Discovered in a Brighton garage in 2021. Cleaned up to remove the 20 or so years of dust, this example has just 27,130 miles on the clock during the ownership of its first owner. Finished in the rarer Mineral Blue colour, this August 1985 XR3i is standard and a perfect example of Ford’s excellent product […]
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One of many things the Ford Motor Company excelled at was knowing how to sell their cars to the right market. This is standard practice today, but until 1969, there had not been a car in Europe sold like the Capri before. Proving cost-effective, Ford stuck gold by selling the Capri in just one body
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Captured at the Practical Classics Classic Car show at the NEC in October 2022, there were dozens of low-mileage and original cars but one, in particular, caught my eye. It was one of 20 cars on the Pride of Ownership stand, one of the showcase stands at the show. A salesman had previously owned the
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A trip to London, or more specifically the suburbs would often produce a rewarding few hours of old cars. As recently as 2015, you could discover something of interest if you looked hard enough. Spotting 25-year-old German or Japanese cars (particularly Honda or Toyota) was easy enough to find, but sometimes it’s the element of
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The XR moniker was first released in Europe with the 1980 XR3, but it was already part of the Ford terminology having been used on the Mercury Cougar as the XR7 in the late ’60s. The XR badge has never been officially explained, with eXperimental Racing being the best explanation, with Australian domestic Ford’s also
The source of my car interest has always been the unexceptional as they’re also objects that retain personal memories and experiences to people. One car that symbolises that universal appeal is the Ford Cortina. They were everywhere if you grew up in the 70’s and ‘80s – it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that
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A selection of early ‘90s estate cars, which were noted for their qualities beyond load-lugging. The era represented the extra development that had gone into the design, rather than an afterthought to the saloon versions. The Alfa Romeo 33 was aimed at the leisure market, rather than hauling grandfather clocks. It had a tuneful engine
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This post could go either way. You could marvel at a low mileage example of a car that was used by the proverbial elderly lady or shrug at the thought of a pizza delivery car being given a post, with the opinion that Reallyloud has finally scraped the bottom of the barrel for content… However,
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1977 Coupe cars. A genre that has become virtually extinct today is the compact coupe. There was no rhyme or reason, other than pose value for these cars to have existed but bought by those who liked a little extra style by sacrificing the extra rear doors. A measure of status, rather than performance, it
The ‘80s was a period where safety legislation which almost made the open-top car obsolete. Fortunately for those with an appreciation for the wind in the hair experience, a handful of cars were officially listed for sale. Lancia launched the spyder version of the Beta coupe in the UK in 1975 and retained for 7
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