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    Posted: 02-September-2014 at 8:57PM
Fastback Torinos have always been my favorite car. Ever since I have been old enough to bleed Ford blue.

After years of things happening, I finally see myself financially stable enough to buy one...in a year. I am an Active Duty USAF guy and after years of being dirt poor (living paycheck to paycheck), I am stable. I retrained to be a C-130 Loadmaster. With the change of career field, I picked up a sizable bonus. The last couple of installments I received had to go towards paying bills, such as paying off both of our daily drivers. So I have decided, with my wife's blessing, that next August I WILL have a Torino in our driveway.

I spend a lot of time window shopping on Craigslist (helps pass the time over here in Afghanistan) and it makes me want one. Bad. For years, I focused on owning and building the panther platform (grand marquis/crown vic) and had a couple really nice 2dr panthers. I did spend waaaaay too much money building my old 1987 crown vic with deployment money, and kicked myself in the tail because I could have built a really nice Torino!

So, I will be in the market for a 68-69, or 72-73 fastback. Both have their benefits to me. Hopefully I can find one here from a member local to me (Texas) or even though Craigslist.

I just wanted to throw this one out there. I am sure some of you can identify with my struggle!

Tom
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote wideone Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03-September-2014 at 12:27AM
Thank you for your service Tom. Get home safe and start on your Torino.  You came to the right place.
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Welcome Tom, and thank you for your service. My second career in the AF also had me working with C-130s as Sheet Metal/ Structural Repair. Great birds.
My first Torino was a 69 GT fastback, and the fastbacks of the Torinos and Montegos have always been a favorite of mine too. The roofline has always held a special appeal to me. (It may have all started when my first car was a 69 Mach 1 that all came with that roofline.)
Past choices/ regrets are just that, in the past.  If I hadn't foolishly sold my 66 Mustang Shelby GT350 years ago, it could have been part of my retirement account now. Good luck on your window shopping ( I am currently doing the exact same thing looking for my next one.)
Keep your head down over there and return home safely.
JT, USAF Ret./Architect
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Thank you for your service.  And Welcome!

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Welcome!  Good luck with your search!!
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Welcome, and as some have already expressed, thank you for putting your life on the line for this country and it's people.
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its always good to have the wife's blessing!  and i certainly will tell you how much we appreciate not only yours but your family's sacrifice as well.  thank you for your service...  
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Welcome Tom, where a bouts in Texas are you from? Hurry home and many thanks as well!
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Wagon my Dad bought new from McAnary Ford on June 6, 1973 in Gary,Indiana
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Welcome
Thank you for serving our country and good luck on your Torino search
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Welcome! Good luck with your search!
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Welcome to the forum! Thanks for your service and finding your Fastback will be a cinch on this site.
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Thank you for your service to our country. I have all ways
like the 68/69 Torino’s/Cyclones. They remind me of my 67 Mustang fastback that
I lost shortly after moving to Atlanta. My Cyclone can finally take its place.



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Welcome to the forum. Be safe brother, & A BIG THANK YOU to you and everyone else who make it possible for us to enjoy our toys over here.Wink 
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Welcome, I see you chose the right years body wise.
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thank you, and welcome tom!
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Thanks y'all.  I am headed back to Abilene TX (where I am stationed) in a few days.  Moving into the temporary "transient tents" very soon.  It's a joy to see Little Rock tails coming in to replace us!

And kychevyguy, we had a few incidents out here with bent metal, so you guys are indispensable!!  Oops.

Tom


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Originally posted by grand_marquis_gt grand_marquis_gt wrote:

Thanks y'all.  I am headed back to Abilene TX (where I am stationed) in a few days.  Moving into the temporary "transient tents" very soon.  It's a joy to see Little Rock tails coming in to replace us!

And kychevyguy, we had a few incidents out here with bent metal, so you guys are indispensable!!  Oops.

Tom
 
We just did our best at keeping the birds in the air, it was you loadmasters that packed 'em full to support the guys.
When I owned my 69 Torino GT fastback, I was living in Big Spring TX, and sold it to a guy in Abilene right down the road. White with red stripes. But of course this was over 30 years ago. Good luck on your search though.
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