Capri marks 50 years of dreaming big
Billy Barry in his 1970 Mk 1 Ford Capri at Ballyrisode Beach near Goleen, West Cork. Picture Dan Linehan
It Is hard to credit, as you gaze over its sleek and sexy body glistening in the West Cork winter sunshine in its beautiful Fern Green overcoat, that this thing is 50 years old this year.
It looks like it just rolled off the production line at Ford’s Halewood site on Merseyside; chrome glinting and Rostyle wheels buffed to within an inch of their lives. It is a visual gem and it’s easy to see why it was such a hit with the masses when it was originally unveiled in 1968.
