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Yeah the Capri was cool! Reckon it still sorta is in fact :smile:

But seeing that Allegro again brings back memories of grandpa.. heh, he was the kinda old geezer who got his car rolling by pretty much flooring it while slooowly releasing the clutch. Remember one time the poor car literally caught fire as he drove away because the clutch was DESTROYED

Lol I had a Cortina in my early RAF days that was so knackered and clutchless, we had to push it then jump in, slam the gear in and then my mates could jump in before it went too fast. The brakes worked 50 percent of the time lol them were the days. My grandad had an old ford anglia. Loved that car :)

I was expecting knuckles to be first word of the post tho :(

Techy111 said:

Awwww my giddy God, more vomit in my mouth lol. I learnt to drive in a mk1 escort and on my 4th lesson I got rear ended by a triumph dolomite sprint. My fav cars of that era is the Capri and Cortina.......ford all the way :)

MK1 Escort is actually my favourite.  I was lucky enough to own one with a 2 litre Pinto, twin 45 Weber carbs, the works.

My dream car is either a mexico or a 3.0L Capri :)

I still have MGM installed (on my phone, and I think also the Rift version), but I haven't played it in ages. I do recall noticing a while back that it had been pulled from the store.

The likely lads?

My parents had a Morris marina complete with vinyl roof 

We had a couple of Princesses when I was a kid, but that's not saying much because we had LOADS of different cars. My Dad used to be a mechanic so used to buy heaps, fix them up and sell them for a profit.

My Dad also used to fix other people's cars as part of his business. My claim to fame is that he fixed Kenny Baker's car once. He used to have wooden blocks on his pedals and a bloody great big seat cushion so he could drive it.

Also meant that I got a lift to school in a different car most days, the best of which was an awesome beach buggy which made me the coolest kid at school that day  B)