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unlovedford
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Posted: 29-April-2017 at 8:32AM |
I just bought an original '76 Torino, so if anyone needs pictures of anything for their restoration, I'd be happy to post them. It has the paint dabs, decals and "chalk marks". Original paint (except a primered area on the left front), original interior.
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Joe
1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
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unlovedford
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Joe
1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
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californiajohnny
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nice score joe!!
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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n2fordwagons
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Awesome! Glad you got it!
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Jeff
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stanman
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Come on Joe. There must be a story. There's ALWAYS a story.
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californiajohnny
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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unlovedford
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Nope, just a nice old car from the original family. It drives so smoothly and steady, you would not think you were in a 1976 car. Best ride of any I've had, still on 14 inchers. It has been garaged all it's life, but waxed and polished until the paint is thin. I'll wash it this week.
It came from Forrest Cate Ford, local dealer for years here and stayed in this area all it's life. My '76 that I bought in high school (and still have) is the same exact car from the same dealer with the same options and color. The only difference is the vinyl 1/2 top is white on mine and was black on this. Otherwise identical. Made 3 months apart. Edited by unlovedford - 29-April-2017 at 2:56PM |
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Joe
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stanman
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See? A story. Interesting.
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Big Bird
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So the story behind this one is:
Nice car, as advertised, decent price, and no "adventures" getting it home. Everything went smoothly. Tempted to call B.S. on that story.
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Torino_Chris
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I had the same thought!
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unlovedford
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Nope, it went smoothly (for once). No asphyxiation, no huge rats, no wild rides down mountains without brakes. I drove it to the BP yesterday and it cruised along like it was new. I guess since I paid more for it than I usually do for one of these, it gives more back. Maybe I'll start a thread in projects.
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Joe
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Power Surge
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Very cool!
Being a 351W car, I would love to see good shots of the vacuum line routing. My Cougar has all original vacuum lines, but I'm questioning if I put them back on 100% correctly when I took them off to clean up the motor.
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Sal Mennella
73 GTS 351 CJ 75 Cougar XR7 73 Ranchero - 5.0 Coyote swap - in progress Past Torinos - 72 Gran Torino, 75 Gran Torino, 75 Elite |
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unlovedford
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I'll get some pictures.
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Joe
1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
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twintornados
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Love it...great looking ride!!
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Sold the Elite so now the hunt is on for my next "toy"...
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