Classics Monthly

A WEAK POINT ON 1960S FORDS

I read Phil Throp's story about the Consul Classic in the June and found the part about the gearstick breaking and the temporary fix with a piece of copper pipe particularly amusing. At some time in the early 1970s I hitched a lift in a Classic Capri, and sticking

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