READERS' CARS CAPRI 1.6LS
My dad bought this 1984 Capri 1.6LS brand new. He owned it for many years, and I took over its care nine years ago. Dad wanted it to stay in the family, and for various reasons he needed a more modern car. Neither of my sisters wanted the Capri, so even though I didn't have a lot of room for another car, there was never any argument about me having it. It is my first classic car.
I was a mechanic back in 1984, at a Ford dealership as it happens. There were two Ford dealerships in Northampton at the time, and dad got the Capri from the opposition! Naturally I was a Ford man myself and had plenty of
