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Night Moves - Not every 19-year-old hankers after 22 inch rims and neon underlights. We track down three cruisers who roll up retro-style.
Words Bryn Musselwhite
Photos Dave Woodall
When this trio of Classic Fords respectively rolled of the production line, their owners hadn't even been born, Japanese cars were a little-respected novelty and you were a god of the newly-built ring road if you had fogging and a louvred rear window. Time marches on though, and nowadays if you haven't got at least 10 turbos, 22 inch rims and more neon than the Reeperbahn then you can stay at home after dark and watch reality TV. We reckoned that our classic brand of motoring could still cut it where it counts though - on the street. So we set off to Southend to prove it.
We've all watched in mild amusement and no small measure of bemusement at the phenomenon of cruising, but we knew deep down we'd be alright on the night. The weapons of choice were Dan Burgess and his Mk1 Fiesta, Nikki Edwards with his bad to block X-packing Capri and Jay with his simple and stylish Mklll Tina.
Three mates with three distinctive and different classic Fords and one common thread holding them together - their collective dislike for modern alternatives......
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