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Disasters

We had two disasters with the Capri. Both were relatively minor thank goodness. My wife reversed into a parked Toyota Celica (very old one) and crushed the bumper on the Capri and dented the Celicas. Fortunately, there was no other damage and I managed to get a brand new non-Ford bumper for £25. The Celica was more tricky because it was £175 to replace. Fortunately, because the car was old and knackered and the owner was very reasonable, he allowed me to repair the original bumper. I spent the evening in his garage knocking out the dents and straightening the brackets. At the end of it all we were both pleased with the results and I was chuffed with the money we saved.

The next disaster was more serious. Someone ran into the back of us in a petrol station. The damage didn't look too bad at first and the bloke was offering me cash on the spot to repair it. I decided to wait and see and I'm glad I did because when I got home I realised that the whole rear end had been pushed back about 1" and the tailgate would not open. The insurance company were excellent at sorting it all out although we had plenty of witnesses so no problems there. The repair bill was somewhere in the region of £1000 ! I even insisted that the decals were replaced instead of being sprayed around. The Capri club supplied these as Ford do not stock them any more.

And that was that, until the day my Company decided to relocate me to the USA. What did I do with my beloved Capri ? I've saved this part of the story on a page of its own !

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