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    Posted: 14-August-2020 at 2:49AM
Hello, I’m new to the forum and new to owning an older car. I purchased a 76 Torino in June. I bought it from the original owner who did a frame-off restoration, completing it in 2016. As nice as it is, it still needs some work. This forum has been extremely helpful with information. Looking forward to being a part of this. 
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Hi Tim, welcome to the forum! There is definitely a lot of great people and info here. Looking forward to seeing some pics!
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Welcome to the forum, lots great info and advice here.
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Welcome to the forum. Post pictures when you get a chance. We really appreciate pictures. 
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I tried to post pictures, but the information on the sticky info didn’t work with my phone. Any info on how to get pictures uploaded with an iPhone would be appreciated. 
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Welcome to the forum! I upgraded you to a full member so you can post photos now and have full forum privileges.  
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welcome!
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Pic of the car when I first got it. 





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How do I rotate the picture?
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Nice Torino. 
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Originally posted by Timrr69 Timrr69 wrote:

How do I rotate the picture?

I tried fixing the photo, but it does not allow me to do so like I used to anymore. Ouch

I do like your Torino though. it looks really clean. 

Please post more photos when you can. Thumbs Up 
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Thank you. I have replaced all of the suspension, except for the rear control arm bushings, which I now have. I also have put new rims and tires on. I’ll post pictures when I get the control arms done. Front end now sits too high for my liking. Will probably pull the springs back out and cut an inch of height off them. 
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nice car but it is standing on its nose...  

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i really like the silver color, you don't see many torinos that color.
What parts/ suppliers did you use for the suspension bushings? 
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nice! i like the silver Big smile and the half vinyl is a nice touch too
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The rear bushings are Energy Suspension black poly purchased from Energy Suspension Technology. The fronts were part of a rebuild kit from A-resto-parts. Coil springs are Moog. I also have 1 1/2” lift blocks in the rear. I’ll get some pics posted in the near future of how it looks now.
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Very nice. I like that color too, my 72 Gran Torino was the pewter color.
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Originally posted by Timrr69 Timrr69 wrote:

The rear bushings are Energy Suspension black poly purchased from Energy Suspension Technology. The fronts were part of a rebuild kit from A-resto-parts. Coil springs are Moog. I also have 1 1/2” lift blocks in the rear. I’ll get some pics posted in the near future of how it looks now.
I was looking at that set from A resto too. Any tips about that kit?
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Originally posted by mkshelton mkshelton wrote:

Originally posted by Timrr69 Timrr69 wrote:

The rear bushings are Energy Suspension black poly purchased from Energy Suspension Technology. The fronts were part of a rebuild kit from A-resto-parts. Coil springs are Moog. I also have 1 1/2” lift blocks in the rear. I’ll get some pics posted in the near future of how it looks now.
I was looking at that set from A resto too. Any tips about that kit?
I think it was well worth the money. The parts seemed to be good quality. It really helped with the slop in the steering. Hopefully when I get the rear bushings in, it will feel even more solid. 
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Originally posted by legend onirot legend onirot wrote:

nice car but it is standing on its nose...  

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boxing the rear lower arms helps tooWink
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The car looks great.  I fixed your photos for you.  The pic rotation thing has to do with the forum software not recognizing the rotation properties from mobile devices.  You have to manually rotate images with a computer program such as paint to fix them. What are you using to take those pics?  They were really stubborn to rotate correctly - I had to basically make new files to strip the old rotation properties off the files.
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Originally posted by 72FordGTS 72FordGTS wrote:

The car looks great.  I fixed your photos for you.  The pic rotation thing has to do with the forum software not recognizing the rotation properties from mobile devices.  You have to manually rotate images with a computer program such as paint to fix them. What are you using to take those pics?  They were really stubborn to rotate correctly - I had to basically make new files to strip the old rotation properties off the files.
Thank you for fixing them. I took the pictures with an iPhone and uploaded them with the same phone. I tried to rotate the pictures before I uploaded them. It worked once but not the other time.  
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The two pictures of the car parked in the gravel driveway were taken to send to the insurance company for proof of value. 8 minutes after I emailed the pictures I hit a deer with the car. It’s all fixed now. 
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Nice silver Torino Thumbs Up 
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With the new suspension, rims and tires. I’m thinking that the front needs to come down about two inches.
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agreed! Thumbs Up
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