Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread

[AnthonyG]

On 01/12/2024 at 17:21, MiniMinorMk3 said:

The pipe just makes this perfect. I doubt it’s even got any tobacco in it, ‘Not in here old chap, Alec wouldn’t like it’.

[DavieW]

[somewhatfoolish]

On 01/12/2024 at 17:03, MiniMinorMk3 said:

If the sign on the wall is significant that's a very special Capri.

[Stinkwheel]

13 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

If the sign on the wall is significant that's a very special Capri.

Whys that, enlighten us please

[High Jetter]

4WD?

[somewhatfoolish]

58 minutes ago, Stinkwheel said:

Whys that, enlighten us please

FF means Ferguson Formula and viscous coupled 4 wheel drive; they devised the drive system for the Jensen FF, they also converted at least one Triumph Stag, several Opel Monzas for the army to use in Berlin and probably other things I can't remember.

[MiniMinorMk3]

2 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

If the sign on the wall is significant that's a very special Capri.

 

1 hour ago, Stinkwheel said:

Whys that, enlighten us please

 

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

4WD?

It is a Ferguson Formula Ford Capri.

Here's Roger Clark testing the car at Boreham..

If the livery looks familiar it is because Corgi made a toy of it.

 

 

Here's the story of the 4x4 Capri

The secret story of Ford's four-wheel drive Capri | Hagerty UK

[MiniMinorMk3]

14 hours ago, AnthonyG said:

The pipe just makes this perfect. I doubt it’s even got any tobacco in it, ‘Not in here old chap, Alec wouldn’t like it’.

He was a cigarette man

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Derek Jarman in his garden at Dungeness