The new Ford Capri, launched in unusual manner off the slipway at the shipbuilding yard

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The new Ford Capri, launched in unusual manner off the slipway at the shipbuilding yard

The new Ford Capri, launched in unusual manner off the slipway at the shipbuilding yard of Cammell laird in Birkenhead, Wirall.
The car was launched into the Mersey with a bottle of champagne smashed onto the the bumper by Miss Liverpool Margaret Ashcroft.
5th February 1969

Charlie Owens
Daily Mirror
Mirrorpix
Birkenhead
England
Z1433

Media ID 21802145

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