Swettenham Arms | Classic car meeting 07-05-2024

Monthly classic car meeting at the Swettenham arms, large selection for classic and modern classic cars.
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[@bearlamb5026]

@2:09 1974 Ford Mustang II coupe
But sometimes the road to hell is paved with good intentions and the Mustang II’s execution was anything but stellar. In Iacocca’s haste to down size the Mustang and his desire to relive the glory days of the original car from 10 years earlier, he unwittingly created a car that was a poor caricature of its former self. The Mustang II could be deemed as the first car to employ retro styling and in this case the outcome was poor. Unfortunately the Mustang II came away looking like a Pinto with elements from a 1965 Mustang tacked onto it. For such a compact car Ford managed to make the Mustang II look heavy, frumpy and dated right out of the gate. It was a car that your grand mother would lust after.
Toyota’s fast selling Celica, a car modeled after the Mustang but aimed squarely at the sub-compact sports car market, was far more successful at pulling off the look of a modern sub-compact Mustang. Incidentally the Celica was also available as a notchback or hatchback just like the Mustang II. Additionally Ford’s own European Carpi was also a much better looking rendition of a sub-compact Mustang, looking light, tight, sporty and elegant all at the same time. From a styling point of view the imports were light years ahead of the Mustang, a car that had once inspired them. Sadly, the Celica and Capri also handily outperformed the Mustang II.
hello I'm from Winnipeg Manitoba Canada I'm a new subscriber to your Channel I have a huge interest in cars and Anything Automotive.
believe it or not one of my sisters had a car the exact same color as that Mustang and it was garbage she got laughed at constantly as the car looked bad and drove bad and never started in the winter the heater never worked the air conditioning never worked and even the windshield wipers fell off
however there's one car I really like that you showed us in this video is the Mercedes Benz convertible with the red seats I mean talk about Elegance and proper engineering now you'll never get a car like that they are rare

[@lewissidley3922]

is this on every week?

[@GaryMathews-dj7gu]

Hi Lewis, Yes every Tuesday evening from around 5.30 till 9pm.