The Sexy European Pony Car
Submitted by Speedbird on Wed, 30/07/2008 - 11:25am.
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Capri. The Sexy European!
This is how the Ford Capri was marketed in America. It was distributed through Lincoln-Mercury dealerships. It did pretty well but ultimately the Capri was never going to be huge in the States - it was up against Ford's own Mustang which was always going to capture the heart and soul of the working man in America ... the Mustang did for the working Joe in the States what the Capri did for the working class hero this side of the pond - it was the poor man's Ferrari and could give any supercar of the day a decent run for its' money straight out of the box. The Capri and Mustang made performance driving, traffic light posing, boulevard cruising and backstreet racing affordable and within the grasp of every hard working guy who really wanted one ... pound for pound, dollar for dollar, the Capri and Mustang were outstanding value and gave everything a dreamer[poser] on a budget could want no matter whether he (or she) be from Dagenham or Detroit.
And they still do....
KEEPING THE LEGEND ALIVE !!!
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| 2 weeks 13 hours ago | The Just Giving charity donation site is undergoing some technical glitch this morning. Give it a couple hours. Hopefully it will be back on-line and running soon. PLEASE come back to make your donations. All funds go directly to the charities. None to us. If you'd like to donate to the Team, please email us to become a sponsor. We could certainly use fuel money, food money, and lodging money. All of that is coming from our pockets in order to make the charity pledging aspect go forth. But all the same, please donate to the charities, soon as the glitch is fixed later today. Thanks, Norm | 0 | |
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