24 Aug 01
The Corsair's association with the 1974 Lucan murder case is probably the only thing most people can remember about this most forgettable of Fords. Although he owned a Mercedes, Lucan borrowed the Corsair off his friend, Michael Stoop, several days before it is alleged he killed his children's nanny, Sandra Rivett, in the belief that it was his estranged wife Veronica in the basement of their Belgravia house. The car was found later in the channel port of Newhaven covered in bloodstains inside. In the boot was the most damning piece of evidence against Lucan - a 16-inch long piece of lead pipe bound with surgical tape that was identical to the weapon that had been used to murder Rivett. Lucan dramatically disappeared, and has never been found since. But rumours of his reappearance provided tabloids with regular fodder in the '70s and '80s.
