From a strawberry patch in Somerset to a post office in New South Wales, an ecstatic Tim Goodwin is reunited with his customised Matchbox Ford Capri
eak Hill, Australia is a long way from Wellington in Somerset in the south-west of England. Further still to Doncaster in the UK. But that is the journey made by a pink Matchbox Ford Capri, originally bought by a little boy a long time ago.
“I always loved Ford Capris. I have never had a real one. A couple of my teachers used to have them. You know, they were gods.I guess if an Australian in the early 1970s wanted to race Matchbox cars, it would have to be a Capri or a Mustang versus a Monaro,” Goodwin says. “I always blamed Guy. And then one day, I was up in my bedroom. And I saw this kid who lives in the next street. And he was in the garden shed and he was taking my toys. I was gutted.
“I don’t even know why I looked on eBay. I typed in Matchbox Lesney Ford Capri. I went on to about third or fourth page or found something that looked familiar. I see my Ford Capri.” Tim and Cathy Goodwin outside the Peak Hill post office which they run together, with the car that brought back memories of Tim’s youth.
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