1972 Gran Torino Squire - 449 Original Miles

A '72 Squire with supposedly only 449 original miles from new, being sold by Dean Laumbach Consulting. Looks legit, though there are only exterior photos so far:

Belongs in somebody's auto museum

Interior pics are up on the first site now.  This thing is insane.

MrSmog wrote: time for a road trip, drive the wheels off that thang!

Or maybe a “road trip” to a museum where people can view it and the miles are kept off

The car is from Duncan Imports of Christiansburg,va. private collection.

This fellow has a video on u tube f this car.

MrSmog wrote: GTW wrote: MrSmog wrote: time for a road trip, drive the wheels off that thang! Or maybe a “road trip” to a museum where people can view it and the miles are kept off cars are meant to be driven, drive the darn thing and enjoy it. Yea it has 449 miles on it but so what? I could see if this was a 449 mile hemi cuda or even a 449 mile72 q code fastback 4 spd but in reality whats a wagon like this worth? $20k tops? I hear what you are sayin, but its not like wagons garner the same type of prestige as the more mainstream highly sought after models. I'm a wagon guy too, I love em but the segment of the market that view this thing as some sort of holy grail car to be kept in a bubble for eternity are far and few between. Would be like a 449 mile slant 6 4 door dodge dart, yea its awesome to see one in such original unrestored condition, but in the end its still a slant 6 4 door dart. Its like my 73 base, it only had 37k miles on it, but its just a 302/c4 car, so I don't worry about the miles on it. I hop in it and drive the tires off it when I have I time to do so.

For me, it’s more condition related. It’s like my wagon. It didn’t run from 1979-2017 and it has 35,000 original miles, but it was left outside all that time so it’s not in good shape anymore so I have no issue modifying it or driving it more. This wagon is in such perfect condition that I just wouldn’t be able to do anything with it or to it. Everybody’s different, though. What happens to it is ultimately up to the new owner.

You could say that even a ‘72 GTS CJ 4 speed with that kind of mileage isn’t worth very much because these are all still Torinos. They’ll always be overshadowed and you’ll never get your money back if you fully restore one, but we love them anyway. Even a slant 6 Dart, a straight 6 4 door Nova or Falcon...anything like that - if it had 449 miles and was in good shape, I’d be parking it. Any 40-50 year old common production car with so few miles is an incredibly rare find.

Marc’s point is good too. People who want to do stock restorations could benefit from good photos of this wagon. I think the closest car to stock otherwise is a 6,000 mile Montego GT that’s been at Carlisle a few times.

Edited by GTW - 06-September-2018 at 3:55PM

That's amazing.

OK I guess I have to chime in on this , So drive it or NOT ,  here goes . You won't  buy it to drive . Best it be bought by a dealer who would  put it on the showroom floor .  That's where albos 74 GTS with 4330 original  miles  is, I didn't need to sell it ,  I really liked looking at it too,  but I just didn't drive it .   Bates Ford , Lebanon Tenn.  

Now officially for sale on Bringatrailer: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-ford-gran-torino-4/

good money , makes me smile , bet  he's not going to drive it in the snow

gpd294 wrote: If anyone is interested I will take HALF of that for my wagon.......Kidding aside, I hope whoever has it now keeps it as pristine and original for a very long time.