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Post by Carl on Apr 6, 2023 17:33:26 GMT
Very nice, reminds me of a garage near us when I was a kid. They always had special cars at the door, including a dark green Lotus Europa and also a gold Ford Capri. I can still picture it in my mind.  Memory is like a tachometer telltale, revealing our most important impressions. I can remember exactly where and when I first saw a Mustang, a white coupe late in 1964 at the Chevron gas station at Moorpark Street and Whitsett Avenue, and the 289 Cobra driven every day to high school by a rich kid named Henry S. |
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Post by mikael on Apr 6, 2023 18:25:31 GMT
To stay a bit longer in the Capri "groove" - and apropos of Carl's comment on the Ford Mustang, I find it interesting to notice the "inclination" of the Capri, which is particularly clear from the first photo (re-posted below). This was a "hot topic" in connection with Formula One some time ago, under the name of "rake" or "rake angle" - but of course a Formula One car "tips the other way", with the back-end raised.
I think the inclination of the Ford Capri was present only by the early versions, and that this idea was derived from the Ford Mustang (and of course the Capri was, in itself, a derivation of the Mustang; it was supposed to be a European "mini Mustang").
Certainly this "negative rake angle" made the Mustang, as well as the Capri, look more aggressive; as if they constantly were accelerating hardly.
The 1964/1965 Ford Mustang, with a distinct "negative rake angle".
The 1969 Ford Capri re-posted, for convenient comparison.
2021 F1 cars with very distinct "positive rake angle".
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Post by Carl on Apr 6, 2023 18:59:19 GMT
A 1965 Mustang with a horse of a different color behind...
The Mobil red pegasus logo was adopted in 1931
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