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Post by Dirty Epic on May 23, 2020 19:58:42 GMT
Popular motor those 120Y Sunny's in the mid-70's albeit perhaps a bit dated compared with the European stuff around back then.
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Post by Dirty Epic on May 23, 2020 20:02:49 GMT
Great find Del, looks even better with those pictures certainly could've worked for Ford that one.
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Post by Three Litre on May 23, 2020 20:03:46 GMT
Popular motor those 120Y Sunny's in the mid-70's albeit perhaps a bit dated compared with the European stuff around back then. My dad bought one in January '78, much to my disgust as he swapped the Vauxhall Victor FE I learnt to drive in for it. I'm sure there was something about not being able to import them around that time, or just before it.
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Post by Del Boy on May 23, 2020 20:04:23 GMT
I'd rather have the 70s edgy supply teacher special ...... NOT REALLY
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Post by Three Litre on May 23, 2020 20:06:50 GMT
I'd rather have the 70s edgy supply teacher special ...... NOT REALLY Oh dear, no. Really no. I drove one back in '79. Just no.
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Post by Del Boy on May 23, 2020 20:08:10 GMT
British cars were stuffy, quirky and old fashioned when new Absolute a lot of them.
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Post by Dirty Epic on May 23, 2020 20:10:17 GMT
I still think the MK3 looked good by the time it said goodbye in 1987. It probably needed an all new MK4 design but that would have seen it through 10 years with a facelift. I suppose Ford had gone down the XR2/3i and RS route with the Fiesta and Escort which they probably won potential Capri owners with from '88 onwards plus the Capri wad dated and for some had a bit of cultural baggage/old hat back then... shame as those last Capri's like the 280i and Brooklands were good and much more revered now than their hot hatch replacements from that period! Ford also had the Sierra RS500 and Sapphire Cosworth's too for buyers wanting something extra too, no Capri wad really in their legaue back then.
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Post by Three Litre on May 23, 2020 20:12:06 GMT
I still think the MK3 looked good by the time it said goodbye in 1987. It probably needed an all new MK4 design but that would have seen it through 10 years with a facelift. I suppose Ford had gone down the XR2/3i and RS route with the Fiesta and Escort which they probably won potential Capri owners with from '88 onwards plus the Capri wad dated and for some had a bit of cultural baggage/old hat back then... shame as those last Capri's like the 280i and Brooklands were good and much more revered now than their hot hatch replacements from that period! Ford also has the Sierra RS500 and Sapphire Cosworth's too for buyers wanting something extra too, no Capri wad really in their legaue back then. They should have done a special and called it the Bodie. Would have sold a few!
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Post by Dirty Epic on May 23, 2020 20:13:31 GMT
I'd rather have the 70s edgy supply teacher special ...... NOT REALLY Come and have a look a what you have won...
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