Ford Capri

~ ~ The title of this review “The Car You Always Promised Yourself” was part of the Ford advertising campaign for the Ford Capri when it was first released back in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. It was designed to appeal to the hearts (and loins) of a motoring public at the time when the best affordable cars the motoring public were being offered in the UK were awful dogs of automobiles like the Austin 1100, Hillman Avenger, and Morris Marina. Indeed, my one and only Ford Capri replaced a bloody dreadful Austin 1100, which was about as much fun to drive as a three-wheeled bicycle! ~ ~ The Ford Capri was produced at the old Ford Halewood factory in ...

‘The Car You Always Promised Yourself’, enthused the adverts for the Ford Capri, and in the case of the Flying Tiger, we did … three times. As passionate Capri enthusiasts, the number we have owned easily exceeds fifty. They are usually bought cheaply and either restored and kept by us for a while, or if they are too far gone, the useful parts are taken out and transplanted into Capris that would otherwise remain on the ‘critical list’! I always find it hard to watch as the corpses of the donor cars are carried off to the scrap-yard, but comfort myself with the thought that one more Capri is going to stay on the road ...

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