Little Tickford advert from back in the day. Interesting to note the price, which is equivalent to over £51,000 today. Expensive car for sure.
Tickford Capri Advert
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Re: Tickford Capri Advert
Yup and a fully-optioned one like the pearl white show car or Paul Windram's green car would be 90k today - way off the 35k a Capri Injection would be in today's money.
The trouble was their residual value was terrible. I bought two used Tickford's off the factory. I paid around 5k for them when they were selling new for 12-13k. That was a two-year old car that lost 60% of its value - nobody wanted them!
The trouble was their residual value was terrible. I bought two used Tickford's off the factory. I paid around 5k for them when they were selling new for 12-13k. That was a two-year old car that lost 60% of its value - nobody wanted them!
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Its madness they lost their value so rapidly. They would have been easy enough to revert to normally aspirated use if sky high insurance was the factor putting people off.
I do wish I had known at the time, i just assumed they would be hopelessly out of my financial reach.
I do wish I had known at the time, i just assumed they would be hopelessly out of my financial reach.
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Re: Tickford Capri Advert
Great find Paul. This was the stuff of dreams when they were new, I like to see them now & definitely appreciate them, don't hanker after owning one anymore but still enjoy seeing how individual owners specced up the interiors.