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18D
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Posted: 06-September-2011 at 7:44AM |
Hey guys, I'm looking for some help before I buy my first Ford, I've been a Chevy guy for years, but everyone's got a Nova, Chevelle or Malibu. I am looking at a '71 Torino. It is listed as a 71 Torino GT retomod. It has a 351C, 2 door hard top, bench seats and a 3.50 rear end. I tried looking up what makes it a GT online, but couldn't truly find the answer. I saw the late 60's model GTs were bucket seats. But did they ever make a GT with bench seats? I want to make sure I'm not buying a clone, if this guy is trying to sell it as a GT. Any help in identifying this beautiful car as a true GT would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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not 100% sure on the 70/71 Torino's but they have a different Grille and the door panels are different and i'm sure there are other options but you might be able to get a GT with bench seat but I think somehow there is a way to tell by the VIN or data tag if it is a true GT hopefully someone with more experience with these years Torino's will chime in
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stanman
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I'm not trying to get rid of you, but there's unlimited information on pre-1972 Torinos at http://www.torinocobra.com/forum/ . If someone there doesn't have the information, it doesn't exist. So take a look, but come back and tell us what you found out.
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GTS73
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According to http://www.torinocobra.com/torino_vin_71.htm
TORINO COLOR AND TRIM TORINO GT KNITTED VINYL BENCH-OPTION* Interior Trims Exterior Color Color Code Availability Codes Black WA All White WW All *N.A. in Convertible. Not saying it's definitely the original bench, but it's not outside the realm of possibility. Edited by GTS73 - 07-September-2011 at 4:01PM |
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Rockatansky
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the body code digits in the VIN designate whether it's a GT, 500, etc...
500's and GT's could be optioned with choices that make you wonder, but the VIN digits are the last word
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72 GT Ute
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18D
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Great, Thanks for you help guys!
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ramair351
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the 3rd and 4th digit in the vin determines 'car line' 35 is a gt, 38 is a cobra
for example 0h35h2335XXX would be a 70 gt
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-Pete
1972 montego GT 1970 Torino cobra SCJ 1970 mustang mach 1 1965 Falcon futura |
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