Miata Mailing List: July 1994, Message #5
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   From: mikef@mer-mail.ctron.com (Michael Friedman)
Subject: Re: '72 Mercury Capri
   Date: Fri, 1 Jul 1994 09:38:03 -0400

 > Less than a month after I got mine, the oil pan nearly fell off.  Many changes
 > of gaskets never solved the oil leaks.  Several months later, the windshield
 > cracked from under the edge gasketing.  Rocker arm covers always leaked.
 > I replaced THREE clutch linkages in less than 60K miles (along with assorted
 > clutch disks and pressure plates).  The engine had mechanical lifters that
 > required periodic adjustment (read pain in the a**).  The brake master cylinder
 > leaked.  The electrical system was ENGLISH.  It had a two barrel carburetor
 > with a choke that would always bind and cause flooding (something you younger
 > people raised on fuel injection would never know about).  The bumpers were
 > so flimsy that the owners manual had pictures of a special wooden brace that
 > had to be built and put between the bumper and the body if you towed the car
 > by the bumper.  The a/c drive belt tensioner pulley bearing seized one day,
 > then broke free and augered its way into the radiator.  The ignition system
 > ate plug wires and ballast resistors yearly.  etc., etc., etc.  My motto was,
 > I'm taking the Capri to work Honey, please follow and pick up trailing parts
 > or ME.

Sounds like a car with CHARACTOR!