American Restoration: Brian's Torino | History |
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ZCowher
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Posted: 08-April-2016 at 6:10AM |
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ZC
2016 F-150 xl 2.7 liter 73 Gran Torino Formal roof, Ten damn years, and its almost there. |
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ZCowher
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http://streamin.to/yf33b33obc4d
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ZC
2016 F-150 xl 2.7 liter 73 Gran Torino Formal roof, Ten damn years, and its almost there. |
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gpd294
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Wow! That is the quickest restoration in history...just over 2 minutes!
The car looks great!
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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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mach1000
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Steves Restoration shop is about 10 min from my house. Does good work.
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Mach1000
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kychevyguy
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Looks great and also a great story there.
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JT, USAF Ret./Architect
1971 Ford F100 "Lizzy" 1971 Cougar XR7 "Kitty" 1984 Chevy Silverado "Sylvia" 2009 Smart Fortwo Cabrio "Lil Dude" 2015 Volvo XC60 R-Design "Sven" |
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Big Bird
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Somewhere, I have pictures of that car from Syracuse Nats, 2 or 3 years ago...
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"What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind."
Randy 1979 T-Bird 2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds? |
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Big Bird
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Found them
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"What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind."
Randy 1979 T-Bird 2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds? |
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Regul8r 2
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This popped up again?
As much as I LOVE the car and all that it is. The handicap usable stuff and the owner has another one. The History Channel AND The Restoration Shop BULLsh*tTED US!!! The car you see finished was done quite a few years ago, 2010 or around there. The show was filmed and aired last year. The original car IN THE SHOW, the rotted out busted down pile of rotted worthless car IS NOT the car they restored!! They looked at the original cars years ago to determine if it was do-able and decided it wasn't so they found another to restore. I did not know this when I watched the show and all the advertisement leading up to the show. I was excited to see the transformation and the documentary of it. Watching the show I saw A LOT of things that just did NOT make any sense. The biggest stand out was them filming the shop talking about trying to fit the door hinges. They were marking and welding the hinges and how hard it was BUT the car, jams and door were ALREADY painted and the passenger door was already installed on the other side in the shots. They "COMPLETELY" sand blasted the car yet in the show it was not even CLOSE to being blasted clean and they did not remove all the pieces before they blasted it. Besides it only took them a SHORT amount of time. Then ZERO filming of ANY sheet metal repairs, pre-fitting, body work, sanding, priming, painting or assembly. So I started asking questions and found that this car had been a SHOW WINNER 5 YEARS EARLY, was on the show circuit and a cruise night regular LONG before they ever drug the rotted original out and filmed the show! REALLY PISSED OFF THAT THE HISTORY CHANNEL DID THIS! Brian is a good guy, he is on other Torino FB Pages, has 2 GORGEOUS cars, I am sure the shop does great work(they did the finished car you see) but THEY DID NOT MAGICALLY RESURRECT A ROTTED OUT SCRAP CAR TO THE BEAUTY YOU SEE TODAY!
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Carl, Member/Admin since 07. Still the same admin/moderator REGUL8R just needed a 2nd account for more picture space.
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albo74
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Yep , that makes good sense , We are not dealing with a GM product , or even a mustang , where every part of the car is readily available , maybe they saved one piece of trim or something ? Oh the magic of television . hey Brian drove that car in high school ! , Ya me too , just different vin # s .
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72sport
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Maybe the steering wheel is from the original.
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Tom
1972 Gran Torino Sport 4Spd 1974 Montego wagon "GT" with GT hood, correct buckets seats, console, and floor shift 2013 Focus 5 speed- Daily driver |
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Big Bird
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They mighta saved the air from the original tires.
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"What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind."
Randy 1979 T-Bird 2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds? |
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handsofstone
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Incredible job. Sometimes it is easy to take things for granted.
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hogfiddles
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I just bought a whole bunch of parts from a fellow nearby me.....turns out that it is Brian!
Very nice fellow, and very knowledgeable. I hope to be able to buy some more stuff in the next few months. Dave F |
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1973 Gran Torino Sport - Q code “Q-Clone” project-on-hold
1972 Gran Torino Sport - Q code new project 1972 Gran Torino - parts 1969 Torino GT - M code 95+/- mid-80's Yamaha XJ-Series (10 trophies) |
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72FordGTS
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Does he still have his Torino?
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Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
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hogfiddles
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He has a couple of them
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1973 Gran Torino Sport - Q code “Q-Clone” project-on-hold
1972 Gran Torino Sport - Q code new project 1972 Gran Torino - parts 1969 Torino GT - M code 95+/- mid-80's Yamaha XJ-Series (10 trophies) |
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