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Tantrum
New Member Joined: 18-September-2018 Location: Wilmington, DE Status: Offline Points: 1 |
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Posted: 18-September-2018 at 12:11PM |
My name is Mark Ware and am happy to be a part of the fun. I live in Wilmington, DE. I am a sales arborist for Kerns Brothers trees service, A Davey Company. My first car was a 1972 4 door green Gran Torino I bought for $200.00 in 1986. I was 17 years old. That car is long gone but I always wanted another. I bought a 2B red 72 GTS last year (2017) with black top. Its a coupe. I know, I know, everyone loves the fastback. Not me. Love my coupe! It is all original except the engine. The 72 400m it came with now has a 73 400m in it. I wish to slowly restore the car and am hoping to gain knowledge from this site to assist me. Edited by Tantrum - 18-September-2018 at 2:13PM |
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Mark L Ware, Sr.
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1973gts
Senior Member Joined: 05-March-2018 Location: Grand Rapids Mi Status: Offline Points: 608 |
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Welcome Mark, always good to see another enthusiast join. The color combo on your car should look really sharp, the coupes definitely have a big following on here. This site and its members have helped me greatly on my project and are a great source for info and inspiration. When possible pictures are always appreciated ( May take a short time for your status to be upgraded to post pictures) - dave
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californiajohnny
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welcome! it's ok i prefer the coupe (formal roof as they are called in the torino world)
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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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72FordGTS
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Welcome to the forum! Sounds like a great car. I have the fastback version of your car, 2B red, 400 car. Lots of guys like formals around here.
You now have full member privileges.Post some pics of your ride. We love pics here. Here's a how to thread if you need help: http://forum.grantorinosport.org/how-to-post-a-picture-updated_topic16433&FID=12&PR=3.html Edited by 72FordGTS - 19-September-2018 at 12:49PM |
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Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
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changinlatitudes
Senior Member Joined: 14-April-2013 Location: Union, MO Status: Offline Points: 554 |
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Welcome, and yeah no worries - the coupe has a lot of love on this site!
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Matt
1969 Mercury Marauder 390 1972 Montego MX 2003 Mercury Marauder 300A 1994 F-150 5.8 2016 Ford Fusion Titanium |
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gpd294
Senior Member Joined: 18-September-2008 Location: Dallas, Texas Status: Offline Points: 2178 |
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Welcome and hopefully the "Metal God" will chime in and show ya some pics of his beautiful formal roof car, Stacy Lynn.
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Carlos....1975 Gran Torino Squire Station Wagon restored to look like a 1973 Torino Station
Wagon my Dad bought new from McAnary Ford on June 6, 1973 in Gary,Indiana |
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legend onirot
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chime! chime! chime!
there... i "chimed in"... LOL. ok, here is a picture of my beautiful 73 formal roof "Stacylynn". she is the love of my life. i would say, go to my progress thread and browse through the complete frame off restoration process... but alas, it was all linked to photobucket which took a dump on our filesharing abilities. so all my pics arent there, the links are broken. And ironically, this is the first pic i have posted since then. |
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malcolm 1973 gran torino sport (formal)... "Stacy Lynn" 1972 gran torino (formal)... "Mackenzie" 1973 gran torino sport (sportroof)... "Leela" |
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legend onirot
Senior Member METAL GOD Joined: 18-January-2009 Location: hattiesburg ms Status: Offline Points: 3038 |
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HOLY COW!!!! i just posted this pic and decided that since i now know how to do a pic on this site, i would fix my profile pic... then i noticed that it was back. so i went to my progress thread and all my pics are there...
i dont want to hi-jack marks welcome page, but WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?
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malcolm 1973 gran torino sport (formal)... "Stacy Lynn" 1972 gran torino (formal)... "Mackenzie" 1973 gran torino sport (sportroof)... "Leela" |
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gpd294
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There he is and I'm glad all your photos are back too Malcolm!
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Carlos....1975 Gran Torino Squire Station Wagon restored to look like a 1973 Torino Station
Wagon my Dad bought new from McAnary Ford on June 6, 1973 in Gary,Indiana |
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