri — and wedge a V8 in the engine bay.The result was the Capri Perana V8, a race-ready muscle car that was produced in roadgoing form to meet homologation requirements. In fact, the V8 Ford pre-dates the Chevy by a couple of years as the Perana V8 was unveiled in 1970 and went on to dominate racing that year by winning 13 out of 14 races it competed in.The car's chassis and bodyshell were built at Ford's South African facility and then shipped to Basil Green Motors for the engine and transmission to be installed. Buyers could order one through a standard Ford dealer, complete with a factory-backed warranty, and it's thought that around 500 examples were made altogether. The few that survive today are almost all still in South Africa, although at least one example is known to have been exported to the U.K.